July Meeting- Viv Groskop 'Say Sorry to the Lady'

Frome WI is absolutely delighted to be welcoming journalist, writer and comedian Viv Groskop to the WI this coming Thursday (16th July)

Please come along to hear an exclusive preview of her Edinburgh Festival show "Say Sorry to the Lady". Bring a friend, a bottle and be prepared to laugh. See you there!

 7.30-9.30pm at Frome Youth & Community Centre, Vallis Road. £3 for non-members.

Find out more about Viv Groskop here

We had a wonderful evening of entertainment with Viv!

Huge thank you to Viv Groskop for giving us a preview of her show 'Say sorry to the lady' I have not laughed so much for ages! I think it's safe to say we also provided some entertainment for Viv in the shape of bees and aphrodite!!! Good luck with your stint in Edinburgh. A must see show!x- Ella

June Meeting- Fun with Pointy Sticks- Frome Town Archers

Our June meeting will be held at Frome Town Archers in Woolverton. We are arranging car sharing so please let us know in advance if you will be attending so we can organise the cars and make sure no one is left behind :) Please email wi.frome@gmail.com or contact us via Facebook and our event page

This will be a hands on have a go at Archery, you will be more than welcome to attend if you do not want to shoot as well.

Competition for this month is the best archery related baking! So get your thinking caps on ladies!

Please wear suitable footwear and clothing , the site is on a farm and outdoors in a field so fingers crossed the weather holds :D

Address for the drivers (please note that parking is limited so car sharing would be appreciated):
Lower Chatley Farm,
Woolverton,
BA2 7RQ.

Find out more about Frome Town Archers here: http://frometownarchers.co.uk/

Hope to see you there x

UPDATE:

We had a wonderful evening, huge thanks to Ian, Chris and Jon for tutoring us

Here are a couple of pics:

2015 Programme

2015 Programme

Third Thursday of the Month!

 

January- Banner making

February- Jewellery making workshop with Kathryn from Beadz Bazaar

 

March- Chocolate making with Sophie from Cocos Amor

April- Marion Dean founder of Truffle Hunters Dog School as seen on Escape to the Country!

 

May- AGM and Hettie Colquhoun who will be telling us about her VSO trip to Kenya

 

June- Fun with point sticks, a visit to Frome Town Archers

*Please message us in advance if you wish to come along so we can arrange transport*

July- Comedian Viv Groskop

August- Summer Party *location to be confirmed*

September - Centenary Celebrations

October- Dave Penfold as seen on MasterChef!  from Roti Shack and The Old Bakery Supper club

November- Bramble and Wild floristry

December- TBC

 

We hope to see you there! x

May Meeting

21st May is our AGM and we will also be welcoming  Hettie Colquhoun who will be telling us about her VSO trip to Kenya
 
Members and Visitors welcome,  hope to see you there

Ella

November Meeting- Bramble and Wild

  7:30 Thursday 20th November is our next W.I. Meeting
 

The lovely ladies from Bramble & Wild are returning for another great workshop...hooray!

This time they will demonstrate how to make a Christmas wreath and then help us all to make a christmas jam jar arrangement.

Please bring your own jam jar or similar,  a pair of scissors and any greenery or bits & bobs you think could go into your arrangement.

If you have access to lots of greenery please consider bringing some for other people to share who may not have their own, thank you!

New members who join this month will be able to take advantage of the current membership offer which will mean you will have paid up until January 2016! Hurrah!

A reminder to our current members that membership is due for renewal for 2015, please bring a cheque to the next meeting

Hope to see you all there

Ella 

As a reminder of our new location (since september) we now meet at
Frome Youth and Community Centre, Vallis Road, Frome, BA11 3EF

Post meeting update and photos:

We had a wonderful evening, very festive and all of us made brilliant jam jar arrangements, a taster of these is below, along with a group photo

Summer Cheese & Wine Party

Frome WI's Fabulous Summer Party 

With sparklling wine on arrival and a fun wine tasting with 7 more wines from Yapp Brothers each paired with a complimentary cheese from Sagebury Cheese.

Music from Frome Ukulele Orchestra
Tasting note competitions and best cake competition.

Please bring your friends and family, member tickets are £5 and guests are £8, men welcome.

If you would like to enter the best cake competition, the wine is a red Côtes du Layon and there will be a prize for the best complimentary cake.

Buy your tickets now:

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Frome WI Sushi School Evening

We recently ran a poll to see if you would like to attend a Sushi School evening at Yo! Sushi in Bath for our May Meeting. We didn't get a lot of votes but those we did were resoundingly in favour. I have included the results below, if you click on the picture you can go to the results page for more information.

We have arranged then for a Sushi School evening on Thursday 15th May at Yo! Sushi restaurant in Milsom Place, Bath. However, we need you all to book in advance for this one before 1st May.

In the class you will:

• Learn how to cook Japanese rice;
• View a Fish Cutting demonstration;
• Learn how to make different types of sushi: Maki, Mini ISO, Hand Roll, Nigiri & more

At the end of the class all participants will receive:

• A Sushi School booklet containing a step by step guide to all recipes learnt that day;
• A 25% off voucher to use on your next visit;
• Certificate that confirms that you have completed the course;
• A professional sushi rolling mat to get you started;
• And finally you can enjoy the food that you have created

The cost is £20 for paid members of Frome WI or £25 for guests. (WI will pay £5 for members) You are most welcome to bring any friends male or female as guests.

You can book using the form below and pay the £5 deposit. We will collect the remaining amount on the evening.

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