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On Saturday, November 7, 2009,
hosts, Ray & Sally Williams and their committee presented
the 5th annual Lynn & Gerry Snodgres Memorial Lobster Boil
Extravaganza.
Ray & Sally and their committee greeted one-hundred
twenty-two participants at the lovely Legend Trails
Community Center. It was a beautiful Arizona evening, and
as the excited members arrived, they were given their
name-tags and asked to choose a lucky coin from the
treasure chest in hopes of winning a “Lobster Boil
Surprise”, that would be presented later in the evening.
The members were then directed to the patio for a festive
cocktail party. The lively group enjoyed the very nice
selections of wines, and a great variety of Keg & Bottled
Beers. As the members enjoyed socializing with old friends
and making new friends, they were treated to a selection
of light appetizers.
While the members enjoyed the festive cocktail party, the
hard working committee members were busy behind the scenes
preparing the delicious dinner. The fresh Maine lobsters
were in the pot, corn had been shucked and was cooking,
and the new potatoes were boiling. While the guys were
attending to the outside cooking, the ladies were busy in
the kitchen preparing a delicious Caesar salad, and all
the last minute condiments.
Soon hosts, Ray & Sally invited their guests inside to be
seated for dinner. Ron Small greeted the members and
thanked the hosts and committee for producing this great
event. Ron then introduced Sally Williams who explained
how the Lynn & Gerry Snodgres Lobster Boil was originated.
Sally then asked the guests to join her in a very
inspirational toast. She then announced that dinner was
ready and the guests were invited to start lining up for
the delicious Lobster Boil Feast.
The guests helped themselves to the assortment of
delicious food, and then were served a huge lobster that
averaged 1.7 lbs. each; that was literally larger than
their plate. The guests were amazed at how fast the
committee served one hundred-twenty-two attendees. The
entire group was sitting down and eating in under fifteen
minutes.
It was a noisy lively group as everyone was having fun
devouring their lobsters. There seem to be a least one
expert at each table who helped the novices on the proper
way to eat a lobster. Everyone mutually agreed that these
were the best tasting lobsters that they had ever eaten.
As the committee moved through the group collecting the
remnants of the lobster feast, dessert time was announced.
The guests rushed to the serving tables and helped
themselves to a delicious assortment of decadent desserts.
Following desserts, Vickie asked the members to dig out
their lucky coins for the Lobster Boil Surprise drawing.
The numbers were called and three guests took home $100
each.
It was now time to PARTY!! The very high spirited guests
moved to the dance floor and danced to the music of the
evening’s DJ, David Rhineheimer. They danced and danced!
It was an amazing magical evening with everyone connecting
and having a wonderful time. All too soon, it was time for
the last dance to be played.
As the guests were departing, everyone was expressing what
a special evening it was and just how much they had
enjoyed the Lobster Boil. You could feel the closeness of
good friends as they said goodnight to each other and
headed home with the memories of a wonderful evening.
The guest would all like to thank event host, Ray & Sally
Williams for delivering another spectacular event.
Together with their devoted committee, they presented one
of the very best Lobster Boils to date.
We would also like to sincerely thank the following
committee members for all of their hard work, support, and
commitment:
John & Dawn Barnett
Christian & Patti Belzunce
Sylvia Bethune
Tony & Wynette Finocchio
John & Shelan Foster
Bart & Kelly Iden
Roddy & Ruth Levy
Dave & Ann Long
Tim & Judy Manning
Loretta Queen
Don & Judy Walton
Jim Whiting
Mike (Wiz) Wesnoski
Special thanks to our hard working
photographers who put Ray's digital Nikon D70S to the test
taking close to 600 photographs: Cindie Bierbaum, Randy
Bierbaum & Susan Johnson.
Thanks to all for another fantastic Lobster Boil
Extravaganza!!!
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