After months of planning and countless amounts of 80’s quotes, last Saturday saw Compton Hospice hold their 30th Anniversary event at the racecourse!
2012 sees Compton Hospice celebrating 30 years of providing the best care to patients and families throughout the West Midlands. The team at Compton decided that the Ringside venue would be the perfect room for the event, having previously worked together for the Hospices 2011 Charity ball.
The evening got started at 7.30pm with reception drinks and a chance to be photographed with the 80’s icon that is a Delorean, 1.21 jigawatts we hear you say! If that wasn’t enough, the catering team were able to create a drink that would have graced any 80’s themed party, the “Get Um Bongo’d” drink, with the main ingredient of course being Um Bongo. The food for the evening, expertly devised by Head Chef Chris “Hannibal” Gordon and his A-Team of catering staff, certainly helped all of the happy guests fill their tummies ready to get Footloose on the dancefloor!
It was mentioned on the evening that this was the first time that Michael Jackson, Adam Ant, Freddie Mercury, Wonder Woman and Jimmy Saville had been in the same room at the same time since the 80’s, and we couldn't agree more!
To help raise money on the evening, one of our esteemed catering staff was auctioned off! The prize, a meal cooked at home by one of our Chefs from the racecourse (including washing up of course) went to a mystery bidder for £400! We are sure the bidder will have a great night, the catering team create some fantastic menus!
To help raise money on the evening, one of our esteemed catering staff was auctioned off! The prize, a meal cooked at home by one of our Chefs from the racecourse (including washing up of course) went to a mystery bidder for £400! We are sure the bidder will have a great night, the catering team create some fantastic menus!
If all that great food and drink, great costumes and the Delorean were not enough to get people in the 80’s spirit, the casino and 80’s themed games certainly went down well!
More importantly, on the evening, the Hospice managed to raise a whopping £11,000, which of course will be put to good use.
We hope everyone who attended had a great evening, we certainly did!
