{"id":6040,"date":"2023-07-26T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=6040"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:14:43","slug":"what-would-jane-austen-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2023\/07\/26\/what-would-jane-austen-say\/","title":{"rendered":"What would Jane Austen say?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/PastedGraphic-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6039\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/PastedGraphic-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h3>Our Charity Performance night of Andrew Davies&#8217; adaptation for the Talisman Theatre was an absolute sell-out!<\/h3>\n<h5>This world premiere of an adapted-for-stage version of Pride and Prejudice was a huge success and our full capacity audience raised the roof with applause. \u00a0They also helped us raise an astonishing \u00a31180!<\/h5>\n<p>Not only did President Amanda negotiate with the theatre to secure our charity performance, she also organised the raffle of sumptuous, themed hampers named after characters from the book.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6049\" style=\"width: 137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6049\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220800-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy winner of the &#8220;Kitty&#8221; hamper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6047\" style=\"width: 137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220409-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6047\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220409-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220409-rotated.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220409-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The afternoon tea hamper &#8220;Mrs Bennet&#8221;, promised a strong cuppa with its gin miniatures!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6048\" style=\"width: 137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220547-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6048\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220547-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220547-rotated.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220547-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Amanda congratulates the lucky winner of &#8220;Mr Darcy&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6050\" style=\"width: 137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220628.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6050\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220628.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220628-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Much pleased amusement as the &#8220;Jane&#8221; hamper turns out to be the basis for a cocktail party!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Bennet has an oft quoted line in\u00a0<em>Pride &amp; Prejudice<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. \u00a0My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The local charity &#8216;You Can Flourish&#8217;, seeks to empower girls aged 11-18 with some of Elizabeth Bennet&#8217;s attitude by improving their self esteem, building emotional resilience and strengthening mental well being.<\/p>\n<p>All of the proceeds from our Charity Performance will go to help the Flourish \u00a0Team empower more of our girls. You can read more about their work here &#8211;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youcanflourish.co.uk\/\">www.youcanflourish.co.uk<\/a><\/h4>\n<h5>Jane Austen said, &#8220;It isn&#8217;t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.&#8221; We like to think she would approve of what we do to empower girls and women.<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6045\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220907.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6045\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220907.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2023\/07\/20230630_220907-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Amanda with members of the &#8216;You Can Flourish&#8217; team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Charity Performance night of Andrew Davies&#8217; adaptation for the Talisman Theatre was an absolute&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":834,"featured_media":6039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[249,250,248],"class_list":["post-6040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","tag-charity-performance","tag-empoweringgirls","tag-worldpremiere"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What would Jane Austen say? | News | Blog | Events | SI Kenilworth and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Kenilworth and District : Blog &amp; News : What would Jane Austen say? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Kenilworth and District . 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