The Sydney Dinner Club (aka David's Dinners) - Coming Events - Sydney
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How it Started
The original and sole purpose for setting up the Dinner Club as conceived by Eva, whose highly original idea it originally was, was to find herself a man. She knew for this scheme to work she would need a running buddy who was a male for the men to relate to. She put her ideas to me of starting a club which held dinner events (where women could meet and interview the right sort of men in a “non confrontational” environment) and we began and within 3 months she had found a man and completely disappeared after giving me her half of our contact list. Ever since, except for a break or two, I have run Dinner Club ('cause it's so interesting (and while something else settles and then I may do what Eva did (with some currently lacking gentle persuasion))) and its original motivation has remained: for women to find a man, and make friends, at nice events and also for men to find women and be found and make friends.
Members join, come along, often find someone by meeting them in a natural environment and disappear and some come back to repeat the process – and its all very discreet (except maybe for speed dating which is very results oriented and rather open). The membership of the group slowly turns over with a third new and a quarter disappearing each year. There are currently some 1,600 on the free emailout list, some active and some as back up insurance in case they suddenly need to come. Others stay on the list and attend occasionally because they know that a social life is good for balance. Each week new people who are ready for something new come out of nowhere onto the list. -- David
So now to the more formal introduction:
Conversation and dinner based events for sophisticated singles aged 30 and up to make new friends, enjoy nice evenings, improve their social life or discreetly find someone special. Events held each week. Speed dating now held three times per month for quick partner finding results. No joining or membership fees. Join or ring to go on the weekly email list. If you are looking for a social club in Sydney, are single, like conversation based dinner events and wanting to make new friends or find someone special then feel free to go on the email list or bookmark this site and come along.
The Dinner Club is a dining and social club in Sydney for generally business and professional/semi professional singles or sophisticated available people wishing to enjoy conversation based events at social events for singles.
The general events are for people seeking conversation, company, to develop a social life to balance their work life or to make a fresh start and to make new friends and meet members of the opposite sex from different walks of life and maybe discreetly and adventitiously find someone special at a leisurely pace. If you come to enough events you are most likely to find someone special and this is the major reason for our turnover of members.
On four Monday nights per month the Club holds Speed Dating in Sydney events for people wanting to find a partner quickly. Matches are discreetly disclosed on the night to people who have both discreetly selected each other thus forming a sound foundation for a discreet possible partnership or special friendship.
The club is also partnered with a specialist travel organization which specializes in singles holidays and singles travel, both within Australia and overseas.
The club has no joining or membership fees and people currently only pay an attendance fee for the events they attend. Events are generally balanced and are held at different venues most nights per week: the main nights are Friday and Saturday nights at reasonable value venues. It is free to go on the weekly notification email us and you are welcome to stay on the list until you are ready to attend or while you are otherwise preoccupied. Ages tend to range from 30's to 50's.
It is now possible, and preferred, to pay a nominal 3, 6, 12, 24 or 36 month “membership” fee ($50, $75, $100, $150, $200) to cover the attendance fee at all events for that period and then pay nothing more to the club. During a 12 month period there are some 200 events so the fee is very good value and you are requested to attend as many events as you wish to get your money's worth. The fee can be put on hold if needs be. The more people attend the more people there are to meet and the better it is for everyone.
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NEW PEOPLE WANTED AND WELCOME ! There are now over 1,600 people on the weekly email notification list. Add your name for free and come along soon and meet new people at the events.
Special events specifically
designed for people who would like to meet a new special friend.
Conversation based Events for people who are wanting to make new
friends, network, go out for the night, get out of the house, make
a new start s0ocially or meet someone nice.
You've got to eat
so you might as well come to the dinners. There are new people to
meet each time.
** David's Singles' Internet Party Events (mostly Restaurant Parties and Dinner House Parties) are now held four nights per week. New people are welcome, there is no membership fee and a different mix of people attend each night so there are many new people to meet. Coming events for this week, and following, are listed below.
** Bookmark this site on your favourites list so you can check each week what events are coming up. Print off this list so you will have a list of events and can show others. Note that sometimes dates and events change at short notice so check the webpage each week. This website is updated weekly late on Monday nights.
** TO GO ON THE WEEKLY EMAIL NOTIFICATION LIST or to book in for an event ring David on 8214 8397 or 0419 605 365 or
click here to book or go on our weekly events free notification list or use the Contact Us button on the left of this page. Please include your home/work phone numbers and your suburb and most importantly your mobile phone number to go on the new weekly events text alert list. There are now 1,400 people on the weekly email notification list.
**If you would like, at the end of the week, to visit nice restaurants, meet new people, make new friends, enjoy good conversation while at the same time perhaps discovering someone special and sometimes having a dance then come along to these nights. One of the attractions of the nights is the variety of people who attend with new people are attending all the time. Every night is different with a different mix of people attending each night, new people and people who have attended before. The emphasis on the night is on interaction rather than third party entertainment, so get out of your comfort zone and come to meet new people and make new contacts. Make a commitment of coming to at least one event per month and more often if you like.
* Prices for events listed
are the all up prices inclusive of attendance/booking fee.
*
Where there is no price given for an event there is no charge for
attending the event.
Bonus
offers
Realistically
all the different groups out there do have some fees for
attendance, even if there is no joining or membership fee, but we
have some special offers so that you do not even have to pay
these.
To make the process of finding a new partner more
affordable and enjoy as many nights as you like when you like, you
can pay $50 instead of $25 and you can come to any speed dating or
restaurant dinner event or dinner house party for three months for
no extra fee (you only pay the best early bird price for
restaurants (the restaurant group booking wholesale cost) no
matter how late you book), including for that night. To take up
this or the following offers simply pay the special offer amount
on a night you attend and you will be given a receipt with the
date your entitlement is valid till. You can also make the payment
by credit card over the phone.
If you pay $75, we'll
double the period to six months.
If you pay $100 you can come
to any event and pay no fee and get the best prices for restaurant
dinners no matter how late you book for a whole year !
If you
pay $150 you can come to any event and pay no fee and get the best
prices for restaurant dinners no matter how late you book for two
years !! ($75 per year)
If you pay $200 you can come to any
event and pay no fee and get the best prices for restaurant
dinners no matter how late you book for three years !!! ($66.67
per year)
and best of all if you meet someone special you can
put your entitlements on hold while you are away till you come
back, if you come back, or transfer them to a friend.
People
who host dinner house parties also pay no fees for events and get
the best prices for restaurant dinners no matter how late they
book.
Some
pointers written by someone who comes along:
1.When attending any dinners/outings be in a positive mood. Remember that enthusiasm is catching!! 2.Being sociable is a reciprocal activity....so make the most of the evening and circulate/mix with people to make your own evening more varied and interesting. 3.Give feedback. It is good to know what works and what doesn't. 4.Always be pleasant and DO NOT overly discuss previous marital problems unless it is found interesting by other people....too much can be a real turnoff and it classified as BAGGAGE!! The same applies on dates. You really have to move on and leave it behind like scenery receding into the past and getting smaller and eventually over the horizon in your rear view mirror- it will happen if you are moving in life and when you get involved with the problems of other people by listening to them you're own seem to get smaller. After all theirs are more interesting and you learn more when you listening to theirs. When you do all the talking you learn little. This is also one of the keys to successful dating, get the other person to do most of the talking (less work for you) about their favourite subject themselves and compliment them on their good points. Flattery will get you everywhere. 5.Finally NEVER discuss any previous or current members in an adverse or gossipy way. Remember that this can be a turnoff and may say more about you than them and start gossip behind your back. People admire those who find and speak the best of others as everyone has their strengths - -though in some cases you have to be of certain levels to discover them. Remember everyone has their story if you have ears to listen and you can learn from everyone! Try it.
Some nice emails I have received. It could happen to you! It will if you come to enough events!
Hi
David
I'm wondering if you could help me to unsubscribe to your
website for the time being. You're doing a great job and it
supports a lot of single people, so thank you.
Regards P D
23.6.09
Hi David, its Anthony Pxxxxxxxl, remember me i came to the News Years Eve house party. I met a lady that night Susie a lovely Korean lady. We are about to get married on the 16th August 2008 , many thanks for allowing me to meet this fantastic young lady. Please take me off your mailing list and again many thanks and best wishes from Anthony and Susie. 20.8.08
Dear
David,
Recently I met a man and now we are seeing each other
regularly, so please take me
off the mailing list. I think that
you're offering a great service for single people and hope that
many
others can find someone too.
Kind Regards
Melissa
24.9.08
Many thanks for the opportunities you have offered me and many others in the way of such varied outings and dinners. I like the events – you get to meet real people. Not like on the internet.
Dear David, Pls unsuscribe me. Thank u very much for your work, I've found my partner.
Hi
David,
You could not have done better I hope they all enjoyed
it for getting it such a wonderful price the best place to see the
lights which were unbelievable! You can forget Ripples at Star
City as it doesn't match Doyles on all aspects.
Thanks again
we all enjoyed the night. 18.6.09
Mary
Hi
David,
Could you please unsubscribe me due to finding a great
girl at one of your dinners. We have been together over 2
years.
Thank you - David Jank. 11.2.10
* On some Friday or Saturday nights, numbers and mix permitting, we may have discreet slow speeddating at the end if people ask. If people don't ask on the night we don't do it. Many people come who are not averse to finding a special new friend. The slips are designed to assist you to find a special mutual friend on the night and enjoy an extra benefit for your attending, on top of the dinner, the company and the conversation. Without this process potential latent matches, which may have existed between people attending on the night, would not be discovered so join in and play along: you might get lucky with Love Lotto. * On the night, numbers permitting, there are moves every 30 minutes or so so you get to meet all the members of the opposite sex and don't get stuck with the same people all night. Generally it is the men who are moved.
If you need to know which buses or trains to catch to an event go to 131500.com.au for directions. If you are coming from a distance book in by early to get the cheapest price and that should cover your petrol costs.
** Slow Speeddating Dinner Party events are held each Friday nights and Saturday night (occasional Dinner House Parties are held on occasional Saturday nights) with numbers of usually 10 - 25 people attending. Bookings (which can be taken up until the last moment if you get a sudden change of plans) are preferred but you can just turn up if unable to get to a phone. Tell friends about these dinners and bring them along. Spread the word.
** A few events are for certain ages and the rest are open. Seating is alternate with moves between courses (known as intercourse rotation) to allow you to meet more people. Arrival time is 7.15 - 7.45 but the food does not usually begin until 8.15. Arrive early to get a good seat (and easier parking). Dress is smart casual. Bring friends if you like to have a night with friends but many people enjoy the night more when they come on their own.
** Some new people who make initial enquiries are shy and and cautious about coming along for the first time on their own and find it daunting to walk into a full room where they don't know anyone and some chicken out. The solution is to arrive first, be the first to arrive around 7pm and watch the others come soon after. It's easy to arrive when there is no one else, but me, there. Or, if you would like to meet me and chat first over coffee it may help you summon up the courage to attend for the first time when you have met someone who will be there on the night. If you wish to meet first ring me, David, on 8214 8397 or 0419 605 365 and a time can be arranged to meet over coffee.
**What you pay for is what you get. Why should you go to mcdonalds type events which are always the same where you can meet clowns. Why only ever go on the web where you will meet spiders. Some say why should I pay $35 - $50 to go out for a dinner night when I can spend $5 - $20 on cheaper other dance party events? If you go to cheap functions (which are always the same) you meet cheap people and the same people. Why search for people on the web when you can come to real events and meet real people in person. Come to better quality events and you meet better quality people who can sustain a conversation and you get fed unlike those other pick up events and singles hell holes.
** If someone catches your eye but you don't get to talk to them on the night or fail to get their contact details you can send me an email and I will forward it on to them. If someone interests you tell them in an email and arrange to meet during the week or at a future event. Attendees are encouraged to swap numbers on the nights and make new friends.
PHANTOM MULTIPLE DATING:
SPEEDY EFFICIENT INTERNET DATING FOR BUSY PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T TIME
TO WASTE ON SPECULATIVE BLIND DATING.
If you are into
internet dating and are getting lots of hits from members of the
opposite sex and finding it time consuming, awkward and
speculative to see them all one at a time then why not do as
others are doing. Often people do not fit their profiles and
descriptions so speed things up by seeing them all in one night.
Then you will more quickly find the ones you like and have more
time to spend with just those you choose. Tell all your hits to
meet you at a few slow speeddating events and compact may dates at
one or two slow speed dating dinner events. Copy and paste and
send them emails with the details, below, of the events you are
willing to meet them at and at the event you get 20 - 30 minutes
with each, one on the left and one on the right at the same time,
the guys move every 30 minutes, and you can select which ones you
like by filling in your secret silent selection love lotto©
slips. Then you can match with only the ones you choose and who
choose you. It's very time efficient and you could see and
interview many in one night and not feel embarrassed or obligated.
Send them the details, they book in with me, tell them to bring a
friend too perhaps and you bring your friends to compare notes. As
others are doing this too you get to meet even more people and
multiply your chances of more quickly meeting the right person.
** If you have a house you can offer for weekend parties or midweek conversation parties please ring me. People who have houseparties pay no booking fee for events. People who offer their houses for houseparties do so for different motives. Some like to entertain and maybe haven't had a chance to do so for a while, others like to have a the deadline of an event as motivation to tidy up the house and kno wing that people are coming for a party motivates them to tidy up like nothing else, others do so to meet a whole lot of people quickly and get known quickly and make as debut so to speak and meet someone special in their own house. You don't have to prepare any food for the dinner houseparties as everyone brings the food or some drinks. Recent experience has shown that most who host dinner house parties find someone on the night for a relationship.
** Promote your business or interest for free! If you have a business or a topic of interest and would like to address an interested group of qualified people one evening on a topic of your choosing or interest or proficiency then contact me and we can organize an interest evening of interested people where you can hold forth on your pet topic. You will need to provide a venue, preferably a house or unit and I will get the people. Also if you have a house or unit you can make available for these free interest evenings contact me also. For these evenings I need both speakers and locations.
“A social life is good for balance” - from the tenets of Law Therapy .
Conversation is the window to a person's soul.
Some nice emails I have received. It could happen to you! It will if you come to enough events!
Hello David ..... Apart from all of that can I just say how happy I am about these dinners. They have helped me a lot, I hope you realise the good work you are doing - Thanks, Lauren.
I
came to your NY's eve party at Dimitri's in Cleveland St. I had a
wonderful time, but what's even more wonderful is the fact that I
met the love of my life there, Chenelle. We have fallen totally in
love and now live together - what a credit to your business !
We
can't thank you enough, but on that note we request that you don't
send us any more of your circulations. I have forwarded your
E-Mails on to others, but no longer wish to receive them
ourselves, this includes Chenelle. Could you do us a favour and
delete us from your data base, thank you. Regards
Charles and
Chenelle 15.1.06
Hi
David
Could I please have my membership put on hold
xxxxx
and I are seeing each other (forever I hope)
Thank you for your
wonderful service
You are a saviour and a gentleman
cheers
Dirk 18.10.07
Dear
David, I have recently moved to London for a year or so, and would
appreciate it if you could drop me from your mailing list for now.
While I only attended one of your functions I did meet a very nice
man and we went out together for a couple of years, so thank you
for your part in that and I will let you know when I return to
Sydney should my social life need some improvement ! Kind regards,
Beverley
Hi
David, As I have entered into a relationship, please remove me
from your database. Thanks for all the good work you do. Yours
truly, Larry 10.12.07
Hi
David
Thank you very much for sending me all those emails and
invitations. However I have met someone really wonderful and we're
getting along so well!
Please unsubscribe me from your list and
I must still say that you're doing a great thing for many single
people out there.
Merry Christmas. Regards, Nick 11.12.07
Please
delete me from your emailing list as I no longer wish to receive
them. I met someone at one of your nights and recommend you to my
single friends.
Thanks Karen 7.6.08
By the way, that was the best night at Il Bolognese. And everyone whom I talked to felt the same, we had a great time. - Judy R 19.12.09
Happy
New year David.
Thanks for the good company and all your hard
work you constantly provide.
You are a Gentleman and a champ.
Last night was terrific and the Fireworks were
close and
spectacular. Thanks again and I look forward to more of the same
in 2009.
Best wishes and lots of NY Cheers!
Regards
George
1.1.09
Hi David, Could you please remove my profile from your database. I met someone about 3 months ago and things seem to be progressing well. Yes! I met him on your site. I met him through Contact Me – J 28.1.09
Hi David, I have had a girlfriend for the last year and am very happy with her. Please take me off your mailing list. Thankyou for all your help in the past. You do an excellent job for the community and should be commended – cheers, Dirk 5.2.09
