Latest News Archive - October 2002  

BDH "Halloween" Ball at Beamish Hall on 31st October, 2002

    In the best tradition of the Braes, it was loud, proud, hot and full of drunks, myself included!
    The meet and greeters in suitably ghoulish costume set the tone for the evening. Many guests (bravely) chose to have a go at fancy dress. So, apart from topping each others hunting stories, the main entertainment early on was guessing what each fancy dress costume was meant to be and who was underneath it. Some were easier that others. Witches, surgeons, ghosts and corpses littered the dining room. But who was the guy in the hard hat with a tool kit? And the lady in academic dress with a cane?
    After an excellent, luridly described dinner that turned out to be a very nice pâté with homemade chutney, followed by lamb and roasted vegetables and sticky toffee pudding, we all set down to enjoy the murder mystery. Few tears were shed for the victim "Blair" whose rubber-masked impersonator was more animated and a lot less spooky than the real thing. Whodunit? Had to be Jillian the jockey from Ireland via Iveston, if only for a replay of the Irish accent. But who knows how or why. The table next to me obviously did and promptly won the star prize of a free dinner at Beamish Hall.
    The after dinner disco started off appropriately enough with Michael Jackson's Thriller but as I had an early start the next morning, I made my excuses and left.
    Thanks to everyone who organised it for a brilliant night out. I really enjoyed myself.

Stan Lee

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