Nearly 1,500 people made the 2013 Press and Journal Energy Ball a record-breaker on Saturday – dancing the night away and raising thousands of pounds for charity.
The annual celebration of the booming oil and gas sector was, as ever, a decadent affair laced with champagne, fast cars and even a helicopter.
The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre was transformed for the evening as men in suits and kilts and women in glamorous gowns filled the arena for a night of food, fun and funk – courtesy of 1980s superstars Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Bafta-winning impressionist Rory Bremner also had the audience in stitches, sending up everyone from Barack Obama to X Factor judge Louis Walsh.
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The evening was hosted by Damian Bates, editor of the Press and Journal and editor-in-chief at Aberdeen Journals.
“People turn up to the Energy Ball every year ready to have a good time, and nobody went home disappointed,” he said.
“The food and drink were fantastic, and Kid Creole and the Coconuts had the dance floor packed all night.
“It was a great night to greet old friends, meet new ones, and to celebrate everything which is good about the energy sector – the thriving heartbeat of our economy.
“To have almost 1,500 people in attendance is the perfect recognition of the hard work which goes on behind the scenes to make this incredible event the success it is.”
Organiser George Walker said this year’s event – the sixth – was the best one yet.
“What a night,” he said.
“We had just under 1,500 people, which is a new record. I think we raised the bar in terms of entertainment. Rory Bremner did his homework, and was able to poke fun at Scotland and Aberdeen.
“And I’ll tell you what – I am going to be making coconuts one of my five-a-day after that performance by Kid Creole and the Coconuts. They were superb.”
Title sponsor Hunting nominated Scottish charity The Kiltwalk to benefit from the event, which is expected to raise tens of thousands of pounds.