Last night our school held (as far as I know) its first-ever free P&C funded event - a school picnic as a welcome back party and thank you to all those parents who helped us raise over $120K last year. Entertainment was provided by well known local wedding/function band Slide McBride. The lead singer, Slide, said "I'm the real life Wedding Singer". A great character.
Despite threatening rain it was a fabulous evening attended by 300-400 people (I'm hopeless at guesstimating numbers) and the band played well to their younger crowd by playing songs from Shrek, Spiderman and other movies as well as a great range of songs from the 80s through to current day.
The rain held off until the last 15 minutes and then it bucketed down. The band was under cover so the picnickers simply picked up their gear and stood near the band providing a fantastic atmosphere for the last few sets.
And despite the school gate being rocked off its hinges (!) and the new curtains in the hall being played with "tarzan style" the school escaped this event unscathed.
My only gripe (and learning for next year) is that there was a dearth of helpers at the end to clean up and lock up. "But it's raining" said the parents. Yes, well some of us still have to do it, regardless of the rain.
Despite this (and I'll get a little tougher and a little more specific about cleaning) we'd definitely do it again next year if the P&C will come up with the moolah.
*ArmyWife, you were sorely missed. I know you would've been there to the end cleaning and scraping with the best of them, despite the rain.
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J went to a wedding last Saturday.
Guess who was playing at the reception?!!
Yep, as I said, popular band. We had people sitting with us that had them at their wedding over 12 years ago!
wow how good are you??? obviously a fund raiser queen!
Now if the school gates hadn't been rocked off their hinges (!) you could have orchestrated a lock-down situation and refused to let anyone leave until they had collected a bag full of rubbish.
I think you need to get militant.
Believe me. Militant will be my middle name at the next event. School Parents beware.
You are obviously in a much higher socio economic demographic than the little school that Kingsley attends. $120 K funds raised- no wonder they could afford a free picnic for the school community. Sounds like you organised a great evening. Are you available for hire?
Ha, now S you know that's not true. We are actually in a very tricky demographic. Those funds were the result of a clear fundraising target (SmartBoards) and blood sweat and tears.
I'm available for hire at my consulting rate. You know the deal - if you have to ask, you can't afford me :-)
I'm so glad the free event went off with a bang. Well done. I'm not surprised with the tail end effort - I suppose it was the usual suspects doing the hard yards. I'm sad to have missed all of it, from the fun through to the cleaning up. Looking forward to hearing more about it in a couple of weeks.
ArmyWife, if by usual suspects you mean Firegazer, myself and the kids then you'd be spot on.
Sorry I wasn't there, M. I would have helped. Instead, I was travelling the Great Ocean Road. It's a tough life.
Armywife? Does this mean you're visiting soon? Would love to catch up.
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