Sunday, July 29, 2007: Well, it’s cleanup day as the seemingly indefatigable volunteers bring the clubhouse back to normalcy.
The best WMIT yet, had all the elements of a fine sporting event, especially the part where it all came down to who skillfully entered into which calcuttas.
As I micro-processed the entire tourney, I was blown away by the volunteerism.
I belong to quite a few clubs and organizations, all of which fully rely on the kindness of members – willing to give of their time and energy. Well, I’ll fully admit that it’s usually a struggle to find even entry-level volunteerism. To see the put-out by the BHM&TC members, I’d sure like to know the club’s secret. Mass hypnosis, I’m guessing.
It would be nice if some perks were offered the volunteers.
Truth be told, I had planned on giving every single WMIT2007 volunteer – up to 50 of them – his or her very own new fully-loaded Lexus. However, wouldn’t you know it, there seems to be some glitches in my offshore bank accounts. Who knows how long it’ll take to iron all that.
Anyway, getting caught up in the volunteerism thing, I’m hereby donating all my days of tourney blogging. No charge, Chris. It was my pleasure to help – and I sure had some fine stops at Freddie Rebmann’s raw bar. Those Brazilian shrimp that Freddie goes to great pains to buy in bulk are among the best colssoal sized shrimp I’ve ever tasted. While I didn’t down any of his oysters, the half-shell aficionados I talked to gave the mollusks rave revues.
Standing pat on the stomach subject, I also had four days of fine line-dining meals, faultlessly presented by the Four C Sons caterers. The crab dish on the final day was my favorite of the tourney, though I had great meals every evening – despite my being a vegetarian (seafood ,excepted).
I’m told that that work begins on next year’s WMIT before the dust even settles from this year’s. Well, count me in for 2008 – providing I don’t take a sweet looking job as a bar-back in Costa Rica.
If anyone has any follow-up subject matter on the event, please email me at jmann99@hotmail.com.
