Shimmy Beach Club Cape Town
With one of the greatest leaders on this planet Nelson Mandela being in hospital on life support, the air is thick all over the world and I’m pretty sure the world will never be prepared enough to say goodbye. Of late I’m sure many businesses had felt to delay certain events out of respect for Madiba as the CTICC’s 10th birthday was postponed as the worlds light was shed on South Africa. However in times like these we need to remember the positive changes he has implemented in our beautiful country South Africa. With this year’s Global party, Shimmy beach club was nominated as the venue for Cape town with over 360 cities to host various charities all over the world before the end of June, it was no better time to bring the world together and support those in need.
The theme for this year’s Global party was Diamonds are forever. 
A few of the exclusive items up for bidding was a pair of Golden Circle Rihanna tickets, A weekend to the English country and my favourite would have been The Dining out with the giggling gourmet with celebrity Chef Jenny Morris. At 6.30pm it was champagne and canapés at 8pm the dinner had taken place consisting of a starter, Shimmy Global salad/ shimmy home baked Bread or Cape Fish Bisque, Mains (served platter style) Sliced Fillet Steak with Winter Forest Mushrooms and truffle sauce or Sliced Kingklip with Soya Chilli, Ginger Leek and Roast Tomatoes with stuffed baby vegetables and roasted new potatoes and dessert warm chocolate tart, fresh cream and winter berries compote. The decor was outstanding from Something different – dimmed lighting, crystal chandeliers and white table settings. Soon guests were surprised to find they might have a genuine diamond in their glasses – where their diamonds in their glasses were tested by a small handheld device and the winner would win a diamond to the value of R15000 VIP’s, celebrities, jetsetters and high-rollers like model Tracey McGregor and Tracey Lange from Smile 90.4FM. Lira ten time SAMA Award winner graced the crowd with her world-class entertainment and dedicated a song she sang for Madiba years ago “Something inside so strong”.
.Wola Nani, in Xhosa means we embrace and develop one another” which was one of the charities who benefited from this occasion as well as the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.
I ended up running a bit late to the venue as I had an important meeting that afternoon, I ran home and ransacked my closet to find something to wear to the black tie affair . Finally we had arrived to ushers who could have passed as bouncers who was guiding all arriving vehicles onto the premises a luxury minivan, Mercedes Benz van invited to give us a ride up to the venue which set the tone for the evening, considering my last VIP experience at Shimmy beach J&B Made Rare 2013. We went inside and finally a hostess had pointed out the media lounge, I noticed slices of pizza on the counter, I went to the bar and asked what was available he mentioned hard liquor and handed me a menu (A4 standard size page not laminated or anything with no branding either as a pricelist) R800 a bottle of Absolute vodka – not sure if the glass had diamond dust attached to it that could have perhaps made me glow? They had ushers walking about guiding everyone to their designated tables where 3 ushers were unable to assist, I had showed him the invitation emails and requested the P.R lady to assist, she then guided us to a side table close to the exit door and toilets where the door was opened a lot during the evening. A cocktail area with “reserved signs” with a booklet of the evening itinerary . The evening had begun and we had mixed with some of the other media guests only to find out that the table for the media had been sold, we were offered an energy drink from Scheckter’s OrganicEnergy Drink the waiter who walked PASS US and later a waiter placed a small roll on our table as an appetizer, and that my friends was it. The whole reason the media gets special access or discounts at events is for the exposure offered to event holder. This event was by invite only and at a week or two before the event took place tickets were made available to the general public at R1000 per ticket. None the less, the affects of this evening will last way beyond what I could conceive and touch the lives of those in need.
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