St. Patrick's Day Celebration

This St.Patrick's Day 2011 was the 28th anniversary of the day Stef and I met face to face. For those in Nashville, the celebration of this event became an annual Party Day Tradition. There were years when we had as many as 200 people in our house to help us celebrate. - After living here for over 3 years, it was decided that we have a party here to celebrate that special day. This year was going to be the test to see how it would go, and if it went over well, then we would do it on an annual basis. Well, take a look at what happened....

This is Stef and me all dressed in green. The focus of the party was for everyone to just let lose and have a great time. The main course was burgers and hot dogs, which were grilled by Bob and Ed on my famous infra-red grill affectionantly named Big Red. I hired a DJ from San Jose who also just happens to be our new pest control expert. His name is Ozzie and by coinsidence, spent some time in Tennessee. He provided great music and karoke. Ozzie turned out to be a big hit with everyone.

Then, we had the man himself - Big Lee - who wanted to make a real Irish impact with his custom made kilt - No one does it better than Lee.

Here is Lee with the seamstress herself - Karolyn -  who finally got the kilt made to Lee's specific specifications.

Of course, we had to get into the action.










Here is Ozzie and his assistant getting the DJ system set up for the entertainment part of the event.

The party started around 4:00 PM on Saturday the 19th. We held it on that day to make sure everyone would be able to make it - This picture was taken around 4:15 PM where you can see that people weren't waiting around to get here on time.

These are our friends and neighbors Ed and Johanna. They are from Conn. and were not about to miss this party. Ed especially enjoys the cocktail hour part of any party.

This is Jim and June from Texas - They are a great couple.







Part of the deal was that all the guests were supposed to bring a side dish. As you can see, they went all out on that request.

Looks as if everyone had plenty to eat and are having a great time

 

There was dancing and we had a Karoke setup that many took part in

Now remember, the party started at 4:00 PM - and it didn't end until about 11:30 PM

We invited about 90 people to the party, and about 70-75 decided to check it out. The next day, we started getting emails about what a great time everyone had - You remember what I said earlier - We just wanted everyone to have a good time, and it worked out very well

By the responses we had - It now looks like this will become an annual event, but the next one will be even bigger, and better... Hope you will be able to join us....