BRITISH CHARITY BALL OF NANJING 2022

Dress Code

Formal attire, ball gown, black tie or tuxedo and dress to impress!

This year's ball theme is Downton Abbey. The TV series are set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey between 1912 and 1926.

This is a TV drama that follows the lives of the Crawley family and their servants in the family's Edwardian country house. 

It's no secret that ladies and gentelmen of Downton Abbey have always been impeccably dressed. The 1920s were a decade where fashion began to flourish with modernity. 

Would you like to impress our guests with your Edwardian's fashion taste?

Go for it, wether it is with your dress and dowdy updos, vintage jewelleries and tiaras, or the flapper gears we are looking forward to seeing you enjoy this special night!

Dinner Menu

Please keep an eye on this tab for the upcoming menu. 

The British Charity Ball will be held at Ritz Carlton Nanjing. 

9th Floor- Ballroom

No, 18 Zhongshan Rd, Nanjing, China, 210018

Try the Ritz Carlton experience for the British Ball! 

For those coming to the British Ball of Nanjing 2022, Ritz Carlton Nanjing has kindly offered discounted room rates : 

1650 RMB with one breakfast 

1800 RMB with two breakfast

Make Room Reservation: Email at rc.nkgrz.reservation@ritzcarlton.com

Please provide group code: BS2 / BSN Charity Dinner September 2022, Full Name and E-ticket confirmation number  when you make the reservation.

Hopeful Hearts

Hopeful Hearts is a medical aid charity project. It aims to raise awareness and funds in order to provide lifesaving heart surgeries for children from low-income families. Started initially in 2002 in Nanjing,  and continue to expand to Chengdu in 2009 and Guangzhou in 2012. As of now and throughout the three cities, Hopeful Hearts supported more than 800 children with funding their heart surgeries.  

Thanks to the British Charity Ball 2021 , they were able to help 14 children in need for surgery.

Nanjing Shimao Rainbow Centre

Rainbow Centre is a charity set up in 2014, providing palliative and hospice care for critically ill children, to improve the quality of their lives.

They work with local orphanages in Nanjing and Xiamen to help the abandoned children receive love and care and experience life, celebrate a birthday, learn a song, play a game etc, same as any other child of their age. They also work with local hospitals and have set up a hospice ward in Nanjing Children's Hospital.

The guests will begin their night with a welcome cocktail reception, before being served a 3 course- meal created by amazing chefs from Ritz-Carlton, with free-flow of drinks. Guests will also enjoy networking, a lucky draw, games for charity, live band and dance until the morning.

Agenda

Master of Ceremony

 Matthew Jones

Matthew first came to China in 2003 having completed his degree at the University of Nottingham in the UK. Having the firm intention of staying for six months, Matthew spent the next few years teaching English and studying Chinese in Guangxi Province and Shanghai before becoming one of the founding staff members at the British School of Nanjing in 2007.

Throughout his time in Nanjing, Matthew became a prominent figure on the expatriate scene as a coach for the International Youth Football League and performing in open-mic events across the city.

Nicolas James Smith

Originally from the UK, Nicolas holds a first-class music degree from the University of Manchester. He specialises in music composition, but he also has a rich history of music performance and directing ensembles and musicals. In addition to music, Nicolas’s other main hobby is studying language. He speaks fluent Chinese getting his HSK6 certificate back in 2017. Throughout his years living in Nanjing, Nicolas has been actively involved in numerous charity events contributing to a better community.

Black Diamond - Live Band

“Downton Abbey” British Ball 2022 will feature a seven-piece international band Black Diamond to perform on stage while you dance all night!

Currently located in Shanghai, Black Diamond has performed for a series of five-star hotels and for so many other major clients such as Porsche, Swarovski, Jaguar Land Rover, La Prairie, Zenith, BMW etc.

The band has a rich repertoire of more than 200 songs, amongts which there are some of the best works of the jazz masters of 1930-1960s, pop hits of 80s and 90s as well as the most popular and contemporary Chinese songs.

Whether in corporate dinners, private parties or on the big stage, this highly professional band has performed with passion and has created the most pleasant memories for all the guests.

DJ Marco

Coming from a romantic and deep house techno background in Italy,  DJ Marco experienced music all throughout his life,
researching and acquiring his own taste, looking for the groove inside out. This research is still very active and is a never ending chapter in his life.                   

He welcomed the influence of European music scene in the early 2000’s in Italy and Germany, where he crossed the borders getting close to hardcore progressive music and even closer to the music industry. He then shifted to a more underground and house style which fascinated him. His taste migration constitutes the pillar of what Marco plays now,  spacey deephouse music and a polyedric ability to put together old and new  grooves that satisfy any music lover.

We are incredibly grateful to our British Ball sponsors, who generously supported our very first British Charity Ball in Nanjing.

With their support, the event was a huge success and helped us raise a tremendous amount of money for our chosen charity, Hopeful Hearts.

To sponsor this year’s charity ball, or donate auction and raffle prizes, please email at mac@bsn.org.cn or call directly: 13910821004 (English) or 18921409191 (Chinese).

VIP Tables for Sponsors will be assigned on a first come first serve basis. 

You can also become a sponsor by scanning the QR code below.

All proceeds of the night will go to supporting these amazing charities. Have fun with us and support two great causes.

Sponsor Tables are on sale now!

Gold Sponsors: 80,000 RMB

Silver Sponsors: 50,000 RMB 

Corporate Sponsors: 35,000 RMB

Prize Donors for Raffle, Auction and Table Prizes are welcome!

VIP Tables for Sponsors will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.