2015 McGreat Awards

Last night several instructors and administrative staff members of my school, Miller-Motte College, as well as myself and one other student were invited as guests to attend the McGreat Awards Ceremony held in Wilmington, NC. It was a lovely event and really showed just how much they appreciate their employees and the effort they put forth everyday. Below are just a few photos of the event and award categories!

Our small attending group
(From Left to Right: Mrs. Altheia, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Summer, Mrs. Val, Jennifer Ryder)

Cocktail hour included decorative cider flutes, hamburgers, parm-garlic steak fries and a nice little fruit and cookie table!









 After the cocktail hour we were ushered into our reserved seats with some movie going snacks: fresh popped popcorn, a chocolate bar and a bottle of water all were greatly appreciated I assure you ;)

And then the nights real mission got underway!

 

As with any awards show there are multiple categories in which to win an award and here are just a few of the categories Great Clips put forth this year. Each award recipient received a trophy and took a picture of the company's CEO who was amazing enough to not only attend but to hand each stylist, manager and salon their award, take a photo with them and pass on a few words of congratulation and encouragement.

 
 

I thought a couple of their mission award categories were particularly notable as it shows that numbers aren't the only thing this company cares about in their stylists.

 







 "Now comes the part of the award ceremony where things tend to slow down a bit so to keep the energy going we're going to try to liven things up", said one of our two hosts for the evening.

 A mini competition ensued; the entire salon would come up to accept the award to their own personal song in any sort of fanfare they desired. The winner, the most entertaining entourage, would receive a pizza party but we all know the winners were the audience.


All in all it was a fun night and not only did I enjoy myself I learned quite a bit about the company's "mission" and not only it's philosophies but it's acts about and on behalf of its employees and I would tell anyone who asked me about them as a perspective employer to absolutely look into them solely based on what I saw last night.


P.S. On a completely unrelated note....

I found the most dapper gentleman at the awards and had to get his picture. It wasn't until after the event when I showed this photo to an instructor, who is more familiar with geeky things, pointed out that his outfit almost befitting of The Doctor that I realized just why I liked him so much. ^_^ 
Many thanks to this gentleman for being so accommodating and allowing me to take his photo!


And for the curious...

My outfit for the night included a high-waisted black velvet floor length skirt I had made myself two nights prior, a blouse and a few trinkets I had laying around the house. Not too shabby for only having three days notice!