Wednesday 30 July 2008

Some reflections on my party

Extracted from an e-mail to a friend. Once again, recorded here for posterity...
I am so sorry you weren't able to make it to the party. You both featured in a number of photos in the slideshow I left running on the Mac during the night.

The party was wonderful -- I am still enjoying the memories from it. Especially the speeches (Scott, Neil & Chris) and conversations with so many people. Geoff was up to his usual standard as MC. Belinda did an outstanding job with the meal; we had a spit roast, salads and potato bake for around 70 guests. She made a roast pumpkin and sweet corn soup for entrée which people are still talking about!

I have built a 15m2 paved area out the front of our house (with a fair bit of help) which worked so well with the number of guests and the spit roast. Scott did an outstanding job with sound and lighting. We had fires in several places, the biggest in a 44 gallon drum (sourced by Pete Andrew) that was out the front.

The whole atmosphere was wonderful. The last guests left at 2.30AM.

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