This past weekend were three more receptions for appointed Grand Officers and they were all spectacular in their own way. The only hard part was that they all had different themes calling for different clothes, so I think I packed more outfits for this weekend than I've needed all year long. :-) But it was lots of fun to dress up and participate in every one of them.
We started Friday night with a gambling themed social reception. After the obligatory remarks and speeches time, we enjoyed a room that reminded me of a riverboat casino. There were gaming tables and dealers and when we walked in the door, everyone got a $10,000 chip to play the games. Too bad that there was no cashier, because I would have just cashed out and called it a great day. :-) But everyone had the chance to play the games for free and there is nothing with less stress than the fun of playing gambling games when none of the money on the table is yours. :-)
All of the Grand Officers had feathers or dealer visors to add ambiance to the day and I don't think I have seen that many feather boas in one room at the same time since I went to a Las Vegas drag queen show. It was quite colorful. As with all things Eastern Star, there were tasty snacks and finger foods to enjoy between rounds at the gaming tables. I think that I will have to get the receipe for these mozzarella and pepperoni pinwheels that they served. They were serious YUM!
Saturday night was the Wearing of the Purple and it was all about the Crown. We all wore purple shirts or blouses and some of the men also had purple ties. One of the nice things about choosing a Mr. Wizard who has traveled several times before is that he already has a fair collection of wardrobe bits, so he shouldn't have to buy too many pieces to fit the various dress themes and evidently, a purple tie was already in his closet. Or if he ran out and bought one, he hasn't admitted it to me. :-) There were several great musical selections including some wonderful vocals and instrumental pieces and all of the Grand Officers wore plastic tiaras with little flashing lights on them. They probably looked better on the ladies than on the men, but what a bunch of good sports. Since Mr. Wizard has traveled before, I think he was not terribly surprised to find himself wearing this thing and that is good, because he'll wear a lot more weird things before our time is done.
Sunday afternoon brought us to a Rock and Roll BBQ reception, for which I wore black jeans and a white shirt and my black leather biker jacket. I have a funny feeling that I may be the only Grand Line Officer in Eastern Star history to own a black leather and chrome snap jacket, or if not, the only one who has dared to wear it to a reception. But we were told to dress rock and roll and I wore a pink hairband too, so there you go. It made the honoree happy, so everything else is moot. The honored member is part of a band and his band played lots of great songs for the entertainment. The totally best one of all is the one where our Grand Chaplain did the vocals himself. He told me that he was not a singer, just a guitarist, but his song was awesome. I wonder if we will ever be able to get him to repeat it. We had a great BBQ lunch too and it was a shame to get to the end of the program. I wish I had had the courage to yell encore, but the last time I did that, I ended up on a stage doing bad hula dancing, so I took a pass on that this time. :-)
Next weekend I am in Sacramento, Los Gatos and Vallejo.
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