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<B><IMG SRC="3b279680.jpg" border=0 width="377" height="104" ALT="Crystal Ball" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3b3840c0.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="268" ALT="Your Table" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">      <IMG SRC="3ba89110.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="273" ALT="Angel" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    </B></div> <bR> <div> Over 240 guests enjoyed a fabulous, fun evening in the St. George's Suite at Twickenham Rugby Stadium on Saturday March 8th.  The <B>Covent Garden String Quartet</B> played to welcome guests to the sparkling reception where some of them had a close encounter with our <B>"living statue" Angel</B>!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="3b5f0fb0.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="251" ALT="The Crystal Ball in Full Flow" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The Crystal  Ball  in  Full  Flow</B></div> <bR> <div> The room looked stunning with black tablecloths crowned by bejewelled crystal candelabra whilst the specially-designed lighting created the atmosphere of a private dinner party.  <B>Chris Sheasby</B>, from the world of rugby, did a fantastic job as our MC for the second time, introducing Heads and Tails and keeping guests in order.  </div> <bR> <div> Our star performers were the<B> Bar Wizards</B>, Neil Garner and Neil Lowrey who wowed everyone with their high-octane, spectacular cocktail flairing act.  A couple of brave guests even had a go juggling the bottles to everyone else's amusement!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="3b686ea0.jpg" border=0 width="390" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The  Bar Wizards</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Chris Sheasby </B>also conducted our main auction  - prizes included golf at Wentworth, a rugby hospitality package, concert tickets, an exclusive package to Goodwood Racing, a Spanish wine and food tasting evening in the City and two holidays.</div> <bR> <div> We were delighted that our new Patron, <B>Barbara Flynn</B>, created a set of rock crystal and silver bead jewellery especially for the event. </div> <bR> <div> A special guest at the Ball was <B>Jo Wooster</B>, our <B>Star Volunteer</B>, a trained physiotherapist who has done so much to help our Portage children in Russia.  The Ball raised <B>£27,000</B>  -  a fantastic amount which will enable us to support Jo and our <B>Volunteer Programme</B> for two years.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="3b7fcfc0.jpg" border=0 width="252" height="252" ALT="Jo Wooster" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Jo  Wooster</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="crystalspeech.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crystal Ball Speech Video"><U><B>Click here to watch </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="crystalspeech.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crystal Ball Speech Video"><U><B>Sarah Settelen's Crystal Ball speech showing the recent work at Yelatma Orphanage</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thank you 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