Else ever gone out for homeaspeedboat?
performances from the Rock Choir, Bad Cops and award winners Be Charlotte, Josef, Twin Atlantic, Mike Heron, Tom Walker, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Tide Lines, as well SMAS for Gerry Cinnamon, Lewis Capaldi, Liam Gallagher, Auntie Flo, Jake Duncan and one of my favourites and most deserved, the Scottish Events Campus’s Debbie Mcwilliams. All magnificently rounded off by the absolutely fantastic Simple Minds, who proved, after all these years, they are still one of Scotland’s greatest (if not greatest) live bands. Don’t you forget about me? Don’t worry, we never will.
We even had Donald Trump fly in to hilariously host our popular Ones & Two competition.
OK, it was actually my wee brother and famous impersonator Lewis Macleod wearing the blonde wig and cracking the gags.
But the biggest surprise, a shock I’m still trying to get over, came the next day.
Feeling a bit delicate from the previous night’s excess, I pulled out a crumpled gold envelope from my jacket. It contained a note informing me I had successfully bid for six nights at the Hard Rock Hotel in the Dominican Republic.
What? Where? And flights are not included? Aaaaargh!
Not again...
I won’t tell you what I said on discovering this little nugget, as it can’t be printed in a family newspaper, nor indeed what I paid.
But I promise, when I attend these type of events in future, I’m going with my hands tied behind my back and I’ll be gagged when the auction’s on.
Over the years, I’ve woken up to discover I’ve successfully bid for a Peter Howson painting, signed guitars, signed boxing gloves, a fournight trip (unused) to Dubai, a 10-day camping safari to Kenya and, worst of all, a Zapcat speedboat.
And now, steaming, I’ve bought a holiday to some far-flung Caribbean beach, without a clue on how I’m supposed to get there.
Despite that, it was still a great and memorable night, and even though I feel like the Pirates From The Caribbean have robbed me, I can’t wait till next year’s event.
Dress code? A
straitjacket!