Recent Event - 2008 Jack Wills Christmas Party

1920's Jeeves and Wooster British Themed Event

Before I start to focus on marketing plans for 2009, I want to post a few pictures from our final event of 2008

The Jack Wills Christmas Party

The event took place in 'The Theatre' at The Institute of Contemporary Arts. A blank space, the theatre is a perfect location to have any themed party. With black walls and an excellent in-built AV system, you can fully transform this space into any theme that you might wish for.

Jack Wills, the 'University Outfitter' for the traditional preppy British crowd, decided to host a party that would capture the essence of this truly trendy and evermore popular brand. The ICA was transformed using a pallette of rich reds, sultry blacks and sparkling silvers, against a backdrop that captured the PG Wodehouse inspired theme - all we really lacked was Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie!

The simple use of silver feathers, a few baubles and some red branches set upon a plain black tablecloth - the results are astounding!










Instead of numbering tables, relevant names were given to each table - Jeeves, Wooster, Stilton and Bassett to name a few. Other theming included British flags, feather bowers, union jack covered chaise longues, stuffed pheasants and hat stands with bowler hats.

The food and drinks were also inkeeping with the theme and 1920's era. Amongst many other things, guests were served Tom Collins cocktails, a quince and stilton tart for starter, a shoulder of lamb for main course and a chocolate and hazelnut desert.

After the meal and speeches guests danced the night away with tunes played by DJ Dan Browne.







I highly recommend the ICA - the space is as versatile as you can get and the venue is in an ideal location on The Mall. If you would like to find out more about the venue or indeed discuss any future parties you may be planning, please do get in touch.

Whilst this was a Christmas party we are constantly planning and executing similar events such as charity dinners, product launches or just an in-house team-building event and would welcome the chance to show you how we can make a difference to your company.

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Christmas Party Tip No 4!

"On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree!"





Our fourth tip is all about the entertainment!

Unless you are having a very formal dinner, relaxed and fun entertainment usually works best.

A magician....
Why not try having a magician who can mingle amongst guests during drinks? If you find a good magician who works with their audience well, it is a relatively inexpensive yet novel way of entertaining people.

Later on you will probably want to have some sort of music so that people can dance - a live band or a dj?

A live band....
A live band is fantastic, but when booking look carefully at the amount of time they will actually play. Usually bands take a break half way through so you need to ensure you have some other form of music during this time. Often the band will put some music on, but double-check. It is also worth asking them to send you a CD of them playing and their playlist before you sign on the dotted line. This way you can ensure that they cover the eras most suited to your group of people.

A tribute band....
There are some fantastic tribute bands around, but there are also some not so great ones! I would definitely suggest using a recommendation if you would like one. They are a great way of carrying a party theme through all elements of the event though.

A dj....
There are many dj's around so as with as with the bands, it is worth going with a recommendation. Generally dj's play a wider variety of music than live bands (but not always of course!) but it is worth stressing the type of music/era that you will want at the party.

Dj's are normally happy to take requests on the night, which is often good for a big group of people with varied taste. You can normally please everyone that way!

There are many more exciting forms of entertainment around. If you would like any supplier recommendations or just some more novel ideas, why not give us a call to see what we can come up with?

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