Gala dinner

Sunday night

This was held in the same room as the seminars but radically transformed. The settings were impressive and the food was good although possibly the smallest meal of the weekend (including morning and afternoon tea). We had to select our main course a week or so earlier and it turned out that my choice of sea bass was a good one.







Many of the men wore suits and looked quite sharp and the ladies were dressed in their finery, with a number in traditional costumes.

There was one scruffy looking guy who I thought had missed the "formal" on the instruction but he then sat down behind the drum kit on the stage. He was actually a member as well.

The meal was served fairly briskly but it took 10 minutes or longer just to get a can of soft drink.





Once the meal was over there was some dancing and eventually then some announcements. There were 5 of us who completed the Mind challange and I was second quickest, but beaten by nearly 20 minutes by the winner.

The helpers were thanks and then we formed a large circle and sang Auld Lang Sime. There has be a multitude of facebook friending so let's hope we can keep in touch.

A group of us headed out for some drinks,but the bar we saw the previous night was closed and after trying a few other places we just went to 7-11 and bought some beers, which we drank in my room.