The Winter is Coming potluck dinner at the Green Lake Snowmobile Clubhouse on Nov. 16 was almost a full house and a huge success thanks to the hard work of co-conveners Diane Sullivan and Kris Alexander organizing the social event.
Sullivan said the event was “lots of fun.”
She noted that 44 people came to the event, adding “I think it was the biggest turnout since COVID.”
Alexander said two-thirds of attendees were club members who got in for free and one-third were guests who paid $5 to enjoy the fun and camaraderie.
“A big snowman kicked off the theme of the event as it greeted everyone when they entered the clubhouse," Alexander said.
The co-conveners said the variety of food and desserts were great “as usual.”
Alexander said the door prizes made by Sullivan were wonderful.
The co-conveners of all of the events to date have been working on the games they play so they know which worked and what doesn't work as well. At the Winter is Coming potluck, Sullivan and Alexander came up with two popular games that they received compliments for.
The first game was to see who could get the snowballs (cotton balls) out of a big bowl with a large serving spoon and put them into a smaller bowl in front of them. Simple game, yes? However, it got more difficult when the combatants were blindfolded.
Then the blindfold cheating started and sword spooning started soon after. The first combatants were eliminated and new players challenged each other.
It didn't take long for the cheating to start while the onlookers were cheering loudly for their favourite player.
While the competition was entertaining, the co-conveners decided the game was too difficult for the players who were getting more aggressive as they were busier trying to push each other's bowl on the floor, and when one competitor grabbed his opponent's bowl of snowballs and poured them into his bowl, the game was ended.
However, the main game of the evening was the snowman-building contest.
Each table was given a small, white garbage bag and some newspapers to make a snowman. Then they got a bag of the same material as the other tables to decorate their snowmen.
The table mates got to work on trying out their snowman dressing. When all of the snowman dressing was completed, the judges learned all of the tables dressed great snowmen.
John Sullivan and the writer of this column decided the Brad and Sue Olliffe table had the best-dressed snowman. They got chocolates for their effort.
The judges had to take a second walk around the tables to see which table would take second place.
The Macfarlane/Westfall table took the honours, and they also got chocolates.
The next Snowmobile clubhouse event is the combined Fire Department Snowmobile Club Christmas potluck on Dec.14, followed by the New Year's Eve event on Dec. 31.
