From: David Pleasants [david_at_plesbit_dot_net]

Sent: 09 December 2015 04:08

Subject: FOLK AT THE DRUM (FATD) - FORECAST OF EVENTS (FOE)- JANUARY TO APRIL 2016

Attachments: GUEST AND CLUB NIGHTS JANUARY TO APRIL 2016.doc

 

Good Morning All,

Attached is the FOE for January to April 2016.

As the astute amongst you may have noticed I did not have an FOE covering this month, various problems caused that, but on the other hand this has allowed me to normalise the FOEs into one year!  As I do them four months at a  time now for various technical reasons it makes it easy to produce three in a calendar year

As I have just  acquired a colour laser printer I shall now be bringing in colour copies for those who want one for their kitchen notice board or wherever.  At this point, a big thank you to Dave Jones who has been printing the colour copies on his ink-jet and I very much appreciate his help in doing this for what must be at least a couple of years now!  In order to do that Dave had to spend a considerable amount of time squeezing the information into a size that would print on the ink-jet which has a smaller printing area than the laser.  It was he who spent time reducing the sheet from five months to four at a time in order to negate the need for editing each time and knowing how long it takes me to just amend it every three months I know just how much work he had to put in to doing that!  For those who will be wanting to print their own copy on an ink-jet,
please be aware that I have put some spaces in at the bottom of the document which you may have to remove in order to print on to one sheet of paper.

Whilst I am thanking, and praising, one member of the Jones family I must not forget the other,  Maureen has very kindly put up several club guests this year in particular but also previously when I have not been able to house guests for lack of space or other reasons.  It is a great boon for me to have such good friends and considerate club members who are always willing to help out with any aspect of club life at the drop of a hat.  The other thing which I should mention is that Dave and I have been going up to The Drum on the morning of a guest night just to help out Mick and Suzie with setting up the room.  Again when Dave was unavailable Maureen stepped in.  You also all benefit from the fact that Dave & Maureen bring cushions along every week for your comfort.

The reason that I have chosen to thank Dave & Maureen for all that they do on behalf of FATD in this missive is that they will not be at the Club Christmas dinner this week which is when I normally offer thanks for the help I receive in running the club.

The attached document is in Word format but if you need a *.rtf just let me know and I will send you one in that format or any other.  If you do not want to print it and just look at it on line please be aware that you can follow up the hyperlinks directly from the Word document to the artists website by holding down the control (Ctrl) key and clicking the left mouse key on to the hyperlink that will take you straight to the artists' website.

Finally, as we only have the Christmas Dinner this week on 10 December  and then only one more club night this year, we meet again on 7January 2016, it only remains for me to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Best regards

David