Wot a night!
What’s the point of creating a product if you can’t celebrate it - RIGHT!
Well, last friday we did celebrate it. We had a small launch party, and it went down a treat. Let me see - champagne, appletinis, beer, wine, fantales, popcorn, red carpet .. and people of course! I reckon about 60 people turned out which was GREAT. With such a small space, we kept the invites to those who know us, who have been on the journey, and of course some of the locals.
We kicked off at 6pm, and by 9pm most people had been through and had drank merrily. The last dozen of us then retreated inside and kept drinking ’til midnight. Kel reckons ditch this DVD malarky and go with a bar! This space is soo funky she’d drink here any time. Thanks Mike - as appletini extrordinare, you furnished those martini glasses with liquid gold. Thanks kids! Zac, Thomas, Jacob - the Benny Hill finish to my speech (aka slap the bald dude on the head) was roooly funny. Onya Jim! first in the door and last to leave! Stellar effort. Katie! Love ya work. Bernard well met his match, didn’t have a chance and thanks for the whiskey sour as that perennial sneaky last drink at Kelvin before lights out. Gav, thanks for the video work - fantastic to have some footage that should make it’s way online soon. And Dazzer, those $9 bids at Gray’s did wonders with a set of glasses any restaurant would be proud to own.
Was great to see Ben and Richard from Sydney - Ben I hope we impressed you with our space! My neighbours - Bernie, Brian, Krystal, Tjeerd, Joan, Peter, Lauren, and also Maralyn, Tina, Gav, Bob - see it’s true! I have been working on a DVD store. And a HUGE thanks to Sarah who pulled the entire party together pretty much on her own, whilst managing the flu from hell (and not too mention the plumber as well). Fantastic job, fantastic space. Execution is everything and boy does Sare do it well. Tamara and Emily did a fantastic setting up the bar and getting the drinks out there, Michael from Bean Counter - sangers, coffee, brownies - Bean Counter standards as usual - beautiful!
Great to let the hair down (so to speak) and enjoy the moment. It doesn’t rain it pours of course. Next day I was at David John’s next exhibition launch (transmography), and then off to a good mates 40th that night. But, took the weekend off and are now in the final straight. We open friday and are looking forward to it.
