Happy Birthday G 



Me on the train on the way looking tired and watching the lightening.


Grant and his Dad


Grant's Mum, his sister Mel and Grant


Blimey all those candles ;)


Cutting the cake 

We went up to Clapham last night for Grants 30th, and what a great time I had. I had a long day at work so I really didn't feel much like partying as I sat on the train on the way up there the thunder storms all around didn't do much to lighten my mood. Although as soon as I stepped through the door of Alice's house the day was forgotten. The party was in full swing and people from far and wide were there to celebrate, Grant's dad even came all the way down from Scotland (10 hours on a coach) to surprise him which was a real bonus. The food was amazing and Alice's mum (being from New Zealand) even managed to get a BBQ going in the rain!
We had all been asked to bring a 20 minute set of party music we may want to play and I was first up my tracks were -

Lift Me Up - Moby
I Like The Way - Bodyrockers
Jacques Your Body - Les Rythmes Digitales
Crescendolls - Daft Punk
Nasty Girl - Inaya Day
Dare - Gorillaz

Everyone said they liked my mix and it kicked off a queue of people wanting to put thier stuff on, all the sets I heard were amazing too. I liked Mel's mix because it had White Lines by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five in it, I can't listen to this song now without thinking of Shaun of the Dead but it's still a top track.
The other nice thing they had organized for the party was a magician. Now I thought this was just going to be one of Grant's mates who knew a few tricks but this was a properly hired magician who did a close up magic routine which lasted about 15 minutes, he took people in groups and I have to say I was very impressed. His name was Simon Subvert and i don't know how much he got paid but he was worth every penny!
The only sad thing about the night was that we had to leave Just after 11 to catch the last train home but I am sure the rest of them partied into the wee small hours and quite rightly so.
 

Posted: Sun - September 11, 2005 at 02:36 PM      

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