Entertainment

Evening Compère – Chris Cowdrey

Chris Cowdrey is a very gifted MC with that special knack of being able to read the room in order to keep things moving to schedule and delivering those all-important fundraising results at the same time.  Who would have thought that a 13-year-old who chucked a golf competition so he didn’t have to make the acceptance speech would now quote that ‘public speaking is my life and I love the thrill that every event brings’.

Finding someone so successful yet humble in their field is no mean feat, but we certainly think we’ve found it in Chris.

Chris comes with a celebrated county and international cricket career spanning from the 1970s to the early 1990s, captaining England in the 1988 West Indies match.  Since his retirement from cricket, he has established a broadcasting career, including a 6-year stint as lead presenter of TalkSport Radio. He’s even found time in recent years to undertake a UK theatre tour with his good friend David Gower entitled ‘The Holy Bail’.

We are pleased to welcome back Chris for his third year.

Live Band – Hand Fulla Soul

Would the HQR Summer Ball be the HQR Summer Ball without our fantastic Hand Fulla Soul band?!  Having wowed our crowds at the HQR Ball since its inception in 2016, we are delighted to be welcoming this talented bunch of musicians back for another year.

Hand Fulla Soul’s overriding quality of musicians and singers coupled with their non-comprising dedication to quality sound means they are now established as one of the best party bands in London.  With a vast repertoire of songs, ranging from classics to hip new tunes, as long as the tune has soul – hand Fulla Soul will play it!

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