"The Inter-Club ROSL Centenary summer ball"

friday 25th june 2010
Hosted by The royal over-seas league

It was a full house at the Royal Over-Seas League for the evening of the ROSL Centenary Summer Ball with guests representing from the Army & Navy, Caledonian, Carlton, Lansdowne, National Liberal, Oriental, Oxford & Cambridge, RAC, and ROSL.

The dress code - Black Tie with a hint of purple - was perhaps unfamiliar territory for some of the gentlemen attending, generating a few phone calls from male guests anxious that their interpretation would be suitable! Their worries were unfounded as they and their dab-hand female counterparts looked the epitome of elegance in their purpureal splendour.

After admiring the beautiful 1910 Talbot Tourer on display, guest made the most of the favourable weather sipping the deliciously moreish centenary summer cocktail in the ROSL Garden followed by a sublime three course meal. Wandering magician & mind reader, Robert Fox enthralled the audience with his illusions between courses. After dinner, bar flair expert Paul Handley wowed his guests with his flaring and a few volunteers from the audience had the opportunity to get up on stage and show off their skills (or lack thereof!). With a complimentary cocktail in hand, the guests continued the evening shaking their thing on the dance floor to ‘Gefunkt’ or relaxing with a drink accompanied by the dulcet tones of harpist Jose Antonio Domene (who had arrived straight from Paris for his performance!) in the Drawing Room.  All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable evening.

Thanks must go to the rosl and Inter Club Chairs, conrad purcell and alexandra debarge for putting on such a fantastic event.