Robert McHugh (left), Janet Senior (centre) and Patrice McHugh share the spotlight at the unveiling of B2G Premium Beverage and Catering Solutions, at The Old Stillhouse, Mona Visitors' Lodge, University of the West Indies, on Sunday, July 19. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

My daahling dears, the region's cultural season is upon us as we approach our Independence celebrations. One of the premier events of the season is the showcasing of the annual season of dance by the internationally acclaimed National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC).

Luvs, the company's '09 season kicks off in fine style tonight at 8 pm with a benefit performance for the Council of Voluntary Social Services at the famed Little Theatre complex on Tom Redcam Avenue in St Andrew. It is the company's 47th anniversary season with 10 new dances to be premiered. So you know, we are talking an absolute treat here and nothing but!

From tonight's opening night, the season will run Thursdays through Sundays, with the curtains coming down on the 23rd of August, so y'all know we are talking a must attend!

With tonight being opening night, y'all know it's the best tickets in town, bar none!

Bars to Go

It is one of the best-kept secrets in party circles, and little wonder, as Bars To Go, the brainchild of the charming Patrice Wilson McHugh, is just what the doctor ordered for the party weary, with all that the role requires including planning menus; organising bars and waiters; readying the venue; not to mention the chore of post-party clean-up.

Many hosts/hostess, have simply retired from the role because, over time, it has become a thankless task and more so of a chore than the expression of friendship and hospitality it has always represented. Not only was that role becoming a drag, with so many tasks on hand, this usually robbed those hosting of precious time to interact with guests and thus robbed the affair of its most important person.

Begging for intervention

On the corporate front, with more corporate entities expanding entertainment and hospitality as central tools of their marketing strategy, service providers became a necessary requirement. Combine this new and growing need with the decline in social entertaining due to the 'work' factor and you realise that the marketplace is begging for an entrepreneurial intervention.

Enter Bars To Go and, at last, those all-important but personally pesky and trying details are no longer the responsibility of the host/hostess. They are now free to entertain and mingle without the added strain of having to supervise kitchen and bar staff and happy days are here again!

Bars To Go, a party service was introduced in January of 2004, offering full bar service for all occasions. In April of 2006, Gourmet To Go, was introduced to the portfolio, providing the complete entertainment/hospitality service. It was a first-of-its-kind, catering to the full range and needs of the hospitality and entertaining industry - be it on the intimate level, to the full-blown celebration.

Still not satisfied, she was maximising her company's potential on Sunday last in a very lavish production over at the Mona Visitors' Lodge, the enterprising Mrs. Wilson McHugh and her husband rolled out their latest product, Bars To Go (B2G) Premium Service!

Launched to a black and gold theme, the event, which got under way just shy of 6 pm, had the hallmark of haute distinction, putting, as it were, itself and its varied services on display.

First-class

My daahlings, we are talking a wonderfully smart, and customer-savvy service here and we do not mean just another party service, but, as its name implies, a first-class product, offering premium service and then some!

Dears, talk about from a pin to an anchor, that's exactly what B2G Premium now offers to its clients. It offers the complete service - bar, catering, staffing and even security, for your premium occasions and nothing but. From an intimate do for two, or the more celebratory anniversary, birthdays, cocktails and receptions, B2G Premium offers it all. You no longer have to dread it all. Dears, we are talking the civilised alternative here, and flawlessly so!

The launch was simply and fabulously spot on with the chic and party crowd on hand to underscore the fabness of it all. It made for a marvellous Sunday evening outing from the libation to the fabulous fare and, most importantly, the service. Oh, the service. Dears, the stuff from which sweet party dreams are made and nothing but!

White-golve affair

Luvs, it was white glove and and then some. Out, sharing the spotlight, included the celebrated Brain Chung; Stephen and Shelly-Ann Curran of Digicel; Harry Smith of Mona of School of Business; Lissant Mitchell of Scotia DB&G Investments; Don and Ayesha Creary; marketing consultant, the fab Tara Playfair-Scott; Garth and Kimesha Walker of Adam & Eve; Ian Lyn of New Line Motors; Sandor and Aiesha Panton and Steven Whittingham of Island Ice.

We saw: Chesna Haber, of Wray & Nephew; Ayesha Cooke; the fab Danae Ramgolam; Darren Hollywood of Fiction; the lovely Debbie Taylor; Dennis Grant of CariMed, Janet Fagan of Buzz Magazine; Fabian Williams; Safia Cooper of Red Stripe, Dean and Kim Lee, she of Red Stripe; Keri-Ann McKenzie; Suwanne Caine; Tanisha Morrison; Nadrani Headlam; Janelle Pantry of Spaces; Mark Green; Tshani Jaja; Tahnida Nunes; Nasha Douglas; Robert Chantrelle and Martin Lewis of Team Solutions; plus a number of others.

Congratulations

Congrats to eminent jurist Hilary Phillips Q.C. on her appointment as a judge at the court of appeal!

Young Christian Tavares-Finson, was called to the bar, this here Thursday!

Celebrating Milestones

Happy sweet-16 birthday to the lovely Ashleigh Fernandez, who is having her birthday on Sunday. The celebrations start this Saturday, above the city, in the hills of St. Andrew, just in time for the birthday girl to dash off to Europe on a two-week holiday to commemorate her special milestone!

The fabulous Patrice Wilson McHugh celebrates her 30th birthday today, Friday, July 24, and luvs, how!

Modelling sensation, the stunning Shevolee Bell, is all of 21 on Sunday, the 26.

The matriarch of the Hussey family, businesswoman/ socialite/hostess par excellence, Ruth Hussey, celebrates her birthday next Wednesday, July 29, and the buzz is congratulations are also in order for the family's latest prime acquisition, but more anon.

Then, belated birthday greetings to Grammy and multi-award winning international reggae star, Damian Marley, who celebrated his birthday on Tuesday of this week and is all set to perform tomorrow night in Montego Bay at the 17th staging of Reggae Sumfest.

Belated wishes to Emil Ryan, whose birthday was Wednesday, and who jetted in from Florida with his family to make it a Jamaican celebration.

Many happy returns y'all with champagne toasts and beluga treats!

Left: Ashleigh Fernandez - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer, Center: Ruth Hussey - photo by Janet Silvera. Right: Damian Marley - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer