Tearing Down The House Party. .. Hmmmm! But that's what the Invitation said. So on 2nd February we made our way to Church House Conference Centre to see exactly what kind of party this was.

In keeping with the theme.

We were greeted at the door by The Conference Centre's staff members appropriately dressed in construction attire (jeans and t-shirts) and hard hats and invited to go to Bishop Partridge Hall. Was this where we were to receive our appropriate clothing and perhaps a sledgehammer or two? Not at all! Instead we were offered Long Island Iced Tea or wine and a selection of canapes.

The occasion for this event was to celebrate the beginning of Church House's £1.2 million renovation, thus the construction theme with a specially designed menu and entertainment.

A highlight of the evening was a performance, in The Assembly Hall, by Cirque Bijou, a group of performers presenting their Melt Show, which is a combination of acrobatics, martial arts, electric pop and dance with fire. This was quite amazing!

Staff Members in their 'construction attire'

Then it was time to move into the lovely Hoare Memorial Hall for appetizing taste treats that included fish & chips. hamburgers and vegetable curry . . . very substantial cuisine even though we really hadn't helped to 'tear down the house'.

Performers from Cirque Bijou.