{"id":501,"date":"2014-02-10T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T19:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=501"},"modified":"2014-02-10T20:12:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T19:12:03","slug":"59th-annual-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2014\/02\/10\/59th-annual-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"59th Annual Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">Cannock Soroptimists celebrated their 59 years as a Club at their Annual Dinner which was held at The Barns on February 7<sup>th<\/sup>. Team President Sue Gay took the chair and gave a warm welcome to 76 Soroptimists and guests.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Mistress of Ceremonies was Team President Pam McGauley, who entertained everyone throughout with her lovely wit and humour.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">Alan Holdcroft, President of the Rotary Club of Cannock, was unable to be present at the event due to illness but he still sent his message on behalf of himself and the Rotary Club. It was read on his behalf by Rotarian Peter Gay, Past District Governor<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>and husband of SI Cannock Team President Sue. In the toast to Soroptimist International, Alan, via Peter, commended the organisation for their work giving help and hope to women and children all over the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">Edna Schafer-Hughes, President of Midland Chase Region responded and added her congratulations to the club for the work they do locally.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">The speaker for the evening was Derek Poulson, who entertained with his talk \u2018It ain\u2019t what you say, it\u2019s the way that you say it\u2019. It was a whistle-stop tour of the British Isles in terms of accents and regional dialects. He used his acting skills to change his voice and intonation and the company was in gales of laughter throughout his talk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">The Vote of Thanks to Derek Poulson was given by Pam McGauley and President Sue ended a very enjoyable evening by wishing everyone a safe journey home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">At the AGM in April, Cannock Soroptimists will begin their 60<sup>th<\/sup>, Diamond, year and many special events are being organised to allow plenty of fun and friendship whilst raising awareness of and funds for many projects to Educate, Empower and Enable women throughout the world.<span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">The Club would particularly like to invite past members to join them during the year and are now compiling a list of names and contact numbers to be sure they can give everyone plenty of timely information.\u00a0 Please email <a href=\"mailto:si.cannock@outlook.com\">si.cannock@outlook.com<\/a>; phone 07971 494510, or speak to any current member of the club. More information is available on the website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\">www.sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span><a href=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/President-Pam-Derek-PoulsonSI-CD-Annual-Dinner-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-502\" alt=\"President Pam, Derek PoulsonSI C&amp;D Annual Dinner 2014\" src=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/President-Pam-Derek-PoulsonSI-CD-Annual-Dinner-2014-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/President-Pam-Derek-PoulsonSI-CD-Annual-Dinner-2014-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/President-Pam-Derek-PoulsonSI-CD-Annual-Dinner-2014-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/President-Pam-Derek-PoulsonSI-CD-Annual-Dinner-2014.jpg 808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma;font-weight: normal\">Photo: l to r: Team President Pam McGauley, SI Cannock &amp; District with Derek Poulson<span>\u00a0 <a href=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/Presidents-Pam-Sue-Annual-Dinner-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-503\" alt=\"Presidents Pam &amp; Sue, Annual Dinner 2014\" src=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/Presidents-Pam-Sue-Annual-Dinner-2014-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/Presidents-Pam-Sue-Annual-Dinner-2014-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/Presidents-Pam-Sue-Annual-Dinner-2014-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2014\/02\/Presidents-Pam-Sue-Annual-Dinner-2014.jpg 1443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma\">Photo 2: l to r: <strong><i><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;font-weight: normal\">Team Presidents SI Cannock &amp; District Pam McGauley &amp; Sue Gay<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Tahoma\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannock Soroptimists celebrated their 59 years as a Club at their Annual Dinner which was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>59th Annual Dinner  | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : 59th Annual Dinner : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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