Our new membership year got off to a joyful start when we tried our hand at Morris dancing at the April meeting. What a fun and noisy evening! Otley’s renowned troupe of Border Morris Dancers, Wharfedale Wayzgoose joined us. The 13 brilliant troupe members taught us all about the history of this fascinating form of dance, the group’s origin story, and …
We met on Thursday 30th April for our Annual Meeting of 2023, and as usual enjoyed looking back on the last membership year. As well as the Financial Report (thank you Treasurer, Emma) and Secretary’s Report (thank you Maryan), we also saw a Charity Report which showed what an amazing year of fundraising we’ve had for our current charity Zarach …
Since many people will this evening be celebrating the birthday of Robert Burns with a Burns supper, we thought we’d take the opportunity to share with you some photos from a very Scottish meeting we held last year! For our September meeting, we twirled, pas de basqued and polkaed our way around the hall in an energetic ceilidh. We’d been …
My journey into Baildon Belles began during the Covid-19 lockdown. As with many it was a time when I re-evaluated my life and my learning was not easy. I learnt that I did not have friends geographically local to me. I had many long-distance friends, long- distance family, acquaintances, work colleagues, but no one close to me. So, as you …
We hope you’re having a wonderful summer, especially those of you who have been taking much needed holidays! August is often a quieter meeting with many members away, but we hope to see lots of you on Thursday (25th September) as we explore the World Heritage Site on our own doorstep! We’ll be joined by local historian Anthony Briggs, who will …
For last month’s meeting we ventured into the beautiful Hirst Woods to spend some quality time in nature. We were lucky to have three activities to try, all designed to bring us some calm and tranquility. We split into three groups so we could take turns at each one… Val Preston of Truly Essential lead us in a tai chi …
We hope you’ve all coped with the heatwave as well as can be expected! We’re sure that you’re all now ready for a relaxing evening of wellbeing-focussed activities, especially those of you who have had a busy end to the summer term. We’re therefore very pleased to have a serene meeting planned for you, hosted by our very own Julia in the …
For our June meeting we welcomed Brittney from Bloosy Boutique, who got us into the summer shopping spirit! Brittney started the evening by telling us about her long held love of fashion, and her desire to make exciting clothing available to women of every shape and size. In 2020 Brittney achieved her dream of opening her own boutique, which she …
We hope you’ve been enjoying the fine weather and the start of summer! We thought that lots of us might be using the sun as an excuse to treat ourselves to some new clothes, so we’ve invited Brittney from Bloosy Boutique on Westgate to join us for the evening. Brittney will tell us all about her gorgeous independent shop, why she dreamed of …