Village Hall Social Events 2016

Village Hall Social Events

I’m sure you have all realized that we get an extra day this year – it’s a Leap Year. So, why do we have Leap Years?

They are needed to keep our modern day Gregorian calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the sun. It takes the Earth approximately 365.242199 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds – to circle once around the Sun. This is called a tropical year. However, the Gregorian calendar has only 365 days in a year, so if we didn't add a day on February 29 nearly every 4 years, we would lose almost six hours off our calendar every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days!

A “Leap” Day is an extra day on February 29 which is added nearly every 4 years to today's Gregorian calendar.

There are many traditions connected to Leap Years:

• According to folklore, in a leap year, the weather always changes on Friday.
• “Leap year was ne'er a good sheep year” (old proverb)
• A “leapling” is a person born in a leap year. Many feel that to be born on Leap Day, thereby becoming a “leapling,” is a sign of good luck.
• Also, Leap Day used to be known as Ladies' Day, as it was the one day when women were free to propose to men.

Anyway, we felt that as the extra day is a bonus and therefore probably nobody will be too busy, it may be fun to have a Leap Day meal together to celebrate – after all, it’s almost Spring so we can Leap forward together into March! We have put together a Leap Day menu – see the poster in this issue of the Village News and on the notice boards – and hopefully you’ll agree it’s good value at just £12.50 per head.

Sue and I have some other dates planned for your diaries, so please make a note of them. More details will follow in the next village News.

• June 12th, an afternoon tea in the Village Hall to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday.
• November 12th, a Village Showcase Day when we hope to get all the village groups together to show themselves off to potential new members. You’ll get a chance to see what’s on offer in Pillaton and we’ll be offering a soup and roll lunch as well. Sue and I will be contacting groups shortly to invite them to come along.

Finally, we hope to get a Film Club up and running this year! More details to follow, but this should be great entertainment without driving and no parking fees!

Contact Ann (351289) or Sue (350065) if you’re interested in any of these events.

Ann Henderson