| News: 18th October, 2019 |
Llangynog WI Calendar Girls perform at Theatr Hafren (18th October 2019)
POWYS MONTGOMERY FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTESCentenary Variety Show
Friday 18th October at 7.30pm
Theatr Hafren, Newtown
LLANGYNOG CALENDAR GIRLS
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Llangynog WI took part in this celebratory Centenary Show performing a ‘Calendar Girls’ skit.
This was very well received by a packed audience! We were asked to perform a Calendar Girl sketch based on the PMFWI 2015 Calendar, where each month represents a different WI Resolution, as follows:
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 Compère: Anne Hill |
 Ms January: Ann Marsh (Support for the Plumage Bill, 1921) |
 Ms February: Jennie Eilbeck (Board of censors for restricting admission to cinemas for under 15's, 1921) |
 Ms March: Joanne Hill (YFC valuable in Agricultural Educartion, 1925) |
 Ms April: Chris Norwell (To encourage a high level in the teaching of crafts, 1934) |
 Ms May: Janet Burton (Prevent the widespread destruction of wild flowers, 1937) |
 Ms June: Brenda Young (Due to world shortage, increase home production and preservation, 1946) |
 Ms July: Iris Pugh (Legislation regarding access to footpaths and the countryside, 1948) |
 Ms August: Val Atherton (Reclamation, re-use and recycling of waste, 1974) |
 Ms September: Pam Parnell (Public telephone kiosks - vital service in rural areas, 1982) |
 Ms October: Gwenfyl Williams (Public awareness of the difference between the retail price and the price paid to farmers for milk, 2005) |
 Ms November: Wendy Barker (Sport for a healthy population, 2006) |
 Ms December: Mary McKenzie (SOS Honey Bees, 2009) |
Dress Rehearsal
Just ten Calendar Girls
Backstage
Thirteen of us fitted into one small dressing room!
(Val is the photographer)
Pre-show rehearsal on stage at Theatr Hafren
