Influence Event – 6 March 2009
Dust off your tiaras, drag out your pearls & pretty up your petticoats, ladies!
Oh and bring your daughters!
I is for INLFUENCE
Princesses in Petticoats & Pearls
International Women Can Day
Lily of the Valley Cafe, Swan Valley
6 March 2010
This event will be hosted in support of International Women’s Day (8th March) and we support the theme of International Suffrage (the right to vote) and equality for all.
We invite all women to join us for a scrumptious devonshire tea and to dress in petticoats, pearls and tiaras (0r other princess costumes).
We have chosen petticoats to represent the individual beauty and feminity of women and also because its representative of what lies buried beneath the surface in women. Often the petticoat is more beautiful even than the garment it is supporting.
We have chosen pearls to signify the process that we all go through and the many afflictions and adversities that women are overcoming every day around the world. We also want to celebrate how these trials in our lives produce in us character and wisdom.
We have chosen princesses to represent both our rights and our responsibilities within the community. We have the right to vote and we have the responsibility to use that right for the benefit of the community as a whole. We also have the responsibility of leading the next generation and of handing on the baton in due course.
In preparation for this event, we will be hosting a costume design workshop, hosted by Jayne Barnett from Elli-J Creations on 13 February. This workshop will be delivered at Jayne’s home in Hocking (just off East Road). The whole point of the workshop is to give ladies an opportunity to prepare a garment for the event. This workshop is not limited to women with sewing skills, but an open invitation for all women to be hands on in preparing a unique garment for the event. There will be special prizes for the most eye-catching, the best use of recycled materials and most original costumes on the day.
We will also be running a fashion parade at the event where we are inviting all women to parade their garments and represent their part of the community, ie their professions or roles within the community. We would love for this parade to feature women of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and day-to-day responsibilities. Find an item that represents your day job to your costume. By day job we mean either working at home, in the home or away from home. The whole point of the fashion parade is to showcase the diversity of women in the community and re-inforce the message that regardless of our position within the community we have value and should be treated with equality – women to women and women to men.
There will also be charity auction of goods with a large proportion of the funds raised going to support an underprivileged community and a local school chaplain.
The cost of the event is great value at just $25 per person.
We will be providing a scrumptioius devonshire tea, so we are encouraging women to come and bring their girlfriends and daughters with them. Registrations before the event are essential for catering purposes and there will be no tickets sold at the door.
PLEASE NOTE : We will not be allowing anyone entry to the event who has not booked and paid by 1 March 2010.
PLACES are limited due to size of the venue, so get in early!
You can purchase your tickets via our products page. You can opt to pay via credit card or enter PayPal to make your payment by clicking on the add to cart and then checkout tabs. Alternatively, you can deposit direct into our account by arrangement. Please contact our office for bank details. We will not be accepting cheques for this event due to excessive bank fees associated with handling cheques.
Our overriding mission for 2010 is to build bridges in the community. Please help us to achieve this goal by attending the event and inviting your girlfriends along too. We also invite you to bring your daughters to this event.
Register now!
