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S . 2003 Club News Fund Raising for the Wengen Apartment Huw Alban Davies upport for the campaign to raise funds for "A Home for the D.H.O" was remarkable. The total raised was £74,566 of which £55,080 came by direct contributions and £19,486 from other events. We were confident that if fund raising events were organized members would not fail us, which says a great deal about their feelings towards their Club. A project of this size was certainly going to be hard work. The recipe for success was simple; round up lively people with a track record of putting on good parties and ask them to do something special for the Club. No one pleaded lack of time or over commitment. Regrettably, the situation with foot and mouth disease made it impossible to proceed with events planned for the Midlands and North. Our programme was extensive, and relied on the reputation of D.H.O people for enjoying themselves. The first event was at London's Alpine Club whose ambience made the D.H.O feel at home. A talk on climbing Aconcagua by Justin Wateridge of Steppes East complemented the evening. The organisers, Rachel Maskey and Eden Davies provided a delicious buffet supper on a chill November evening. With the help of an auction, £2,015 was raised which got our efforts off to an excellent start. The high point, which attracted a capacity crowd of 130 members and guests was the Dinner and Auction of Promises at the Imperial Hotel, Russell Square. Sarah Edmonds and her daughter Anna Rankin took this on, applied their own magic and everyone was on top of their form. 4, The evening began with a champagne reception kindly provided by Christoph Gcrtsch and Karli Fuchs which set the right atmosphere for what was to come. The secret of a promise auction is not to start before the bidders are sufficiently medicated to have lost their inhibitions but to end before the time when their bank manager will fail to recognise their signature. As the evening went on members' generosity was erupting spontaneously as more and more people offered another treasure to bid for. My sincere apologies if the record keeping did not keep up with some of these last minute additions. The auction was kept just this side of a riot by our very skilfull auctioneer, Didi Edmonds who coaxed bids out of the air. Eventually we had to call a halt, or no one would have got home. The Walduck family were marvellous hosts, an ideal venue and excellent food and wine. The evening raised £12,411! Max and Eden Davies held a party at their home, The Old Vicarage at East Dene, Sussex. Justin Wateridge presented 'Following the course of the Mekong to its source in Tibet'. Fascinating as the lecture was, I am sure the real attraction was Max 8c Eden's wonderful garden. A hog was roasted, the sun shone down, everyone had a great time and the event raised a superlative £2,025.
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