St. George’s Day
NYC | 2016-18

Annual Events | Venues across New York including British Consul’s Residence

Proud Heritage

New York is proud that it’s a City built on immigration and regularly celebrates heritage days. The larger ones such as Ireland and Poland have parades up 5^Th Ave, others do smaller parades on 6^th Ave (Scotland) or in parks and other areas of the City. In 2016 Captain’s Knock held the first ever ‘England Day’ to celebrate St George’s Day and all things English. Having established the concept this is now rebranded ‘St George’s Day NYC’.

We undertook a series of public and private events across the City. On the eve of the events we held a private VIP party, for sponsors and special guests at the British Consul’s Residence (150 guests). We drove the public to bars, we called, ‘England Day Headquarters’ which we decorated red & white with banners and bunting; sponsored by Greene King’s, Old Speckled Hen.

The Garden Party was a family affair with face painting, Peppa & George Pig, arts and crafts for young kids and soccer and rugby activations for older kids. From the stage, ‘Carry On’ star Jim Dale treated us to a sketch on, ‘Talking Shakespeare’ and in response the public, “Showed us their Shakespeare”, acting out famous quotes. We held a ‘Dog Costume Competition’ judged by actor Linus Roache (Law & Order, Homeland, Vikings) and people costume competitions with Virgin Atlantic flights as prizes. DJs played classic English tunes and Broadway actress Sally Ann-Triplett and friends led a sing-a-long.

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Promoter
Captain’s Knock LLC

Host
British Consulate

Speaker
British Consul-General

Talent
Sally Ann-Triplett
Jim Dale
Linus Roache

Charities
St George’s Society of NY
Queen Elizabeth II Garden

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3240

Attendees

Speakers

$5000

Raised

“Richard’s introduction of the British Bash and engagement of a younger generation has been a game changer for the charity. For every Bash, Rich has helped us secure the celebrity honoree.”

Anna Titley
Executive Director, St George’s Society of NY
"Richard is an outstanding individual motivated by integrity, altruism and a professional generosity that sets him apart. He works to the highest set of standards and has developed a loyal, far reaching and impressive network of business and sporting connections across the globe. He is often referred to as the ‘connector’ and is able to facilitate excellent results through his dedicated ability to link working professionals together for the common good. When you work with Richard, planning moves effortlessly from blue sky, bigger picture thinking to the essential practical concerns to bring ideas to fruition – the working experience is creative, forward looking and highly original in its outlook."

Kate Bailey
Head of School, Wetherby-Pembridge School
"We worked with Captain’s Knock from 2008-15. Rich bought to us a concept and then executed it perfectly helping us reach new international audiences and raise considerable sums for our paediatric medical research programme. It also helped us engage celebrities we might not otherwise have done by having a New York based activity in our portfolio of events."

Sean Kelly
Sparks, Director of Fundraising UK