We had another two terrific meetings in November.

The first meeting was themed Box Magic with the legendary Norn Bichan as our host. Norn opened proceedings by showing us a Q&A type effect using a cereal box as the billet repository. Many of our members performed a piece or two, including effects utilising card boxes, a couple of Gozinta boxes, a rattle box, a ring box, a demonstration of Mark Shortlands Amaze Box, the use of a beautiful Mick Hanzlik lock and strong box, a silk cabby and many others. It was a really good example of what our members can come up with under pressure.

The second meeting was our annual Social Night, when we invite the public in to see eight of our members each perform a short set. The evening was organised by Eoin and Dave. On the night we had invaluable help from Maureen Bain who looked after the door and added up the money; Honorary Vice President Jenny Seagraves, daughter Tara and Margaret Meredith sold loads of raffle tickets and Dave Goulding and Jim Aitken hosted and MCed a room each. The eight performers, who all performed magnificently, were James Dickson, Jono Geary, Steve Meredith, Nicolas Maulet, Chris Begg, Eoin Smith, Smith and Burns (Ivor and Jeff) and President Garry Seagraves.

It was a great night. A good sized audience had a wonderful time and were royally entertained. Everyone who took part had a great time and did wonderfully well; we also raised a nice bit of cash for our funds. Thank you to everyone invovled.

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Dave G