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LOGGING ONTO THE HENRIES
Inset PG’s Jakki Brown and Warren Lomax toasting not just the winners’ success, but sending good wishes to all at the California Dreamin’ themed awards event.
The Henries 2020 awards event took place on a digital platform, but the human warmth of the greeting card global community pulsated through, in the faces, voices and written messages from the 750+ members of the greeting card industry who attended the ‘big night in’. PG was fully logged on, lapping up the fun, applauding the winners and enjoying the true feeling of togetherness at this 25th anniversary Henries. Below: Among those who had sent their global greetings was an especially memorable one from Toy Symphony’s Hiroshi Kawamura and Kayoko Kubo from Japan.
Above: There was lots of chat and laughter from the Session Rooms both pre and post the awards ceremony, as the scene from the GCA Room testifies. Toasted Crumpet organised a ‘cocktail making’ masterclass in its room while Pigment staged some virtual horse racing. Left: All Henries sponsors got into the spirit of recording their winner’s announcement videos. As they were not privy to the specific winner, they had to record one for each finalist. Chris Sandwell of EBB went to town on his delivery. Right: Megan Claire’s Gill Purdie was among those to get into the California Dreamin’ theme, while others watched in their posh frocks or PJs.
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PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE