Rotary Engagements since July 1 244
Started the week with the District Meeting of Inner Wheel
District 9. Always welcoming, the ladies
took me through their equivalent of our Rotary District Council meeting,
followed by lunch – all very civilised!
And in the evening we were off to Bracknell for the
Annual 5 Clubs Dinner – a black tie affair involving the clubs of Ascot,
Bracknell, Crowthorne & Sandhurst, Easthampstead and Wokingham. Great idea, getting all the clubs together
for a single celebration, with entertainment by a lively group of senior
singers.
Wednesday we had an outing of my own club, with around 50
of us taken round the Queen’s Gallery exhibition of works by Giovanni
Castigliano (no I’d never heard of him either, but it was very interesting) and
the paintings given to the Queen by members of the Royal Academy. It’s fair to say that the letter generated
much of the comment, the majority being unfavourable, but if the purpose of art
is to cause debate, it certainly succeeded!!
Thursday our Membership team held a workshop for around
50 relatively new members within the District which generated a good deal of
discussion on how we make our organisation even greater.
Saturday Joan & I had a double bill, firstly with a
very high standard of entries in our District’s Young Musician final – we look
forward to seeing the winners, both sponsored by RC Ascot, as was one of the
winners in the Youth Speaks final, at the Regional final in Maidstone in a
couple of weeks.
And on to Windsor for the RC Windsor & Eton club’s
President’s Night, held in the very splendid surroundings of the Guildhall,
where we ate with the Kings & Queens of England looking down on us. I’m sure they found their position in doing
so entirely appropriate! 
Sunday evening found us back in Reading at the Hexagon
Theatre in the company of the audience enjoying an evening of singing from children
at primary schools in the Maidenhead area, organised jointly by the clubs of Ascot
& Wokingham. More than 300 children
on stage, singers & musicians, with a programme of songs about food – fortunately
refreshments were provided at the end! (Wasn't supposed to take pictures, so don't tell!)
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