The final Pink Ball in its present format took place at The Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton on Saturday October 5 and was organised by The London Hotel, a former winner of the Golden Handbag Award for Best Out Of Town Venue.
This annual fundraising Gala Dinner has been widely considered the most lavish and glamorous LGBT event in Hampshire for the past 5 years.
This year’s gala raised £11,000 which will be shared between the The Countess Mountbatten Hospice Charity and Ben Cohen’s’ Stand-up Foundation. The total raised by the Pink Ball over the last 5 years comes to just over £80,000
Entertainment on the evening which had a 1940’s theme was provided by Karen Dalton, Drag With No Name, Good Old “Elsie” and featured the debut performance of The Southampton Male Voice Choir.
The gala was hosted by Jason Palmer, who presented the auctions, raffles, silent auctions, cup cake buying and ‘Name the Teddy’ all ably assisted by Pat Cruise who made her final appearance on stage before sailing off into the Sunset aboard the Slippery Queen in search of……………………………………………. Well something!!!!!