One of those very worthy (not being sarcastic,I think they do lot of good work) charity fund raising organisations is quite strong here too, paddyann. When we moved here it was men only, although now they have women members too, and I always reckoned that the committee meetings involved someone saying "Right, chaps, we'll have a party, and our wives will do the food"! What is more, the wives did!! DH was invited to join, but fortunately his working hours didn't suit, which was just as well considering the standard of my cooking.
How do you acknowledge Easter.