Dear Friends,
It hardly seems twelve months since I last sat down to drop you a line and to wish you all an extremely Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. As I write, the country is trapped in the icy grip of winter and so it may be a White Christmas for us all this year. Whatever the colour of your Christmas, I hope that it's a joyous one.
This newsletter is necessarily tinged with sadness since I have to announce the death last spring of Jim Randell, President of the RHSCL (1994/1995) and a long-serving member of the RHSCL Committee, latterly as Archivist. Jim passed away only a few months after the loss of his beloved wife and not many weeks after he attended what turned out to be his final RHSCL Annual Dinner. We shall miss his wise advice and gentle good humour.
During 2010, the RHSCL continued to expand with several new members recruited during the course of the year. The Annual Dinner in February featured a hugely enjoyable account of life in the Foreign Office from our Guest of Honour, retired diplomat, Andrew George. In September, the RHSCL added a new attraction to its programme of events with a visit to to Bacchanalia in the shadow of the Millennium Bridge. We sampled some excellent Spanish wines under the watchful eye of our guide and tucked into a tempting selection of hams and cheeses. Two months later we returned to the Fleming Collection in Mayfair for our Annual Drinks Party. We were given a ten-minute talk on The Glasgow Boys, the artistic circle who were the subject of the autumn exhibition at the Gallery.The musical duo Causeway added to the fun with several jaunty renditions on fiddle and guitar and the wine flowed to everybody's satisfaction.
For golf fans, there are plans afoot to enter a team representing the Royal High in the Annual Scottish Schools competiion at Denham next summer. If you are interested then please contact Mike Rogers (bold) on MRogersMAA@aol.com He'll be delighted to hear from you.
Keep in touch with the Club's activities by logging on to the website on www.royalhigh.org.uk and why not make it your New Year's resolution to attend one of the Club's events in 2011? I'm always delighted to hear from you on alsenter@yahoo.co.uk with any thoughts. comments. questions or suggestions.
With all the very best
Al Senter
President RHSCL
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