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"It's my party and I'll.........."

So, my dad turned 60 on the weekend and we put together a party for him. Now originally He didn't want a party and us ladies (his daughters & wife) said it doesn't matter you are getting one so he accepted that. Dad then got to thinking, and realising

1. his family are all performers
2. he knows a lot of performers
and
3. it was his birthday so he could do what he wanted

He decided he wanted people to sing and perform on the day effectively turning his party into a birthday cabaret.So after writing an extensive list of songs and performers we set out to all make this happen (as he never really says what he wants so this was a real plus 😁 )

What took place was a fabulous afternoon of performing, laughter, good coffee, food and friendship!! Mum sang, the Raymond Sister's sang, Olivia, Lauren and Aaron, Bella (my 4yo niece), Andrew Crispe and I did a few pieces from Big Fish (Dad loves it and helps we do too 😉 and I don't know if there was a dry eye in the place after Andrew sang!), Megan and James from Soul Factor did wonderful solos and then sections of Soul Factor did things. Also there was some video performances including of course Alex my brother as all the family were performing.

Amongst all this there was fabulous food and the best coffee made by Jose Estrella, owner of Sazón Espresso in Mt Barker & the CBD (if you haven't been there GO it is the best!), photo board, lots of people to catch up with.









My sister Olivia did most of the organising and she did a wonderful job, Lauren did the technology stuff and I worked through the running sheet (yes there was one!), arty stuff and made the cake. But there was so many helpers and we are all very thankful that we were able to put it on and it go so well. We always joke that when we Raymond's choose to do something, it becomes "bigger than Ben Hur" but I like to think that is because we don't settle for less than what we want. If we can see that it can happen, we do our best to make it so.

I hope you enjoy some of the pictures and also the video below of my Mum, serenading Dad after we cut the cake (click the pic to link to video).

Have a wonderful weekend!
Bec x


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