The great and the good from all sides of the toy industry convened on the Grosvenor Square Marriott in London for their annual Christmas Ball.
The glittering event hosted by The Fence Club entertained more than 360 guests with entertainment from performers of the hit West End show We Will Rock You. Guests danced with the singers as they belted out many of Queen’s greatest hits.
“Saturday night’s Christmas ball was a tremendous success, I have had so much positive feedback from my guests and others saying how good the food was, the entertainment, the venue, the staff, but more importantly what we do as a charity”
Charity Secretary, Character Options’ Joe Kissane
As well as the entertainment, the raffle raised over £13,000 whereby all the money will go to family and children’s charities where the donations will make a real difference. As Charity Secretary, Character Options’ Joe Kissane said: “Saturday night’s Christmas ball was a tremendous success, I have had so much positive feedback from my guests and others saying how good the food was, the entertainment, the venue, the staff, but more importantly what we do as a charity. Being Charity Secretary for many years, it’s important to me that we don’t forget our motto ‘To Strive mightily and eat and drink as friends’, which is the ethos of our small group of members but at the same time we want to help as many children as possible. Raising £13k plus from the raffle was down to the very generous people on the evening and is a great start to our year’s target of £100K. I can’t thank you all enough for your wonderful generosity. Have a lovely Christmas and a healthy New Year.”
Simon Anslow from the Harrogate Christmas and Gift Fair, this year’s chairman of the Fence Club added: “What a wonderful experience being the Fence Club Chairman on what is the highlight weekend of the year in the organisation’s calendar, starting on Thursday night with the Chairman’s Curry Night, Wall Members’ lunch on the Friday and the Christmas Ball on the Saturday night! The latter event was a truly great night. The night is only made possible by the attendance of the Fence Club members bringing their guests to the party helping to raise money for the children”. Simon’s daughter Georgia, an accomplished singer. performed on stage while guests enjoyed the lavish food.
