Welcome to another week!
Delegate numbers
are really starting to pick up and this could have something to do with the
fabulous competition we are running – where one lucky delegate from each of the
three regions (Yorkshire & Lincolnshire, the North East and the North West)
each have the opportunity to attend the event as a V.I.P.
Simply purchase a ticket before
Friday 15th June either using the eventbrite link (www.ciprnc2012.eventbrite.com)
or by emailing paula@cloud9em.co.uk
and a winner from each region will then be drawn.
The lucky winners will then be fully refunded for their
ticket and enjoy:
- A complimentary place at the event (if you have already paid to enter we will refund you)
- A small bottle of Bucks Fizz on arrival
- Full VIP treatment at the event including reserved seating
- A VIP Delegate Badge
- A Delegate Brochure signed by all of the speakers
- A personalised slide during the welcome and a mention in the Delegate Brochure
The winners will be notified during week commencing 18th June 2012 and
confirmations issued. Please email paula@cloud9em.co.uk for additional information or contact your
regional committee chair.
It’s a pretty tightly packed schedule this year at the Conference with three keynote speakers and all delegates have the choice to attend a choice of two out of three different workshops and panels.
Book
now, you really will not want to miss this!
Our
Royal Ascot Ladies Day Comes to Nottingham is starting to gain momentum
and we have been on a mission to secure lots of lovely stuff to add to the
goody bags – each guest will get a complimentary bag brimming with great
goodies!
Our
great friends at Hearst Magazines are leading the way and the latest issues of
Cosmopolitan will be winging their way down to Cloud 9 towers ready for
stuffing – if you will excuse us!
We
don’t want to give too much away too early but you are also in for some great
little surprises!
And now
a note to all of the gents!
Yes
it’s a ladies day, but you are welcome and we have relaxed the dress code so
you can ditch the extra expense of top hat and tails. Lounge suits will be fine
guys!
We have had lots of calls about this so just to reassure you all, ladies you can still dress up to the nines, but chaps, relax!
A
couple of weeks ago we visited the Conference and Hospitality Show in Leeds and in addition to meeting some
great people and discovering some new venues that have not previously appeared
on our radar (how remiss of us!), we also have a great find to report!
We’ve
all seen those great photo booths that pop up at events where you can get
dressed up, but this is something a little different and makes us slightly
nostalgic here at Cloud 9.
Funflip are
pioneers in the next generation of flip books.
They’ve taken a century-old concept and flipped it on its head to create
the very latest in motion capture. Like all the best ideas, its brilliance lies
in its simplicity.
We will be using
them at the next event we can and suggest you might like to do them same – and
if you are not convinced then take a look at http://www.funflip.co.uk/
and play the video!
We end
this week with a little Am-Dram!
No, we
are not taking to the stage but there is a local production we are supporting,
The Noble Spaniard.
Written and first performed in
1908, it was not published until 1953 and it’s an amusing farce with clever and
witty dialogue that has become a staple of many amateur theatre companies.
Marion Nairn, a young widow, is
spending the summer together with her young sister Lucy at Boulogne with Justice Proudfoot and his wife. The
Duke of Hermanos, who is also passing his Summer at Boulogne, one day catches sight of Marion, and from that time on, her is her devoted
admirer. He stands outside the window and admires for a few days, but finally
he enters the house and declared his passion. Marion, ostensibly to get rid of him, tells him
that she is married, whereupon he declares that her husband must die, and goes
forth in search of him.
When the maid tells him that
Justice Proudfoot is the master of the house, he naturally mistakes that
elderly gentleman for Marion's husband and challenges him to a duel, which of course brings
Lady Proudfoot under her husband's suspicion. One after another, the men in the
piece are mistaken by the impetuous foreigner for the husband of his adored one,
and one after another, he tries to fight them all. In the end Marion succumbs to this passion - it seems the
only way to kill it.
So
there you have it – a little culture to see out the week!
Have a
lovely week everyone…
