St Michael & All Angels
Organ and Parish Rooms Appeal
Mardi Gras Ball
Saturday February 9th 2013
7.30pm to 2am at The Union, Chiswick
(in Chiswick Park)
Drinks reception, three-course dinner with wine,
charity auctions, fundraising games and dancing to a live band. Tickets £75 per person in aid of St Michael & All Angels' Organ and Parish Rooms Appeal. Sponsored by
Savills and other local companies (scroll down for full list).
Tickets
We have kept the ticket price the same as in 2010, at £75 per person.
To book tickets, please
download the booking form or contact Emma Harper
07919 033 011 or emma.harper@yahoo.co.uk.
Auctions
As part of the Mardi Gras Ball, there are two exciting Auctions, with dozens of fabulous items to be bid for. The Online Silent Auction is now open and will run till midnight on the night of the Ball, with over 40 fabulous prizes including A Porsche for the weekend. Click here for details of how to register and bid - and watch for regular updates on items and bids.
St Michael & All Angels
The St Michael & All Angels Ball takes place every few years and is a hugely popular event. In previous years (right), the Ball has helped raise funds for the restoration of St Michael’s Parish Hall as a highly popular community centre, and for the repainting of the Church. This year it will play an important part in our ongoing
Organ and Parish Rooms Appeal.
The Union, Chiswick
This year will see an exciting new venue for our Ball, which will be held at The Union, Chiswick, situated within Richard Rogers' award-winning business park (right) at
566 Chiswick High Road, W4 5YA.
The theme of the ball will be Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras celebrations date back to Roman times.
The Romans’ Lupercalia festival was held in mid-February to honour the god of fertility and agriculture, Lupercus. During the Crusades a carnival like Lupercalia became the last fling of over-indulgence before the 40 day Lenten period of penitence. Our Ball will have the spirit of carnival, and be themed in the official colours of Mardi Gras: purple, green and gold. Guests will be encouraged to wear masks bangles and beads, and above all, to enjoy themselves.
Commercial supporters
Thank you to all the local firms who have generously provided sponsorship or prizes:
Savills (8987 5550) the evening's main sponsor; Orchards of London (8995 9797) which has sponsored the wine; Andrew Nunn & Associates (8995 1500), the entertainment; BCL Consulting (0845 094 5791) and
Chiswickw4.com, the online auction; and Fitz-Gibbon (8995 3335) and Maggie & Rose, the catalogue. For more details, please contact Fiona Hickley on fiona.hickley@gmail.com.
Thanks too to the firms and individuals who have generously provided items for the Online Silent Auction.