Saturday saw us heading off to Shanghai's first British Ball hosted by Brits Abroad. It was in honour of the upcoming Royal Wedding and held on St George's day. The ball was at the Peace Hotel on the Bund which has been amazingly restored to its 1930's glory. As we arrived we headed up to the bar and were served champagne and asked to look at the items that were part of a silent auction. We had a drink with friends and then headed over to look at the auction items.
Sam and I were both immediately drawn to lot number 5. To the untrained eye it looked like a lot of writing in a frame but it was Bill McClaren's commentry notes that he used in the 1999 Rugby World Cup Final! It was attracting a lot of attention and had a fairly high guide price of £600 - £1000. Other items were holidays in Thailand and a Michellin Star chef to come and cook a meal in your home for you and friends.
Everyone there looked fantastic and all had incorpoated red, white and blue in to their outfits, some even whole flags! We were on a great table with four friends and two other couples who were good fun. The tables and the ballroom looked amazing.
Naturally we began with the National Anthem, sung to the projected image of Her Majesty, and a toast to William and Kate.
We then tucked in to a four course meal which was delicious and washed down with free flowing wine! After the meal they went round with the bidding forms and Sam and I (as a result of the free flowing wine!) decided to put a bid on lot number 5. About half an hour later to our surprise, delight, shock, horror, we discovered that we had spent the best part of £1000 and had won the bidding for the Bill Mclaren notes! But we love it and still felt ok about it the cold light of the next morning! And it was for the Wheelchair Charity.
Dancing then conmmenced to an excellent 8 piece band, there were photo opportunities with the guests of honour and carridges were at midnight.
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