{"id":269,"date":"2014-09-30T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T09:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate2014\/?page_id=269"},"modified":"2014-11-07T10:36:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T09:36:42","slug":"opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate2014\/thursday\/opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Blog written by Joyce Boorman<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/harrogate2014\/files\/opening-c-2-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-442\" alt=\"opening c 2 small\" src=\"\/harrogate2014\/files\/opening-c-2-small.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday night was the <strong>Opening Ceremony<\/strong> of the <strong>80th SIGBI Federation Conference<\/strong> with over 1300 members from around the globe experiencing the Flags of the Federation ceremony. The flags (from Anguilla to Zimbabwe) were paraded by SI Yorkshire members to the Harrogate Band playing \u2018World in Unison\u2019 from Holst\u2019s Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p>The SI flag was carried by Margaret Cook, Regional President SI Yorkshire accompanied by Ann Garvie, SI President. The UN flag was carried by Edna Schafer-Hughes, Regional President SI Midland Chase and accompanied by Ann Keepax, Regional President, SI Midland Arden.<\/p>\n<p>Members stood in memoriam for those members who had died in the last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Roll Call followed with particular recognition of new members.<\/p>\n<p>Members stood for the reading of the Vision and Mission statements by Sally Currin, SI Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>A welcome to conference was made by Anne Spence, Conference Chair, followed by a presentations on the Yorkshire Region by Margaret Cook and SI Harrogate\u2019s President, Andrea Trimmer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/harrogate2014\/files\/opening-c-1-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-443 alignright\" alt=\"opening c 1 small\" src=\"\/harrogate2014\/files\/opening-c-1-small.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>President Margaret then formally opened the Conference when she said that she hoped there would be active participation to make the conference unique.<\/p>\n<p>The Harrogate Band entertained us all with a selection of music from around the world, from boisterous to contemplative and audience participation, although members did not know the difference from \u2018stop\u2019 and \u2018go\u2019. 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