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Ho Ho Xmas Drinks
Perhaps the most sought after party invitation this festive season is the HoHo Christmas Drinks which this year celebrated its fifth Anniversary at the beginning of December at The Players Theatre Bar under Charing Cross station.
One of the more inspired Millennium initiatives, it came into existence as the brain-child of Roger Hennigan of White Light and Paul Hornsby of the Royal Opera House.
Roger Hennigan explains: “The intention of the evening is bring together everyone at least once a year for a sociable drinking evening – to meet the faces behind the voices and the e-mails and swap an anecdote or two, with the emphasis being on fun and sociability rather than business at the end of a busy trading year.”
At its conception there was a small gathering of 20 people at the then Flyman and Firkin (now O’Neills) on Shaftesbury Avenue but each year has seen the word spread further until this year it had expanded into a revelry of over 130 people who partied away until the early hours (and yes it was mid-week!) in its stylish new environment of the Players Theatre Bar.
“Such is the success of the Christmas event,” says Hornsby, ‘that we have also set up a Summer (Ho Ho) Drinks to carry on the socialising! We aim to tell as many people as possible and we always have a good turn-out of around 100 people or more, with a good proportion of the lighting industry present from all corners!”
No wonder the tag line at the bottom of each invitation says “Please pass on the invite to all that I have missed off the list!”
In addition to the twice-yearly gatherings, the HoHo now has its own website complete with photographic evidence and chat forum, covering topics from technical advice, alcohol and, not surprisingly, support!
Check it out on http://www.hohoxmas.co.uk
photos: Michael Scott
21st December 2005
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