I decided to wear a new dress for the party tonight. Mum had bought me a lovely summer dress - white with pink flowers - earlier in the week and she advised me to wear it. Kay picked me up at about 7.30pm and we had a good journey over to Warrington - the directions we were given were quite easy to follow. As we got out of the car we met up with a few other familiar faces - Robin, Vicky, Sarah and Debbie. We were quite impressed with the venue - especially as it had a good sized dance floor.DJ came over to talk to us - it was good to see him again - haven't seen him since November. He had a dance with Kay. A few more of us started dancing. I danced with Tim. Chris had a go at doing "Double Trouble" (i.e. dancing with two girls) and did quite well. A few other people joined us - Sarah C, Susanna,Laurie, Rick and Julia. Also saw some of the Northern Lights crowd including Paula and Pete.
Just before the buffet started , Chris went up on stage with a couple of friends to open the party with trilingual greetings (Polish, English and sign language) and birthday wishes. Our group were sat conveniently close to the buffet so we ended up near the front of the queue! There was a good spread - sandwiches, quiche,pizza and salads followed by some lovely desserts. After this Chris blew out the candles on his cake and we sang Happy birthday. He then presented his Mum and his neighbour Jean with flowers to thank them for all their help in organising the party. DJ then got all the girls who could dance up on the floor and gave Chris the opportunity to dance with us all in turn. We then had a pot luck dance. Anyone who wanted to bought a raffle ticket and then danced with the partner who had the same number ticket. I danced with an older guy who turned out to be quite a good dancer. Later on in the evening I finally got the chance to have a proper dance with Chris to the swing number - "Beyond the sea" -it went quite well. I also danced with Pete.
The party finished just after midnight. We thanked Chris for an excellent party and then Kay and I made our way back down the motorway to Manchester. In all it was a very enjoyable evening.