Albyn Christmas Fundraiser Benefits Homeless Charity

In their annual assault on good taste, staff from all departments this year recreated the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ to raise funds for a nominated charity.   This has become something of an Albyn festive tradition with previous outrages including ‘Dress your Director’ and ‘Dress your Desk’ competitions raising over £2,000 for Clic Sargent and the Alzheimers Society amongst others.

The authentic atmosphere of the inferior TV version was assisted by the participation of willing consultants and solicitors who acted as judges and we were delighted to welcome back our retired Clerk of Works, Uisdean Macbeth who is himself a keen ballroom exponent in the role of specialist dance judge.   Special thanks have to go to Alistair Norrie of KLM Partnership who shone in the role made famous by Bruce Forsyth. Despite being spotted in Inverness later that day still in costume, rumour has it that Alistair is still a QS in the area.

The glory of winning went to  ‘Bart the Cuban’ and ‘Maria Krakatan’, also known as Helen Barton and Patrick Quinn from Housing, with an eyewatering display of passion and rhythm in their unique interpretation of the Mambo. A magnificent total of over £730 was raised for the charity nominated by Helen and Patrick, the Highland Homeless Trust Christmas Appeal.

Our next seasonal fundraiser will probably be the annual Invergordon Raft Race held to support the local RNLI lifeboat team in August– watch out for further details.