Heritage Dinner

Probably the most important and enjoyable part of the Heritage Dinner is that the Activities Committee didn't have to plan it or put it on. I probably should stop right there but since when have I learned to stop.

Since the dinner was to be held on Veteran's Day, choosing a theme of USO entertainment for the troops was a terrific idea. And the decorations pretty much followed the theme. But nothing else did. I suspect only a small portion of the senior crowd even knew much about the USO or had ever seen a USO performance. It's not like they stopped with WWII, either. The recent antics of Steven Colbert were sponsored by the USO, for example. And the USO is involved with equipping and supporting dayrooms in thousands of military units.

So I was somewhat disappointed that the USO theme stopped with the decor. None of the young men and women even attempted to mime singing or dancing or comedy routines. I emphasize mime because that's probably the MOST they could be persuaded to do. I think the YM leaders could have watched an old Bob Hope routine and tried that for the group.

Another good part of the evening was sitting 1 or 2 young men or women at each table sort of forcing some interaction between those over 60 and under 20. But both groups need some instruction on how to talk with the other. They need to have a list of 40 0r 50 questions to ask to keep the conversation going when the answer to the first 10 questions is yup or noooo.

The food was good. The program short. The company delightful. Fine evening.