Social Programme

Social programme - further information

6.30pm - 8.30pm BOS Welcome Drinks Reception, Grand Hotel (Dress – Smart Casual - No Jeans/Trainers)

This year there will once again be a drinks reception only in the Empress Suite of the Grand Hotel.

There will be first class music provided by the Co-stars Trio, who will be performing lively cool Jazz and Swing classics featuring an excellent lady pianist, vocalist with guitarist and sax.

Cost: Free to delegates and registered accompanying persons

Monday

7.30pm Drinks Reception

8.00pm Conference Banquet, Grand Hotel (Black Tie/Tuxedo)

There will be a pre-banquet drinks reception, followed by dinner with a silent auction in aid of BOSF (further details). The Leo Green Experience is the live band this year. Leo himself is the legendary tenor saxophonist, son of jazz writer Benny Green, who has worked with Jools Holland, Lisa Stansfield and James Brown to name a few. Leo has brought together some of the UK’s fi nest musicians to create an exciting and memorable experience.

The banquet is always oversubscribed so book early to avoid disappointment. Cost: £65

Pre-booking tables: If you wish to pre-book a table please indicate on your registration form and the necessary forms will be sent to you for completion. If you have arranged to be on a pre-booked table, your table details will be displayed in the registration area at the Conference.

Table booking arrangements at the Conference: If you do not pre-book, a named adhesive banquet label will be available at the Registration Desk for you to affix to a table plan. Table plans will be displayed in the registration area from the start of the conference until Monday morning tea break.

Only “official” labels may be used and hand written names will be ignored.

9.00am - 12.15pm
Half day guided walking tour of Brighton with special “behind the scenes” visit at the Royal Pavilion

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Cost: £30 includes guided tour and admission

Tuesday

9.00am - 5.00pm

Full day guided tour to Lewes, Alfriston and Seven Sisters

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Cost: £50 includes guided coach tour and lunch

Accompanying Persons Programme

09.00am Meet in the foyer of the Grand Hotel

09.15am – 10.45am Walk from the hotel along the seafront, the Old Town, including The Lanes but also further from the sea, the bohemian North Laine. Hear about Brighton’s past history from fi shing village to spa and then a seaside resort.

10.45am – 12.15pm The walk will take us to the Royal Pavilion. For 40 years it was the holiday residence of King George IV. The impressive interior Chinese décor was the backdrop of numerous parties but without a large number of servants working ‘behind the scenes’ the whole entertainment plans of the King would have collapsed. You will be taken along corridors the King himself might have never seen.

After the guided tour you might want to stay longer in the Queen Adelaide tearoom and walk through the building again at your own pace before making your own way back to the hotel.

09.00am Meet in the foyer of the Grand Hotel

09.15am – 09.45am Brighton to Lewes by coach

09.45am – 11.15am Guided tour of Lewes which has a history going back many hundreds of years. After the Norman Invasion, William de Warenne built a castle here. Our tour will take in the ruins of the castle, the narrow back streets of the town, and the White Hart hotel (known as the “Cradle of American Independence” where Thomas Paine forged his radical policies) and you will hear about how Rodin and the Kiss played their part in Lewes too.

11.15am – 12.00pm Free time to stroll around the town.

12.00pm – 14.00pm Drive to Alfriston and stop for a 2 course lunch and tea/coffee at the Star with a short walk around the village which used to be a smugglers’ haunt.

14.00pm – 17.00pm Drive through the South Downs National Park with various stops for short walks and photo opportunities at beauty spots such as Seven Sisters, Birling Gap and Beachy Head.

Drive back to the Grand Hotel in Brighton along the coastal road.