Welcome to another week
and it’s busy, busy, busy at Cloud 9 Towers!
Not only do we have two
major client events looming, but we are also well and truly into awards and
events season so without further ado here goes….
Tomorrow night we are off
to the PR Week Awards at Grovesnor House on Park Lane, with our friends and sponsors, Kantar Media.
Whilst it’s a few years since we’ve been to PR Week, there are sure to be a few
familiar faces around although the shortlist this year looked very London centric!
Thursday is RSViP in Nottingham at eschebeche in
West Bridgford where the food culture of the Mediterranean meets a tapas café and bar, with some of the best
beers and wines from Southern
Europe. It's all about
enjoying great food and drink in a relaxed and sociable atmosphere, with lots
of networking and we look forward to sharing an olive or chorizo!
We’ve turned down a couple
of cracking invitations this week (we are very lucky at Cloud 9 to be on the
radar of some great venues and event hosts) including a host of Christmas
Showcases, Hotel Previews and a rather interesting Preview Evening at The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield of Barbara Hepworths Hospital Drawings.
This new exhibition will reveal the
remarkable series of exquisite drawings and paintings made by the artist during
the late 1940s, illustrating surgeons at work in operating theatres within
Post-War Britain.
Following the hospitalisation of their
daughter Sarah in 1944, Hepworth and her husband, the artist Ben Nicholson,
struck up a friendship with Norman Capener, the surgeon who treated Sarah at
the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital in Exeter. Through this friendship, Hepworth was invited to
witness a variety of surgical procedures at Exeter and the London Clinic. Over a two-year period,
1947-49, Hepworth produced around 80 works within the series. As well as
pencil, ink and chalk drawings, many were executed in both pencil and oil paint
on board, and as such can be seen as both paintings and drawings.
With over 30 works on display, including
Hepworth’s sketchbook, this new exhibition is the most significant presentation
of this extraordinary series to date. The exhibition comprises key loans from
national, public and private collections, some of which have never been
exhibited previously.
We’ve also had to forgo a
rather lovely invitation to join the great guys at Mercure Hotels who invited
us to a rather intriguing weekend in Shropshire at
the Mercure Albrighton Hall, this coming weekend.
It a truly great venue – very idyllic with a beautiful
lake, large meeting spaces and refurbished bedrooms. It’s also got one of the
best spa’s in the group complete with squash courts!
However, no one can accuse us of being party-poopers
at Cloud 9 as we did have a fabulous time at the Mercure Brandon Hall Hotel a
couple of weeks ago where all things chocolate was the order of the day, or
should we say night!
Set in 17 acres of
tranquil grounds surrounding the 4-star Mercure Brandon Hall Hotel and Spa in
Warwickshire, the hotel has 120 contemporary rooms, each with satellite TV and
internet access. An elegant lunch or dinner menu can be found at the Clarendon
Restaurant, or you relax near the open fireplace or patio or the Berwick Bar.
An indoor pool and fitness centre can be enjoyed at the Spa, and the hotel has
10 fully equipped meeting rooms, which can welcome up to 280 guests.
The agents dinner with a
Willy Wonka theme was a truly excellent evening and despite the hangover and
chocolate high, a great night at a great venue!
We wont be staying in doing our knitting this coming
weekend – Saturday night we are all off to support our local community with an
Abba Sensation Night at the local Grange Hall, before the challenges of next
week when we have not one, but two very important client events – but more of
those next week!
We end this week with an invitation!
Bil Bungay invites to you to join him for an exclusive
showing of “When the Lights Went Out” on Monday29th October.
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: The Vue Cinema, Lowry Outlet Mall, Salford Quays, Manchester
Strict Dress Code: Vicar (Black Suit & White Paper
Collar)
There might be
the odd free drink on offer and whilst you do need to adhere to the dress code to
guarantee admittance, it shouldn't be too much effort to pop on a Black Suit
with a white collar made from a piece of paper!
Places are
limited to the first 225 guests, and you need to register with paula@freshawards.co.uk to guarantee
your place, although all are welcome so please pass on the invitation and we
will hopefully see you there – and if you would like to see a preview of the
film, then here goes..
Have a great week!
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