Dianne DeVanna benefit

Queenee, Barbara and I went to a benefit dinner/show for the Dianne DeVanna Center last night. Dinner was buffet-style and wasn't bad. The show itself was good. The speaker volume was a bit loud for the room, which wasn't designed for acoustics, but it was fine. Billed as "Roy Orbison and Friends", the show was a group of impersonators, starting with Buddy Holly, then Dionne Warwick, Elvis, Tina Turner, Celine Dion and finally, Roy Orbison. The Warwick, Dion and Orbison singers were very good, and Elvis was really funny. We had a good time and the place was sold out, ten to a table and at least twenty tables. None of us won anything in the raffle, but that was ok. We really don't need another basket of stuff.

We saw Janet LaBerge there, dancing away and having a great time. She managed to get Queenee up and dancing, along with a slew of other folks. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet, kind, thoughtful and generous - and just a lot of fun to be around. Queenee did a fair bit of dancing throughout the evening!

After dinner, the plates and leftovers were collected to be thrown away. It seemed such a waste and I mentioned to the young man clearing our table that I would usually ask for a doggie bag to take home leftovers for the foxes. He said they really weren't set up to do that, since then everyone in the room would be wanting a doggie bag, but he'd see what he could do. Bless his heart, about twenty minutes later he tapped me on the shoulder to let me know that there was a bag of leftovers under my chair. The foxes will have a feast tonight, thanks to him!