January 2008

Ceidlidh raises £1,700

Corbridge Middle School was the venue for Cry in the Dark's annual Fundraising Cedilih on Saturday 20th January 2008. The children's charity are fortunate enough to have a committee of volunteers who come together each year to organise the event to raise valuable funds for their special needs children's home and children's hospice in Romania. Not only did the event raise a record amount of money for the charity (£1,700) but it saw a record number of Ceidilh first timers throwing their inhibitions aside and give the dancing a go! There was even some Ceidilh 'free styling' going on by the end of the evening: probably the result of people making the most of the very reasonably priced bar! The dance floor was full from the first dance and there were calls for an encore from the band at the end so it's safe to say that a great night was had by all.


A special thanks to Mike Pottage who was unable to make it on the evening as he was unwell (so isn't pictured) - but who put a lot of work into the preparation of the Ceilidh.

From left: Alec Sage, Liz hagger, Sue Fleming, David Fleming (above), Ann-May Pottage, Lynda Sage, Jill Steenberg, Paul Hagger



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