St Albans Tangent Club AGM – Tuesday 6 April 2010
April 8th, 2010Wollams Sports Centre-Hatfield Road
I have to say I really enjoyed my evening with Tangent at their AGM. I was greeted by Daphne Harris who kindly bought me a drink, and introduced me to some of the Tangent members who all seemed lovely. Unfortunately I have forgotten their names but I am much better at remembering faces. You have to remember I am not used to attending such functions, so I really was unsure on protocol. Hopefully I made the right impression.
I sat down next to Barbara, Janet and Christine for the evening. I introduced myself, obviously as Monika, as that’s my name. I think some of the ladies were a bit confused, one lady did ask if I was the guest speaker….Oh dear! I know I can talk, but really I don’t have a topic that would benefit me to guest speak! I thought. Thankfully Daphne introduced me to the Tangent members as the newly appointed St Albans Circle Chair, Monika. Aha! Allow me to introduce myself Chair of Ladies Circle, Monika. Hand out, shake hands and smile, lots of smiles and waves… So after all the introductions we settled into business meeting mode, which was quick and efficient.
Starters came and went, mains came and went….THEN INTERRUPTION! Club 41/Rotary busted the door open and entered. Steve Potter Club 41 Chair held a Stuffed Patchwork Pooch with a lead, if he was trying to be fashionable like Paris Hilton and her pooch, I really think he should have thought about getting a pooch that was more suited to his bearded, friendly, Father Christmas look (I thought to myself!). Before I could think anymore odd thoughts, it was made apparent that the Stuffed Patchwork dog was a gift intended for the new Tangent Chair Julia Currant. You see Julia is a Dog Trainer…hopefully this is making sense.
Anyway back to the interruption, Steve’s explanation of buying the Stuffed Patchwork Pooch was he walked passed a pet store and saw…wait for it…This Doggy in the Window, and wondered….This is good…. ‘How much is that Doggy in the Window’ and yes it did have a waggle tail… So everyone broke into song, and a good laugh was had by all with a fun interruption.
After this the AGM began. AGM is the same format to St Albans Circle with reports from Officers and Election of New Officers etc. Daphne Harris thanked all her Officers for their support and gave each of them a gift as a token of her thanks. Julia Currant presented Daphne Harris with a ‘Daphne Bush’ and a photo of Elvis, to remind her of their Elvis Night and Daphne also received the Flowers of Friendship.
Tangent is made up of members who were once St Albans Circle, and this is the club that you join after you reach the young age of 45. I have to say that I hope when I reach the end of Circling with St Albans Circle, that Tangent will still be going so I can continue on with a club such as this. All the ladies at Tangent enjoy meeting every first Tuesday of the month, and also organise walks on the last Sunday of the month. I am hoping to attend some of their less formal meetings in the future and look forward to finding out more about Tangent and the members.
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