Eric, You forgot about the cheap bar. When a friend of mine and her now husband got married, the take from the bar at their social paid for the wedding.. After paying for the hall, the food etc., Janice and Ted still had enough left over to cover their honeymoon.
Needless to say a good time was had by all. larry >I think it is unique to Manitoba (pls confirm), but I think the tradition is >older than Manitoba. The wedding social is a pre-wedding party to celebrate >the pending nuptuals. It is generally more open and includes a broader >spectrum of people that might not be invited to the more exclusive wedding >ceremony and celebration. > >Typical social notes: >$10 ticket per person >Snack at Midnight >Prizes (Silent Auction) >======================= > >If I could live vicariously through you - I would have a door prize for a >cab at midnight taking you to a weekender for two in Las Vegas... > >The last "suitcase social" I went to (about 10-12 years ago) - we didn't win >the draw, but by some fluke I as carrying around $500 in cash (someone paid >me back some money that night) so we ended up buying the weekend trip for >two, an all expenses paid trip to Shreveport, in an ad hoc auction by the >winners for approx $450. I couldn't go, but I sent a buddy of mine down to >Louisiana with a 20 yr old hottie. :( > >:) >Eric > >From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: writing apps like Weatherbug >Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:57:58 -0500 > >Eric, > >Glad to help. > >BTW perhaps you could explain to Nick how a Winnipeg type wedding social >works, and why he should have one, especially for us CF developers. > >larry > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
