On Saturday the 19th of May, the Golden Events team, made up of 5 students from the Stage 2 – Diploma of Event Management organized and ran the Auburn High School Trivia Night at the Angliss Restaurant.

During the lead up to the event the Golden Events Team worked hard to organize marketing, catering and gather sponsorship items for the silent and live auction.

The night consisted of trivia, hosted by QuizMiesters, games, raffles and a silent and live Auction.

Overall the event was a huge success, we gathered over 50 Auction items and raised over $8600 to go towards landscaping at Auburn High School.

Golden Events would like to thank Auburn High School, and everyone who helped make the event such a great success.

– The Golden Events Team
(Brittany Venturoni, Chloe Trigg, Jay Yap, Winne Lin, Elvin Pasa)

On the 7th of June 2018, William Angliss Diploma of event management students: Jacquilyn, Chelsea, Georgia and Chiara managed their first function as Adorn Creatives at the Angliss Restaurant as part of the functions subject. The function was a monthly luncheon held for the XLI Club which consists of ex and current policemen and some businessmen. The members met monthly to discuss current issues and topics of interests as well as invite speakers and give away raffle prizes.

The afternoon started at 12 noon with the guest enjoying beer, wines and soft drink served by the wonderful events students from 1A Diploma of event management. From 12:30pm, they began their lunch, enjoying a three-course meal that consisted of entree, main and desert.

The client, Mr. Ray Thompson greatly appreciate the team’s efforts in styling and organising their June function which was themed AFL/VFL. The event ran smoothly and it was a good experience for the clients, the function team, as well as the front of house staff.

(XLI Club consists of 2/3 ex and current policemen and 1/3 businessmen.)

(The team received a lot of compliments about the AFL theming design.)

(Mr. Ray Thompson, president of the XLI Club with the events team and the front of house team.)

On 16th of May 2018, the Amour Events team from the Diploma of Event Management was given an opportunity to organize a Japanese themed dinner at the Angliss Restaurant.

The dinner started with a miso shot for appetizer prepared by the chef and cookery students. A total of 53 guests fully enjoyed the 3-course Japanese dinner with a sushi and sashimi platter and teriyaki chicken for entrée, beef fillet on okonomiyaki for main, and Japanese castella sponge with matcha ice cream and yuzu curd for dessert.

We worked with 12 hospitality students led by teacher Alicia Kupisz. The students worked very cooperatively in setting up tables and running the floor and drinks service. We truly appreciate their contributions to the function.

The special cocktail “Clear Stream” with Japanese sake and the mocktail “Watermelon Waterfall” were perfect for the dishes served on the night and received a number of orders.

The event management team; Jennifer, Sarah, Samantha, Caitlin and Akiko created the atmosphere with festive music tracks featuring traditional Japanese tunes and instruments. The centrepieces decorated with colourful patterns of origami cranes and puff balls especially took the guests’ attention and they willingly took some of them back home as souvenirs.

Overall, thanks to the great support from our client and teachers, it was a great learning experience for not only organizing a function, but also learning about time management skill, flexibility, and teamwork.

The Diploma of event management students were placed into groups as part of the functions subject. Our team was called Bella Events. We were allocated the U3A Lunch hosted on Wednesday the 13th June 2018 in The Angliss Restaurant.

Our client U3A is an international movement whose aims are to educate mainly retired members of the community—those in their third ‘age’ of life. The theme for the lunch was a ‘touch of tartan’ inspired by Scotland, with Scottish dancers and music featuring throughout the luncheon.

The Angliss restaurant was styled in tartan, perfectly matching the theme. The centrepieces had a tartan ring, topped with a mirror, a fish bowl and baby breath flowers. Tartan was also featured as soon as guests arrived on the registration desk. It was set up to be an elegant affair.

The Afternoon began with our client Anne giving an opening speech with an insight into the history of Scotland whilst Scottish music played, inviting guests to be seated to officially commence the luncheon. Guests were dressed in tartan, instilling a sense of enthusiasm amongst everyone in attendance, already creating a vibrant atmosphere.

All 116 guests had a 3 course lunch at the Angliss restaurant. In between courses there was entertainment sections, one being a group of Scottish dancers. They were very energetic prompting the entire crowd to join in, with the entire restaurant breaking out into a loud applause. Then there was the mystery prize which left guests in awe, scurrying to

find out what the prize was. The entire room had an
electric atmosphere, as Anne read out the winners of the raffle and people cheered for an encore. To end the afternoon the Scottish dancers performed one last time as the crowd cheered them off.

Although there were challenging moments throughout the event such as having 19 dietary requirements and some meals being a bit behind schedule, it was overall a very
successful day. The client was extremely pleased, thanking all of the team (Ana, Bree, Lexie, Lyn and Estelle) for all their efforts to keep the event running smoothly.