Uckfield Matters Magazine Feb 2018

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PARENTS PANTO
Parents at St. Philip's Catholic
Primary School staged their
annual Pantomime for the
children: Beauty and the Beast,
on 19 January. The panto was
written and directed by parent
Julia Shelley.
Live music was provided
throughout the performance by
Dominic Hartley on the keyboard,
and Jo Coghill on double bass,
while Gerry Shelley staged an
impressive lighting show to
enhance the performance.
UCKFIELD ROTARY
SENIOR CITIZENS PARTY
Uckfield Rotary again hosted an afternoon tea
for local senior citizens at Uckfield Community
Technology College on Saturday 20 January.
Tea was served throughout the afternoon to
one hundred guests by girls and adults from
GirlGuiding Uckfield and District, supported
by members of the Rotary Club. Guests were
entranced by a dancing display from 4-6-yearold
pupils from local dance school Universal
Dance, before enjoying sandwiches and cakes.
They were then entertained by Nellie Dunne
and Ena Pickle, better known as The Pinny
Sisters, who had guests singing along to old
songs that everyone knew. The raffle raised
over £200 for the Children's Respite Trust to
fund support for local families.
The party has been going for many years.
However, one year there was heavy snow on
the day so the party couldn't go ahead. It was
re-arranged for late January, which everyone
agreed seemed a very convenient time to get
people together. And so it has continued.
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