Wow, what a party! The champagne was flowing, the satay was heavenly and then the music started. A real party in the old fashioned sense, where David’s friend Mario played piano whilst his wife Michelle sang, and the whole company danced and sang along. Amongst the first numbers of the evening was ‘Yvonne’, the tune written for our hostess by her father with words by husband David.
Michael and Perline were there with new baby Elijah, who is so beautiful. Pat’s son Anton, newly arrived from France, is as impossible tall and good looking as his mother, and all four children danced all night with the energy of youth. The rest of us didn’t do too badly in the carousing department – Richard danced with me (twice!) and sang (wouldn’t let me do that though!), I couldn’t resist the Rhumba rhythms and danced with everyone, even Edward took a turn as a solo vocalist and David, die-hard Man U supporter, finished the evening with ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.