Shenzhen

OSB Gathering, Friday, 26th January 2018.

Shenzhen played host to the first official mainland China OSB Dinner in January of this year. Seventeen OSBs gathered in the Hilton and were warmly welcomed by the Full Circle team, co-hosts for the evening. The Old St Beghians were joined by Mr Lou, a long-standing partner-agent of the school. In fact, a majority of those present at the dinner had been sent to St Bees by Mr Lou himself.

Danny Wang, Managing Director of Full Circle, and Laurence Gribble (SH 02-09) gave updates on the recent history of the school since the closure, and explained the journey to date.

The private dining room was decked in table clothes bearing the St Bees School crest; roller banners showed off the school’s stunning scenery, and the recently shot aerial video gave everyone the opportunity to relive their school memories. All were presented with flasks engraved with the school crest and the Lucky Draw winners took home packets of Grasmere Gingerbread. If it was not for the brilliant lights of the Shenzhen CBD sparkling through the window, we could very much have been back in St Bees!

A WeChat group dedicated to OSBs in China has since been set up and contains over one hundred ex-pupils from across the country.

More dinners, in Shenzhen and other cities, will be scheduled for the future.

Attendees: Jun Pan (G 09-11), Ken YU (G 10-13), Richard Qian (SH 06-09), Anthony Chiu (G 10-12), Mr Lou (Studylink), Silvia Huang (L 10-13), Arron Chen (SH 10-13), Amy Cui (L 07-10), Roger Sinnett (Director of Education, Full Circle), Yuki Liu (L 06-09), Laurence Gribble (SH 02-09), Danny Wang (Managing Director, Full Circle), Chris Ma (G 02-09), Aryan Pan (L 07-09), Scott Fang (SH 99-02), Christina Chen (L 10-11), Steven Xia (G 99-03), Iris Zhu (L 06-10), Jason Wong (SH 08-10) & Marina Deng (L 03-05).

Photos may be seen here: Batch 1, Batch 2 and Batch 3.

 

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