A charity ball hosted by the comedian Bill Bailey
hopes to bring a hint of the exotic to a corner of
Oxford next Saturday evening.
The Ball is advertised as ‘orange tie’ and
guests will be expected to augment traditional
black tie dinner wear with exotic accessories.
The ball will raise money for endangered Sumatran orangutans and their fragile natural
habitats. The charity works to restore rainforests and work with local people to protect the
orangutans’ habitat.
Guests will be welcomed to the grandeur of
the Oxford Castle Quarter with traditional Indonesian music and dance courtesy of the Oxford
Gamelan Society and offered a complimentary
glass of champagne or mulled wine.
Following a three course meal, Bill Bailey
will share stories from his travels in Indonesia,
where he has seen orangutans in the wild.
There will also be
an auction for
items such as
signed books
by David Att e n b o r –
ough, a
stay in a luxury tree house, and a crash course
in perfume design with Lush’s top perfumer.
Helen Buckland from the Sumatran Orangutan Society reassured guests that they would
not necessarily be expected to wear an orange
bow tie and said, “any tropical touch will do.”
She added, “We do hope that some guests will
wear orange, and have heard that there’s been a
flurry of requests for orange bow ties in Oxford.
We are looking forward to seeing how creative
our guests will be with the dress code. And if
anyone has left it a bit late to find the perfect
outfit, we do have an orangutan costume.”
She said she felt unable to comment on alleged physical resemblances between the animals and comedian Bill Bailey but did say, “We
all share 96.4% of our DNA with
orangutans, but perhaps
some people a little
more. Bill has said he
does feel a certain
affinity with our
red-haired ape
cousins.”
Tickets cost
£45 and can be
bought at www.
orangutans-sos.
org
A charity ball hosted by the comedian Bill Bailey hopes to bring a hint of the exotic to a corner of Oxford on Saturday evening.
The Ball is advertised as ‘orange tie’ and guests will be expected to augment traditional black tie dinner wear with exotic accessories.
The ball will raise money for endangered Sumatran orangutans and their fragile natural habitats. The charity works to restore rainforests and work with local people to protect the orangutans’ habitat.
Guests will be welcomed to the grandeur of the Oxford Castle Quarter with traditional Indonesian music and dance courtesy of the Oxford Gamelan Society and offered a complimentary glass of champagne or mulled wine.
Following a three course meal, Bill Bailey will share stories from his travels in Indonesia, where he has seen orangutans in the wild. There will also be an auction for items such as signed books by David Attenborough, a stay in a luxury tree house, and a crash course in perfume design with Lush’s top perfumer.
Helen Buckland from the Sumatran Orangutan Society reassured guests that they would not necessarily be expected to wear an orange bow tie and said, “any tropical touch will do.”
She added, “We do hope that some guests will wear orange, and have heard that there’s been a flurry of requests for orange bow ties in Oxford. We are looking forward to seeing how creative our guests will be with the dress code. And if anyone has left it a bit late to find the perfect outfit, we do have an orangutan costume.”
She said she felt unable to comment on alleged physical resemblances between the animals and comedian Bill Bailey but did say, “We all share 96.4% of our DNA with orangutans, but perhaps some people a little more. Bill has said he does feel a certain affinity with our red-haired ape cousins.”
Tickets cost £45 and can be bought at www.orangutans-sos.org
