Wednesday 23rd March 2011 brought 'An Evening with Michael Wood', the launch of the Friends of NLCS, a group for former members of the NLCS community.  Over 120 former NLCS parents, former NLCS staff, ex-governors and 'friends' of the School revisited NLCS, some after not having been here for 30 years. 

The evening began at 5:30pm with guests wandering round NLCS grounds and exploring the places they used to know well.  Drinks and canapés were then served in the Athenian Cafe of the Performing Arts Centre where guests caught up with old friends and shared with each other "what our daughters are doing now".

Michael Wood's talk about his TV series, ‘Story of England' was as enthralling as anticipated and thoroughly enjoyed by all.  Michael gave an insight into the filming of the series; the reasons that Kibworth was the village chosen to have its story told, the discoveries they made and how they made them.

The evening was a great success, thank you to Michael Wood and to all the guests that attended. 

What the guests thought of the night...

"Thanks for arranging a brilliant evening yesterday which went perfectly in every way. Great to see the school in great shape, meet parents - and the idea of getting some of the girls to mingle with parents was a masterstroke.  And then there was Michael Wood..! Sheer poetry." Rahul and Mounnou Bhandari, former NLCS parents

 "...a delightful opportunity to visit school." Helena Arenson, former NLCS parent

"The Friends of NLCS are to be congratulated on the all-round success of their inauguration, and I thank you for what was a most enjoyable evening..." Martin Harrap, former NLCS staff

"...a most enjoyable evening at NLCS." Trevor Jaggar, former NLCS parent

"I enjoyed it thoroughly, especially Michael Wood's interesting lecture."  Joy Taylor, former NLCS staff

Guests at ‘An Evening with Michael Wood' included:

Christel and Zafar Ahmad, Helena Arenson, Dohne Arnold and Stephen Oldschool, Michele Barnicot, Robina Barson, Kirti and Nilesh Bathia, Margaret Baughan, Mounnou and Rahul Bhandari, Gordon and Jean Bisset, Barbara Blakemore, Naomi Brandler, Jenny Briggs, Joe and Mary Carreras, Frances and Harold Charles, Beatrice Clarke, Angus and Shirley Cooper, Rachel Dehaan, Bob and Sue Dunkley, Anne and Jim Durbin, Christine and Richard Elliott, George and Irene Engle, Dee Francken, Claire and James Froomberg, Caroline and Richard Gerstein, Mr and Mrs Giagnoni, Laurel Glockner, Jacqueline Goss, Michael Harold and Gillian Hill, Martin Harrap, Linda Haydon, Roger and Mary Hughes, Alison Hunt, Mr Huntly and Janet Huntly, Chiharu Iizuka, Margaret and Trevor Jaggar, Girija and Rangaswamy Janarthanan, Kate Jones, Chandra and Sarjit Kler, Roger and Yvette Kutchinsky, Donata Lawrence-Grossman, Robin and Susie Leigh, Sirish and Surbhi Malde, Avril and John Marcus, Amit and Tina Mehta, Kathleen Merino, David and Susan Miller, Michael Miller, Christopher and Rosemary Moor, Anna and John Moorhead, Mr Morris and Martine Morris, Alan and Jo Newman, Hitesh and Pratula Patani, Joy Paul, Bill and Viera Peck, Diana Phillips, Barbara Pomeroy, Caroline Powell, Jean Reynolds, Barbara and Stuart Ruben, Andrea Sarner, Robert Schon and Petula Smith, Navin and Vasanti Shah, Wendy Simons, Stephen Smyth and Carola Westerholm-Smyth, Sheila Spensley, Caroline and Richard Stock, Joy Taylor, May Teague, Robin Townley, Ruth Wagaine, John Walker, Dorothy and James Walton, Peter and Sharon Ward, Jenny Whines, Fung and Ying Wong and Yuling Zhao.

The Friends of NLCS next event, Classical Soiree, will be held on Thursday 30^th June 2011 in the Performing Arts Centre at NLCS.  We are delighted to announce that performers include The Ligeti Quartet, lead violinist Mandhira de Saram (ONL 2003) and Brazilian pianist Clelia Iruzun, current NLCS parent.  Drinks and canapés will begin at 6:30pm followed by the concert at 7:30pm.  We look forward to seeing you all there.