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HIGH TEA - MEADOWVALE - 6th June, 2024

The High Tea was organized by Carolyn and John Chessum on June the 6th at Meadowvale 

Community Centre. 

It was so nice to enter the building to be greeted by Carolyn, who was dressed as a beautiful wait-ress. Later we noticed she had assembled a great team of willing helpers, all superbly attired as our waiters and waitresses for the day. (i.e., Kerrie and Kevin Mayo, Kay Dempster and John Chessum). 

We sat at elegantly set tables with three tires cake stands. The top layer consisted of petit fours, small cakes of chocolate and Lemon meringue., the next layer were lovely scones. Lastly on the bot-tom layer were cucumber rounds and egg sandwiches. On the table were superb plates of small quiches in golden pastry, also the jam and cream for the scones. 

After the high tea and social interaction Carolyn surprised us with some games. The first was pass the parcel but instead of music, Carolyn told jokes and at the end of the joke the person holding the parcel was allowed to remove a layer of paper. This was repeated until the prize was revealed. 

Tea Party Bingo was the next game. After all the sheets and pens were distributed to the guests, 

Carolyn then explained that there would be two winners. It would be the first person to fill a line horizontally vertically or diagonally. But if you called out too soon and your line was incomplete you were required to stand and do the chicken dance, well Kay was a little too excited and called Bingo early, as we all hummed the tune of the chicken dance, Kay joined in the fun and performed the dance. The next winner was the one who filled their entire card. 

The piece de resistance was the lucky ticket Everyone looked at each other saying I didn’t get a ticket when I arrived. Then Carolyn mentioned that under each plate was a lucky ticket, with many prizes available, the preceding winner then called out the next winning number, this was continued until all the prizes were won. 

It was a lovely afternoon. Special thanks to Kay for arranging the use of the Meadowvale Multi - Purpose room and assisting on this occasion. Special thanks to Carolyn, John, and their team for a most enjoyable day of fun and friendship. 

-Merrilee Pawley 

Probus High Tea