The Oriental Ball

23 November 2002

The Sheraton Grande Hotel and Spa, Edinburgh

Our first event and who could have predicted there would be so many more to follow. With an oriental theme, we aimed to create the equivalent of a Hollywood premiere – as they say, if you shoot for the moon, you get the stars and we did. Over £270,000 was raised that night and our guests enjoyed exquisite wines, delicious food, outstanding entertainment and prizes worth bidding for.

An Anne Magill painting sold for £35,000 and a five star holiday to Mauritius, as well as a five star holiday to Hong Kong, sold to the same bidder for over £10,000 each. A shoot was donated hosted by Dame Kiri te Kanawa, fetching £16,000 – amazing! And much, much more.

But let’s not forget the prize draw with 50 prizes including a £10 000 solitaire diamond necklace and a Maserati – for a year! And that was just the prize draw!