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 Suffolk Supper 2012 - Saturday 15th September.
Update 12th September: This event is now sold-out - A great thing to be able to report, but sorry if you were hoping to make a late reservation and are now disappointed.
Last year’s Suffolk Supper – a tribute to Tony Lawrence – marked a departure from traditional sit-down suppers. The buffet format was hailed as a considerable success, so we have decided to repeat that format this year. Tables will be set up, so there will be no need to wander around precariously, performing an impossible balancing act with food, cutlery and glass, while eating and talking at the same time. So come along prepared to mix and mingle, rather than be fixed at one particular table.
One of the problems of having a Council Meeting at 5.30pm is that guests are left to their own devices while the meeting is taking place. The College has normally kindly provided refreshments during this time, but that hardly fills the space. This year, however, we are able to offer OFs and their guests alternative fare in the Headmaster Porter Theatre. Dan Wood, Events Manager, has secured the services of a professional theatre company which will be putting on a performance of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” during this time. (The Play starts at 5.15pm). Tickets are priced at £7.50 (£5 for students) and they will be offered to a wider audience. All OFs and guests are welcome at this performance, which will hopefully not leave nerves so shredded as to put you off supper, so please contact Leigh Cunningham ( alumni@framcollege.co.uk), our Liaison Officer, if you or your guests would like to attend. This will be particularly useful for those whose “other halves” may be attending the Council Meeting. Tickets can also be purchased online via PayPal, credit or debit card at Framlingham College Enterprises - Hound of the Baskervilles.
A pre-supper Reception, including a welcoming drink, will be held in Pauls Court from 7.00pm, and this will conclude, at 7.25pm, with the presentation to the Headmaster of a £100,000 cheque from the Society, as our contribution to the College’s 150th Anniversary Appeal.
A bar will be open in the annex to the Dining Room from 7.00pm and a buffet self-service supper will be available from 7.30pm over the following two hours. At about 8.30pm there will be the induction of new Honorary OFs by the President, followed by about 20 minutes of musical entertainment arranged by the Director of Music, Tim Rhodes. There will be no other formalities at the supper, no seating plan, and definitely no long speeches. Those attending may pass through to the dining room whenever they wish and sit at any table, each of which will have from six to eight places laid. If there are any special dietary requirements please let me know.
Booking for the supper is essential, and must be accompanied by a payment of £15.50 per head, which will include a welcoming drink. The preferred method of payment is by an internet transfer to the SOF account (Society of Old Framlinghamians: Sort Code 40 05 30, Account Number 0149 4252. Reference: SuffSup) together with an e-mail ( suffolksupper@oldframlinghamian.com) informing me that the payment has been made, and the identity of the diners the payment is for.
If this is not practical, then a cheque made payable to “Society of Old Framlinghamians” may be sent to me by post together with a note detailing to whom the cheque relates.
John A Horton
3 Coucy Close
Framlingham
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP13 9AX Tel: 01728 723325
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