My Shrine Club and Legion of Honor (Shrine veterans) are having our annual Christmas Party and installation dinner.
I will be installed as Commander of the LOH. Get to wear eagles on my shoulders and everything.
Sunday a.m., church, then later a group of us are going to Blanchard Springs Caverns (one of Arkansas' real treasures) for the annual Christmas Carols Chorus in the Caverns. We have never attended before. The caverns should be a real impressive backdrop for the singing and (I'm told) the sound of the singing sorta self-amplifies in the caverns. No electronic sound equipment needed. Afterwards we are all going to an area restaurant for catfish dinner and camaraderie.
I'm looking forward to it. Believe this will be a very fine kick-off for the Christmas season. We even gave up attending our state party-of-preference annual convention. And it should be a rip snorter, lotsa controversial things happening. It's not often I pass a chance to jump in the mud pit and do some groin kicking and eye clawing (figuratively and politically speaking).