We had an eggstremely good day at the Ledgowan Lodge Hotel on Saturday, 21 March, when we held the fundraising Easter Fayre.
Although the attendance from the public was poor (where were you all?) we did raise a total sum of nearly £300 split between the School Parent Council, the Community Council, Achnasheen Amenities and Marie Curie Cancer Care. Thanks to all who dug deep into their pockets.
The ‘stars’ of the event were the fantastic entries for the best Easter bonnet design and best egg decoration, from the pupils of Strathgarve and Lochcarron Primary schools and Dingwall Academy, which were all displayed for the public to vote for their favourites. And, after a tense wait for the votes to be counted, the eight winners were announced:
1st Maisie Mackenzie, Strathgarve PS, 2nd Rubin Gowdy, Strathgarve PS, 3rd equal Emma Ross, Lochcarron PS, and Mairi Jane Urquhart, Dingwall Academy, 4th Rachel Urquhart, Strathgarve PS, 5th Alasdair Shillaker, Lochcarron PS, 6th Matt young, Lochcarron PS, 7th Callum Maclennan, Lochcarron PS.
Prizes for the day were yummy eggs donated by Debbie Peters, Ann Grant and Jim Curry. The voting slips and the presentation of the entries was expertly organised by Charlotte.
The youngsters had plenty of opportunities to win eggs by participating in an egg hunt in the grounds of the hotel, as well as the Tombola, and Harry’s Famous Challenge - a golf game which had, in addition, to eggy prizes, a pristine £10 note up for grabs.
Unfortunately, Harry was unable to be present due to ill-health, so Jim and Jackie endeavoured to run the game in Harry’s spirit. And, much hilarity was caused when Jim used a trick ball on some of the contestants.
Of course, it was inevitable that the £10 would be won by someone - Isla Grant was pretty determined that the note would be hers - and she succeeded, after some discussion on the rules with Helen adjudicating. Well done Isla! (And thank you Helen).
The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves - and as one Mum has reported “We all had a lovely day and the kids really enjoyed it - we've now got a chocolate shop in our kitchen!”
Helen in her artistic capacity entertained us with face painting, and this proved pretty popular with BOTH adults and children. Designs included sparkles and flags and one young man was even given a pretty scary Dracula face!
Thanks for everyone who contributed to the Tombola stand, which was run by Sheree and Sue - eggs abounded as prizes, and this table alone raised £80.
Rhoda and other parents had a table for the Parent Council which was just too tempting for words - cakes and millionaire’s shortbread - as well as other hand-made items sold to raise funds for the school - which amounted to a grand total of £90! (That’s a lot of cakes!)
Jo’s table, raising funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care was loaded with goodies, including some wonderful daffodil wellie boots! (Unfortunately not in adult sizes).
Gill and Laura tempted with more wonderful home-baked cakes and biscuits, and other items (folks you missed out on some really good cd’s!).
What a great day, and what a great venue - our thanks to the Duffield family who gave us free use of the function room for the day (although we did take over the rest of the hotel and grounds as well!). It was very much appreciated.
Finally, a BIG THANKS to those of you who supported this event. Without your participation by donating, attending, organising tables, etc, we would not have had such a great day.
Oh, and the sun finally did appear…. not bad for Achnasheen, eh?
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