REMINDER TO ALL:  12 NOON SET UP SUN. 14TH! THANK YOU!

 

MKL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE DEC PARTY

 

 

Historically---Party starts at 3pm or 3:30, Santa at 5pm—sometimes arrives 15-20 minutes late.  Party has ended at 6- 6:30 pm. 

 

Estimated attendance of record: around 80 people. 

 

2008 COMMITTEES: Gjivoje, Neigle, Zalis, Priesler, Morrison, Davidson, Staloff, Alvey, Sabol. EXTRA HELPERS:  Allyn, Coulter, Qualben

 

Will be an ornament making craft for kids with DVDs in back area, and Christmas Carols.

 

Clean up should be done by 7/ 7:30. 

 

Need: Set up:  Club house is usually decorated, just need to decorate the mantle with candles and set up all tables as per table plan done in the past. 

 

12 noon set up time is perfect with all people on the committees to get all accomplished with decorating and food cooked, arranged and served.

 

CASH BAR:  Bar will be set up BY Mick Merenda.

Need: Nuts and Holiday M & M’s and Candy Canes and $25 in Singles and one $5 bill for change making purposes.  (Sabol)

CHECK WITH MICK ON PRICES OF BEER, WINE AND MIXED DRINKS TO CHARGE OUT.  (Sabol)

 

Bartenders Needed.   (Arthur Staloff, Simon Priesler +                    )

 

 

It is a buffet style party:

 

Table 1:

Huge Cheese Assortment (Costco)

Crackers (Costco)

Grapes (Costco)

Dates with Blue Cheese (Chaney)

Danish Pastry (Priesler)

(small assortment of plates and napkins, toothpicks)

 

 

Table 2:

Gravlox (Staloff)

Shrimp / Cocktail Sauce (Costco/ SR)

Veggie Platter (Costco)

Potato Salad (Wightman Farms)

Cole Slaw (Karen Morrison)

Pea Salad (Karen Morrison)

Brokolisalat (Priesler)

Olive Platter

(small assortment of plates and napkins)

 

 

Center Table

Plates, Napkins, Use silverware from Clubhouse. Plates are in large size, very good quality and value packed all at the ShopRite in Bernardsville, right at the end of the paper good isle near the Pharmacy side.  Place out: Dinner plates, Dessert plates, Napkins Large and small and regular cups. 

 

Table 3:

Spiral Hams (Costco)

Turkey Cut Cooked and Sliced  (Coulter)

Meatballs (Alvey) (Costco)

Ziti  (Alvey)

Assortment of Diff Mustards, Mayo, Cranberry Sauce (SR)

Rolls with butter in case they want to make sandwiches out of meats.

(small assortment of plates and napkins)

 

Table 4:  Children’s Table

Chicken nuggets (Costco)

Rolls with butter (Costco/SR)

Animal Crackers (SR)

Gold Fish (Costco)

Pizza Bagel Bites (Costco)

 (small assortment of plates and napkins)

 

Tables 5 and 6: L shaped:  Dessert / Coffee Tables

(Set up by windows near Kitchen Entrance area). 

 

Assortment of finger type desserts. (COSTCO)  Display all and have coffee set up. Half and Half/ Milk / Sugar.  (SR)

(dessert plates, napkins, coffee cups, stirrers, sugar, milk ˝ and ˝ )

 

 

 BY PIANO AREA:  NEED CHRISTMAS DVDS  (Larisa and K. Morrison)

 

 

BACK TABLE SET UP FOR CRAFTS FOR KIDS :

-Making wooden ornaments they color with markers, glitter and glue.

-Coloring Station.

 

-Get instruments, bells, other items to have the children sing along with everyone to do Christmas Carols during or after they make their ornaments. 

 

-Santa Arrives-- children get stockings from Santa.

 

-Try to move all leftover foods to one for people to still pick at while we start clean up.

 

 

FINAL BREAKDOWN PRIOR TO PARTY:

 

-INVITATIONS EMAIL, PRINT OUT  AND HAND  DELIVER

(ZALIS SAID HE WOULD DELIVER, JOHN MURRAY TO COPY AND PLACE IN  MAILBOX, SABOL MAKING INVITE).

 

-MICHAELS RUN FOR CRAFTS:

-DVD'S BRING

-BELLS/ INSTRUMENTS TO ENTICE KIDS TO SING

-COSTCO RUN --SEE SHOPPING LIST (SABOL, ALVEY)

-SHOPRITE RUN--- SEE LIST

 

-SUNDAY DEC 14TH, 12 NOON SET UP TABLES AND DECORATE FOR PARTY

-ANY AND ALL HELP TO ARRANGE / PREPARE FOODS TO BE PLACED AT APPROPIATE TABLES. 

 

-COOK TURKEY AND SLICE UP. (COULTER)

-ZITI (ALVEY)

 

-Oh yeah----ENJOY A LITTLE OF THE PARTY TOO!