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It was a great night! We just want to thank everyone for their input last night!

First of all, big thank you to our sponsors: TactileCRM, Torchbox, Sylwia Presley and JackFM. Thank you to Alcopop for raffle presents too!

Thank you for helpig us to arrange the posters etc - @helenroper and @Jones_Rob

Big applause and thanks to Ben and The Funky Lamas for great music including Twitter Song and a few new, exclusive for the night, versions of it;)

And thank YOU, Oxfordshire Twitterati, for joining us, donating and making this evening unforgettable!

Make sure you upload your pix to our Flickr group and check out the ones Al Power has uploaded already!:)

Hope to see you again sometime soon, somewhere in Oxford;)

I know you have learned it by heart, but if you haven’t here it is again!

Twitter Song Lyrics

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter
And if you aren’t there already you’ve missed it
If you haven’t been bookmarked, retweeted and blogged
You might as well not have existed

In the old days it was all about achievements
Collecting all your trophies in a shrine
Then everybody came across the internet
And suddenly you had to be online

A home page was all you really needed
To seem like a success but not a geek
As long as you updated semi-annually
And checked your email once or twice a week

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter…

Technology was moving rather quickly
And the next thing you needed was a blog
With intimate and detailed press releases
And now and then a photo of your dog

More recently the students brought us Facebook
And everybody has a hundred friends
The parties in the photos look amazing
They’re not so great but everyone pretends

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter…

Now you need to publish every movement
And every single thought to cross your mind
I’m told the Twitterverse is full of rubbish
But most of us are actually quite refined

We validate each other’s insecurities
And brag about the gadgets that we’ve bought
We laugh out loud at every hint of jolliness
And try to self-promote without being caught

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter…

As we have mentioned earlier, there will be two performances tomorrow evening (already tomorrow!!! can you imagine?:)) - @ihatemornings we have written about. Today few words about The Funky Llamas, their own words:

Max Heywood: “Better known as Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is an Angloparaguayan noodler who has played at campfires in numerous locations around the world; his particularly long fingers permit him to play a variety of instruments and also scratch his back with notably ease.”

Christopher Desa: “Better known as the Chris of Corcovado is an American-Brazilian guitarist, percussionist, writer, and ballet dancer who has mastered the art of Bossa-nova by learning the technique from an old naked man in the shores of his beloved Bahia.”

Francisco Vera: “Better known as the Funky Llama from the Altiplano is a Bolivian-Spanish guitarist and mime performer who was forced to learn the blues by the Evil Llamas Blues Quartet. Now he masters the art of disappearing when his band mates need him most.”

I think they are preparing a Twitter surprise for us, so make sure you join us tomorrow night!

We are currently selling second batch of tickets and hoping that those will sell out soon.

We are extremely happy to announce our first sponsor -Torchbox, who will be there on Thursday! Make sure you check their link, they so some interesting stuff there;)

What next? Well…

If you want to help us to find more sponsors or want to support us yourself, check this info out.

We are collecting items for our raffle, as well as ideas for other fund raising activities. We have a few ideas, but I am sure you have some too;)

We are also more than happy if you simply want to help out during the event, just leave a comment or contact us (@jake, @colinmercer or myself - @sylwiapresley).

So, stay in touch, and do not feel depressed by the weather - we will see if we can provide you with sunny weather on the day;) fingers crossed! enjoy the evening!

We launched the early bird tickets this morning and they have been flying out - only 5 left ) at the time of writing.

Please do sign up and get your tickets, it’s a great way to help out with the charity, and don’t worry, we’ll be releasing more once the early bird ones have sold out.