Christmas Party II

On Saturday night, we went to another Christmas Party--Susan's work party in the Skyroom at the Brigham Young University Wilkinson Center.  The last time her work had their party at the Skyroom,  we all sat at one or two tables.  This time, they rented out the entire Skyroom.

It was a fun party.  They hired a folk band called BrushFire to provide entertainment.  They were a lot of fun.  They did a mix of gospel and bluegrass and American folk music.  My favorite:  Oh Susanna Around the World.  They played Oh Susanna in the style of different countries around the world.  It was quite funny.

At the end of the Oh Susanna number, they said they had a "prize" to give away.  It was a double cd-set of folk music from BYU.  They would give it away to the first person that could tell them who wrote Oh Susanna.

*flashback to a speaking part I did with the Saltaires Show Chorus a few years ago*

In the last half of the 19th century, a young man appeared on the musical scene who was to give us nearly 200 songs.  His name was Stephen Foster, whose poems and melodies reflect so well the time in which they were written.

*end of flashback*

So I yelled out "Stephen Foster!" and won the CD.  Hooray!

The party was fun.  The food was good, the entertainment was excellent, and the gifts (a Christmas bonus, Sees Chocolates, and the new Manheim Steamroller Christmas CD) were nice as well.  The company was okay...  Susan works with a lot of rather young people and we have a hard time relating to them.  But it was a good time.