My night with the stars
As a massive movie fan, my dream is to attend a BAFTA or Academy Awards ceremony and mix with famous actors and actresses. It hasn’t happened yet, but last night I suppose a had a little taste of what it might be like.
I was a guest of the Post Office at an event which they co-sponsored with Barnardo’s and the “News Of The World” newspaper held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane in central London. Some 300 people attended the Children’s Champions 2009 Awards.
I am now going to shamelessly ‘name drop’ in a manner that I’ve never done with any previous blog posting, so forgive me.
The hosts for the event were Shane Richie (ex “EastEnders”) and Emma Bunton (the nice Spice Girl). The presenters of the awards included Prince Andrew, Jane Torville and Christopher Dean, Lord Seb Coe, Kelly Holmes, Paul O’Grady, Ros Kemp, Amanda Holden and Melinda Messenger. Sitting on my table were of Graham Cole of “The Bill” and Danielle Lloyd of “Celebrity Big Brother”.
Of course, the real stars of the ceremony really were the people who received the awards and each of their stories was incredibly moving.