Friday, April 10th, 2009
TODAY IN HISTORY
On April 10th in the year 1870, Vladimir Lenin, the force behind the Russian revolution,
was born. (Also, rumor has it that he is the bearded man on the left on the Vicks Cough Drop box.)
. TODAY’S QUOTE
“Oh, isn’t life terrible, thank God.”
--Dylan Thomas
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Because of Good Friday, the Recreation Center was closed. As a result, our weekly meeting was moved to Squire’s Good-Time-and-Inexpensive-Food-Emporium. The meal was remarkable! The crowd, jovial!! The entertainment, non-pareil!!! And all under the tutelage of Paul Rosen, Esq.
At the opening of the meeting, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra wowed us with sprightly selections from the works of Rimsky Korsakov, enhanced by the exotic dance interpretations of Dr. Fran Wills and Ernest Pacchiana. This was followed by Dr.Bob Amsterdam’s display of teeth extracted from famed Americans and a bevy of lovely, anonymous Swedes. Then, while club members gorged on foie gras and peacock—and had thirsts quenched by champagne and exotic brandies--there was a breathtaking fireworks display, featuring The Crucifixion (Today was Good Friday!), highlighted by a spot-on likeness of Jesus, flanked by the two thieves, one of whom vaguely resembled Don Wilde or Francis Scott Keyes.
The day mounted to a crescendo with a surprise visit from President Barack Obama, who spoke to us about U.S. tax relief and the immediate jailing of various Wall St. executives. The President was followed by a triumphant return of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who, in league with the Briarcliff High School Marching Band, played us out of Squire’s and onto Rte. 9, where we were set upon by a pitchfork-wielding mob, who mistook us for gypsy card sharps. (An understandable misreading: Sy Yuter had a multi-colored bandana wrapped around his head, while Carl Weiner was dealing cards from the bottom of the deck and offering to pave people’s driveways)
If you missed this year’s Good Friday meeting, you missed the highest peak of Briarcliff Manor’s social season—and may all the Saints in heaven forgive you! It was an exciting, heart-stopping occasion that will live on in people’s memories for minutes. .
And that, in a nutshell, is what happened this week at the Briarcliff Rotary get-together.
.Respectfully submitted by Recording Secretary, Don Wilde
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Meeting at Squire's on 4/10/09 was attended by:
Robert Amsterdam, Frances Chu, Zachary Cosentino, Peter Garth, Ernest Pacchiana, Fiala Portnoy, Vladimir Portnoy, Paul Rosen, Carl Weiner, Donald Wilde, Elinor Yuter, Sy Yuter
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