What
a wonderful celebration we had! We met in the clubhouse at Queen
Jill’s and sat around talking and laughing. Some of the
ladies brought decorations to help make the room festive. We had
an optional sack lunch raffle and a white elephant birthday present
exchange. Food and presents – it can’t get much better
than that!
We
had a short meeting to go over events that we wanted to include on
this year’s calendar, and to possibly start a quarterly book club
and quarterly game night or afternoon. We then played our kazoos
to the tune of Happy Birthday and quickly devoured the
delicious birthday cake.
We
played the toilet paper game, which is a great way to get to know
other people. We went around the table revealing, confessing, or
just laughing about events in our lives so the others could learn more
about us.
And
then there was the BIG surprise ending: At 3:00PM, the Top
Deck Barbershop Quartet (www.topdeckquartet.com)
joined the festivities and serenaded
us for 35 minutes. The harmony of Bob Reinecke, Tenor; Sam
Vigil, Jr., Lead; Glenn Russell, Base; and Kevin Bier, Baritone was
fabulous. Their first song was Happy Birthday to the
Crimson Crones. They
continued with several old and sentimental songs and a little comedy
between some of the tunes. We took pictures of the quartet while
they were singing and afterwards while they donned red hats. Base
singer Glenn Russell was also
celebrating his birthday. We plopped a birthday hat and then a
purple hat on him to help honor his special day.
Queen
Jill videotaped the performance so the ladies will be able to
enjoy it for years to come.