[The weekend began, as usual, with the Hall of Fame luncheon at Broadway Ballroom for three new inductees . . . ]
[Good lunch!]
September 22
[I somehow managed to miss the Homecoming parade and game (we won both), but we did make the fundraiser for the Education Foundation the next night . . . ]
[‘Twas a big crowd at Holiday Inn . . . ]
[The Super managed again to come away with 6 bottles of wine at the auction . . . ]
[And here she comes again with another “jewels” victory!]
[Woo-woo!]
September 26
[The AGC Wednesday fine dining moved to The Depot as the dining season at the golf club ended last week . . . ]
September 27
[And the monthly Class of ’65 lunch invaded Angelina’s where we talked about such as cataract surgery . . . ]
September 28
[And then the annual fundraiser for the Central Lakes Symphony Orchestra at Broadway Ballroom . . . ]
[The Super presents sumphony violinist Lesley Donahue with a bag of MY bathtub toys for her two young daughters . . . ]
[The Super and Kathy Schultz check out the auction items . . . ]
[Music fans begin to arrive . . . ]
[The Super and Kathy are still shopping . . . ]
[A string quartet begins the evening’s entertainment . . . ]
[Then the full orchestra . . . ]
[Erik was wondering if they needed a guitar player . . . ]
[And dancers took the floor . . . ]
[Dressed in our finest finery for the symphony . . . ]
[With a flutist with Trumm Drug connections . . . ]
[Then a tuba quartet . . . ]
[A flutist with Carlos Creek connections . . . ]
[Did I mention the Super got 6 more bottles of wine here?]
[John and Fran Obert? No idea?]
[Students from senior college dance with freshmen from Alexandria Area High School . . . ]
[The high schoolers are violinists and sat at our table where they displayed a unique ability to devour meatballs . . . ]
September 29
[Where we noted the change of seasons . . . ]
[Then an afternoon at Carlos Creek Winery with the Salty Dogs. You may recognize fiddler Greg as the tuxedoed violinist with the orchestra the previous night . . . ]
[They drew an SRO crowd – winery crew kept bringing in more tables and chairs . . . ]
[Foreground Dave was also Class of ’65, but he was only in Alex from 7th through 9th grades . . . ]
[Joined by a bride-to-be . . . ]
See the leaves fall; gee, the leaves are clumsy. ~ (I forgot)
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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