What a success :-)
This is me, pre-shave (shame you can't see the colour - it was so cool!)
Last Saturday was the long-awaited charity night. I’d spent the few weeks running up to it worrying – not about having all my hair shaved off, but about how the entire night would go. As it happened, my worries were needless.
It took me an hour & half to get ready for the big night. I turned up looking like a true punk rocker from the 70’s - my hair a mess of fluorescent green spikes! It did look quite dramatic, but not a patch on what I’ve ended up with……
A few forum members managed to make it for the night, as well as some loyal friends & loads of pub regulars – the place was packed out by 8.30pm! Friends & I had a lovely meal to start our night off but I never had time for a desert, which was a shame, ‘coz they do a wicked chocolate sponge at the Queens – LOL!
I got to sing the first song of the evening – appropriately titled ‘The Happening’, after which I made an announcement telling people what it was all in aid of.
The event started off with men’s leg waxing, for which Ian had managed to raise a superb £89 in just 4 days from his work colleagues! We had 3 victims & Darren used his charm on the ladies, selling wax strips for £1/pair – the ladies were like demons, queuing up to inflict pain on those poor guys; but fair play to them, none of them shed so much as a tear!!
Angie did the rounds with the raffle tickets, on which she did a great job, considering that a lot of people had already bought tickets the week before.
When it came to me having my head shaved, Dave took control of the show & I must say, he made an absolutely fantastic compere. He put it to the vote as to how short my hair should go & it was decided unanimously on a No.1. The clippers buzzed into life, the first locks of hair came off & were handed to me. Someone suggested that I keep them & make a green wig – LOL! I heard a few gasps as my hair continued to fall but I didn’t have time to feel apprehensive ‘coz everyone was so full of encouragement, chanting “off, off, off” & telling me how brave I was & that they admired what I was doing. At the halfway stage, I was made to get up & give a twirl so that everyone could see the contrast in the length of my hair. Then, before I realised it, it was all over – the No.1, I mean!!! Everyone was telling me how much the new hair do suited me & how cool it looked. Someone shouted that I looked better than Sinaed O’Connor, which promptedcalls for me to sing her hit song ‘Nothing Compares To You’ – I had to get everyone to sing along with me when it came to the chorus! Before I’d finished that song, Clive had begun his head shave &finished off looking quite sexy; then later on, James unexpectedly had his hair shaved off too.
It was one hell of a busy night, but I still managed to find time to talk to people & hand out leaflets – after all, that’s what the whole thing was about – raising health awareness.
Pauline managed to get the head shave on video which she promises to post on YouTube sometime this week & loads of people took photos of which I’m sure I’ll get copies & will post a couple of decent ones here on my blog when I do.
At the end of the night, my charity fund total stood at a cool £759.50 which I found totally overwhelming.
The following day, I had to pick my parents up from the airport. I don’t honestly think my mum recognised me at first - she did have to look twice! When I told themabout the charity night & how much I’d raised, they were so impressed, that they contributed £60 & raised my total to over £800!!!!
The guys at work have been super too. I had nothing but compliments on my hair & a few who hadn’t already sponsored me have now done so, so that will push the total up even further. I’m so glad I shared this with my colleagues – no regrets there whatsoever.
Heart FM rang me on 1st October (World Hepatitis Awareness Day) & apologised for not covering the event for me. They’ve now added me to their contacts list & have promised to promote any future events I might hold.
Raquel from the Hepatitis C Trust also rang to see how the event went & was very impressed. She has asked if I’d like to get involved with any future events, including next year’s WHAD, which I said I am keen to do.
Telford FM rang me today to get details of the event’s success & whilst not an interview, they have promised to mention it on air either today or tomorrow.
So now all that’s left is for me to collect in all the monies & get that cheque off to the Trust. I’ll make sure I get written acknowledgement of my donation & will make copies of it for work & the pub, which I will put up with a thank you note.
Once that’s done, I shall be concentrating in getting the CD recorded for the NHCN, so watch this space……….
It took me an hour & half to get ready for the big night. I turned up looking like a true punk rocker from the 70’s - my hair a mess of fluorescent green spikes! It did look quite dramatic, but not a patch on what I’ve ended up with……
A few forum members managed to make it for the night, as well as some loyal friends & loads of pub regulars – the place was packed out by 8.30pm! Friends & I had a lovely meal to start our night off but I never had time for a desert, which was a shame, ‘coz they do a wicked chocolate sponge at the Queens – LOL!
I got to sing the first song of the evening – appropriately titled ‘The Happening’, after which I made an announcement telling people what it was all in aid of.
The event started off with men’s leg waxing, for which Ian had managed to raise a superb £89 in just 4 days from his work colleagues! We had 3 victims & Darren used his charm on the ladies, selling wax strips for £1/pair – the ladies were like demons, queuing up to inflict pain on those poor guys; but fair play to them, none of them shed so much as a tear!!
Angie did the rounds with the raffle tickets, on which she did a great job, considering that a lot of people had already bought tickets the week before.
When it came to me having my head shaved, Dave took control of the show & I must say, he made an absolutely fantastic compere. He put it to the vote as to how short my hair should go & it was decided unanimously on a No.1. The clippers buzzed into life, the first locks of hair came off & were handed to me. Someone suggested that I keep them & make a green wig – LOL! I heard a few gasps as my hair continued to fall but I didn’t have time to feel apprehensive ‘coz everyone was so full of encouragement, chanting “off, off, off” & telling me how brave I was & that they admired what I was doing. At the halfway stage, I was made to get up & give a twirl so that everyone could see the contrast in the length of my hair. Then, before I realised it, it was all over – the No.1, I mean!!! Everyone was telling me how much the new hair do suited me & how cool it looked. Someone shouted that I looked better than Sinaed O’Connor, which promptedcalls for me to sing her hit song ‘Nothing Compares To You’ – I had to get everyone to sing along with me when it came to the chorus! Before I’d finished that song, Clive had begun his head shave &finished off looking quite sexy; then later on, James unexpectedly had his hair shaved off too.
It was one hell of a busy night, but I still managed to find time to talk to people & hand out leaflets – after all, that’s what the whole thing was about – raising health awareness.
Pauline managed to get the head shave on video which she promises to post on YouTube sometime this week & loads of people took photos of which I’m sure I’ll get copies & will post a couple of decent ones here on my blog when I do.
At the end of the night, my charity fund total stood at a cool £759.50 which I found totally overwhelming.
The following day, I had to pick my parents up from the airport. I don’t honestly think my mum recognised me at first - she did have to look twice! When I told themabout the charity night & how much I’d raised, they were so impressed, that they contributed £60 & raised my total to over £800!!!!
The guys at work have been super too. I had nothing but compliments on my hair & a few who hadn’t already sponsored me have now done so, so that will push the total up even further. I’m so glad I shared this with my colleagues – no regrets there whatsoever.
Heart FM rang me on 1st October (World Hepatitis Awareness Day) & apologised for not covering the event for me. They’ve now added me to their contacts list & have promised to promote any future events I might hold.
Raquel from the Hepatitis C Trust also rang to see how the event went & was very impressed. She has asked if I’d like to get involved with any future events, including next year’s WHAD, which I said I am keen to do.
Telford FM rang me today to get details of the event’s success & whilst not an interview, they have promised to mention it on air either today or tomorrow.
So now all that’s left is for me to collect in all the monies & get that cheque off to the Trust. I’ll make sure I get written acknowledgement of my donation & will make copies of it for work & the pub, which I will put up with a thank you note.
Once that’s done, I shall be concentrating in getting the CD recorded for the NHCN, so watch this space……….
And this is me post-shave (again, not a brilliant photo, but better than nothing for now).posted by Maria | 3:09 PM
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