Pink & Sparkly Party

Claire Simonsen, Ruth Lorenzo, Sandra Carney & Adam Yaffe (Yaffe Fusion Art)

Over 200 guests glitzed their way into the annual Pink & Sparkly party at the Floral Hall in the Waterfront suite on Friday evening, to be greeted by a pink and sparkly lamb banana which had been sprayed by Roy Llloyd of Southport!! The evening was once again organised by Claire Simonsen, Margaret Flynn, Adam Yaffe and Sandra Carney from Yaffe fusion art following the loss of Claire's father Mike Flynn to lung cancer in November 2006.

Justin Lloyd & Natasha Malone (Roy Lloyd of Southport-sprayed superlambbanana pink & sparkly!)

Now in its second year at this high profile event for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer foundation, guests were served pink Cosmopolitan cocktails kindly arranged by Woodwards of Birkdale before making their way downstairs. The evening had been kindly sponsored by Lisa and Fab Equizi the Lip Doctor, and guests found cherry lips and hearts on their tables (sweet indulgence, Ainsdale). The room was filled with pink disco glitter balls and sparkle, and even the food had a pink theme!

Sheena Walker, Jane Norbury, Penny Jones & Sue Johnson

Guests included the founder of the charity Professor Raymond Donnelly and former Blackburn and Northern Ireland international footballer David Campbell. The evening was opened and compered by Key 103 drivetime host Darren Proctor, who introduced a superbly talented up and coming magician Stephen Williams who wowed the crowd. The show didn't stop there, Darren then brought to the stage last years X Factor finalist Ruth Lorenzo who was simply breath taking with her set which included 'purple rain' and 'always' and a surprise duet with Claire, singing 'simply the best'. Guests also enjoyed the added treat of being served candy floss from a bright pink candy floss stall and pink sweeties from a candy buffet!!

Kate & Denise Marsters

The evening didn't just end there, it was followed by spectacular auction prizes including a one off piece of art by Clare Wright, who has recently been commissioned by the Saudi Arabian royal family, and an exclusive meet and greet with Vincent and Flavia from Strictly come dancing. Claire's husband Steven, also took it upon himself 2 offer an exclusive package to a premiership football match next season for the highest bidder! Claire also took to the stage before the disco to get the crowd going and guests partied till late! The evening raised over £10,000 for the Roy Castle Lung cancer foundation, beating last years total!

Chloe White, Betty Cackett, Carol White & Karen Cackett