There
were 14 residents from Orange Acres that took the bus ride to Broadway Palm
Dinner Theatre, in Ft. Myers, to see "Holly Jolly Christmas Revue" Today. It was
a very good meal and a great program.(Click to enlarge)
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There
were 14 residents from Orange Acres that took the bus ride to Broadway Palm
Dinner Theatre, in Ft. Myers, to see "Holly Jolly Christmas Revue" Today. It was
a very good meal and a great program.
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 There
was lots of great Christmas music.(Click to enlarge) |
 And
also some good humor.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
Craft, Hobby Show & Bake Sale at the clubhouse went well today(Click to enlarge) |
 There
were lots of crafts for sale and lots of customers.(Click to enlarge) |
Gene
Mathes displayed his hobby of a modular HO train layout on the stage. The layout
measures 15' by 4'.
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Over
20 Orange Acres residents attended the Jamboree Christmas Show at the Christian
Retreat Conference Center east of Bradenton.
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There were 102 at coffee this morning. I was busy and forgot to take pictures. We had two representatives from First State Bank speak after the meeting. They brought 'goody' bags for everyone attending.
There
were 41 at the vespers service tonight at the hall. Deacon Joseph Cirieco from
Church of Incarnation brought us a good meaningful message.
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There
were 112 at coffee this morning.
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 Great
Christmas decorations in the hall. Especially on the stage.(Click to enlarge) |
 Our
president, Gene Mathes, leading the meeting.(Click to enlarge) |
The
Scarlet Macaws (Orange Acres Red Hats) met today at Linger Lodge for their
monthly meeting. There were 22 present for the lunch and gift exchange.
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There
were over 130 at the Christmas Party tonight at the clubhouse. The elves are shown
here passing out gifts to everyone.
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The mixed quartet sang three numbers. They are Gene Mathes, Mildred Steinbaugh, and Alice & Dick Vierus. |
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The band, consisting of Dave Walworth, Dick Vierus, Tony
Zarrillo, Gene Mathes and Lew Gorzycki led the group in singing the familiar
Christmas songs. Dick and Gene also did some monologues.
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 Nancy
Bush shared with us some facts surrounding the birth of Jesus.(Click to enlarge)
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 Gene
and Pam Rickels did two great dance demos.(Click to enlarge)
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 Ralph
Bush did his usual great job as Santa.(Click to enlarge)
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 Mary
Ryman did a lip-sync of Santa Baby which was great.(Click to enlarge)
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Liz
bond introduced her new elf sidekick for the party. Hugh Spinney was the
smallest elf she could get.
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There were 53 Orange Acres residents that went to see the "Grand
Christmas" at the Christian Retreat tonight. It was a great performance of
Christmas music using four grand pianos.
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Before the program, 21 of us ate supper at the buffet restaurant there.
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Dick
Vierus led a group of 31 Carolers in 10 golf carts throughout the park tonight
caroling to the shut-ins. There were 2 guitars, a banjo and bells to accompany
the singers. Everyone had a great time and the weather was just a little bit
cool which made it perfect.
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After
the caroling, everyone gathered at Vierus' home for cookies and punch. Almost
everyone managed to get into this picture.
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There
were 91 at coffee this morning. Many have gone back up north for Christmas.
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The
Red Hat ladies sang "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" for all of us this morning.
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 Here
are pictures of the luminaries tonight in the park. (Click to enlarge) |
 It
was windy and some drizzle so keeping them lit was a chore.(Click to enlarge) |
But
it was pretty anyway
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There
were 60 at the Christmas dinner held at the clubhouse tonight.
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 Carolyn
Turner did a great job of organizing it.(Click to enlarge)
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 Harley
Hicks provided a solo.(Click to enlarge)
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 As
always there was an abundance of good food.(Click to enlarge) |
 Marj
Dunn and Bob Eastman did a great job in handling the Yankee Swap.(Click to enlarge) |
These
pictures from Joe & Alice Stump Shows what it is like up north. I'll take a
little rain any day.
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There
were 102 at coffee this morning. This is our sunshine lady Liz Bond giving her
report.
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 There
were about 50 people from Orange Acres that showed up at the Super Senior
program at Faith Baptist Church today for the program and lunch.(Click to enlarge) |
 The
performer today was our own Dave Cruise (Walworth) doing his tribute to Tom
Jones . It was a big hit, especially for the Orange Acres residents.(Click to enlarge) |