21st August Holiday at Home 4


It's always good to end with a bang and the 4th session of our holiday at Home did just that with a whopping 32 people coming along. Most of them it has to be admitted because fish and chips was on the lunchtime menu. Still use every means neccesary to get people through the door in what I say!

So wrapping things up on the final day we had two rounds of Bible Bingo based on books of the bible, interspersed with a quick fire quiz using catchphrases from famous TV adverts. Then Jason came across from Nuthall to lead an hour of musical treats. 

He played a few tunes on the piano, a couple on the clarinet and then attempted to teach us all how to sing, building up to a 4 part round. I am not sure whether the sound we made could be described as a treat for the ears but we all had lots of fun, even trying to reach those high notes.

Then it was the highlight of the day for many, a fish and chips tray from the Market Place chippy just across from the church. Given that we had asked for 32 portions they did a great job making to produce them all at the same time, all hot and beautifully cooked.

The afternoon activity was a film. Not sure of what to show I finally had the idea of picking something that fitted in with what we had done earlier in the day and so plumped for the Victoria Wood penned 'That day we sang' featuring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, which went down a treat with all those who stayed to watch it.

All in all the 4 days spread over 4 weeks has been a great success and one I will certainly try to repeat next year with hopefully more people coming along from the community.


 

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