Party!

New Years Eve 2006 was held at Elaine's house in Governors Park.  Thanks to Elaine for giving MATA a place to converse and toot our horns and wear our hats and toast the New Year.  Three potential members joined us.

2006

New Year's Eve with Elaine in Governor's Park	Dec. 31st	First pictures from Elaine		Nancy toots a horn.	Jane & John	Ken struggles with the champagne bottle; Dave pours.	Tooting in the New Year	Singing Auld Lang Syne
Thanksgiving at New Hope Camp - Celebrating Birthdays of Dave (70) and Mary (~25)	Nov. 23rd	Deb poses after we set up tables.	A short stroll down to the lake	Group		Ken has carved since I can't remember when.	Earl, Beth, Nancy and Jane
		Linda toasts Earl	Guffaws at Linda's readings from George Carlin		Thomas reads a quote and we try to guess the author.	Thanks to Mary for this game...lots of laughs.		Deb helps with the cleanup by sweeping.

2005

New Year's eve 2005 was different, warmer and lots of fun.  We watched videos, some funny international animations, a strange video of Eddie Cantor from the 1920's where he bombed on stage, a very zen Korean movie, "Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring".  And of course, George W put in an appearance and he had to bear a lot of abuse and a little love.

New Year's Eve with Bill, Mary and George	Dec. 31st		Dave plays it straight with his favorite President.		Suzi loves Gilda.		Abbie Stuart gets a little pushy with George.
			George smiles through it all.		Mary gets ready to draw for the door prize.		Battling blowhards!
			Caption, please, anyone?		Mary gets fresh with George.		Bill and Mary, our hosts for New Year's Eve.
Holiday Celebration at Colony Hill Clubhouse	Dec. 16th	Suzie and our host, Beth				Lots of the spirits of the season...and the caroling...	Linda, Dave and Margaret	Earl, Nancy and Mary
We sang more heartily than I ever remember for the party.	9:35 pm				Sam played guitar gamely throughout.		Song leader Ken in front of the fireplace	The favorite activity is Feliz Navidad while circling around the room.
Thanksgiving Day at Falconbridge Club House	Nov. 24th	Pre-dinner hike	Ken carves	Earl and Linda overlook the carving	Getting ready...	Three	tables	full.
Labor Day Bash	Sept. 3rd
		Mary, Abie Stuart, Dave	Kay, Richard, and Marys	Annette, Joy, friend and Beth	Nick, ShangTi, Jean, Fran	Earl, DiAnna, Jack, Nancy	and the group outside the clubhouse by the pool was having a good time too.

2003

2001

Our hiking group has reached the age of seven years.  It was founded on February 28th, 1993.  A tough group of 15 of us earned our lunch by hiking along the Eno River in the rain on Saturday, March 3rd, 2001.  A lot more  including some old timers that we haven't seen in years turned up  to help us celebrate the club's anniversary at George's Garage.  Thanks to Earl and John for providing the lunch and cake.  Mary wrote two songs to commemorate the occasion which we sang with gusto.  Richard, our newest member lit the candles and Margie, one of our original members, cut the cake.  Great fun!

Party following at George's Garage

Mar. 3rd, 2001

Party was well attended by ~40 members.

We have gathered together more and more just like a family.  Our local hiking group has coalesced around a group of very talented people.  2000's New Year's Eve party at Mary and Bill's new home was fabulous.  There was a group our members who provided two hours of entertainment.  We had Suzie Bolotin who bangs out tunes from memory on the upright piano, Sam who is a creditable basist, Jill who still plays her flute professionally, and Mary who occasionally took her fiddle from the rack on the wall to join in.  The music ranged from Klezmer (Suzie and Sam play in a band) to the Kingston Trio.  For those who slept over into 2001 we were treated to a first class performance of, guess what, Tom Lehrer songs by Suzie and Ken Pugh who have committed those college protest ditties to memory.

New Year's Day	Jan. 1st, 2001				I didn't bring my videocam but Ken and Suzie's performance will stay in our memories.
New Year's Eve	Dec. 31st, 2000
Ken & Leslie Tree Decorating	Dec. 8th					Another great holiday party!
Apple Chill Street Fair	April 18th, 1999				Chapel Hill Area Guide Need to know about the University of North Carolina?
Leigh Farm after the ice storm of '98	Dec. 25th, 1998				Not a mile from my home and maintained by the Durham City Parks and Recreation Dept.
Falconbridge	July 30th, 1998				A panoramic view of my Zen garden