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Canberra Today 24°/26° | Friday, March 29, 2024 | Digital Edition | Crossword & Sudoku

Lyn Mills’ social event of the week

WAS it the best yet Midwinter Ball? This 2015 extravaganza at Parliament House was a winter wonderland with entertainment from our very own Divine Ms M (Jessica Mauboy ) and her band of talent getting the whole shebang started with an opening performance setting the bar high.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, the princess perfect of glam frocks sparkled and she gets my gong for the most stunning with Chloe Bryce a close second showing her genetically inherited elegance with a cerise pink, fake fur stole over her black silk, asymmetrical, one-shoulder dress.

And it is about the frocks as photographers scarper together from one arrival to the next seeking the stylish and perfectly poised posing and preening in the foyer at Parliament House as it slowly fills with the unique troika of corporate sponsors, parliamentarians with selected staffers and the Canberra Press Gallery.

Ostensibly, it is to raise money for charities and this year a couple of newer ones will be well funded, but it’s also like a big steam valve on the pressure cooker of this “sheltered workshop”, as unlikely companions endure each other’s company as convivially as decorum dictates, dance hoping that no one is watching and work the room. Always fascinating, and this one among the best.

 

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