Wow what a weekend last weekend was! 

 Ali, Josh L and Claire spent many an hour cooking, and so many people from St James helped with set up, lending us equipment, pack down after, washing up and more - thank you so much everyone who helped. 

 Guests were treated to a choice of 3 different stews, Ugali (somewhere between rice and mashed potato - hard to describe) and chapatti - yum!

 It was an incredible night, with over 70 people in attendance! Final total to be confirmed, but we think we'll have made over £500 profit towards our Kenya trip - fabulous. 

 Special congratuations go to Annie, Keith and Martha, who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in our talent show. The talent show was so good, and the poor judges had a very difficult time (thank you Jo Jo and Esther). And Grace is born to Emcee - well done Grace. 

 And of course a massive, massive thank you goes to the Sweet Nothings, who came all the way from Exeter for the weekend to perform - girls you were fabulous and really made the night something special! And the beatboxing! People have been talking about you all week! If you missed it there's a video of the girls singing on the St James facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/stjames.styvechale. 

 Below are a few photos of the night. 

 And now on to our next fundraiser - climbing Snowdon in two weeks - you can sponsor us here - https://www.stewardship.org.uk/pages/stjamessnowdon.  

May be an image of table and text that says 'Kenyan Meal' 

May be an image of text that says 'Talent Shove SNIG' 

 

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