Another day, another blog

Another weekend has been and gone and I find myself thinking what a busy few weeks/months I've got ahead. Not only are the weeks flying by, but there about to get a lot darker as the clocks go back on Sunday. Always one to put a positive spin on things (I did study PR at University), this actually means an extra hour in bed! Result! Dark winter nights can only mean two things, my birthday is near and the man in the red suit will be making an appearance in every shop from now on. No I'm not talking about Mr T (I believe his colours are fuchsia pink & purple) but Father Christmas! I'm a bit of a lover of Christmas and love getting into the christmas spirit!


The question is will we actually keep it a secret?

We've already picked our secret santas in the office and my selection makes for an interesting choice, that's for sure! I only ask that if any of the fellow blogging team have me, please make it a good present! Thank you kindly!!

So enough of Christmas for now, it is only October!






Communication is key!

Now let me take the opportunity to welcome my office buddy Brettmondo to the blogging world, go check out his blog: Blog of Brett I'm sure he'll be having lots of interesting things to say, he usually does!



I'm off to Farmaggedon tomorrow, which Mr T informs me is very scary! A haunted attraction in Ormskirk- for anyone that hasn't heard of it! I only wish Susan was coming with me, she really does enjoy those haunted attractions :)





Last night involved a very important shopping trip, to purchase fireworks! I came home with a considerably lighter purse and a boot full of rockets, a firework selection box and of course the classic must have- sparklers! I do love really good fireworks. The fireworks we had at this years Lytham Proms were fabulous and I had the best seat in the house to view them!

Alfie Boe 'Last Night of The Proms' 2012, Lytham Proms

Remember, remember the 5th of November because it's Rachel's birthday!







 



Showman's Show

So this week some of us headed down to Newbury for the annual Showman's Show, where companies exhibit their products. This ranges from stages to portable toilets!

I was on the look out for a mobile stage for our Lytham Christmas Lights Switch On event in November. We eventually settled on one from Star Events. Whilst we were there we also came across some interesting sights. A mobile bar with a talking moose head on the top was a particular highlight. We saw some really great items that would be fab for next years events.

The lovely Susan modelling a white chesterfield:



We also tested out a driving game, which you can hire for your events. After some tough competition and a difficult driving track, I can confirm I neither won or lost the race. In fact I was nearer to losing than winning- not my best driving moment! Albeit this wasn't a real car we were driving, infact several tiny cars on a race track infront of us. Pretty much a sophisticated Scalextric car racing game (do you remember Scaletric? Taking over your lounge building the track and it driving you mad when the car comes off the track because it was going too fast!). We also saw the return of Mr T from his travels, albeit he's lacking in the tan department.

We also returned to the office with a present for our designer, Ryan.

A GOLD TOILET!!!!

Ryan is so happy with his gift that he's told us to cancel his birthday and christmas presents. Nothing could ever compete with his gold toilet now. It's nice when a gift is really appreciated!

As well as Scalextric car races, gold toilets and a chesterfield, we've been nominated for an award! Lytham Proms has been shortlisted for UK Festival's Best Small Festival Award. It's really easy to vote, it's free and you may win VIP tickets to all three nights at the Proms.  So what are you waiting for, get voting!

And so it begins......

So here at Cuffe & Taylor we've decided to become more interative and give people an insight into 'our world'. We've each started our own blogs and it's already become a competition as to who has the best! Mr T clearly thinks his is the best- we'll see! :)

We had a busy week last week announcing our first headliner of 2013 Russell Watson for Lytham Proms. The announcement was met with a great response and we're really looking forward to having Russell perform at another one of our events. This year he performed at Speke Hall Concerts and it was a great evening (even the sun came out for us!) We had a nice chat about being from Salford and he had some very nice diamond union jack cufflinks on- all in the spirit of the Queens Jubilee celebrations. That weekend also consisted of a tour bus journey to Birmingham to Event Manage and provide Production for a Skoda car launch featuring DJ Tiesto, 3 concerts in Liverpool and very little sleep! But we wouldn't have it any other way, the Cuffe & Taylor team love Summer! Roll on Summer 2013!

We're all busy working on a brand new Cuffe & Taylor website and we've got some really great ideas in the pipeline, so stay tuned for it's arrival!

I'm a big fan of photos (much to the annoyance of some of the team) and I'm on a mission to get some good photos for the blog! So I'll leave you with some wierd and wonderful shots from Summer 2012!


Celebrating Speke Hall Concerts & The Diamond Jubilee with cake!

Rick Astley! Rick Rolling was a daily routine for some of the team!







Green Room decorations for Lytham Proms

Tower Festival Headland- The view from on stage!

The large silver head makes a little more sense in its rightful place!
Lytham Proms Green Room