Last night was my dad's 50th birthday party, which was held at Navigation Working Men's Club in Altrincham. It started at 7pm, but I didn't arrive until gone 8 as I'd been so busy after work sorting everything out!
I wore a patterned dress that I'd got from Laundry Boutique in Altrincham, and purple suede heels. Loads of people turned up for it, and the drinking got underway! Dad had hired a band called The Invaders to do some music for it - they do indie and rock covers from old and new artists such as The Stone Roses, Oasis, The Killers, Echo and the Bunnymen etc. They did a 45 minute set earlier on at 9pm, and then once they had finished that we served the food out.
Mum had done the buffet, which had southern fried chicken, Chinese and Indian starters like onion bhajis, spring rolls, pakoras and samosas, sausages, olives, nachos, cheeseboards - there was absolutely loads! It all went down a storm, but as usual mum thought she was feeding the five thousand, so we have so much left over!
The band came back on for the second 45 minute set at ten, but not before Dad did a little speech and thanked everyone for coming and bringing lots of presents for him. The second set was a bit more lively and plenty of people got up and danced. Dad, Jasmine and I got up and sang 'Laid' by James which was a laugh, and everyone was well into the swing of things at that point so were all joining in. The iPod went on after that, with a specially constructed dance playlist on to get people moving!
We had the room hired until 12.30pm as that was the latest they would serve until, but afterwards a few of us young 'uns went into Altrincham to Heart and Soul and finished the night there. It was a really good night that everyone seemed to enjoy - and apparently back at home all the neighbours came back to our house and cracked open the port!
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