Fed: Bollywood comes to Randwick

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2010
Fed: Bollywood comes to Randwick

By Doug Conway, Senior Correspondent

SYDNEY, April 10 AAP - A little bit of India came to Randwick on Saturday.

Well, a fair bit, actually, especially for the well-heeled guests at the Emirates marquee,
which attracts socialites like bathers to the Ganges.

The decor, menu, music and activities were all about the sub-continent, in keeping
with the airline's policy of promoting a region of the world every year.

Wait staff wearing gaily coloured turbans and extravagant curly-toed shoes served guests
a range of Indian fare.

Those not preoccupied with champagne could sip Darjeeling tea.

There were plenty of quails eggs to wash down, but not a chapati in sight.

A troupe of Bollywood dancers strutted their stuff to the strains of sitars and a driving
drum rhythm.

A henna tattoo artist was on hand to give guests the option of body decoration.

The marquee was awash in rose petals and a lavishly decorated ceiling which gave it
the feel of a desert tent.

International visitors included Bo Derek, star of the 1979 movie 10.

The Emirates guest list also included Test cricketer Michael Clarke, actor Matthew
Newton and his American actress girlfriend Rachel Taylor, TV presenter Jaynie Seal, and
the late businessman Richard Pratt's mistress Shari-Lea Hitchcock.

And Kamahl, though of Sri Lankan heritage, looked particularly at home.

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