'Dine for Macmillan' Charity Supper: 9th March 2013

The UK’s biggest dinner party event to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, was held in this area by Craig and Jayne Williamson who held their event in their Village Hall at Weston on Trent. 

Tracey Townend, the fundraising manager from Macmillan Cancer Charity attended the event and spoke to give thanks for the support, saying that 98% of the charities funds come from fundraising events such as this one.

 

Craig Williamson a Parish Councillor for the Village of Weston on Trent, said they wanted to support the charity in some way after a neighbor died of cancer last year.  Craig and his wife Jayne have lived in the village for 17 years, Jayne who is a kitchen assistant at Melbourne School, cooked the meal with the help and assistance of Vicki Whithy, Shirley Goodman and Audrey Yeomans. 

All the ingredients for the supper were donated from local Companies and Craig also gained support from his employer the Florette Salad Company (Litchfield), who donated the salad.

The children were entertained in the early part of the evening by Cheney Magic before devouring a supper of sausage and chips, kindly donated by Shelton Lock fish bar.

The evening was a huge success with over 60 adults and 22 children attending the event from the village and further afield, Darlene Taylor celebrated her birthday by attending the event with family and friends.

The three-course supper was followed by music provided by Smooth Radio who supported the event with four hours of non-stop soulful music. A raffle and ‘Roll the Penny’ contest helped to raise further funds. The total raised by the event was £906.00 with a further donation from Easy Jet who chose the Starlight Supper event as the winner of their monthly charity draw.

Special thanks go to Supporters of the event who provided the food and entertainment

Vicky and Simon Whithy

Florette Salad Company

Alan Blount,

Anthony Coates,

Langleys of Allenton

Shelton Lock fish bar

Cheney Magic

Di Molly & Nicky  - selection of desserts.

Info: Smooth Starlight Supper Events are organized by Smooth Radio (www.smoothradio.co.uk/starlight) the radio hold this annual Starlight Supper to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Charity

Summary:
Arrived early in order to chat to the hosts, check the lighting and location and obtain some information for the editoria.   I am feeling much more confident to approach people to organise the photography that I need to take and to make sure I  stop them and re arrange the groupings.
However, there was an opportunity to get images of each table, but I felt that as a press photographer this was not really part of my remit.
The background for the images was not ideal however, there was not really anywhere else that was suitable.
Use thEquipment used: Canon 50d DSLR; Canon EX430 mark II flash, 
CAmera Settings: F/11; 1/125sec; 28 − 50mm

Images uploaded to photoshop and levels adjusted and some images cropped. Saved as jpegs 300dpi and then uploaded to dropbox.  For the editorial, I researched the macmillan trust and smooth radio/starlight suppers to obtain background information and this with the information from the hosts enabled me to write some editorial.

Note: My editorial was used for the first time unchanged in the April Edition of the Village Voice.