We wish you all a very happy New Year and to help you begin this year in a joyful mood, the committee has noted the relatively healthy state of the funds as they stand at present and has decided that, for this year at least, there will be only one membership fee - £10 per person.

Although our membership has grown very slowly but steadily since the days of our foundation, we do hope that this beneficial adjustment might encourage more people to join the society. The benefits of membership are the newsletter, reduced entrance to meetings, notices about special offers - such as the 2for1 offer of tickets at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, and the reduction on the Ruslan Russian song book.