December 2007

December 11, 2007

 
DECEMBER MHGA MEETING?  CHRISTMAS PARTY:
 
Usual anxiety over who and how many would attend. Very hard to plan a meeting/party when you don't have a clue if 2 or twenty are going to show.  As it turned out, we had a head count of 20!  So...thank god Leigh planned for that regardless of my whining and negativism.
 
George Tutor once again donated the steaks ( god damn good steaks too I might add ) and they were grilled to perfection. Thank you Georgie!   Other menu items were steamed shrimp, salad, rolls, fancy little hot dog thangs, cheeses, dessert cakes, etc. etc.  Thanks to all who brought stuff too.  We never did get around to the wine tasting but from all the empties found the following day, it apparently was a "silent" wine tasting event with every bottle a winner. There was also a pretty good selection of beers ( Sam Adams, Corona, Yuengling, Heineken ) for the beer boys, but...quite a few left over so...we're either getting wimpy or everyone is switching to wine.
 
Two fires were going all night; one on the side deck and one out front by the hot tub. Brian Vant-Hull drove down from NYC and graced us with his presence around 10pm!  Hugh and Sally came up from DC and Ashley also arrived with some cool movies. Rusty also came down from Harrisburg and Steve and Mara Krichten came down from the NE Maryland area.  So....the MHGA was well represented by the long distance dudes.  Speaking of movies, we had some video footage of the Pulpit Fly-In; The High Rock Fly-In and....the Thanksgiving weekend get together at Oregon Ridge/flying fun. Hey Ashley.....you left your movie here!
 
The crowd thinned out around midnight except for some die-hards who dove into the hot tub. Everything finally ended around 2pm with some overnight guests safely put away here and there.
 
All in all, we've had a very successful MHGA year.  The meetings have been a huge success overall and we've even experienced some growth.  We'll do a recap of the year at the March meeting and plan some stuff for 2008.  Thanks to everyone who has made the MHGA a success this year.  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and see you in March!
 
Richard Hays
Prez. MHGA