Whaoooo, what a bash!

The Woodstock Party was a great success.

I got in the chair at 6 O’clock and started preparing my presentation of 15min.

We used a data projector on a big screen to inter act with the guests of ±120 people.

The venue was packed nicely around a bonfire, candles every where and a

makeshift stage under a gazebo.

I include some of my Power Point Presentation Slides:

I welcomed everyone as an introduction and then gave a presentation of my life.

I concluded with “lessons learnt” and how I cope.

 

“lessons learnt”:

What irritates you in others is actually what you don’t like in yourself.

Be kind to people because everyone is fighting their own battle.

 

How I cope:

                One day at a time.

                A belief that I have something to offer the world

And lastly:

Then the fun started:

In the middle of his polished performance Mathys invited his friend, Andre Swiegers,to join him and the most awesome “Unplugged” session started.

Mathys Roets did some amazing songs, his voice is a velvet baritone and I was thrilled

with his renditions of Leonard Cohen.

A couple of video’s are to be published on my website soon, stay tuned.

We had a rain scare during the performance but it didn’t stop the flow, nobody moved,

Everyone sat in the rain, spellbound, nobody cared... luckily the rain ended quickly.

The rapport between Mathys Roets and the audience was amazing, communication from

the crowd was encouraged and laughing was frequent.

A quick auction followed Mathys Roets’ show, this was the painting:

A great auctioneer, Schalk , got R8,000 for the painting in under 8min. A decent price that I’m very happy with.

Proud owners of "After Glow" – Mark and Sally-Ann Fischer.

The Woodstock “Lucky Draw” followed quickly after, prizes went to:

Francois Smith -Collection of wines…     

Hannes Dreyer -Microlight flight…   

Philip Coetzer -Original Marzinger oil painting…               

Klein Jan Tromp, who isn’t small, concluded the evening with a “thank you” and the evenings agenda was done at 9.45pm.

Many people greeted me before leaving and suggested that a Woodstock Party should be held regularly, I agree, this was a very successful event, we collected ±R26, 600 from ticket sales,

R8, 000 from auction, totalling a cool R34, 600.

Because Mathys Roets and a lot of friends were so generous with

                                         time, effort and contacts.

This bash only cost 2 paintings and ±R1.000,  -so naturally a high% profit margin was shown.  That was good organization I think and working on the same business model will make Woodstock 2 successful again.

The only negative, as a post mortem, I can think of was

not enough time spent with people, I was mostly greeting and saying a few lines, then moving to the next person.

I accept that is the nature of things.

If anybody took offence, make arrangements to stay longer next time, the after party was a different affair …

a small group stayed on after most left, last man standing, Douw Venter, 

till 03.30 Tuesday morning. BRAVO!!!

Conclusion:

Thanks to everyone who participated, because of you I am going to stand on my own two feet... SOON!

The "Get Dieter off his ass" fund has over shot the goal

of R95, 000 for the standing wheelchair -the deposit has been paid and delivery is expected end of October 2010.

I'll keep you posted China! 

 

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