1. Commodore's Report
Ho Ho Ho...
Here we are in December and wow, the club looks great. Captain Vivian Johnson and her merry band of decorating elves have again made the club into a winter wonderland. The elves decorated and ate, decorated and then ate some more!
Even though the Christmas cheer was flowing pretty heavily, Fleet Captain Mike Cochran kept all of us on track to see the tree lighting at Westlake Center the day after Thanksgiving. As usual, it was a beautiful sight.
We are jumping right into the season with the Special Peoples’ Holiday Cruise on Sunday, December 4th. Captain Bill Field is again doing a great job of organizing captains and their boats so that QCYC is able to host the maximum number of special guests. This is always a fun activity to participate in. Judy and I have always found that this cruise is the best way to get in the Christmas spirit. It is impossible not to when you have these wonderful guests on your boat seeing all the beautiful lights and talking to Santa on the phone. It is a great experience. Remember that there are plenty of ways to participate even if you don’t take your boat out. One year we had no boat in December and we still had fun taking pictures of guests sitting on Santa’s lap. Santa is a pretty good sport as some of our guests are bigger than Santa!
The Tarettes will host the Captains’ Christmas Dinner December 8. The word on the grapevine is that there will be a “dessert auction” that night and the Tarettes are showing off their best efforts. TASTY! Let the bidding begin!
By December 9 & 10 all of our boats should be decorated and ready to go for the Chet Gibson Lighted Boat Parade. This is an event that Judy and I use for catching up on entertaining. We try to take out all of those people that we owe a boat ride to but haven’t gotten around to yet. Everyone loves to see the beautiful lighted boats and the houses on the shore. Thanks to this year’s chairman, Captain Randy Jamerson.
December 10th is the Queen City Kids’ Holiday Party. Santa arrives by boat to the delight of all the kids. Our grandkids have been coming every year since we joined the club. Thanks to Captain Chas and Sandy Werner.
Once we get through all of the Christmas activities, P/C George and Nancy Austin are again going to host New Year’s Eve. New York, New York is again the theme. It was a sellout last year so you better sign up early. Thanks, George and Nan.
Judy and I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and the safest of holiday seasons!
Don Wilson
Commodore
