Christmas 2019 ORCC Dinner Dance

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.  ~Janice Maeditere

We Are At It Again One More Time This Year

We are gathered together to celebrate another year of dancing and friendship!!! Sue and I just completed a morning at Old Ranch with the grand and great-grand kids so we have been here most of the day!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
You guessed it, it's Winter time (Even though Winter is still a few days away)

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Leon checks in

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Always a smile!

I like to give homemade gifts. Which kid do you want?

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
The Grinch has arrived!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
OK, he is NOT a Grinch!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Ellen and Bill's sleigh just arrived

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019

Elves made me do it!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
We are gathered together!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
"Hold it! I am NOT together yet!"

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
The locals return to the scene of the crime!!!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Red must be the official color tonight!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Marcin and Andrea are getting ready to show us how it is done!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
We found out this evening that John is indeed color blind!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
We lucked out as the batteries in the jacket were dead...
He could have been flashing us all night long!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Steve threw in some Christmas music this evening!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Getting warmed up...

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Lookin' Good!

Dear Santa, I can explain…

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
We missed Linda this evening as her knee was acting up...
John came to join the fun!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
The dance floor was busy this evening

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Betcha Marsha is humming the tune!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Careful... There are children present!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
What are they telling us??

Dear Santa, Does goodish count?

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
There is a five foot zone around the dance floor on purpose

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Reach for the sky!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
How come us guys have to wear the dull colors (Except for John??)

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
We asked Arturo how he makes a musical napkin... Ready?
"It's simple! Put a little boogie in it!"

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Sue has the commanding view of the festivities!

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
The dance floor was the hot spot this evening

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
"Ellen! Be careful, that has a nail in it!!"

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Look carefully... This table is NOT known for sitting very long!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
"Watch those hands!! There are children present!!"

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
The room is a rocking'

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Looks like a Chinese fire-drill

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
High Steppin

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
It's beginning to sound like DISCO!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
Click the mouse and get ready to rock!!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Looking great out there this evening

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
We ran out of dance floor!

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
Marcin leads the way

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph." – Shirley Temple

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
The dance raised the room temperature four degrees

Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money."

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

Dinner Dacning at Old Ranch Country Club December 8th 2019
We hear gasps from the dancers

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
Now the girls show us how it is done

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
Go Irene Go!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
Amazing tree stayed upright through the entire evening!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
See you next year... Second Sunday in January!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
Looks pretty lonely now

The principal advantage of the non-parental lifestyle is that on Christmas Eve you need not be struck dumb by the three most terrifying words that the government allows to be printed on any product: "Some assembly required ".

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club
By the light of the silvery moon we trek home!

December 8th 2019 Dinner Dance at Old Ranch Country Club