One of my good friends Claire works for Maersk here in Aberdeen and each year they host their annual Spring Ball. This year it was held at Banchory Lodge Hotel in a gorgeously decorated marquee by Prime Events. Think hughs of pinks and purples with Spring flowers and gemstones scattered on tables. I was lucky enough to attend as her ‘date’ and we had a blast! On arrival we were greeted with cocktails and canapés and a photographer took a professional photograph of each group as they came in. Roughly an hour later we were seated for our meal. The director gave a heartfelt speech on the company and the importance of a supportive family which was a nice touch then we ate! For starters we were served Sugar cured beef with ginger and coriander dressing. Mains consisted of chicken with yoghurt dressing and a Moroccan side salad. Dessert was a bit too potent for everyone at our table. It was a lemon mouse raspberry sauce and orange shortbread but at the bottom it was basically lemon curd, no thank you! Wine was flowing all evening throughout the meal and entertainment and each person received 4 drinks tokens to use on whichever drink they fancied from the bar.
An envelope was placed on every table if you liked to donate some money to the chosen charity. This year’s charity was Friends of Anchor, a local charity who supports the Haematology, Oncology and Radiotherapy units for cancer patients at our hospitals. At the end of the night around £4000 was raised which is absolutely fantastic.
Under each wine glass on the tables was a raffle ticket to give you the chance to win some very fine prizes indeed. Claire and I agreed if one of us won we’d share the prize. Luckily for us one of our tickets was called and we won a £200 voucher for the Missoni Hotel in Edinburgh. Definitely getting used for a pamper weekend after Rockness! Another couple at our table won a Kindle Fire HD with Amazon vouchers and someone else took home a Ted Baker bag that I had my eyes on. Up for grabs was also golf experiences, Malmaison vouchers and iPads to name a few.
After the excitement of winning a raffle the first of the evening’s entertainment came on. Edward Reid from Britain’s Got Talent. Nope, I didn’t know who he was either. Apparently he was the guy who sang nursery rhymes to the tune of Run by Snow Patrol. He was a good laugh but nothing like the band who came on second. Killer City Sound. One at a time ladies, please! These guys had some serious star quality. They played covers of chart songs and reall good classics but gave it their own Indie twist. We took a few trips to bar and thought it would be a good idea to chat to them in between their set. I acquired their card and I’m seriously thinking on booking them for whoever’s 21st is next, they were that good. Check them out here.
Everyone seemed to have a great time and danced the night away. A pre-paid taxi awaited us to take us home... Or into town where we met up with some friends and bragged about how much of a good time we had. Well done Maersk, I really enjoyed myself and I would be honoured to go back next year.
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