Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Banquet

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 9 Apr 2011, at 9:23 AM, Craig Ragland wrote:

> It would be exciting to see more people from the Mid-Atlantic region join us
> for the banquet this year.

The banquet was wonderful last year and if I weren't going to the whole 
conference, I would still go to the banquet. Cohousing communities in the area 
could car pool.

I assume that this year's banquet will be the same or similar — a pre banquet 
cash bar with a silent auction of interesting items and lots of time to mingle 
followed by a wonderful dinner and an auction of big items that raised a ton of 
money.

The desserts were awarded by the level of something from each table, 
contributions? It was fun and the table that ended up with the Twinkies and 
Hostess chocolate cupcakes with cream filling was very popular. They were 
easily able to trade for strawberries and cheesecake. There were actually so 
many desserts, a tray to each table, that most of us got 2 or 3.

The dinner auction included long stays at various cohousing communities in the 
US plus England, Australia, etc., were offered. I can't remember what else but 
lots of stuff. The auctioneer Brian was a hoot as well.


> Prepare a Skit -- 5 minutes to highlight your talent, let it be
> Singing, Lip Synching, Dancing, Comedy Act. 

Just to show you what fast reading by skipping words will do for you, I read 
"Lip Synching, Dancing" as "lap dancing" and wondered if the organizers were 
really ready to go that far. Just when you thought cohousing was G rated…..

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org