The choir with the 21 years olds sounds a good combination. , My daughter had a 21st dinner in Bristol (not recently), people dressed up, I gave a speech - I even found some very elaborate country dancing she and some of her friends at the dinner did aged 11 at their school open day outside - they had a teacher who was very into it and tjheir moves were perfect etc so I got the hotel to display that on a projector on the wall when people arrived - it was really nice to see given those girls were now all grown up and at the party. However my twins didn't want that back in October so just had their own very small going out or staying in 21st gatherings.
The Bristol students who stayed here on Saturday were all nice - I know them as they are my son's friends/ housemates although I didn't hear much about the party they went to as they got back in the night and then watched something together until very late (well early hours really) and then slept in and left - thankfully my son who was driving 4 back in his car and they squeezed another in too who spent the night but no space in car, down to the tube station wasn't tired and got everyone back safely. I could never forgive myself if my twins' driving ever caused injury to someone else's student children.
Luckily they were back on Saturday before the storm. I hope Malbecfan is not wthout power - we have done okay. i have about 50 trees round my garden so it is fairly a regular around here or down the road trees come down but nothing yet and it seems over today so I think we have escaped storm damage.
That son (who was home) has said he has been very busy all term to talk to me much but he could talk at home but then he didn't really have a second. He did manage to leave his wallet in the garden so I've swent that on with the girl's high heeled sandals that were also left. If they would just give me 5 minutes' notice they are leaving I could go round the house checking for lost items. It was the same after his twins' NY party here - a few things left behind.