Over the years I have attended, worked with and organized hundreds of festivals and events. With this new series, "INSIDE with the Festival Nomad", I want to give you an "inside" look at some of the festivals and events that I have been involved with or that I have visited. Along the way, I have had a lot of fun and sometimes frustration, but I have never been bored!
The Biggies
and More...
Judi and I have attended and volunteered
at a number of fundraising auction dinners. These are a lot of fun and, of course,
raise money for worthwhile causes. In the next few articles, I am going to tell
you about two of the larger and more interesting fundraising dinners we have
visited and about some of the funny things that we have seen at other fundraising
auctions we have attended!
The
Warren Michigan Banquet (Pre-Banquet) ...
When Judi and I
arrived back at the banquet hall, the RGS staff was already there. They were putting
the finishing touches on the room! At about 4:00 p.m., a group of beautiful ladies
arrived! These were the raffle ticket sellers. All of them were flight attendants
from Delta Airlines. Each year these girls volunteered their time to help the
RGS at this banquet. I think, although I am not sure, that they were paid a small
honorarium. Most of the girls knew what to do (they had been there before) and they started preparing for the
evening. Prior to each banquet, all of the staff and volunteers were feed a
wonderful meal served in a room off to the side of the main hall. The meal consisted
of “Prime Rib” and all the “fixings”! It was quite a feast! Everyone
ate quickly and then went back into the banquet hall. We each had been assigned
specific stations and tasks, so we all headed to our respective areas. I had
been assigned to the “greeting desk"
where we welcomed attendees, took their ticket and sold raffle packages. The
packages ranged from $50.00 to $250.00 per package. Quite a few people purchased
more than one package! Many of the packages were paid in cash! Each person who purchased
a raffle package received a gift for each package purchased. They could choose
from a variety of knives, compasses and more. The most popular, of course, were
the knives! Since participants came in waves, and there were over 1000 of them,
the “greeting desk” was hectic for
quite some time. Judi had been assigned to the cash table which wasn’t as busy
in the beginning, but towards the end of the banquet became just as hectic. I
will let Judi, in her own words describe what she experienced a little later in
this blog!
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