St Mary's College Parents' Association held a very successful ladies night dinner dance recently.  Around 80 women attended the event at West Lancs Golf Club, enjoying a three-course meal and entertainment from popular local singer Sally-Anne.

The sole male guest at the dinner was St Mary's Head of Drama, Laurence Doherty, who acted as MC for the event.  Thanks to ticket sales, an auction and a raffle the ladies night is expected to have raised around £1,300 for college funds.

Parents' Association Chair, Janet Bingham, commented: "Because of the hard work of all the members of our committee, ladies night proved to be a big success - the food was good, the singer was very entertaining and guests were still dancing the night away at 1am. It was particularly pleasing to see a number of new faces at the event - mums of children who started at the school in September.  The positive feedback I have received since the dance indicates that we achieved our twin objectives - to provide guests with a great night out and to raise a healthy amount for college funds into the bargain," added Janet.

MC Laurence Doherty with (from left) Parents' Association Vice Chair Jenny Wilson, Secretary Maggie Cooke, Chair Janet Bingham, Vice Chair Celia Thomas and Treasurer Meg Dilworth.

Parents (from left) Sue Budworth, Tracey Gogarty, Carla Howard, Helen Carroll and Yvonne McCormack.

Cath Murphy, former Deputy Head of St Mary's prep school The Mount (centre), with current college staff members Suzanne Bartolo (left) and Julie Thomas.

Cheers from parents (from left) Suzanne Eggington, Janine Murray, Christina Olsen and Donna Dever.

St Mary's mums (from left) Vicki Andrew, Claire Stuart and Tina Atkins.

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