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Burns Night
On Saturday, 26 January, Young Chamber and Interact hosted yet another successful Burns’ Night to raise money for MSA – Multiple System Autrophy and Friends of AICM which is a Ugandan support charity, helping to improve education, hygiene and prospects for families.
Our guests started arriving at 6.30pm and were welcomed with a glass of buck’s fizz and music played by the piper. Guests enjoyed an evening of fine dining with starter menu choice of either Vegetable Soup or Scottish Salmon pate served on a bed of mixed leaves. For main course guests could have either Haggis or pie (either steak or vegetarian) and for dessert a white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake or raspberry sorbet. To finish waiters and waitresses served tea and coffee, cheese and biscuits and after dinner mints. We would like to thank Mrs Berry and the other kitchen staff for their hard work.
After the meal, guests joined in traditional Scottish dancing and sang along to ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’ by the Proclaimers played on the piano by Matt Hua – our guest pianist for the evening who played beautifully throughout the evening. As a group, Young Chamber and Interact members worked together to ensure that the evening ran as smoothly as possible. Everyone knew what their roles and responsibilities were, whether that was waitressing, in the sound booth controlling the lights, clearing up, serving drinks at the bar or running the raffle! We were very kindly donated some prizes from local businesses such as Bill’s Restaurant Maidstone who donated a hamper full of tasty treats! Other exciting prizes included vouchers, chocolates, wine and prosecco and even some luxurious body washes and lotions. The raffle alone raised nearly £200 so thank you to everyone who bought tickets on the night.
We all worked together to raise approximately £1200 from the evening; this was a fantastic achievement for both Young Chamber and Interact. We are very grateful to all those who worked extremely hard to make sure that the evening was a success. We hope that more guests will join us again next year for another great evening.