The Dessert Banquet
Seriously, though, the Banquet (our church's premier annual outreach event) was, I thought, a great success, if I may say so myself. Roughly 165 people shuffled in from as far away as New York and as near as my apartment; there were quite a number from the town, including all three Selectmen.
The students put on a choral reading which was skillfully written and tirelessly prepared by Aunt S. Their execution of the reading was their preeminent "performance" to date and was very moving. There was also a quartet, some handsome violin work by two S cousins, and a guest singer from down the road. And then, of course, there were desserts. Millions of them. My own bride made many of them - because she is ambitious, and crazy. (I mean that in the best way possible.) Anyway, all the desserts I sampled were delicious, and there were many I didn't sample.
And Praise the Lord for His Spirit, which is what really makes the Banquet a success. He does this every year, in spite of our efforts and planning.
posted by brandywine on Tuesday, December 12, 2006
3 Comments:
Glad to hear it was once again a success! (And, that there wasn't a big snowstorm like there was a few years ago!)
I myself thought this years Banquet was a rousing success! But that might be because I was happy and stayed happy during the whole thing instead of getting all crabby from being around so many strangers :-)
Ditto to hurrah's for ye olde dessert banquet! Have to agree that it was a rousing success. Even if I did have to put my head between my knees on several occasions.
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