SMEI Charity Ball

Cornucopia selected as band for charity ball

On 26 September 2009, Cornucopia will be entertaining the guests at the SMEI Charity Ball. This is a very worthy cause and we are pleased to have been invited to perform. The event will be held at Chilham Castle near Canterbury.

Lord's Taverners Ball

Cornucopia went down a storm

Well, the Lord's Taverners Ball was a great success, and we packed out the dance floor with groovy chaps and chicks... It seems we hit the nail on the head with regards to the repertoire, as they booked us for next year before the weekend had finished! Here is the testimonial that I received...

"What stars you and the band were on Saturday night – it really made the evening. By popular demand, we wonder whether you be able and want to do the Ball in 2010? We are thinking of the same weekend i.e Saturday 12 June. We can move the date if you are already booked – so – no excuse!! We really enjoyed the ease with which you set up and the atmosphere during the evening – true professionals."

Another satisfied customer. It's really lovely getting testimonials like that, as it makes you realise that people are really grateful. After all, it is a bit of a risk, spending large amounts of money on a group of people that you don't know... Well, there are plenty of testimonials on here so please read them if you're at all worried about whether we'll go down well or not...

NatWest Charity Ball

...introducing... Chris Barrie!

Well, Cornucopia rocked the house on Tuesday night at the NatWest ball. Firstly, I was asked to open the entire evening and introduce the host for the evening and guest speaker, Chris Barrie (better known as Rimmer from "Red Dwarf" and Gordon Brittas from "The Brittas Empire"). We played 2 jazz sets during the champagne reception and dinner, then did our dance set from 11pm till midnight. We had our gorgeous brass section, Karen Straw and Louise Hayn, and our star lead singer Damien Edwards, fresh from touring with "The Roy Orbison Story" (playing the title role, no less!), and the velvety voice of the beautiful Sarah Trigg. Lee Burnett, Rees Bridges, Jon Kensington and myself completed the line-up, and the dance floor was packed for our entire set, while people gambled at the casino to raise money for the Prince's Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support, St Francis' Hospice and the Newspaper Education Trust. The dinner was amazing, and Chris Barrie was very entertaining. There was also a charity auction.

Charity Ball

Prince's Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support

The NatWest bank are holding a Charity Ball on the 2 Dec at the Hilton Metropole in London. Tickets are £110 and the proceeds will go to support The Prince's Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support, St Francis' Hospice and the Newspaper Education Trust. There will be a champagne reception, charity auctions and speeches, plus, of course, live music from Cornucopia followed by a DJ. Tickets are available from jurate.east@ntlworld.com. They are hoping to raise £100,000 for the chosen charities, so book your ticket now...