Well, it finally arrived!

Our VIP evening took place at the Royal Hotel, Scarborough … and it was FANTASTIC!

After months of planning, it all came together and everyone had a brilliant time.

From rocking to Tina Turner to ‘Doing the time-warp again’, we danced the night away under the disco lights … and some of us removed our shoes and really got ‘into the groove’!

So, what was it all about?

Back in the spring, we had a great idea (well, it seemed so at the time!) of having a VIP evening, celebrating the wonderful achievements of our learners past and present.

We decided on a special 1920s theme, booked the Royal Hotel in Scarborough and the rest, as the saying goes, is history.

The whole team at Futureworks got involved … from sourcing the prom dresses to coming up with the menu and menu designs; setting the table decorations, deciding the seating plan; booking the entertainment, helping with the chair designs … and it all went like clockwork!

We were all nervous yet we had a positive energy. Everything started to take shape as the black and gold balloons arrived, and the fabulous feather decorations helped the tables look beautiful. We had golden chocolate coins, specially branded toffee souvenirs and even small bars of gold (not real, unfortunately) to help set the scene.

The evening started at 7pm and we gave out six of our awards before the first course was served.  This got the evening off to a fun start.

We all enjoyed our starters and then we had another set of awards before the main course. We would like to thank the staff at the Royal Hotel as the service was very good and the food was really tasty.

The Hatton School of Dance performed a fantastic Charleston routine, with singing, amazing outfits and some incredible dance moves which included tap dancing. So much effort went into it and it was amazing. Thank you!

Other local companies that were there included Boyes and Crown Decorating, and these were just some of our supporters from the local area.

We then had our desserts and the last of the awards … #emotional. It is fair to say that those of us who could indulge in a few alcoholic tipples did so, and most of us headed to the dance floor as the DJ played some party classics.

Everyone started to throw some shapes on the dance floor as the evening progressed … and many of them were very interesting shapes indeed. Some of the napkins doubled up as bandanas and the feathers were up-cycled into some fantastic headgear.  Weird yet wonderful!

It wouldn’t be a party night without some singing …  the Spice Girls, anyone?

So was it worth it? Absolutely!

We would like to thank everybody involved and also to all our guests. It was a way of thanking you, too.

A fabulous evening … cheers, guys!