Christmas cabaret

TYWYN is set to host a Christmas Cabaret and Dance spectacular next week.On Saturday, 5 December, song and dance fans are invited to Neuadd Pendre to help raise money for Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospice.Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.Please contact Greta Lee for further details.

Christmas lights switch-on

HUNDREDS of Tywyn residents braved the bad weather to watch the town council’s first official Christmas lights switch-on.With help from the Tywyn Events Organisation, council chair John Boulter pushed the plunger and turned on the town’s festive lights (see pictures above).Santa was on hand to meet and greet the town’s children and hand out goody bags as presents.He was ably assisted on the day by Mrs Claus and an elf who kept spirits up despite whirling wind and rain.Free drinks and cakes were also provided by the Baptist Church.Cllr Boulter thought the event was excellent.“I felt it all went very well, it was certainly very well attended when you consider the weather,” he told the Cambrian News.“It was very wet and windy but we still had two or three hundred people there – about 150 goody bags were handed out to the town’s children.“As a town council, we’d like to thank Tywyn Events Organisation for their efforts, the feed-back has all been very positive.“This event gives us something to build on for next year, hopefully we can do something even bigger and better next year.”Bob Edwards, chair of the Tywyn Events Or-ganisation, added: “It was a really good night, a great success.“We had Santa handing out presents, a bit of music and some lights too.“We organise a few events throughout the year so we’d be happy to help next year if the town council wants us to.“We’d like to do something more, perhaps a Christmas show or similar.“It’d be great to try and get as many people from Tywyn, and the shopkeepers, involved as possible.”

Garden Club

ANITA Hughes entertained the club at the November meeting making Christmas table decorations. Throughout, she gave members lots of tips so they could make their own at home. Anita kindly judged the members competition, which was won by Ann Malin.The December meeting will be in Tywyn Baptist Church on Tuesday, 8 December. Gary Mitchell, co-ordinator of Cultivate, will present ‘Unusual edibles grown in the UK’. Please arrive in plenty of time to enable the speaker to start at 7.30pm. Visitors and new members always welcome.The annual new year meal will be on Sunday, 31 January at The Proper Gander, Tywyn.

Inner Wheel

THE CLUB met at Aberdovey Golf Club on Thursday, 10 November.President Chris Lewis welcomed members and guest Jane, daughter of Win Bottrill. She also wished Maureen Cartwright a speedy recovery. Chris and other members had attended the funeral of Phill Gibb, who had been a long standing and valued member of the club. It was reported that some of the charities the club will be supporting this year will include Water Aid, Mercy Ships and Northern Cleft Foundation.The guest speaker was Phil Parton, a member of the Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team. He explained how he became a member having walked mountains for many years in the Lake District, Scotland and Snowdonia. Some of the training involves hunting for objects in the dark of night, casualty care training sessions and assessment. There is also helicopter training where members are winched up and down. Winter skill courses consist of using ice picks and conducting avalanche rescues. The team consists of approximately 45 volunteers and they are on call 24-hours-a-day 365-days-a-year. The vote of thanks was given by Mair Worsey, who had first-hand knowledge of the good work done by the group. A donation was given to Phil which will go towards the purchase of required equipment.