Last night a few of us Toastmasters got together for a potluck dinner at the home of Ron and Sarah. We brought our salads and desserts while they had the main dishes covered. I arrived around 5:30 as did Nate and Laura. Emily and Jing came a little later but when they did, it was a party. Here’s us during the disco dancing portion of the night.
Ron and Sarah put together such a nice spread. We ate outside on the deck and talked Toastmasters shop as well as life. Some of us Toastmasters hadn’t seen each other in person since the pandemic started a year and a half ago, so it was nice to finally talk face to face. One of the subjects that got a lot of attention at the dinner table was improv which Sarah and Nate and Emily were passionate about.
It was a perfect night to be outside, especially after all the rain and thunderstorms that hit the area hard the last few nights. After we finished dinner and drank our wine 🍷, it was game time. Sarah let us choose between Catch Phrase and Pictionary (I haven’t played that in a long time). Some of us were artistically changed so the consensus leaned toward Catch Phrase. We made it so much fun with how hard the questions were. There’s definitely no easy way around that game without giving away the answer.
After sitting around for a bit, we decided to go some karaoke. Jing and Sarah gracefully performed “The Rose” by Bette Midler. They almost did “Wind Beneath My Wings” as well. Sarah and Laura performed “The Sounds of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel. We capped off the night by singing “Lyin’ Eyes” by the Eagles. I think all of us did pretty well. If we get together at Christmas, we need to rock our ugly Christmas sweaters and do Holiday Karaoke.
The best part of the evening was all of us doing disco dancing. Sarah loves Disco and our DJ Tyler played some classics at the DTM event a few weeks ago. Our dancing set off the fire alarms at the Community College. She and Ron picked the best songs for us to dance to. We made our way off the deck and into the grass for this fun night of dancing. I really loved how the did “The Hustle” to another song. Here’s all of us getting down on the disco floor (or grass, call it what you will). I’m just sad we didn’t end the night with “Last Dance” by Donna Summer.
Sarah suggested that I get my adopted family to do a disco night with me. I think the girls would be on board with that.
Overall it was a perfect night and I hope we can do something like this again soon. Maybe for Steelers vs. Packers or during the holidays. But it was nice just get together and socialize for the first time in forever.
Stylish 🍒 