Mim & Chris seemed to have a great idea for a fun Rocky Horror evening. Seems like that could take a bunch of coordinating all on it's own. In the interest of the theme of easier pleasier, we're thinking:
Leave Friday night as potluck (we're offering to bring burgers & dogs, tofu pups)
Saturday, we'd take on responsibility for a simple grill picnic like last year, without the wonderful artful touches -- we'd do steak tips & kid-friendly BBQ chicken, a couple salads, corn on the cob, at the slightly earlier dinner time 4-5?. Watermelon & marshmellows for dessert. Hopefully, that would free up Chris & Mim to come up with beautiful fun barnside movie & special cocktail, popcorn (?) for later in the evening after dark & kiddo bedtime.
We'd be begging off brunch in this case, although I'm still happy to pitch in there to make someone else's idea a reality, if we decide we still want a big bfast.
Just a thought to get the conversation started...
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Personally, I love this idea and scaling down/back brunch this year is a fine trade in my mind for a new goofy adventure Saturday night.
Question: Does Auction move to Sunday night after burritos?
and a question to those with young ' uns...knowing they are are aware and so desirous of staying up for stars or whatnot...just a child management concept* I am suggesting by way of managing child expectations:
Informing them that Sunday night is auction/stay up for stars night. Sat after dinner is watermelon/run around with glow sticks etc. and early(Ier) bed time.
*which y'all are free to disregard since I am not in that direct demographic any more. your milage and management of your kid may vary. :)
Great idea, mama Ea (and your parting concession also applies to me, of course!)! It is helpful to set kids up with expectations ahead of time, I've found. In this timing scenario, it sets things up kind of well for that-- they'll be up somewhat later Friday night just because of the nature of the beast, so scheduled earlier downtime on Saturday, motivated with the reward for good behavior of staying up the next night might just work out well.
If, however, folks want to move anything around timing-wise, we're happy to captain a meal whenever works best!
is anyone up for the revised (rough) working schedule? personally, id vote for keeping auction on sat, as the picnic is intended to be earlier than burrito night goes. and i think when we go too late with auction, its too late for kids, etc. and i'd vote rocky horror on sun night- after burrito maybe? as it seems a later night affair anyways.
how does this plan sound? timing wise?
xo
Part of managing expectations regarding the auction, I think, is NOT having the items out on display prior to the event. If y'all recall, this didn't just cause problems for the under-10 set...
While I enjoy the auction and recognize its financial importance, it does sometimes feel like the thing that drags our high-flying spirits down a bit. Have we discussed trying to do it during/after brunch, or during the daylight hours?
Rocky Horror? I only have vague recollections of this being mentioned--what's the plan? While I enjoyed the movie in my youth (many times--and am eager to see the Glee version), I'm not certain the movie's something I need to see again myself, or that I've ever felt like the thing missing from my PH is a few hours watching movies together. My recollection is that RH is fun for about 20 mins, and then it gets dull. I'd rather play poker or shoot the shit on Brazil Hill. Maybe we could just play the album and all sing along in drag (and I'm only kinda kidding on this last point)...
PS. Regarding Jenn and John's offer of taking on the Sat barbecue, that sounds swell to me. While I wouldn't want to headline such an act, I'd be willing to be a gung-ho member of a hearty Sunday breakfast team...
Along the lines of "what worked" Stasha is strongly in favor of a repeat twilight/early evening nerf gun battle-- any takers?
Regarding auction-- we have talked in the past of trying to do it after brunch-- personally, I'm a fan of the idea.
Regarding Rocky Horror, it was an idea that Chris & Mim had in an earlier email exchange-- I like it, & would enjoy it, but I'm not even sure they are still up for planning it. Nothing says we can't have 2 activities on at once, yeah? If they still really want to do it? I'll be happily engaged either way, I'm just saying that if Mim & Chris are on fire & want to execute, I'm in. I didn't think I'd ever need to revisit The Dukes of Hazard again, but it turned out to be a hoot when you brought the boxed dvd set a few years ago, Mark-- I'm up for anything if folks have an idea they want to run with. I certainly wouldn't have thought of fencing, but was psyched to get a lesson from Chris last year. Also love just hanging out, playing games & chillin' o the hill.
All good points, Jenny JJ (had forgotten about Dukes). I only have vague recollections of Chris & Mim's idea. Perhaps they'll chime in...
More than Rocky Horror, per se, my basic uneasiness is scheduling precious PH time in front of a screen. Catching a few minutes of Law & Order with Peter before slinking off to bed is one thing, but planning an evening doing the Time Warp? I dunno, but I'll do as you say and hear the Transylvanians out.
food sounds good....
i think there was a request at last years winter summit for more gay men, and they did not seem to materialize, can we add that to the list again for this year...
Damn that lack of a "like" button! How else am I supposed to contribute a responsive chuckle without having to come up with actual words???
"Let's (not) do the Time Warp Again"
So Chris and I had a lengthy discussion where we carefully weighed the pros and cons of the Rocky Horror Picture Show movie showing. We pondered. We talked. We meditated. We decided to sleep on it to make sure we felt good with our decision.
Ok, really we just had a quick chat & are fine with NOT doing RHPS movie night at PH. Although dressing up in drag and showing a movie on a huge sheet hung on the side of the barn does sound fun, Mark's point about the middle of the movie getting a bit long really resonated with us. It's true, once your buzz wears off, you need to be fully committed to seeing that bad boy through to the end. And neither Chris nor I is that committed. That doesn't bode well for the group if the leaders don't want to get stuck watching the whole thing.
So, we're very happy to take the picnic back (or not) or I'd be happy to try my hand at captaining brunch (do keep in mind that I'm not a morning person, so brunch might be served with slightly less cheer than by a more morning-inclined person.)
On another note, I now have my google account so can post as myself, but how do I start a new thread vs just posting a comment to an already existing thread?
Thanks!
Might I suggest that for burrito night (or picnic) we could pull out the drag and blast the Rocky Horror soundtrack...
We will hppily man whichever meal you guys don't wanna-- just let us know & we'll make it go...
Re Mark's suggestion: I'm less apt to go in for the dress-up & soundtrack than just the sanctioned opportunity to yell a lot and throw stuff-- that's just me. Ya'll do what you want (& I'll snap photos for next year's auction...he he he...)
Well, as a fan of drag, RH, soundtracks in general - I would say it sounds like this thread boils down to:
Sat: BBQ with a RH theme - those of us who wish to don our black corsets and fishnets can, but it's not obligatory. I will bring the costume bag for anyone who wants to get their dress up ya-ya's out. We can play the soundtrack during cocktail hour and perhaps we can coax Chris/Mim or whomever to invent a transyvanian worthy cocktail.
Auction: if I recal when it was done after brunch we didn't bring in nearly as much money. If we obliterated it altogether the cost would likely go up approximately $80 per person.
The display of objects/ silent auction that we did last year was in response to trying to speed thugs up so it didn't drag on for two hours or more. I think last year the 'live' part of the auction clocked in at about 60 minutes.
Mim- when I am signed in as my google account, there's a title bar on the top of the page that says new post.
Ah-- I had forgotten about the trial post brunch run. I love gettin' auction stuff, but I'm also willing to pay the $80 extra per person. I actually also really enjoy the auction activity. Is there any way, do you think, to shorten the time for folks who feel it's too lengthy & then also pay just a little extra? A compromise of sorts? Maybe we could do some kind of on-line bidding war beforehand? Of course, we all can't seem to manage to email each other regularly, so at this point I feel like I'm kinda just rambling aimlessly, but if we could make our own ebay of sorts, we could be fund-raising all year...
perhaps we do a little time management prior to the auction...based on last years 1 hour, maybe we estimate the same, and do some check in's to make sure we stay to plan..maybe a little anal, but, will keep it in order...
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