Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Oh what a night! Receiving my award in New York

So, as some of you may know, the whole reason I'm actually in New York was to give a speech and receive a scholarship from the American-Australian Association at their annual dinner.

Overall, what an incredible night! The hall - Cipriani on 42nd Street - was magnificent - set for about 650 people paying some $2,500 each - and it sure looked the part ...



Rupert Murdoch's father helped set up this organisation, and he is really active supporter. He gave a speech ...



... and even presented us with our awards! (that's me on the right hand side!)



Seeing the FOX network owns the American/Australian/etc Idol franchise, we even had the most recent winner - Carrier Underwood - sing a few songs for us! I was at a Macquarie Bank table up the front, so I had front row seats! =)



What a great night. I got to give a short speech, and the food was great. What more would you want in a night? =)



Blessings
john

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey John! You look so fly!
Love your suit!
You look like such a high flyer next to all those 'elderly' gentlefolk.

Did you meet Carie Underwood? Was she sitting at the dinner or just came to perform? Brian and Alarice would be soooo jealous!

I would have loved to be there! How exciting! New York New York! Great photos by the way... so arty! Keep em coming! Congrats once again!

~keyboy* said...

Congrats!!!

Beaut pix btw ;)

Keith

Anonymous said...

Hey John,

Wowee...you're like so important and famous now! :-)

Sounds like you're having an amazing time over there, so happy for you!