Its that time of year again… Christmas party season is in full swing! As a freelancer, you have to take what you can get and luckily in the form on The Rough Assembly, its an invite to the best social event of the TV calendar… but more about that later.
First up, was a long anticipated return to the Bristol Media networking scene. Having been away with Tarsier Towers in Indonesia for half of this year, I was keen to reestablish myself back in the city and start the process of reminding people who I am, what I do and all that… it can be a fickle industry!
I’ve been attending Bristol Media events since 2008 and always get a lot out of them. Last night kicked off with a newly reformed TV Steering Group meeting; a number of industry heads to meet monthly to discuss and plan events to make the Bristol Media membership better value for money and to help attract more people from the TV industry to become members.
Lots of good ideas were brought up so watch this space over coming months to see what events emerge! Any ideas for what events should be happening to keep Bristol at the cutting edge of the industry are most welcome… just e-mail me your thoughts and I’ll bring up in future meetings.
Once that had all wrapped up, people began arriving at Goldbrick House and soon the atmosphere was bustling as the free bubbly began disappearing. The event reminded me what it was all about – easy to start conversations with like-minded people across a range of creative industries… very interesting and talented people in the city!
The main social event of the week, and the TV industry year is The Rough Assembly – Bristol Editors Christmas Party. Always an awesome event and this year didn’t disappoint – absolutely superb and a must attend event every year.
I’d been coming to this event since about 2005 I think and have been most years, only missing for when out of the country filming. Having been away for the last six months, it couldn’t have been better timing to have almost the whole industry – friends and colleagues from the past and present all in one place! You couldn’t move without bumping into another familiar face and have a great catch up… Good seeing everyone I chatted to on the night.
Hats off to the organisers for moving fast and rearranging the venue at short notice when tickets sold out within four hours… Thank God as I’d missed out first time around! A great show guys and have you considered setting up an equivalent summer barbecue event?!
Merry Christmas one and all… See you in 2012!
