Day 6 (“A Toast to All that Sparkles”)

Tonight was the gala for all Winner Circle members and their guests. Since Tina was an Encore Winner (meaning that she tiered last year for WC – there are 3 levels for the top reps, and they honor those who repeat from year to year, which is extremely difficult), there was a special cocktail party beforehand to honor those folks who repeated from last year. This is definitely a really big deal in her company, and I’m so proud of her!

After the cocktail party, the gala dinner began. The doors to the ballroom were closed and when they opened them, descendants from one of the Australian aboriginal tribes, who were wearing the customary loin cloths (I can’t believe I just wrote “loin cloth” in my post) and were also covered from head to toe with body paint. They came out of the ballroom and walked up the stairs as they played their aboriginal instruments and sang their songs as they led the groups down the stairs into the ballroom (I can’t imagine that happens every day at the Four Seasons). Once we were all inside, they performed several of their tribal songs and dances right after they lit the eucalyptus leaves and fanned the room with the smoke to lift any “evil spirits” that were in the room. It was such an amazing thing to witness. Shortly after their performance dinner was served. The food was excellent, as we indulged in steak and shrimp, and topped it off with a great cheesecake dessert. There were a few more acts to entertain everyone, and it turned out to be a great final night in Sydney.

Tina next to the Winner Circle sign with her name on it.


Our aboriginal entertainers came upstairs to lead us to dinner.
Using burning eucalyptus leaves to cleanse the room of any "evil spirits."