awards ceremony

Hi,<BR><BR>I thought I would write this as I was desperate to know all about an awards ceremony before I went.<BR><BR>I went to the awards ceremony in Nottingham on Friday 19th Novemeber taking my husband as my guest.<BR>We had a frazzled day getting there from near Heathrow with car problems and traffic delays and arrived at our hotel with only half hour before our taxi was due to collect us (my hair needed washing abnd the hairdryer went bang).<BR>However we managed to be ready on time and arrived at the Albert Hall at 6.30 as we had planned.<BR><BR>What a great evening.<BR><BR>As I had booked and payed for my photographs online we walked straight into the studio for our photographs to be taken. They are fab. We payed £5.00 extra per print to have them both put onto cd rom so this meant that I was able to email them straight to my parents and family when we got home last night (Sunday).<BR><BR>After our photographs we went into the drinks reception where there was a choice of red or white wine, OJ, or sparkling water. While we were enjoying our drinks Jess Bond came over and chatted for a while (a lot of aat council members where there chatting to delegates).<BR><BR>The actual presentation was very well organized with plenty of time allowed for each delegate to have their photographs taken. The ceremony was conducted with humour but at the same time with enough respect that you felt you had achieved something that you had worked hard for.<BR><BR>I felt very comfortable in my trouser suit as most other women were dressed similar with a few wearing jacket and skirts.<BR><BR>After the ceremony was the buffet. Yum Yum. The food was great. There was hot food - pizza, sausage rolls, chicken, jacket wedges with salsa or cheesy toppings and cold - open sandwiches and rolls with at least five different fillings and there was plenty of it.<BR>The head of Education and Training joined us for our buffet. She was very approachable (and has two lovely children).<BR>There were stands by accoutemps and FTC and an AAT stand with info about membership and cpd. I was lucky enough to bag myself an AAT Pen!!!!! <BR><BR>All in all it was a great evening and even my husband said he had a really good night. The AAT `people` were all very approachable and friendly.<BR><BR>I would like to say thank you very much to the AAT for a great evening,<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Sarah