Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Kansas Bound--Day 7

Another day of the rally has come and gone. Actually, this was officially the first full day. Started off with a great breakfast served by our caterer and then a welcome meeting of everyone. Spent most of the day working on club business. As the club treasurer it is my responsible to get all the bills paid. Today this included paying the fairgrounds for the RV parking for 48 coaches for the four actual nights of the rally. (Extra days that people come in early or stay after are between those individuals and the fairgrounds office.) Did get a chance to get some small rock chips repaired on both the coach and car windshields.

This evening we had a great dinner of lasagna, again prepared by the caterer, followed by some good desserts. Here are some of our members going through the serving line. At each rally the dining hall is decorated by the members of our Decorating Committee with a theme. This time the tables have small birdhouses on them and each bird house has a picture of a State Bird. So that everyone does not rush the serving line the names of these birds, or whatever is the theme for the rally, are randomly called out and those seated at that table then can proceed to the line. It works out well and a lot of fun is had at the expense of those who wind up being called last. The caterer did provide several different desserts as can be scene by the picture to the right.

After dinner we adjourned to the auditorium to be entertained by Ron & Kay Rivoli and their Rivoli RV Revue. In the past several years it has been our pleasure to have this fantastic couple preform at our rallies. They were at our last rally at Gulf Shores, Alabama, this past October. (Fortunately Joanne and I have got to hear them and visit with them since then as they are part of the entertainment group that make up the Tea Party Express tours during the past couple of years. They were in Oklahoma City on the steps of our State Capitol Building in November and we also attended their stop at the Arizona State Capitol Building in Phoenix in March of this year.) The Rivoli's were in great form tonight doing their RV related show of original music and comedy. After their show several of us hung around while they sold their CD's and greeted our members. This paid off by them going back on stage and preforming one of their new Tea Party Express songs lambasting the Obama Administration and it's out of control spending. We also had time to visit with them some more and get some more pictures. Unfortunately they will be packing up and leaving after breakfast in the morning and we will all be sad to see them go. They will be starting another Tea Party Express tour this fall and we will be checking their travel schedule to make sure we catch up to them anytime our pathways cross.

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