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2006-05-28 | Shanghai
Successful 2nd European Chamber BallOn Saturday, May 27th the European Chamber held its Second Annual Ball in Shanghai. The event took place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, gathering a crowd of over 500 high-profile participants, including representatives from the European Chamber Executive Committee and the Delegation of the European Commission in China.
The evening started with a lively cocktail reception where guests had the chance to buy masks in aid of charity. The theme of the event was ‘Carnival’ and attendees showed large appreciation for the masks featuring the European colours and logo. The proceeds collected from mask sales amounted to RMB 8,736. This will benefit the charity “Loving Heart Association”, a program providing grants to Chinese university students working on CSR projects. The Ball also engaged in a second charity initiative which raised RMB 63,250. This was donated to the Shanghai Charity Foundation to supply free lunches for one year to 80 poor students in the rural area south of Shanghai.
Besides the great achievements in terms of charity, the dinner and the eclectic entertainment program also proved to be a great success. Those present enjoyed a large buffet including European, Chinese and Japanese cuisine. The repertoire of music ranged from traditional European Ballroom dances to South American rhythms, to pop and rock music. The dance floor was never empty with all attendees bopping, swaying and twirling to the program performed by the 17 pieces orchestra. During the music intervals, a show from Sichuan artists and an exciting lucky draw took place. First, traditional dancers, acrobats, ‘Shaolins’ and mask-men captivated the audience. Later on, the lucky draw followed, with winners receiving prizes such as return tickets to Europe, hotel stays in China, outfits for the football world cup, just to mention a few.
The success of the event was largely due to the kind support of our 30 sponsors. We would like to thank once again our Gold Sponsor, Bosch, our Silver Sponsors: Alcatel, Arcelor, Fortis, Metro, Philips, PSA Peugeot Citroen as well as our Bronze Sponsors: Adidas, Bekaert, Getronics, KPMG, Messer, Siemens, Taylor Wessing, WhichProperty and Price Waterhouse Coopers. A special thanks also to our media sponsors: Shanghai Daily (Gold Sponsor), City Weekend and China International Business (Silver Sponsors), as well as to our lucky draw sponsors: Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines, Biche de Bere, Sofitel Jin Jiang Oriental Pudong, Sofitel Boao, Adidas, Kempinski Hotel Chengdu, M on the Bund and Dragonfly. We also wish to thank Pernod Ricard and Pieroth for sponsoring beverages and Imos for sponsoring the event management. We acknowledge the valuable input from the Ball Committee too. Mr. Adams, Mr. Koppitz, Ms. Yen and Mrs. Yi gave us invaluable help throughout the preparation providing direction, ideas and suggestions. Once again, our sincere thanks to them too.
Photos for the event are available from the office of the European Chamber in Shanghai.