Happy Birthday Aunty and Fundraiser...

Manhattan Wedding set up

 Last night I went to Manhattan in Mt Roskill with a friend and fellow parents group fundraising komiti member to check it out for a planned fundraiser for our childrens' school trip planned for Hawaii (Oahu island) at the end of the year.

And there I met with two of my relatives and especially my Aunty Martha who was celebrating her birthday with friends. Funny how many of us meet in our Pacific circles.

There was certainly a nice atmosphere with nicely catered food and mainly Pacific groups coming together to celebrate special occasions with their loved ones which included good food, a good relaxed atmosphere, dancing, a good house band "20 20" (as in the vision?) and DJ mixes (mainly music out of the 80s).

Aunty Martha celebrating her birthday

We got to meet the owner and we were able to discuss a lot of different scenarios with the specific purpose of wanting to fundraise for this amazing opportunity for our children but to also give a neat experience for those who might want to support us on this fundraising endeavour.

I certainly enjoyed watching the different groups meeting at 7 pm together when the doors opened with dinner served soon after at 7.30pm with dessert soon after that. The House band/mixes played throughout with two members of whom I had gone to Mangere PIC Church with (back in the day) and it was neat to see how they were able to use their talents to entertain a crowd and also to benefit from it.

By 8.30pm when the different occasions were announce and they got to blow out the various cakes etc. some of the families with children started to leave so that by 9 + pm mainly adults were left.

Certainly looking forward to supporting the organising/planning this event with my learned colleagues and will keep you posted...