Thursday was a nice coffee morning at the park, then off to Annie's for our flute lesson in the early afternoon. It was just us two this week, and we had a great class, Lary and I hadn't been playing our flutes much in Hawaii, Lary being sick and I just didn't feel like it.
We worked on making a signature refrain, and then making it into a kind of song, varying it then coming back to the signature notes once more. It worked great, and Lary and I were doing it together, learning to listen to each other, and make the flutes complement each other.
Guess the Groundhog saw his shadow somewhere in the US, so 6 more weeks of winter, erg, though we have had a mild, warm and mostly sunny winter to date, with little wind, and even less rain. Hooray, except that California needs the rain.
Friday I used my new sewing machine to make some fleece bags to cover our flute stands in the living room, protecting the flutes from the sun and light, I also made a bag for Lary's new native american style hand drum, and a new flute bag for a new friend here in the park.
We had Happy Hour over at Sky Valley RV Park with Diana and Howie, friends from Nanaimo. And then we had our monthly Flute Circle evening at Annie's, not many folks there, maybe 14 or so, and nice playing. Lary and Chip did a lovely duet on their Jon Sherman A flutes, such a lovely clear sound. Lary and I both played our John Stillwell flutes, as their previous owner Helaine was there to enjoy the sound of them once again. We had about 3 or 4 turns each I think. It is really only 1.5 hours long. Some didge playing, Al throat singing, playing an alabaster bowl and blowing the didge. Quite a bit of percussion backup for texture to the music. Annie played a cigar box guitar that somebody had given to her, it is electronic and sounds quite nice, the body is really a cigar box. Folk art supreme.
Saturday we went to one of our nearby parks, Sky Valley, for their bazaar, bought a few books, a pair of earrings, and toured their park model show homes. Prices were maybe between $32,000 to $45,000 or so, to be installed there in their park. They were Cavco trailers, nice ones, about $10,000 makes a big difference in the design and quality of the unit. Park models have only one bedroom, one bathroom, and are about 400 square feet or less. Good for a couple, for a seasonal home....In good weather where you can spend lots of time outside.
After that we spent a couple hours at the pool here in the warm sunshine, and then attended a Roast Beef dinner at our park clubhouse, and a dance. The guitar player entertainer sang, a one man band, very nice, and everyone danced a lot. Nice evening. We helped serve dessert and do cleanup, and went back the following morning for the finish up cleaning the hall.
Sunday was Superbowl Football Game day, we took a bag of chicken wings, and there was a crib tournament going on in the clubhouse. We all watched the football game when it started, it was good, a very close score, and we had lots of munchies to eat that everyone had brought. There weren't that many folks watching the game in the clubhouse. Yummy snacks, the best in my opinion were double stuffed baked potatoes that Evelyn S had made from the previous night's leftover baked potatoes.
There were a couple of football score pools going on too, with cash prizes.
Monty came to me and said that the new treasurer for the Entertainment Committee found that the job was too complicated for her, and he asked me if I could do the treasurer's job. A lot different from the secretary's job, much more work due to the many functions that go on here weekly. So that kind of surprised me, but I accepted the new position, with some misgiving, but plan on using my banking years background to help me. I will meet with the past treasurer, Paulette, on Weds afternoon to get some advice and help with the books/ledgers/funds.
Today Monday we attended a Board Agenda meeting, they were setting the agenda for next week's monthly Board meeting. It was interesting to hear the concerns that arose from the floor and the board members, some of the board members are new to the board.
Then we had an Entertainment Committee meeting, and kind of planned/reviewed next year's entertainment, and reviewed the planned food events, etc. Seems that our funds are used for meals, entertainment, decorations, and kitchen costs, sometimes clubhouse expenditures, too, so a bit more complex than even I had realized. Ah me.
Weekly we have coffee and donuts and a business meeting Thursdays, every second week there is a soup luncheon put on on Tuesday, about every second weekend there is a dinner dance Saturday, and there are brunches, an ice cream social, Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas and New Year's dinners, Board dinner, bingo dinner, AGM and luncheon, casino night, you get the picture, the entertainment committee is quite busy throughout our half year stay here in the desert.
The Board looks after funding and direction for the infrastructure of the whole park, kind of the physical plant overall. Our meeting was interesting, informative, and Monty and Pat had some great ideas. We had an overall recap of the recent rummage sale, which involved nearly all members here in the park to put it on. Big organization, and we were coming up with a few changes/modifications for next year's rummage sale toward the end of January, 2013 on a Saturday.
The treasurer and I swapped materials, I brought home all the material that the treasurer uses, counted the money and looked through some of the material. It is quite a lot, nearly half a car trunk full. Yoicks, lots of reading, counting, etc.
We went over to visit Wendy and Dave this afternoon as they are back at Catalina Spa RV park nearby. Great that they are back. We 4 are going to Johnny Mathis this Saturday evening over at Agua Caliente casino, Lary will drive, and we'll likely eat there at the nice buffet.
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