Since 1st January 2007, LTRC has seen over one hundred & twenty people (125) professional & sociable Londoners enquiring about membership, whilst the club events are getting fully booked and many having waiting lists.
LTRC's event year got off to a flying start with the first seven days of 2007 including :-
- Bank Holiday Visit to Westminster Abbey
- First Day Back at Work Drinks at the Phoenix Artist Members Club
- Late View of the 'Diego Rodriguez da Silsa Y Velazouez' Exhibit - National Gallery
- An Evening with actor Alan Rickman : " Perfume " screening & Q + A
- Discounted Theatre Social Outing to " Love Song " : Neve Campbell & Cillan Murphy
- Front Row Concert Seats to Kylie Minogue's sell out Saturday concert
- An evening at the exclusive Milk & Honey Members Club
- £14.95 meal at Abibi Cuisine in Bayswater
- Sunday Lunch & Social Outing to the Hyde Park Fun Fair
- Free Sunday early evening movie at the Kilburn Tricycle
"The volume of enquiries for 2007 has taken all of us by surprise and has been far more than in 2006. We're thrilled that so many people have contacted us and look forward to welcoming them at forthcoming LTRC events", said Mr Hobbs
"Over Christmas, we introduced a special 2007 New Year Membership Offer where new members could join from just £50 for twelve months membership along with £120 worth of London discount vouchers - but we never expected it to be this popular!" Details of LTRC's New Year New Member offer can be found at http://www.ltrc.co.uk/newyear2007
LTRC Event Review of 2006
During 2006, LTRC became regards as the club to rival for events with in excess of 500 members events being available including at least one event per week which was completely free and twenty events per month costing members under £20.
"Our philosophy is that if you are paying a membership fee, you should be given something in return. In 2006, we introduced free monthly Sunday movie screening which proved a great success and included a number of OSCAR and BATFA award-winning films including 'Brokeback Mountain', 'Walk the Line', 'Syriana' along with 'Mission Impossion : III' and more recently 'Perfume' and 'Stranger Than Fiction' as we feel organising a serious of discounted theatre & musical social outings, invites to private previews at galleries, nights at private members clubs and our own special events", comment Mr Hobbs
2006 events which members could attend included discounted entry to private members clubs & popular bars - many of which included special drinks promotions or free canapes, heavily discounted theatre productions including the latest musicals, comedies and dramas, live music, film premieres and much more.
2006 events were organised across the whole of London, Monday to Sunday - with only a short break for the Christmas Period. There were events organised in North, South, East and West London including Hammersmith, Islington, Kilburn, Bow, Greenwich, Wimbledon, Westminster, Docklands, Swiss Cottage, Camden, Richmond, Twickenham, Tooting, Clapham and a number of Central London locations; many hosted by the dedicated LTRC co-ordinators whilst members also volunteered and suggested events in their own area.
During 2006, LTRC members also enjoyed a variety of party & social events at members clubs and popular bars including The Pigalle Club, The Rex, Milk & Honey, The Player, The Winchester Club, The Penthouse, Shanghai Blue, Dune Restaurant & Bar, Cafe de Paris, Sirocco Bar, Octave, Under the Clock, Davy's at St James's, The Tappit Hen and other venues.
Lunches and dinners organised at a variety of brasseries, bistros and gourmet restaurants - some of which included free wine or discounted menu including Apex, Dial, Glass, Tas,Home House, Giraffe, Le Mercury, Small & Beautiful, Royal Overseas League, Windows on the World, The Park Brasserie, Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, Dover Street, Christophers, Boxwood Cafe and many more to name but a few.
LTRC's musical events included heavily discounted stalls tickets to "Spamalot","The Sound of Music", "Evita", "Avenue Q", "Mamma Mia", "We Will Rock You", "Les Miserables", "Billy Elliot", "Wicked", "Guys & Dolls", "Dancin' in the Street","The Phantom of the Opera", "Footloose", "Blue Man Group", "Rocky Horror Show", "Saucy Jack & The Space Vixen", "Sunday in the Park with George", "Little Shop of Horrors" and many others - members saved up to £25 on tickets to these events alone.
LTRC's theatre events saw the cream of Hollywood and UK talent on stage as we watched Neve Campbell, Kathleen Turner, Kevin Spacey, Sir Ian McKellen, Richard Wilson, John Barrowman, Brian Cox, Rufus Sewell, Kelly Reilly, Simon Russell Beale, Andrew Lincoln, Nigel Harman, Sarah Lancashire, Roger Allum, Matthew Modine, John Hurt, Diana Rigg, Megan Dodds, Iain Glen, Christian Slater, Claire Higgins, Michael Sheen, Frank Langella and many others in a series of sold out theatre productions & outings in London - sometimes we had to repeat the same play four times to cope with demand. Members enjoyed savings of up to £20 on tickets and the club's schedule include virtually every award-nominated West End play.
LTRC members also had the chance to attend numerous films premieres including the World Premiere of "Casino Royale", "The Holiday", "Get Rich or Die Tryin'", "You, Me or Dupree", "The Children of Men", "Miss Potter", "The Last King of Scotland", "Babel", "The History Boys" as well as special previews of "The Devil Wears Prada", "The Queen", "Pans Labyrinth", "Volver" - many of which were accompanied by the writer / director or lead actor such as Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar, Peter Morgan, Charlize Theron, Alan Rickman, Rupert Everett, Gael Garcia Bernal and Emma Thompson.
Live music included LTRC organising outings to watch jazz, rock, pop and free music as we went to see Scissor Sisters, Brad Mehldau, John Barrowman, Claire Martin, Paul Simon, Antony and the Johnsons, The Ben & Jerry Festival, Fruitstock, Kitsch Lounge Riot, Kenny Ball.
With London fast becoming the place for art, LTRC organised numerous outings to the Tate, Royal Acamdey and National Gallery with exhibitions including the Michaelangelo Drawings, Leonardo Da Vinci Notebooks, Holbein, Turner Prize, Rodin, David Hockney, Tiffany and general visits to the Wallace Collection, Soane's Museum, The Theatre Museum and the Science Museum.
The club also organised a few holiday outings with our visit to the 2006 Venice Carnival and plan to organise a few day trips in 2007.
LTRC members also enjoyed outings to popular London landmarks including a tour of the Bank of England, Buckingham Palace, The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, The Tower of London for the Ceremony of the Keys and much more.
What Type of People Joins LTRC
LTRC is unlike many clubs in London as membership is open to anyone who wishes to join and this has helped make the club on of the most cosmopolitan in London.
"We felt that because our events were aimed at a type of person - such as someone who enjoyed opera, classical music, live theatre, live music and so forth - we didn't have to tailor the club to one specific age profile", Mr Hobbs said.
"We've seen evening where people have come from over twenty different countries as well as nights we people have aged from early 20s to late 50s - often a bonus for quiz nights where questions can range from Celebrity Big Brother to who fought in The War of the Roses".
People who join LTRC come from a variety of professions including the city, secretarial, medical, accountancy, information technicology, recruitment, teaching, the arts, hospitality as well as a variety of students and people who've just moved to London.
The club has introduced a special membership rate for new members under 35 this New Year with annual membership costing just £50. (See http://www.ltrc.co.uk/35 )
"When you first move to London, everything is expensive. You have the cost of the rent, travel card, food and drinks; and people want to make friends and settle as quickly as possible. I remember when I came to London aged 22, my salary covered by shared rent with a little over and to have to pay £15 a month to be a member of a club plus all the event costs would be prohibited for me. £4 is much more affordable and people can use their hard earned money to come out and socialise".
Looking forward to 2007
LTRC members are set for an amazing 2007 with theatre productions starring Dame Maggie Smith, Patrick Stewart, Imelda Staunton, Ian McDiarmid, Jessica Lange, Richard Schiff, Robert Lindsey as well as visits to new musicals such as "Over Here" and possibly "Lord of the Rings" whilst restaurant tables have been booked at St Alban and the Ivy as well as discounted meals at some terrific value bistros.
For people who enjoy glamourous events, LTRC have a table at the 2007 Critic Circles Film Awards at the Dorchester and well as an evening with Alan Rickman and a number of secret film premieres.
Club members will also be watching the likes of Genesis and other jazz, pop, rock, soul and funk acts over the next twelve months at a variety of venues.
There are also special Dine & Socialise meals where people move around the table to chat to each other which will be organised to co-incide with events such as Burns Night, St Patricks Day, Thanksgiving and other special meal events.
LTRC's January 2007 schedule has been completed and can be viewed by visiting the following link http://www.ltrc.co.uk/schedule/jan_2007.pdf - and this is just one month.
For further information upon LTRC, membership profile, event profile and media relationships; please contact Philip Hobbs at [email protected] or contact the LTRC office on 020 8542 1118 or visiting http://www.ltrc.co.uk
Posted: 2007-01-14 23:09:09