New Years at Norbeck
Last night, Jacqui and I attended the big New Years Eve bash at Norbeck Country Club. We were excited and a bit apprehensive as we really don't know too many people at the club and are not good dancers. Still, we always have a great time by ourselves and we both know how to work a room.
I put on a suit and Jacqui had a sleek pants suit on and off we went. As we pulled into the club, we saw that they had valet parking for the night. We walked in and were greeted by Steve, who runs the catering side of the operations. He recognized me but did not know my name. When he asked what table we were sitting at, I thought we were going to have a problem as we did not know, but they had placed us at a table with a group of 10 and we were ushered into the party. They had three rooms filled with buffet stations and several open bars. The table we were assigned was in the Norbeck Room rather than the main ballroom. We grabbed some drinks and checked out the food. All of it was quite delicious. Lamb chops, crabcakes, raw oysters and some lettuce-wrapped chicken were the standouts for me. We talked to one or two couples we knew and then I saw a couple with whom I had played golf over the summer on one or two occassions. They were with another couple but the three other couples in their table had cancelled so they invited us to join them, which we did. They were excellent company. The rooms were decorated in true new years holiday spirit. Noisemakers and hats were on each table. They passed out glow sticks and lights on chains too. Lots of fun.
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After dinner but before desert, the band started to play. It was an 8 piece band and they were quite good at rhythm and blues and motown. By the second song, the dance floor was filled. Jacqui and I danced about 4 songs and sat down. Ron offered to go outside and smoke cigars to welcome in the year and Jacqui said fine so we ventrued outside for 30 minutes and smoked a nice Montecristo.
After that, we walked back in and desert was being served. I had some crepes susette and cannolis. We danced and danced. And then it was just about midnight. Everyone was us, using their noisemakers, the balloons fell from the ceiling and confetti started streaming. It was quite a sight. A few racy kisses from my wife. And lots of laughs about dancing on New Years at the club.
Here is a video of some of the after midnight dancing.
All in all, a great night. Neither of us could think of anything that Norbeck Country Club could have done to improve it and we look forward to going again next year.
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