Annual Tea - January 20, 2018

Birthday Tea for Jane Austen - 2018 January 20

Our birthday tea to honour Jane Austen was filled with laughs, dancing, prizes and delicious tea comestibles. Before tea was served, guests bought raffle tickets with giddy enthusiasm. Thanks to lots of donations, everyone could choose a prize. We entertained ourselves with a Box Hill Picnic challenge. Each table had to come up with "one thing very clever ... two things moderately clever ... three things very dull indeed". Clever things included unexpected songs and poetry. But all the great laughs went to the very dull things. Naturally, every birthday tea includes dancing from Sprigged Muslin. At the end of their specially prepared dances, they swept us into a participation round dance.

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