Habb honours the industry's most caring at the habb ball
The annual HABB fundraising ball had a fresh and inspiring format this year to celebrate some of the industry's most caring and sharing individuals.
Hosted by HABB's joint presidents Gaynor Hodge and HJ's publisher/editor-in-chief Jayne Lewis-Orr, the event was reinvented as the HABB Honours Ball and featured four awards: The Outstanding Courage Award; The Compassionate Caring Award; The President's Award and The Outstanding Achievement Award.
"This year has to be one of the toughest for fundraising so we felt the job required double the effort." Jayne said. "As I look around the room I see before me some of the most successful and influential people in the industry who are caring enough and generous enough to be here tonight. We thank you on behalf of our beneficiaries as your support is absolutely invaluable."
While the aim of the evening was to raise awareness for the charity and encourage guests to participate in fundraising activities in the year ahead, the most poignant part of the evening was the awards.
HABB Honours Award Winners
The Outstanding Courage Award for those who have overcome personal difficulty was presented to Natasha Nissan of The Chapel in Tunbridge Wells by John Frieda. Natasha who continues to work in the salon despite fighting cancer and is currently striving to raise £25,000 for a local hospice.
Salon owner Lisa Schwarz has turned personal tragedy into a positive experience by opening Spencer's a salon that caters for those with severe disabilities, She was awarded The Compassionate Caring Award for those who help others by Anthony Mascolo.
Ben Dellicompagni was given The President's Award for a salon or individual who has shown exceptional support of HABB after raising more than £5,000 by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
The Outstanding Achievement Award for an individual who has either helped to raise awareness or money for a cause, was presented to Tony Rizzo or Sanrizz. Founder of the Alternative Hair Show, Tony has helped to raise more than £7million for Leukaemia Research.
That's Entertainment
The evening was also an opportunity for some of the hidden talents in the industry to shine - with the first ever HABB Band entertaining the crowd.
The talents of Tim Avory on Drums; Tom McCarthy on Bass Guitar; Paul Savage on Guitar and Agatha on Rhythm Guitar with Steve Braithwaite's vocals rocked the room.
Over dinner, guests were serenaded by the dulcet tones of Balmain's key account manager, David Jelley, and then it was over to the ladies.
Lucie Seffens got the crowd going with an impressive set before quintent Sabrina Thompson, Shivonne Simpson, Beverlyn McKinson, Shree-Ann Miller and Veree Miller sang their hearts out with some modern classics.
Finally it was over to TIGI's European creative director, Nick Irwin to take to the decks and ensure that the night ended on a high note.
