Hope you are enjoying the weather – gorgeous isn’t it – definitely puts a spring in your step! We thought we would bring you up to speed with some of the fantastic gigs we have been working on lately! It certainly has been a busy time!

It’s on in the field
Firstly, we project managed the highly successful inaugural It’s on in the field event, on 30 May, in aid of the Stars Appeal. Amanda, working closely with the organising committee, headed up by Adrian Sainsbury from The Value Cars Group pulled the whole event together, which attracted 2000 visitors. Highlights were 30 sports clubs, all allowing people to try out sports from football to archery and from fencing to rugby. Local bands playing in the music tent all day, drama workshops and craft classes for kids in the arts tent and a business village showcasing some local businesses. In the evening the area transformed into a music gig with local singer Jamie Eldridge, the fantastic Brighton based band Imperfect English and local legends Tramps and Amps. It was a terrific day and we raised some money for charity. We are thinking about 2011’s event already! We had some great feedback, but one of the nicest comments we had was from a little boy who came to the event with his dad, he said that it was great fun and he had a go on everything but the best thing was having something he could do together with his dad.

Winning Awards!
Tony achieved the next success. He worked with the regional committee for the Federation of Small Businesses to create their stand at the Bath and West show at the beginning of June. The theme was ‘Celebrating local business success’ and was demonstrated through inviting three of the regional award winning companies from the Somerset area to exhibit free of charge on the stand. The highlight of this was the Ariel Atom, the fastest accelerating road car in the world, built in Crewkerne. Tony said, “The car proved to be an incredible draw and through that we managed to raise over £800 for CLIC Sergent. But the personal highlight for me was winning the Bronze Award for the Best Non-Agricultural Stand over 6m. We were up against the likes of Marks and Spencer, The AA and Sainsburys. A real feather in the cap for Banshee Events.” A photo of the beautiful stand is on the website.

Charity Quiz
The third success was the Hope and Homes for Children quiz, held at Salisbury Rugby Club on 8 June. Banshee Events has been hosting this charity quiz for the last three years and it has proved to be very popular. Tony said, “It is always great fun running these quizzes as the people attending really get into the spirit of the evening and some real competitiveness is shown! The great thing is we managed to raise over £200 for the charity in just one evening.”

Conference in Espana!
Amanda has just packed off 19 people to Spain for a 2 day conference in a 5 star hotel. The group have flown out from 7 different UK airports, a logistical challenge, to say the least! This was for a new client who was delighted with our assistance and we loved every minute of the challenge of sourcing the location, arranging flights and liasing with the groups coordinator – who herself, needs a medal! They all came home safely and had a fantastic time – the first of many times we help them, I’m sure!

FSB Trade Fair
It was a scorcher! The annual FSB Trade Fair, held in the Guildhall car park on Saturday 26 June, was blessed with amazing weather. Amanda and Tony, who organised the event for the Salisbury FSB committee said, “This is the second year of the Trade Fair and we couldn’t have hoped for better weather or a better bunch of exhibitors! We also owe a great debt of gratitude to those who got there early to help us erect 5 large gazebos at the crack of dawn!” A highlight of this years event was new Salisbury MP, John Glen, opening the event and then holding an open surgery for anyone who would like to ask him a question. Banshee’s winner of Best Designed Stand went to Fullerton and Hamblin, who had brought beautifully reupholstered furniture to demonstrate their business, with fantastic effect.

Team Building
It’s that time of year again when teams get together in the great outdoors to have some fun and learn more about their relationships with each other. Every year, there is a star activity and this year it’s water balloons! Not for the feint hearted – you need to like getting wet – but enormous fun with some definite learning points! Give us a call if you would like a bespoke proposal put together for your team that will improve team relations and encourage better team working as well as reward staff for their continued support. We’ll shout the coffee and the sticky bun!

That’s all for now, as ever we would be delighted to meet up for a chat and a coffee to discuss any of your event needs – don’t forget our mantra…
Be a guest at your own event!