So, another week in London and another 3 Splendid events for September!

First up on Tuesday to celebrate Marmite’s partnership with Reading for Life, offering free Horrid Henry audio downloads with every jar from September, Marmite hosted a Horrid Henry themed pyjama party at the Haymarket Hotel. The party was exclusively for Woman readers and Sinitta read a chapter from the new HH book.

Second was The Girlcore Glitter Ball. Awarded a £10,000 Smirnoff Creative Grant, the 15 strong collective of ladies behind this one-of-a-kind-experience have taken some time out from throwing parties in Moscow, Paris and New York, and are rolling one big ball of glitter through the capital. On Thursday they hit The Bath House and putting the glitter balls into a spin at this sparkly event were electronic music star Peaches, and Girlcore’s own resident DJ’s Isa GT, Naomi, Bisoux Bisoux and Kirsten Brooke took to the decks.

Last but definitely not least was on Saturday night. White Wedding also awarded a £10,000 Smirnoff Creative Grant, transformed The Scala Nightclub into a giant wedding marquee, where there was a wedding themed cabaret room complete with burlesque dancers, a photo booth and dressing up box, and of course no wedding would have been complete without a huge free buffet and seven-tiered wedding cake for every guest. People were dancing to wedding-themed sets from Tim Westwood and DJ Otis Wedding!

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It has been a controversial time at Splendid, as the UK and Australian offices are clearly on opposite sides of the pitch for the 2009 Ashes series.

With the series being over, ending in England’s favour, we won’t talk too much on the score (as its obviously not important).

Splendid Australia is however, celebrating the amazing journey that is Johnnie Walker Australia Local to Lords. Two Aussies lads have undertaken the cricketing adventure of a lifetime, in an 80 day journey through nine countries to share their passion for cricket, adventuring spirit and dose of charisma. The two ambassadors, Melbourne boys Rick Liston, 24, and Josh Ogilvie, 28, commenced their journey in Singapore, and took cricket to the locals through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Mongolia and Russia before arriving in London for the npower Ashes Series 2009. Their journey is documented through the Johnnie Walker Australia Facebook page, and YouTube Channel, which features amazing photos and videos to check out from their travels.

You can check out their adventures on;

Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/JohnnieWalkerAustralia
YouTube Channel @ http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnnieWalkerAus

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Just when we thought Summer had been and gone, the girls at Rock-A-Hula brought everyone a wonderfully vintage beach party with all the fun of the fifties to London’s Bloomsbury Bowling.

Awarded a £10,000 Smirnoff Creative Grant, Rock a Hula! delivered one tiki tidal wave of elvis glasses, palm trees, live music, vintage DJs and cabaret. There was plenty of honolulu rock n roll from the The Bikini Beach Band and a live performance from the cream of rockabilly and rhythm and blues, Jessie & The Orbits.

To see more pics from the night and other Creative Grants events, click here!

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Summer may be officially over now, but here at Splendid we’ve been busy seeing the season out with some style and there’s still a ruddy glow on our faces from all the great stuff that has been going on. First out of the blocks, despite wearing high heels, it’s the Dollyrockers with Kangaroos:

How do you rock your Roos?

The Dolly Rockers have teamed up with Kangaroos to launch a dance competition where fans send in their videos to have the chance to win a day with Dolly Rockers. You can enter on www.bebo.com/mykangaROOS or watch the video here:

Next up, something a little fruity from Smirnoff…

Smirnoff Flavours

Five ice sculptures were installed in 5 UK cities on Friday as Smirnoff launched two new flavored vodkas in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The huge sculptures were up to 14m long and 3.5m high and took 2 months to build by the world famous Hamilton Ice Sculptors. The new Smirnoff apple and lime flavored vodka is now available in shops and bars across the UK.

The Flavours ice sculptors at work on a replica of the Forth Bridge

The model of Manchester’s Urbis building

The London skyline in ice

And finally, no news roundup would be complete without a pic of David Walliams in denim shorts and ski goggles

Smirnoff Black @ The GQ Man of the Year Awards

Smirnoff Black sponsored this year’s Most Stylish Man award (won by David Walliams) at the GQ Men of the Year Awards – one of the most talked-about and glamorous events in the celebrity calendar. Guests were served sophisticated Smirnoff Black cocktails at the star studded after party from the Smirnoff Black bar.

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