Unstoppable!

Miss March and I met some of the Salisbury Rugby Club Ladies' team recently, with Mandy Milford from Hilltop Studios taking the photos. It was a bit windy, and dare I say "exposed" up there, but we got some terrific shots - thanks girls for making yourselves available. Great fun.

Roger Stanwell from the Lord Nelson Arms recently hosted an Italian evening for us where guests could pay what they thought the meal was worth, and the Calendar Girls take the profits. What a fun evening we had - seven of us were waitresses, we had a full house, the place was buzzing, and we made a phenomenol £543! Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

A date for your diary - Saturday 9th July, 2.30 - 5.30pm - a vintage tea party at Spencer's Farm, Winterslow SP5 1RJ (opposite the log stack in Livery Road). Enjoy a quintessential English tea, served by - guess who? - yes, the Calendar Girls! Stalls, raffle (amazing prizes) and entertainment. £5 per ticket. Call Karryne on 01722 712447 for more information.

Fantastic news - John Glen MP has offered to host our launch party at Salisbury Racecourse on 28th September! He has always been very keen to support local businesses, and since all our sponsors are local independent businesses, he is delighted to get involved and help us promote the Calendar and our sponsors at the same time. All sponsors will get a personal invitation to the launch party, and we would love to see you there too - first race is 2.00pm, the calendars will be on sale for the first time, and most of the Calendar Girls will be there too - don't miss out, it will be a great afternoon!


Finally, we did a couple more photoshoots last week - thankfully missing the rain. The first one was at Heale House featuring 3 ladies, a pink wheelbarrow and not much else! The second photo was indoors at LED Synergy who manufacture digital display boards - they rigged up a fab digital display for 3 naked ladies to pose around - don't want to spoil the surprise, so you'll just have to wait until you buy your calendar!


Next posting will be in a few weeks' time once we've taken some more photos, and been on a trip to the Bournemouth Pavilion to see ......... "The Calendar Girls" surprise surprise! Watch this space.


Sara x

What an amazing few weeks! Ruth and I were interviewed by Spire FM and they broadcast our interview in the news bulletins all morning last Wednesday. The Salisbury Journal are very interested, and they've also got the story and the beautiful bluebell photo which may very well be published next week - keep your eyes peeled! Also the magazine Salisbury Life are interested in talking to us too - Hollywood next?

I spoke to Salisbury Racecourse this week and they are thrilled to offer their location for one of the shoots, and have even said that we can have their Race Day on 28th September to sell the calendar and go round with collection buckets! Steve and Sarah Dixon have very kindly offered to lend us one of their racehorses for the shoot - thank you! Hope to see you all there with your race cards!

Went to have a look at the bridal suite at the Red Lion yesterday - complete with four poster bed - but I'll say no more!

A huge thank you to all the members of the Lions Head Art Group who hosted a fund raising morning for us today. Coffee and beautiful home-made cakes, a raffle, paint-along with George, portrait sketches done by Fiona (I had mine done too - it's very well done), and home-made cards. The special touches were very much appreciated - pink roses on the tables, pink serviettes and even pink ribbons for us all to wear - thank you for your thoughtfulness. Haven't counted all the money yet, but we think it's in the region of £180! Thank you to everyone who came and supported us.

And finally, another date for your diary - Saturday 11th June - Italian meal at the Lord Nelson. Mine host Roger Stanwell has generously offered to donate all the profits from the evening's meal. And you'll even be waited on by some of the calendar girls! More details later, and definitely in the Parish Magazine. Thank you Roger.