Bavarian Ball at the Mansion House
13th June 2024As our neighbour Barbara Sampson is Consort to the Wheelwrights and was on the organising committee of the Lord Mayor's Bavarian Ball, we were pleased to support them by joining their table, along with husband Neil Sampson, (Master Wheelwright) and other Masters and Consorts.
The Lady Mayoress is of course German in origin, which drove the idea for the evening! Besides beer, schnitzel and other German food, there was a an Oompah band and a lady compere, dressed in Lederhosen, who got us all singing and jumping up and down to German drinking songs.
Most of us on our table also went the whole nine yards and wore Lederhosen and Dirndl outfits, which matched the theme and caused a great deal of hilarity!
IPM Elise also went and as one would expect, joined in all the fun!
There was an auction of promises, including playing Badminton at Mansion House with the Lady Mayoress, with tea afterwards, which was won by Neil Sampson. There was also a silent auction.
Hopefully therefore the evening will have raised a significant sum of money for the Lord Mayor's charities, so nothing like having fun for a good cause.
Now we just need another excuse to wear our Lederhosen and Dirndl!