The Yorkshire Christmas party weekend was at Ripon Racecourse, with a room for entertainment and fun.
We had 43 vans arrive in total, 34 from Yorkshire, 1 from Nene Valley, 3 from Northern Counties and 5 from East Midlands. Of these six of the vans were first timers at an MCC event. It was so nice to have them with us to join in the festive fun.
The committee were the hosts for this weekend, with teams greeting, parking, decorating the room and doing all the jobs to make the weekend an amazing time for everyone.
There was a packed programme of events from Friday evening to Sunday morning. On Friday evening we had quizzes, a bottle game and bingo with musical interludes till the end of the evening.
On Saturday our room was open all day for people to have a warm and a chat. Many had a walk into Ripon., last minute Christmas shopping and refreshments.
The evening was full of festivities. Santa’s elves collected all the Secret Santa gifts and had them ready for Santa to give out. Poor Santa had every person who collected a gift sit on his knee for a photo. There was only one child attending so the rest were the big kids. Santa’s elves did a grand job keeping Santa supplied with gifts to give out and keeping everyone happy.
Rachel B the singer entertained then, getting everyone singing along and dancing. After her first session Santa pulled the raffle tickets and the 2 elves ran a tombola style prize collection. So, all the prizes were numbered and each raffle winner had to draw a ticket to see which prize they had won. Loads of prizes were there to be won including wine, spirits, chocolates and goodies.
Rachel B came back for another wonderful set with a variety of songs. The dance floor was full by the end of her slot with many couples taking to the floor.
To round the weekend off we held a coffee morning on Sunday before everyone wended their way home. It was a brilliant festive weekend with everyone having fun. Thanks everyone for coming and joining in the festivities.
