The April 9th block party
opened to some of the best weather of 2005 and the crowds materialized as if on
cue. Butch Green, RELA President, was
the driving force behind all of the preparation by the many volunteers. The preparation really paid off, too. There was great music, delicious food (and
plenty of it), free Sno-Cones, unending entertainment for the kids and lots of
chances to welcome new neighbors and reacquaint ourselves with longtime
neighbors we hadn’t seen in a while.
There were numerous prizes, including a new television, and near as the
webmaster could tell, everyone had a GREAT time.
The party
starts off around the desert table.
Photo by
Richard Strand
The kids sat on
the music stand.
Photo by
Richard Strand
Others sat on
the grass.
Photo by
Richard Strand
And still
others sat in chairs.
Photo by
Richard Strand
As the party
grew and grew.
A battery of
BBQ grills works overtime to keep the food flowing.
Sally Johnson
and Joe Reed do their part to keep the food from going stale.
RELA President
and party chairman Butch Green takes a break to try out some fried chicken
while deputy
Christine Reaves keeps an eye on the mob.
Musical chairs
plays out under the watchful eye of Sheri Dearing.
The line at the
Beaches-n-Cream Sno Ball station was constant.
Donna donated
hundreds of Sno Balls over the afternoon and into the night.
The water
balloon toss just before the deluge began.
The most over
worked feature at the party. It never
had fewer then five kids bouncing at one time.
As night fell
and the music swelled there was dancing in the streets and conversation at the
tables.
Two of the night denizens, their Kool-Aid cups full, pose to be immortalized.
Getting in one
last round before bedtime.
The joys of
being handcuffed and running the siren.
There were no Houdinis, however.
Good thing the
deputies didn’t lose the handcuff keys.
Maybe there’s a lesson there somewhere, kids.