“The room was buzzing with the sound happiness, laughter and people enjoying the lovely meal…”
On Friday 22nd September, the Council hosted a Murder Mystery & Curry night at the Haydon Wick Working Men’s Club. This follows on from a series of quiz nights and supper evenings that have taken place throughout the year in line with the Council’s commitment to reduce loneliness and isolation in the parish.
Tickets were a sell out and at 7pm the room filled with attendees, in groups and alone, joining together to enjoy an evening of murder so gruesome. Purton Amateur Dramatic Society performed their latest ‘Christina’ murder mystery act, which left people in the interval wondering who did the terrible deed.
Chennai Dosa arrived to serve their wonderful Indian street food to all attendees and actors and the room was buzzing with the sound happiness, laughter and people enjoying the lovely meal.
The raffle was drawn in the interval, and this saw lots of lovely prizes donated. Our lucky winners walked away with bottles of wine, sweetly scented candles, sweets and most importantly, chocolates! In total the raffle raised £103 for the Council’s chosen charities, BEST – Be A Better You and The Kelly Foundation.
As the rest of the evening unfolded, the audience were left with clues to try and decipher who they felt was the guilty party or parties. The actors and actresses distributed themselves amongst the audience, looking at the reasoning behind the team’s decisions. The winning team ‘Too Much Prosecco’ won prizes for their creative detective skills. The Council received some positive feedback about the event:
“It was lovely to come out on a Friday evening and do something totally different”.
“Wow the curry was delicious, thanks for a great evening”.
“I can’t wait for what the next event might be”.
Help the Parish Council choose next year’s Community Choices
In 2020 the Council launched its Community Choices initiative. This is where Haydon Wick residents provide ideas and suggestions for what to spend the Community Choices budget on. The community then vote, and the most popular choice(s) are delivered by the Parish Council in that financial year. For the past two years the community has voted for a programme of events to help reduce loneliness and isolation.
Residents are now being asked to submit suggestions of projects, activities, or events for 2024/25. To find out more about Community Choices project contact the Council’s Community Development Officer or visit the Council’s website: cdofficer@haydonwick.gov.uk / https://haydonwick.gov.uk/community-choices/.
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