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a barn affair

Posted in blabber, social butterfly-ing on October 16, 2008 by pickledonions

friend lauren is an active air cadet member and organizes charity do’s for their group. she organized the air cadet race night which was held in the woodsfarm barn in ongar.

she invited a group of us, her friends to join as her guests,as the participants are from the air cadets and their families.

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                         (the gang enjoying a pre-meal drink)

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                                     (suppah duppah couple)

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                             ( chris and her hubby tom )

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                          (michael and tash–another suppa duppa couple)

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                        (bartenders for the night; lauren and boyfriend stu)

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                             (tom’s a happy bunny)

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                               (deciding which horse to pick)

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                      (tasha and michael going for a decider)

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                 (win or lose? you get to know from their expressions,hehe)

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                                      (we almost won!)

 

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                                      (got fed..will bet..)

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                                       ( adrian and his driver)

*we won 3 out of the 8 races that night, so we went home happy!

*race night: (a video monitor will show a race of maybe 10 horses and people will bet on any horse, then if the horse wins, you get to win cash prize–very minimal as its done for charity and fun). the whole night’s proceeds go to charities the air cadets are sponsoring. the atmosphere was very casual and jovial, the drinks werent pricey, and the tickets came with a meal of spit roast lamb, burger patties, sausages, salad and wraps for the vegetarians.

varekai

Posted in blabber, social butterfly-ing on January 20, 2008 by pickledonions

to be very minimalist and cutting it short, i would say i was astounded. parts of me were wriggling and nauseous from where i was seated (very near the stage!) because of the heights the acrobats jumped off from. there were moments i had to close my eyes and pray to the Almighty that no freak accidents to happen (muscled men on a gigantic swing to fly high up in the ceiling and land again on the same swinging machine!!!).

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tickets and programme on the day

i was amazed—-to say the least. beautiful beings in magical music, flambouyant costumes and a smorgasbord of colourful make-up leapt, swayed,  acted, danced,swirled, tumbled, swung, cartwheeled infront of me, and in perfect timing and grace.

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the royal albert hall 

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the stage before the show, can you see the people above? 

i was with the hubby, my friends michael, tash and eve and we were all glued to the show like bubblegum on hair.  one thing ive learned,i shouldnt get a ticket very near the stage next time coz you seem to lose the entirety of the show (although you do get the see the details of their costume and make-up much closely). best to get a middle section (darn! and they are much cheaper too!) when booking for tickets.  thank goodness the Royal Albert Hall has a circular stage, we could see much much more than when the stage is block square.

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the ending extravaganza

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saying thank you to a standing ovation

circue du soleil’s varekai a once in a lifetime show and i would say it has given me the bug to sign up for their newsletter when they are touring england again.

according to romany language varekai means wherever.

the show brought me to heights i have never been, and never have imagined.

it brought me to varekai.