Box Social by Cheerful Crimson
Brim Belles
On Sunday Sept
14th,2008 an "Unbirthday" Box Social was disorganized by Cheerful
Crimson Brim Belles and held at the beautiful home of Betty and Lee
Mainprise, in the country near Claresholm,
We were blessed with a wonderful warm, sunny day so the whole event was
able to take place outside on the very big deck. At 3:30 in the
afternoon, guests began to arrive and after signing the guest book, were
relieved of their beautifully decorated boxes which were taken to the
cold room in the basement, for later. They were escorted to the deck
where live music was being played by friends and neighbours, of the host
Lee.
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I Think he secretly was scared of being alone amid a bunch of Red
Hatters, when actually a few of the chapteretts had brought along their
husbands so Lee would not have been alone!
As the ladies sipped on ice cold juice the men played well known
"oldies" with the violin mastered by a gentleman of 87 with flying
fingers. The guitars capably "twanged" merrily by local ranchers.
Queen Sandy of Stavely , Country Angels and Empress Eileen even tried
out an old fashioned waltz! Much to the amusement of those watching.
After a while the men were ready for a break so it was the ideal time
for a "Treasure Hunt"
Each person was given a card which was printed with a clue to tell them
where their loot was hidden. However, some of the treasure was hidden
quite close to the house to accommodate any one who did not wish to walk
very far! It was HOT! The ranchers, however, set off to find their
loot hidden further away with only an obscure(?) clue to help them!
FINALLY, when the stragglers came back I thought heard mutterings like
"WELL I DId find the pump house but it was the wrong one! or " Who would
have thought that a long pipe had been a smoke stack! All was well
however, as they soothed themselves by munching on their treasure.
After a little more music Empress Eileen read a poem in keeping with the
pioneer theme called "The Old Flour Sack".
This was followed by
distribution of the Boxes of food. Unless a guest had allergies and
wanted to eat from their own box, everyone had a box brought by someone
else. It was fun to watch every one opening these and to hear the hush
that befell the gathering! Very soon the only the sounds that issued
forth were of contentment interspersed with "Umm good! A few "Yums'!
and "Ohs" and "Boy this is tasty"!
Before lids could be popped back on the boxes, Lee came out with a BIG
tray of steaming corn on the cob which he had picked fresh from his
garden, that morning. Even though everyone declared that they were full
up, no one declined the corn, and some even had two!
Tea coffee and juice were served . More music was played and all to soon
it was time to leave as some folks have engagements later in the
evening. At that point, before people could take off, Lady Betty come
out with a BIG box and declared that as we were having an unbirthday
party everyone could choose an unbirthday gift to take home.
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