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This blog entry will have limited appeal to anyone that hasn’t spent time in the austere, hallowed and purple halls of the AAT. However, that being said if you enjoy tales of people making fools of themselves at karaoke then I encourage you to read on.<br />

AAT Idol - but where was Marcia?

Patrick Gatland
2006-04-05 11:38:14

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This blog entry will have limited appeal to anyone that hasn’t spent time in the austere, hallowed and purple halls of the AAT. However, that being said if you enjoy tales of people making fools of themselves at karaoke then I encourage you to read on.

I freely admit that my third and final AAT Christmas party had a triple ring around it on my social calendar. Not only did it promise to provide me with free booze for an evening but it was going to be one of the last opportunities for me party it up with all of my mates at work. The decision on venues was always a fine balancing act - with the staff Christmas party location requiring more than tacit approval from the AAT membership. In the past the party has been held in a hearing room below our offices. You can just imagine the fun and debauchery that went on under the watchful eye of the Commonwealth seal and the cameras used for court transcription. However in 2003 the party moved off site to the Edinburgh Castle and in 2004 was hugely successful at Statement Bar under the State Theatre. This is the very same establishment where I lost my digital camera some months ago and where Pikis was denied service of alcohol on seriously questionable grounds (some say he was drunk, others say he tried one too many dodgy pick up lines on a member of the bar staff).

Considering the success of the 2004 Christmas party, we headed back to Statement Bar again. This time with a theme! “Yuletide Glamour” caused much consternation amongst those who a) didn’t know what “Yuletide” meant and b) weren’t entirely sure what type of outfit complied with such a theme. Nevertheless everyone looked great and special mention must go to Niamh, Alessandra, Neil and Frank (as was his pseudonym for the evening).

The other unique feature of this year’s party was that we were stuck next to the world’s saddest 21st. With a total of 12 people at the party, the birthday girl may have been a loser but ...