Last Friday, Croydon Conservative Future held a ball at the Hilton hotel in Croydon. Over one hundred guests attended and they came as far as Exeter, Hull, Edinburgh and Lancaster.
The theme was, 'Bond' and this event coincided with the release of the Casino Royale film.
After a few glasses of wine and magic tricks everyone was called to be silent as the after dinner speaker Richard Ottaway MP spoke. He regaled the room with a few jokes and one of them caused a raised eyebrow on an older guests face! However this was soon rectified as the live band starting playing 40s jazz music that pacified the older people. They took to the floor and waltzed and tangoed so well that I was ashamed of my 90s style-dancing!
The casino opened after dinner and at the end of the evening three prizes were awarded to the people who made the most amount of money on both the roulette and poker tables. Thanks to Badsha Quadir, Mr and Mrs Pelling and Conservative Way Forward for donating these prizes.
It was a brilliant event enjoyed by all and I would just like to thank my loyal executive for making it all happen- especially Cllr Robert Askey and Cllr Simon Hoar.
For those that would like to view the event's photographs with the possibility of buying one, please contact our photographer; Cllr Simon Hoar at: simonjameshoar@hotmail.com
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A great big thankyou to Clare and to Robert Askey for oganising the Casino Royale ball. The event was a great success with over 100 people attending, both from CF and from the local Associations. Clare put a massive amount of work into organising the ball - everything from the venue to the band, pictures, casino and we even had a table magician to confuse the hell out of everyone!
Such a good event just shows what can be done when we put our minds to it and the potential for CF in London South.
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