At various times during the proceedings, Mike entertained us royally with his various jokes and stories which were much appreciated by all. Toasts were proposed and national anthems were sung.

David Trewin gave a humorous tale "How fallow is my valley" on the cost benefits of "not rearing sheep"; Sandra and David Trewin read "Merriment from Under Milk Wood "; Huw Jenkins read passages demonstrating the humour of Max Boyce; David Winterford exercised his professional vocal chords and led the singing of "Green, Green Grass of Home; Gwen Roberts delighted us us with Welsh verse (in Welsh of course); and Chris Deacey provided a rousing rendition of "We'll keep a welcome in the hillsides".

Kenneth Wright proposed a vote of thanks to Mike Lewis for all the work he had done in organising the evening and for the copious entertainment.

Mike, in turn referenced that these "Welsh Evenings" had now been in place for over 20 years as initially conceived by past President Bob Lloyd-Jones. In that time he estimated that at least 1,000 people have attended. To mark the occasion Mike concluded that we must award a bottle of wine to someone who has attended virtually all (if not all), of the events and that Lyn Jenkins should duly be nominated as the 1,000th attendee.

Thanks again, Mike. It was great of you to make it happen this year after your spell of ill health and hopefully we can do it all again next year.