Mensa's 65th birthday
Party Time
It was Brilliant!
Over 40 members and guests arrived at the function room at Ilkeston Town FC in Derbyshire to celebrate Mensa's 65th birthday on Saturday 1st October. This included Kai and Blade, teenagers from Leics, and Sue from Nottingham who is one day older than Mensa! We also had members from Birmingham and Manchester join us.
There was a quiz to keep people occupied whilst everyone arrived and the questions were all about 1946, the year Mensa was founded. Congratulations to the winners Nigel and Jenny. Once the buffet had been devoured it was time to cut the specially made birthday cake and this was done by Ian, Maxine and Paul the Northampton, Nottingham and Leicester LocSecs respectively. Rather yummy it was too!
We then drew the raffle which raised over £60 for Cancer Research UK and many people went home with prizes ranging from wine to games to gadgets. Then it was time to dim the lights and do some dancing, although apart from the popular Macarena and Time Warp guests preferred to sit and chat.
Using our own sound system rather than hiring a DJ with loud music and flashing lights this was easily possible.
Throughout the evening I chatted to new members, those who hadn't been to an event for a while and regular attendees. What a lovely bunch of people! It was great to receive thanks from the new faces for inviting them to a free night out and making them feel welcome.