AFRICAN PARTY – NOTTINGHAM

This flamboyant extravaganza was in celebration of a joint 25th Wedding anniversary, 21st and 18th birthdays. The client's business is in owning and running a safari lodge in Botswana, so this formed the theming of the event.

A marquee measuring 30mts x 20mts was transformed with planting & palm trees, coir flooring, a wooden dance floor and huge banners of sunsets and moon rises over the Savannah desert. Huge wooden silhouettes of elephants, giraffes, puma and impala were strategically placed outside in the garden, behind ‘windows' in the marquee walls. These were backlit at night to enhance the silhouettes. The entrance to the marquee was defined by a replica African Ceremonial Gateway. The bar and DJ booth were transformed using masks and brushwood, to make them into African Rondavels.

Standard marquee seating was cleverly disguised beneath leopard print chair covers! Indoor fireworks and a dramatic drum roll and ‘reveal' kicked off the event, and the drama was continued with a performance by the Black Eagles acrobat troop.