Open Air, Dinner Affair

Last weekend we held our annual fundraiser dinner and managed to put together a rather classy, successful affair.  It was my 11th time being part of this event, but for all of us it was the first time to host outside in the open air.  It took a great deal of work on all ends of the dinner (especially the task of getting the site in shape), but in the end all came together and around 300 guests and participants enjoyed the evening together.

A basketball court doesn't simply turn into a reception hall, but with lots of work and creativity it can become a fancy little venue.

School children formed a choir

The residential children performed a play about our individual value and uniqueness.

The special guest speaker was Henry Bell, who with his wife, Nancy, directed Dar El Awald throughout the 90s.  Here past director and current director, Joseph Ghattas, share the stage.

My main contribution to each fundraiser dinner is coordinating our crew of servers.  We've never hosted this many people (and we've never felt the pressure as much as we did this time) but it all went fine in the end.  The team did a good job.

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