The Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’ sixth ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข fundraising event culminated on Friday evening, 17 March, in a magical evening beneath a tumultuous Karoo sky.
With thunder rumbling overhead, and the occasional bolt of lightning highlighting the surrounding nightscape, the gala function’s guests were led to the back fields of the school where they found a tented wonderland glittering with fairy lights and beautifully decorated to the nth degree.
๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.
Throughout the evening, guests were treated to a feast for both the eyes and palate.
A seemingly endless assortment of delicious canapรฉs and gorgeous treats were elegantly served and beautifully plated, greeting all those arriving, with a smorgasbord of food being served during the evening buffet-style main meal, followed by the cherry-on-top – a multitude of dessert platters laden with an abundance of gorgeously displayed assorted sweets, pastries and treats.
A highlight of the evening was a live auction superbly conducted by the dynamic auctioneer Duncan McLaggan.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐.
With thanks to the generosity of the sponsors a large variety of awesome lucky draw prizes were also given away.
Once the formal proceedings had come to an end, the 8-piece Franky and the Misfits swing band entertained guests with a selection of energetic jazz music, inviting all those present to take to the dance floor.
“๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ” ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
Although calculations have not been finalised, the UPS fundraising committee is pleased to announce that the targeted amount has certainly been superseded and are truly humbled by the overwhelming support and generosity.
