St. Patrick's Society of Singapore



			2006-2007 Last year was another successful year for the society as our membership continued to grow significantly and we are really indebted to the folks who organised the events but also to our members who show up and make the events such a laugh! Our year traditionally kicks off in September and the AGM was one of the most successful in recent memory where we elected the committee at the British Club and enjoyed a great curry buffet and lively sets from Gan Ainm over a few minerals... yeah right! We also had a bowling event for the Kids at the American Club and this was a great day! We also organised a table at the Oktoberfest in the Swiss Club for our members - the names shall be with-held to protect the innocent but let's say this well sell out quickly again in 2007! October and November is traditionally the time frame for our Curry Nite and Kids Halloween Party and again we had a great showing from our members. As ever, coffee mornings are organised monthly and this is a perfect opportunity for new members to get acquainted with the regular members! December is quiz month and we held the event in Molly Malones this year - the Irish Embassy romped home in fine style but noble efforts were made by all the other teams. In a very nice [but unplanned] end to the night, a lot of our members made it to the Arcadia area to kick off a Karaoke session which lasted into the wee hours! Some astonishing performances, let's leave it at that! January and February tend to be quieter months as people recover from Christmas and the committee launches into the Ball organisation proper. However, the ladies had a great dinner on Little Womens Christmas while the husbands stayed at home putting ice on the credit cards and trying to figure out the kids toys! We also organised a night out to cheer on the rugby boys in green as they raced to another triple crown this year. Thank you to the English team for being such excellent canon fodder ;) March is one word only - BALL! Given it was our 60th year in Singapore we went all out and without doubt it was the most successful Irish ball ever. We had an Irish Minister for in attendance, Mr Michael Ahern TD and also our ambassador HE Mr. Richard O'Brien fronting up a guest list in excess of 620 people. The society managed to raise almost $75000 for Make-A-Wish on the night. We're immensely proud of that!!! Thank you for your support April, May and June saw us organise a number of events. The kids had a wonderful day doing an Egg Treasure Hunt for Easter in April. In May we had our annual car treasure hunt which was really well attended. You think you know Singapore well!? Not a hope, come to next years Treasure Hunt and we'll see! In June we had our best kept secret - the Cultural Night! Yet again, this now annual event was hugely successful with our members all getting a chance to recite poems, prose, humour, sing, play instruments and generally have a laugh while we appreciate our culture. So that's only the half of it! We will do our best to make 2007-2008 at least as good so let's see you at the events this year - ar aghaidh libh!!!