A Starlight Soiree

The culmination of my work with the foundation was realized last night at "A Starlight Soiree".  This event, which I had no part in planning but have spent most of my time with foundation working on, went amazing.  I had my four big mistakes which were fixed in time for the actual event so no one actually noticed, but I did.  "A Starlight Soiree" was hosted by the British International School.  This school has primarily farang children and is a beautiful campus.  I would love to start a cross country team there.  Their outside amphitheater was where Julie-Anne Hunter, a world renown soprano, sang opera.  It was spectacular.  To quote a post I put up on the foundation facebook page "Julie-Anne Hunter would have blown the roof off the place if there was one, instead she settled on shattering a few glasses."  We lined the walkway with paper bags filled with sand and candles.  The walkway lead past the registration tent then the silent auction until it headed up to the outdoor amphitheater.  The scene at night was truly amazing.  The event hosted around 160 people which was less than we had hoped but looking back any more people would have made the seating a little cramped.  The whose who of Phuket made it out...or atleast I like to think so.  

The lead up to the day there was an international day at the school where we had a booth.  Sadly we didn't sell many tickets at the event but it was good to be seen.  Because we had to be there around 11:30 am we had a long day with clean up ending around 10:00pm.  I am sure Tina would be happy not to have to see me for a few days.  Everyone I have talked to and heard from though it was a great event.  I am pleased with how the first event I have helped out with at the foundation is now in the bag. One woman said it was one of best events she had been to on Phuket.  None of this would have been possible without the help of so many people involved from the staff on the night, the sponsors, the donors and everyone who had a hand in helping out along the way.
  
This morning I slept in a long time which was very kind of Tina to let me.  After I woke up (around 11:30) I got some items for my fridge (it was beer).  I was putting them away the shelf broke and everything came crashing on the floor.  Luckily I grabbed most of the items in the fridge but my pitcher for water broke and one bottle shattered everywhere (eerily similar to what Julie-Anne did to a glass last night).  Tina was down stairs and ran up to help me out.  I was halfway in the fridge holding bottles of beer from falling surrounded by water, beer and broken glass.  She jumped in and saved me from my precarious situation.  Around 20 mins later we were done cleaning up broken glass (only one bottle broke) and the pitcher of water.  It was a rather sneaky/dumb way of getting Tina to help me clean my floor..she was a good sport about the whole thing.  That was the excitement of the day before a rather busy weekend of social events.


Top 3 for this post is favorite Opera songs:
3. Brindisi, La Traviata -Verdi
2. O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
1. Ave Maria - Schubert


Not this Ave Maria or this one.


As always comments are welcomed.  Thanks for reading and I hope you all are doing well.  I think I should have some photos later.