Friday night saw the inaugral ISK Awards Night. The club as a whole has grown steadily over the last couple of years, and we’re at a state now where we can start recognising the effort some people are putting in to their training and teaching. It’s also a really good excuse to meet up with the other guys and girls we wouldn’t normally see, and to knock back a few beers together. We hired a local cafe/social place for the evening, got suited and booted and had a lovely curry. The main reason for being there was for the presentation of the awards, and despite a few nerves it went really well. Plenty of people took a certificate home with them, and we all got to know one another a little better.
We only had the place until eleven, and after a few ales noone wanted to go home then! The Falmouth crew jumped back in their minibus and cars and headed for the bright lights of the town’s fantastic nightlife (ahem) and the rest of us made our way down to the mighty Corn Exchange. We weren’t even sure it’d be open as the parent company is now in administration or receivership or something, but not only was it open, it was free. I was pretty ‘merry’ at this point so hadn’t even thought about what kind of music we might be treated to, so you can imagine my absolute amazement when we walked in on an 80s night!! I love 80s music, I was in heaven. We ran into an old training friend who’s been serving in Afghanistan and after a few hugs and manly handshakes the beer started flowing again. I don’t remember much of the rest of the night. I remember seeing a table covered in full bottles of Corona, drinking from two of them at the same time, dancing the dance to ‘Prince Charming’ (and being the only person doing it!) and some amazing music. That’s it though, the rest of the night turned to a blur of laughing and some of the finest dancing ever witnessed (probably).
The year’s in wind-down mode now, and it’s one of my favourite times. Training slows down and all those nagging little injuries get a couple of weeks to heal, there’s a few days to forget about the stress at work and some time to relax with friends and family. I’ve still got the final part of my Dan test to take, but once that’s done I can get cracking with organising and cooking Christmas dinner for twelve(!). There’s still a couple of weeks to go yet though, and if today’s anything to go by it’s going to be very busy.
I can’t youtube from here, so I suggest you head over there now and search for “Adam Ant Prince Charming”. Seriously. Do it now.