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28/5/2018 0 Comments Show Me How You Burlesque!We're never shy to learn about new things here at BVWI and our May meeting was our sauciest yet! Nottingham burlesque performer Foxie La Roque joined us for the evening with an array of costumes, wigs, feather fans, headpieces and - yes, nipple tassels! We learned a brief history of the origins of burlesque, the types of burlesque and some classic showgirl moves then got chance to try out all the props and costume pieces while we enjoyed some jazzy vintage tunes. Some of us even had a go at twirling tassels, and Janet especially (pictured left) seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly! The more we laughed and enjoyed it, the more an idea formed... we may have some budding starlets in our midst, stay tuned to find out where this new skill may take us! Along with pleasure comes the business, and May is our time of year to discuss and vote on the resolutions. Typically there are more than one but this year the overwhelming lead is for Mental Health Matters, mainly campaigning for better support and resources. As a WI we all agreed that this is an area severely lacking in awareness and at WI level we can all get on board with making small adjustments ourselves to change perception and stigma around mental illnesses. Creating opportunities to talk, without judgement, or offering open drop-in support locally in the area are great starts and likewise, those of us with MH issues can share our experiences and show others that there is no 'face' to mental health and we are not 'weird' or 'scary' and not all mental illnesses are comparable. Overall we voted For as a majority and this will be taken forward to the Annual Meeting in Cardiff in July for a final vote. Our Fundraiser last week raised a handsome £190 and local mobile pizza aficionado's Zenzorro came along with their van which certainly helped draw a crowd, and even gave us a lovely donation. We'll be sure to have them join us again at the next event! At the Newark Show we also celebrated winning 2nd place in two of the competitions, for our recycled cushion and display which just about everyone had a small hand in pulling together. We used everything from brick dust to Tassimo wrappers and with our 'Votes For Women' theme it really was eco-girl-power all round. We're also still working on our crochet/knitted poppy collections, we'll need a whopping 1569 all together, so at meetings, coffee club and craft nights you can guarantee that's what we'll be up to. We have spare yarn and eager teachers, so if you want to be a part of it all and learn a new skill, join us! See more photos of our Burlesque fun in the gallery!
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