Fern Modena
TUG Lifetime Member
I notice that people are interested in life in Sun City. I don't live in Hilton Head, but I figured I'd give you an idea of my week. I don't play cards or Majj, although I used to on Fridays.
Here are a few things we've done in the last week or will do this week:
On Saturday morning we had a Craft Fair. There were about seventy booths, and all the items were made by residents. Most were members of our various arts & crafts clubs or woodworking club. There were doll clothes, ceramic and porcelain items, jewelry, table napkins, placemats, runners, wooden toys, stuffed animals, pet items, and much more. Much of it was very reasonable. I even got some Red Hat sticky note pads for gifts!
Sunday we had tickets to a Performing Arts Show. The show, "It started with a Kiss," was music and dance from the late 1940's thru the 1970's. It was "our" music. Our Performing Arts Club puts on several shows a year. We have readers, singers, dancers, and more. This production had about fifty people. The music was great, the singing superb. Many of the performers sang professionally before their retirement. The show was 2-1/2 hours long. Tickets were $10. They sold out three shows (900 tickets). We were home about five minutes after we left the theater, and we went by golf cart.
Tuesday I have a Villiage Friends pot luck lunch. There will be about 25-30 of us, and it will be about two hours. Its a good way to keep up on your neighbors.
Jerry will be running the camera for our public access television station on Tuesday, doing the taping of next week's broadcast. He'll also be going to the dedication of the Veterans' Plaque at our center. Every veteran who lives (or lived) here has his name on it on a small plate.
Thursday is the Women's Club I will go with several girlfriends. There will be charity raffles (money goes to women's and children's local charities), a buffet luncheon, and then a talk by a Thunderbird Pilot. The Thunderbirds are based at Nellis AFB. We've never been able to have them speak before, so this is quite a coup.
Jerry will go to a production meeting for Channel 99 on Thursday, and after that all the technical staff and their spouses will go to a local tavern for dinner and socializing (a tavern is a Vegas version of a coffee shop). We've been doing this for several years every week. We visit for several hours. We've also done other social activities with various others in the group.
In addition I am "on call" for Community Service this week, which means I will be taking telephone requests and finding volunteer drivers to take people to the doctors, etc.
On Saturday we have a Health Fair. Many doctors will be there, plus our Wellness Center's Staff, there will be Flu Shots (free to people on Medicare), free handouts, and more.
I'm also doing lunch with a TUGger this week, and another lunch with a girlfriend.
And you know what? This isn't even a really busy week. You should see NEXT week!
Fern
Here are a few things we've done in the last week or will do this week:
On Saturday morning we had a Craft Fair. There were about seventy booths, and all the items were made by residents. Most were members of our various arts & crafts clubs or woodworking club. There were doll clothes, ceramic and porcelain items, jewelry, table napkins, placemats, runners, wooden toys, stuffed animals, pet items, and much more. Much of it was very reasonable. I even got some Red Hat sticky note pads for gifts!
Sunday we had tickets to a Performing Arts Show. The show, "It started with a Kiss," was music and dance from the late 1940's thru the 1970's. It was "our" music. Our Performing Arts Club puts on several shows a year. We have readers, singers, dancers, and more. This production had about fifty people. The music was great, the singing superb. Many of the performers sang professionally before their retirement. The show was 2-1/2 hours long. Tickets were $10. They sold out three shows (900 tickets). We were home about five minutes after we left the theater, and we went by golf cart.
Tuesday I have a Villiage Friends pot luck lunch. There will be about 25-30 of us, and it will be about two hours. Its a good way to keep up on your neighbors.
Jerry will be running the camera for our public access television station on Tuesday, doing the taping of next week's broadcast. He'll also be going to the dedication of the Veterans' Plaque at our center. Every veteran who lives (or lived) here has his name on it on a small plate.
Thursday is the Women's Club I will go with several girlfriends. There will be charity raffles (money goes to women's and children's local charities), a buffet luncheon, and then a talk by a Thunderbird Pilot. The Thunderbirds are based at Nellis AFB. We've never been able to have them speak before, so this is quite a coup.
Jerry will go to a production meeting for Channel 99 on Thursday, and after that all the technical staff and their spouses will go to a local tavern for dinner and socializing (a tavern is a Vegas version of a coffee shop). We've been doing this for several years every week. We visit for several hours. We've also done other social activities with various others in the group.
In addition I am "on call" for Community Service this week, which means I will be taking telephone requests and finding volunteer drivers to take people to the doctors, etc.
On Saturday we have a Health Fair. Many doctors will be there, plus our Wellness Center's Staff, there will be Flu Shots (free to people on Medicare), free handouts, and more.
I'm also doing lunch with a TUGger this week, and another lunch with a girlfriend.
And you know what? This isn't even a really busy week. You should see NEXT week!
Fern