The Fife Herald has kindly given the Dairsie web site permission to copy the Dairsie News that is printed in the Fife Herald every week.
Winners of the Dairsie War Memorial 200 Club draw for January 2008 were: 1st Victoria Murray,Cupar - £20; 2nd Chris Brian, Dairsie - £10; 3rd Andrew Duff, Dairsie - £5.
The Memorial Hall Committee are organising a Scottish Evening in the Hall on Saturday 9th. February - 7pm for 7.30pm. A three course meal will be served, and the ticket price is to be only £10. After the meal, there will be Scottish dancing to recorded music, and also the hall committee are looking for anyone who can offer to do an entertainment, a short story, a poem, play an instrument, dance, sing or whatever. Where is our local talent? Can you help to make it a great evening? Don’t hang back – you are needed. To volunteer, for more information, or for tickets, contact Carol Owen. Tickets are limited so don't delay book today.
The Annual General Meeting of Dairsie War Memorial Hall will be held in the Hall on Thursday 21st. February 2008 at 7.30pm. This meeting is open to all, and of course more volunteers are always very, very welcome.
Would you like to share your old photographs, postcards of Dairsie, Dairsie station, Dairsie events such as pantomimes, or local characters with the rest of the community? Dairsie Community Council would like to show such pictures on the Dairsie web site, www.dairsie.org.uk, which would be a lasting record of village memorabilia. All photographs and postcards will be returned after being copied. A start has been made. Cupar library have a large collection of North East Fife postcards and they have kindly given the Community Council permission to display Fife Council’s collection of Dairsie postcards on the web site.
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The Hall Committee held their Scottish Evening in the Hall last Saturday. Mr. James Anderson addressed the haggis, followed by the Selkirk Grace. A 3 course dinner was then served with Scotch Broth, Haggis, Neeps and Tatties, Trifle, Mints, Shortbread, Tea and Coffee all prepared by the Hall committee. With the tables moved to the sides the dancing then commenced – enthusiastically enjoyed by all. There were more poems from Mr. Anderson during the evening – a great way to rest from the dancing. The Chairperson thanked the Committee for all their hard work to put this event on; Mr. Anderson for his contributions; David Littlejohn for running the bar, and to everyone for coming, helping and donating towards an enjoyable evening.
At the February meeting, the ladies were given an extremely interesting talk and slide show by Mr. Randall on walking and climbing in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada. All were amazed at the magnificent scenery and at the strenuous feats of climbing by Mr. Randall and friends.
Competition winners were as follows. A jar of burger relish: 1st Agnes Jeff; 2nd Rhoda Dewar. Flower of the month: 1st Jeanette Armes; 2nd Rhoda Dewar.
The Rev. Graeme Bell from Carnwadric Church, Glasgow, led the worship on Sunday morning and the congregation were able to watch a visual presentation of the service on a large screen. He was accompanied by members of his congregation. His wife and the Session Clerk from Glasgow read the lessons, whilst his son controlled the order of service as it appeared on the screen. The sermon told a story accompanied by pictures, bringing it vividly to life, and as the words of the hymns were on the screen, heads were not bowed over the hymnary and all were really able to sing out. An innovative approach, much appreciated and of much interest. The visitors had time for fellowship over refreshments before they went on to lead the service at St. Johns. Cupar.
The Guild meeting began at the Primary School to which they were invited as part of the school "Enterprise Project". It is designed to encourage the children to learn skills such as performing before an audience and meeting and talking with them. Their teacher, Sarah King, introduced pupils from Primaries 1 - 5, who first of all recited poems in Scots dialect, and they were most impressive in their confidence as they each took their turn. Then followed Scots country dancing, and what a joy to watch as they skilfully performed four dances. The final item was a preview of a dance they are creating themselves for a competition later in the year - not officially titled as yet, but known to the children as the chicken dance, and they certainly enjoyed themselves. Small cakes, decorated by the children, were then offered together with tea/coffee. Warm thanks were given by retired teacher Kathleen Innes-Smith who certainly knew the work involved in such a presentation, and there was much applause. One of the children thanked the visitors for coming, and an invitation to see, at a later date, the costumed, completed chicken dance was promised.
The meeting then adjourned to the church hall, where Craig Rodger was welcomed to test the powers of observation with slides of views of Dairsie including church interiors, and of Cupar and surrounding areas. His audience were left abashed at their failure to identify familiar places! Appreciative thanks were given to Craig who is a church member as well as member of Cupar Camera Club. A further cuppa ended the meeting.
The A.G.M. of Dairsie War Memorial Hall was held on Thursday 21st February 2008. The committee was appointed as follows Chairperson Carol Owen, Vice Chairperson Margaret Roberts, Secretary Blair Littlejohn, Treasurer David Cowieson. Committee John Eccles, Stuart Ferguson, Helen Horsburgh, Margaret May, Gareth Owen and Sharif Sulaiman. Trustees Rev. S. Blount, Mrs. N. Davis and Mrs. M. Roberts. Future events will be announced in due course. The Chairperson thanked the committee for their support and help and also thanked everyone in the village for their support at the events in the hall.