Mary (Twink) Gates
Carols, Cocktails, and Canapes kicked off the holiday season for 40 members of the British Club at the home of Lynne Pendlebury and Mike Sachse on Dec. 1 at 5 p.m.
It was so much fun, each member being decked out with choices of necklaces of flashing Christmas lights, headdresses of reindeer horns, snowmen, Santa hats, and Christmas glasses, etc. Everyone gleefully sang Christmas carols accompanied by their very own British Club piano virtuoso and host Mike Sachse.
A delicious holiday potluck buffet was served, with members contributing their culinary delights of plates of shrimp with cocktail sauce, deviled eggs, sausage rolls, baked chicken, chicken wings, shepherd’s pie, and more. Christmas cake and Christmas cookies followed for dessert. Lynne and Mike generously provided cocktails, beer, and wine.
Each couple brought one wrapped gag (funny) gift to exchange after the marvelous buffet, which made it a most enjoyable time.
At the end of the evening, Ethel Willmot distributed her delectable home-baked Christmas puddings and malt loaves, which were previously ordered by members. These are traditional culinary delights for the Brits at the holiday season.
Everyone thanked Lynne and Mike for hosting this extremely fun holiday party and agreed that it was a great way to start the holidays.
For membership information, contact Eileen Sedgwick at 520-834-4142 or [email protected].
Membership is open to any person who was born in Britain or The Commonwealth or holds or has previously held a British passport and is a current homeowner of SaddleBrooke One, SaddleBrooke TWO, or Robson Ranch. The member’s spouse or partner may be of any national origin.
The British Club now has 59 members from the following hometowns:
Britain: Cambridge, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Lincolnshire, Louth, Isle of Man, Douglas and Foxdale, Kent, Rochester, Merseyside, Liverpool, London, Manchester, South Yorkshire, Newbury, Nr. Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey), Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford, Wooton, Wigan
Scotland: Lennoxtown
Wales: Swansea, Glan Conwy
Ireland: Limerick
Canada: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
France: Loches
Germany
South Africa: Johannesburg
USA: Mount Shasta, Calif.; Chicago, Ill.; Massachusetts; Billings, Mont.; Staten Island, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; Spokane, Wash.; Pittsburgh, Penn.; Leavenworth, Kan.