I Was The Best Dressed Cowboy In The West...< My Amazing Holiday In Tenerife… | Blog | What I Got Up To During My Stay In Manchester... > Back in September I went to a firm party held in a barn in the grounds of Loseley, in Godalming. The party had an American Western Cowboy theme.
We caught the coach from Guildford to Loseley, there was a bit of traffic, and it took a while for us all to get there. Most of us, including myself were in Cowboy costumes. We were all shooting at each other inside the coach, and messing about. When we arrived at Loseley, the coach driver gave us all a warning not to bring drink into the coach on the way back, and not to be sick, they just jeered at him and took no notice. We got off the coach and were greeted by some waiters outside with drinks on silver trays. I had some glasses of champagne. Some more waiters came out with canapés. I ate loads of interesting canapés. We then took pictures of each other outside in our cowboy costumes.
Then we were called into the barn about half an hour later. Inside the barn it was all done up to look American Western style with flags, wanted posters, cowboy stuff, a cactus and all sorts in there. Our Managing Director who was also dressed as a cowboy did a speech, we didn't really listen to him, but cheered when he ended his talk, as he said all the food and drink were free all night! I had more glasses of champagne and canapés. I then moved onto Whisky and Coke. I went to the buffet and got myself some dinner and pudding, and I then sat with some friends. After we had eaten, they had a real American Cowboy come on and do some tricks with a gun and lasso. He pulled some people out of the audience and made fools of them. The DJ started playing, and there was also some line dancing. I didn't fancy line dancing, so I sat outside on a table with some friends. There was a mechanical bull outside in one of the marquees, but I didn't fancy going on that either. I went back indoors to visit the gents, when I suddenly heard my name called out on the microphone, by one of the MD's. My friend Tristan dragged me to the front of the crowd and I was given a big bottle of champagne! At the time I had no idea what it was for. The crowd went wild and were chanting 'Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry...' and I was egging them on too. The MD then said, 'Ok, that's enough now' as I was stealing his limelight! I asked Tristan what it was for, and he said I won the competition for the best dressed cowboy! I was quite chuffed with that, as there were a few hundred people there. Adam who is another friend at work was really jealous that I won, as he thought he looked like Clint Eastwood, dressed in his bath towel/poncho! I looked a bit like Woody out of the Toy Story movie.
The party ended at around midnight, and I caught the coach home back to Guildford. I was the best dressed Cowboy in the West, well maybe the best in the West of Surrey! Related ContentComments on I Was The Best Dressed Cowboy In The West... |
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