LAG summer social report

Following last year's introduction of a summer social event for LAG members, this year’s event took place at Chippenham Golf Club on Thursday, 10 August.

We hold these events because we're a sociable, friendly bunch at heart who like to get together from time to time without the focus being on our art, and it's also a good use of  surplus funds accrued. 

Committee Member and event organiser extraordinaire, Tracy Warne, did an excellent job and even managed to arrange a warm, sunny evening for the BBQ – one of the few during July and August here in the UK, it has to be said! It was lovely to sit on the terrace, chatting, looking out over the golfing greens, with the last rays of evening sunshine warming our faces, and the unmistakable smoky smell of the BBQ wafting our way.
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Fortunately most of our members were able to attend, and we missed all those unable to come along. A special mention goes to Ellen Bothwick, whose car broke down on her way to the BBQ. Unfortunately, there was no quick fix for it so, instead of tucking into burgers, sausages, vegetable kebabs and various salads, Ellen spent a couple of hours waiting for roadside rescue to come to her aid, although they didn't arrive in time for her to get to the BBQ.

Huge thanks to Tracy Warne for organising the event; it's never easy to do and we really appreciate it. We all had a great time and are looking forward to the next get together!

Our event organiser, Tracy Warne (centre of photo)

​Raffle winners

As the event drew towards its close, the highly anticipated raffle was drawn. 
Congratulations to the lucky prize winners who were:
Victoria Cleverly: A Cotman watercolour set
Chris Crosby: A Galleria box of acrylic paints
Chris Pattemore: bottle of gin
Karen McGreevy: rosé wine
Jane Tucker: white wine
Maggie Jenkins: Red wine

​Tracy commissioned Lisa Peare to provide the bespoke balloon decoration for the raffle prize table. If anyone is interested in having a similar decoration for a special event you can use our website form to contact her and we’ll pass on your details.

Many of our members who attended the event have their own gallery on this website. To view their  artwork please follow the links in the lists – the photos are captioned by table number, with names and links to galleries listed underneath. Note, if a name doesn't have a link that person doesn't yet have their own website gallery page.

Table 1a

Table 1c

Table 2

Table 1b

Table 3

Table 1a: L-R Karen Road, Jane Tucker, Chris Crosby, Victoria Cleverly
Table 1b: L-R Chris Crosby (again), Angie Weir, Kay Smith
Table 1c: L-R Sally Parsons, Karen Road (again), Jane Tucker (again), Chris Crosby (again!)
Table 2:  L-R Ken Baldy, Joy Tickell, Elspeth Wales, Richard Newsome, Keith Bennett
Table 3: L-R Anna Swatton, Vanda McCann, Karen McGreevy, Maggie Jenkins, George Jenkins, Richard Adams, Graham Brewster, Sophia Swatton

​LAG August exhibition – members’ art on show, for sale
Artwork created by many of our members will be on display and for sale at our next exhibition over the August bank holiday weekend at Lacock Village Hall. Our exhibition poster below gives the detail – come along if you can; we hope to see you there.

Finally, a gallery reminder for members
If you’re a LAG member and don’t yet have a personal gallery page on our website, please look at our guidance on how to submit gallery images.