Feb - Portland Yacht Club

PAGE 5 | The Portlight | 02.05
2005 ENTERTAINMENT
T
he New Year is underway, with your
Entertainment Committee hard at
work to make it a fine year for our club. We
already have two events under our belt,
with many more to come for your enjoyment.
New Year’s Eve came in very rainy, but for
those inside the club it was a walk in Paris.
Kudos to Ed and Sue Burns for really “putting
on the ritz” for the club. The theme was
wonderful and carried out well through the
decorations and props they arranged for us.
A delicious dinner was catered by Sam
Allen’s Monarch Hotel, as well as breakfast
items for the survivors. We had many compliments
on having the buffet set up right
in the middle of the dance floor. It made
dinner much more intimate for all. After
dinner, the tables were cleared and everyone
enjoyed a night of dancing, with music
provided by Sand Point.
At midnight the balloon drop became a
stomping festival, since we stuff some of
the balloons with drink tickets. This is
always fun. It turned out to be an unexpectedly
small group this year, but most
in attendance agreed that it was just the
right size crowd. Your Entertainment
Committee thanks all who attended for
your continued support of the club. Also,
a special thanks to Skip and Mary Ann
Nitchie and Fred and Kay Koudele who
volunteered to help decorate.
The Commodore’s Ball was a rousing success,
with 122 attending. Once again, the Monarch
Hotel did a magnificent job catering, supplying
a fabulous steak dinner. Master of
Ceremonies, John Colby, led us through
the time-honored “transfer of power” and
Gordon Ralph directed the traditional
Grand March, which is always a crowd
favorite! Sand Point rounded out the evening
with music for everyone’s dancing pleasure.
The annual Crab Feed happens on
February 5th. This is typically a sell out, so
I hope you got your reservation in early. We
apologize for not putting the price of the
event in the last issue, but at printing time,
the market price for the crab had not been
set. Although we did not expect a large
change from the previous year, we still
needed to be certain what the cost would
be due, to the volume of crab that we order.
As you can see, we are charging ahead into
the New Year, to make this one to remember
as we count down to our 100 year
anniversary in 2008. Please be sure to contact
us if you would like to help with any of
our functions this year. Helping hands are
always welcome, and it is a great way to
meet others and make good friends. This is
OUR club, and it’s the best!
Tom & Marianne Brusco
Jan & Donna Kay Molenaar
CHRISTMAS SHIPS
S
turdy PYC Members
Brave Christmas Ships
Hats off to two PYC members
who exhibited the endurance to
make their boats part of the
Christmas Ships! Each year Dan
Dishongh and Vickie Palmer
magically transform their boat,
Emerald Isle, into a Santa paddling
a canoe. Their boat participated
nightly on the Willamette
leg of the pre-Christmas parade,
while Ron and Linda Nurss lit up
Jazzy to look like the Little
Drummer Boy. Several members
of the PYC sailing fleet added to
holiday festivities by lighting up
their stays in the open moorage.