The situation demanded a Tux, something I wasn’t looking
forward to. Most days I can barely be
bothered to put on jeans and I even have a special pair of them for ‘formal’
occasions, but several frowns and scowls convinced me to toe the line and tux
up.
Before the event we got to meet and have a chat with Sir
Steve Redgrave, without doubt our finest ever Olympian and whose face adorns
the first medallion. He happily posed
for pics with us all and answered all things Olympic, including a story about
all the traffic problems he encountered during the Atlanta Olympics. As someone living right on top of the Olympic
Park, it’s something I hoping isn’t repeated in a few months time.
There was an impressive list of performers at the event:
Gary Barlow, Mel C, Will Young, Alfie Boe, The Feeling, Kimberly Walsh, Charlie
Siem, The Noisettes and Spellbound (who hilariously sat in front of us after
they had performed and instantly started tweeting en masse). We also had the
pleasure of Davina McCall, John Bishop and Dermot O’Leary (who when we saw him
outside my wife pushed me in the road in her haste to get to him) hosting the
evening. Plus, gasp, William and Cate,
yep the real ones, also put in an appearance.
A great night was had by all and was topped off with a dash
through Holborn station when the Station Announcer informed us as we got off
the Piccadilly line train that “The last central line train will be leaving in
two minutes.” Cue a mad dash of Tux’s,
evening gowns and various other late night drunks running through the station
in fits of infectious, mad, breathless laughter.
The BP Legends Collection Medallions can be purchased from BP’s forecourts across the
country. The first medallion is available for £1 together with an official
presentation pack and the remaining 11 medallions will cost £2 each. All profits from the sale of the Our Greatest
Team Legends Collection will directly support Team GB and ParalympicsGB to help
aspiring athletes deliver their best performance at London 2012 and beyond.
For more information about the Our Greatest Team
Legends Collection and how you can start collecting the limited edition
medallions, visit www.bp.com/medallions .So as not to fall foul of the Blogging Police, this is a sponsored post (if you hadn’t guessed by now). We attended the event as guests of BP and they even bought me a beer, but just one mind, they didn’t get me drunk and write this for me ok.
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