The Gala

Ever since we all joined to become a Boobybird, original Boobybird Tina Korup and Elaine McKean from the Indigo PR have been planning the Gala. It took place last Friday and what a gala dinner it was! I took some pictures, but as I was participating as well as observing, I didn't take 'the shot' which would have captured it all.

This is a cause for regret in retrospect - I regret I didn't take a picture of Tina, a vision in pink satin and precious jewels from Hamilton & Inches, which we realised were up for auction (the jewels, that is). Nor did I get a picture of her game Danish cousin, (whose name I will insert here when I refer back to my notes...), who modeled a racy, lovely basque - on stage - to demonstrate another auction prize donated by those purveyors of fine lingerie, Boudiche. Nor did I get a pic of Fred Macaulay, who acted as compere and auctioneer. I've been to a few charity auctions in my time, but seldom are they as funny and entertaining as Fred's are. Takes some thinking on the feet - well done, Fred.

But the pic that captured the fun of the evening is this, of Anna St Clair, goofing around with the special BoobyBird themed dessert - catch what they were getting at? It was such a fun event, and more importantly it raised £40,000 for BoobyBirds.

The last picture I missed was of Christine Tulloch, handing a bouquet of flowers to Tina, thanking her for all her efforts, and cheering the fact that, with the night's takings, we'd reached the £400,000 over-all target they had envisioned all those months ago when Tina met her friend recovering from breast cancer and wondered 'what can I do to help?'...