Last 17 November 2006 was record-breaking for the Agency. It was the first time that we had an event that lasted for... get this... 45 MINUTES!
The entire team was there... Bru, Exenia, Spike, EA, Tikboy and Toben.
It's rare that all of us get together for one event. We are usually dispatched to several locations. Surprisingly, there was no event that day so I asked everyone to be present, all in complete uniform!
The event was the Mall Decor Unveiling of Robinsons Galleria (with Barbie as the mall's main theme). Heart Evangelista hosted it and the guest of honor was Mayor Sonny Belmonte. The big bosses of Robinsons were all there. The Philippine Madrigal Singers performed and boy, were they awesome!
We had two pre-coordination meetings prior to the big event. Everything was laid out perfectly. However, event day arrives and Mayor SB informs the PR Group of Robinsons (who spearheaded the activity together with Ad & Promo) that he's at the mall premises already, ten minutes before the actual start of the event. So everyone had to rush, rush, rush! To top it all off, while the programme was ongoing, he announces that he has to leave already so we had to move parts of the programme to a later slot to give way to his speech and the actual mall decor unveiling ceremony!!! Whew, what a riot!
We were commended by our Clients for our presence of mind and how quick we were to reacting to the agents. I was mighty pleased with the team. And my kudos to Heart, whom I initially thought was going to give us a hard time, but ended up being very alert and proactive. I have a newfound respect for her now.
After everything was over, we all had a good laugh. It was one of our sweetest and most enjoyable events! And best of all, we kicked off the Christmas festivities together. Super saya!
