Contributed by Janet Chai Pei Ying from the KL Bar Social Arts & Culture Committee (Organising Committee)
Enchanted was how members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar and distinguished guests from the Bench felt at the end of the evening of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Annual Dinner and Dance 2008.
Themed ‘Magical Fairytale - A Whole New World’, the dinner was held at One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya on 29th November 2008. The dinner was graced by, among others, the President of the Court of Appeal, Chief Judge of Malaya and President of the Malaysian Bar.
Princesses, wizards and fairies were some of the characters seen in the crowd. There were also ‘out of theme’ characters such as the Gladiator and the Emperor.
Entertaining the crowd were emcees, Seira Sacha (Little Red Riding Hood), and Choo Dee Wei (Peter Pan).
The night began with a truly mesmerising waltz by dancers from the Kuala Lumpur Dancers’ Association. The crowd was also treated to a Michael Jackson Act, which received much applause. The last performance for the evening was a Magic & Illusion Show by Anslem Roy Eric.
A total number of 46 from the crowd went home with prizes that night – 10 lucky draw prize winners, 2 best dressed prize winners, 4 best dressed consolation prize winners and 30 table quiz winners - champion, 1st and 2nd runners-up. Prizes include Samsung 32” LCD TV, iPod, Sony Ericsson mobile phone.
The Best Dressed Male prize was won by Lee Shih (Captain Hook) (again!!) and Best Dressed Female by Fam Yu Min (The Frog Princess).
In fact, everyone received a set of “prizes” that night - a desk calendar souvenir programme and a ticket in a bookmark form.