The concert will be held in St Anne’s Church, Derby Road, Ambergate and we hope that you will join us for Carols whilst also raising funds towards the 2012 Ambergate Carnival.

Festive refreshments will be available.

Tickets cost £4 (no concessions) and are available from any committee member, or contact the Chair, Lisa Leach on 01773 856719.

For further information on Bel Canto, or if you are interested in joining them,  see their website http://www.belcantomalechorus.org.uk/events.html

The Quiz was over eight close-run rounds, which included testing the teams’ knowledge on topics such as pop music, sport, current affairs, movie quotes and children’s TV theme tunes. Midway through proceedings there was chance to give the old brain cells a bit of a rest thanks to the pub putting on a fantastic free buffet for everyone.

All in all we raised £209 during the evening, which is a much welcome boost to Carnival funds. A big thank you to Jonathan for compiling the Quiz and doing an excellent job as quizmaster, to the staff at the Hurt Arms who were kept busy all night, to everyone who donated a raffle prize and of course, to all the teams that took part. We hope to see you all again next year!

Congratuations to our winning teams:

1st – Two Birds and a Right Tit: 78
2nd – The Joy Division Oven Gloves: 73 1/2
3rd – 57: 66

And the rest…

Superheroes: 63 1/2
Top Toads: 61
Ladies of a Particular Age: 60 1/2
The Winners: 59 1/2
The Cartoons: 59
Toadmoor Tossers: 59
The Newbies: 58
Gladiators: 57
Three Blind Mice: 56
The Clown Jewels: 56
Hurt Arms Staff: 55
ABC and P: 54
The Voyagers: 53 1/2
Dunno But We’ll Av A Go: 52
The Wooden Spooners: 51
The Reds: 51
Oldbridge Road: 49 1/2
Greybridge Road: 48
The Mickleover Gang: 45 1/2
The Sophisticated Adolescents: 36
No Nowts: 34

It wouldn’t be too difficult to work out from our theme what our main attraction in 2010 is likely to be… can’t say too much more right now, but it’s pretty exciting and certainly different!

After discussions in the meeting held on 16th November in the Hurt Arms there are also already other bookings in the pipeline for several other attractions for the day itself plus a really exciting musical booking for the evening of the Carnival too!

Next meeting for Ambergate Carnival Committee 2010 will be on Monday 15th February 2010 at 8pm at Hurt Arms Inn, A6 Ambergate.