Just like last year Tess was looking glamorous but unlike last year No Spring Chicken, augmented by a guest on guitar and with Sally Voakes taking the occasional vocal, were finding it hard work to get people out of their seats.  Eventually NSC's impressive foot tapping qualities ensured the floor was full in time for Auld Lang Syne ...

... and then, led off by a fella from Dennington (though your webmaster thought he could hear a North American accent in there somewhere), the conga line set off, round the police car, round the Town Sign ...