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to stay fresh and full of fun. In Alaska during the week of the Fur
There is no right Rendezvous, a club hosted a pioneer/sourdoughs/
or wrong way to frontiersman event which included speeches
hold a thematic delivered in the manner of colloquial dialogue
meeting. When used by the character they chose to portray. I will
we met in person, never forget a certain judicial official showing
many of the clubs up and bringing his own spittoon which he
would decorate frequently (and noisily) used.
their meeting He was the hit (literally) of the meeting which
room for the special allowed everyone to see this prim and proper
event. Can you imagine a barrister in his true light. They also coupled
room festooned with cobwebs, their new member campaign with an Iditarod
spiders, and other theme as well. It involved awarding points or
creepy crawlies for miles of the Iditarod Trail for guests brought to
a Halloween theme? a meeting, new members signed up, and other
Members arrived such membership functions including first
wearing costumes, project completed, etc.
or like the program Even though we may meet online, there are
outline I used above, wearing numerous possibilities of being thematic with
one specific to a role they were the choice of your personal background, frames
fulfilling. Bringing extra and the silly glasses, beards, eyebrows, and noses
costumes or prop items allows vistors to join in. in the Zoom options. Individuals can still use
One of the most fun meetings I ever attended props if they desire. I delivered an old salt sea tale
was a Wizard of Oz theme night. The doors had and used a beer (root beer) mug with a pale fruit
been covered in paper to look like the great doors juice in it. On camera it looked like a foamy beer.
into the castle, and we had Glenda the Good, the One member was shocked that I appeared to be
Wicked Witch, Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow, and drinking a beer! With proper planning, a rich
the Lion along with the wizard himself. (Toto, imagination, and a club officer cadre dedicated
alas, was just a stuffed toy, but. . . it was thematic!) to hosting the best show in town, your club can
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