DJ:Plus! Entertainment was extremely honoured to have been selected by one of the wedding industries best Floral Designers and Stylists to provide the entertainment on the occasion of her milestone birthday celebration. Vesna was organising her birthday celebration and was not having much luck finding the ‘right’ person to take care of the entertainment. I received a call from her, and whilst I was available, did suggest that I probably was not the best fit as I specialised in and had a great passion for weddings. We proceeded to have a lengthy chat about the industry in general and other things, but concluded that she would continue with her search. Three days later I received another call from Vesna, following her further search, asking if I would be a part of her celebration as no one else appeared to care or made her feel comfortable as I did. I am so glad I agreed to be a part of her birthday celebration!!
It was initially quite windy and it looked like it might rain when I arrived, but the wind died down, the sky cleared and the scene was set for a wonderful celebration. Held at Vesna’s residence, guests enjoyed a lovely evening chatting, drinking, eating, dancing, pole dancing, partying and having heaps of fun. With a “Red Carpet” theme and a mandatory hat to be worn by everyone, guests really got into the spirit of the celebration and helped create some beautiful memories for Vesna. Each time I tried to wrap up the evening, everyone yelled for more, to which I was more than happy to oblige, finally wrapping it up an hour later!!!
Thank you Vesna for calling me back, if you hadn’t I would not have had the opportunity to meet your lovely family [by the way, what a great name your husband has 😉 !!] and all your fantastic friends who truly care for you and wanted you to have the best time ever! I am sure you will look back on this celebration with many, many fond memories. It was such an honour and pleasure to be a part of it. Hope you like the photos I managed to take and look forward to our paths crossing at someone’s wedding soon.
The Northern Beaches Girls Night started in a backyard in 2010 after a close friend of Kirsty Gardener was diagnosed with breast cancer. Twenty people attended, raising about $1000. As everybody knows, a cancer diagnosis not only affects the individual, but also family members and friends and sadly, every year in Australia around 17,500 women are diagnosed with breast or gynaecological cancer.
Last year I was approached to see if I would be interested in providing support in the form of entertainment for this fund raising effort to assist the Cancer Council women’s cancer research, prevention, support programs and those affected by Cancer in general. I immediately offered my support and it was a great night raising $13,000 odd dollars. I was once again approached a few months ago and did not hesitate one nano second to once again provide support for this great cause.
On Friday night in the largest room available at Dee Why RSL, the 2012 Northern Beaches Girls Night In was a sell out with 550 beautiful and generous ladies attending, to have fun, be pampered, be entertained, party and contribute to the fund raising effort…….and what a night it was, an acoustic performance from country music singer-songwriter Amber Lawrence, pampering activities, a photo booth, Bollywood dancers and yours truly the fund raising target was well and truly smashed…with in excess of $33,000 raised.
Rather than writing about how great a night it was, I am going to quote some comments from the Northern Beaches Girls Night In Facebook page instead, but you need only look through the photographs and videos below to see that it was such a fantastic night.
“We all had soooo much fun last night! And soooo much dancing, hahahaa – haven’t done that for a while! Thanks for organising this great event for a great cause, it was awesome.”
“What a fantastic evening last night! I had so much fun especially the Bollywood Dancing! Thanks so much to Kirsty, Jen, Freya all the volunteers and the sponsors for making it such a terrific night. I can’t wait to hear how much money was raised!!”
“All the ladies dancing Gangnam style, Bollywood, YMCA. Girls really know how to have fun. Thank for a fantastic night.”
“Fantastic night…..sore feet from groovn’! Book me in for next year!! Hope you raised lots!”
Big thanks to the organising team of Kirsty, Jen and Freya and also to Bree who played a big part on the evening with auctions etc. It was such a huge honour to be a part of this evening and I am very pleased with the fund raising outcome! Northern Beaches Girls Night In – ladies you truly Rock!!!
Ready for the ladies to arrive
Scooter for Auction and other assorted items
Painting and cricket bat signed by Adam Gilchrist
More auction items including this year’s ‘boob’ cake
The ‘Boob’ Cake
Vase, Baskets and other items
Bikes!
Various baskets of goodies and welcome sampler bags for the first 150 ladies.
Cancer Council Table
The first ladies to enter the room.
Tarot Card Readings
Manicures
Photo Booth
The lovely ladies that made it all possible. From L to R, Bree, Monique (from Major Sponsor, Suncorp), Freya, Kirsty, Jen
The ladies make themselves comfortable
Heads & Tails Game
Heads & Tails contestants start to dwindle
Amber Lawrence performing an acoustic set. Check out the video below with one song featuring Elly.
Girls just want to have fun!….
…and party….
…and party….
…and party…
….and party…
…and party some more…
…then pose for the camera, while partying….
Preeti & Smrit teaching the Bollywood moves
….then party….
..and party….
…and party…
…before the girls invade the stage….
The ladies end on a high having enjoyed the evening immensely and the lucky winner of the Scooter auction who was VERY excited and extremely ecstatic on hearing that she won.
In early October, DJ:Plus! Entertainment was approached as to it’s willingness to participate and provide support for the fund raising efforts by two delightful ladies, Kate and Kirsty, in aid of The Cancer Council’s work with women’s cancers. I of course readily agreed by donating the provision of Audio Support and Entertainment services for the Girls Night In which they were hosting.
The Event, Northern Beaches 2011 Girls Night In was held at Dee Why RSL. A capacity crowd of 280 ladies attended and enjoyed, champagne on arrival, finger food, tarot card readings, mini manicures, mini massages, hand massages, style tips, Zumba demonstration and lots of dancing. Not forgetting that the aim was to raise vital funds, raffle tickets were sold (with LOTS of prizes), girls could buy a balloon (which contained a prize guaranteed to be valued at least 40% more than the purchase price) and a silent action which had items from kids toys to bikes to week long holidays in Bryon Bay.
It certainly was a hugely successful night, the girls had an absolute ball and most importantly, just over $13,000 was raised for the Cancer Council. I was very happy that DJ:Plus! Entertainment was able to contribute to this event, add to the enjoyment of all the very generous lovely ladies who attended (yes, even those which tried very hard, but were unsuccessful, to entice me onto the dance floor!). Big thanks must of course go to Kate and Kirsty who put a HUGE amount of effort into organising the event – I am so pleased that your time and effort was rewarded by a result which exceeded your expectations. Well done!!!
First 150 ladies received a Goodie Bag each
The ladies start to arrive
One of the Silent Auction Items created for the Event
The ladies enjoying mini manicures and hand massages
