ESco Christmas Party 2007

Last night I went to my work Christmas party and had a great time celebrating a good year with both colleagues and favourite suppliers. It has been a very busy year at ESco with lots of new work, new development and new members of staff joining the company at a very exciting time as we are now starting to reap the benefits of moving into our new building last year. Although at some points the workload has been overwhelming it has always been a pleasure to work with such a great group of people, many of whom have become good friends.

Myself with friend Clare and Laura.

The Christmas party took place at High Barn, converted and now used as a music venue for live acoustic/jazz and a recording studio. Our entertainment for the evening was provided by Beauty and the Beasts, a covers band lead by Franco from our renewals department and joined on stage by two "surprise" guests... Lee (one of the directors) who played guitar while dressed as Father Christmas and Laura who belted out "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" to the amazement of the audience. They all certainly provided music to bop along too (even if it was just for a couple of songs).

Dragged on the dance floor by Sue the MD!

It was also special to have Iwan and Richard from Isle Interactive (who are the brains behind a lot of our web development) and Ben Rexworthy from Securinet (our information security consultant). Both Iwan and Ben are personal friends so it is always good to catch up with them.

Ben from Securinet explaining the complexities of becoming a CISSP to James and myself.

The night went very quickly and all seemed to have a good time. It was just a shame that we all had to get up to work the next morning... (except for the clever few who had booked the day off... LAURA!!!!).

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ESco Christmas Party 2007