2011 AFTER HOLIDAY PARTY

Date:          Saturday, January 8, 2011

Where: Valley Mansion: 594 Cranbrook Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21030 - 410.666.1234
Cost:          $40.00 per person                                                                                                       
Time:          6:30 pm – 10:30 pm                                                                                                
Agenda:   6:30 – 7:30 - Cocktails (Cash Bar) and Hors D’oeuvres                                      
7:30  - Dinner
8:15 pm – Award presentations followed by The Yankee Swap

Contact:  Cheryl Taylor, 9803 Old Court Road, Windsor Mill, Maryland, 21244, vicepresident@pcachs.org

Registration:  Registration is available on line only through www.clubregistration.net  and will open November 5th, 2010. Registration will be limited to 80. Registration will close on December 23rd, however no refunds for cancellations will be issued after December 20th.  Payment for the event must be received by December 23rd via Pay Pal or by mailing a check to the contact listed above.

Info: Note your calendars for the premier event of the season, the After Holiday Party and Yankee Swap. Chesapeake Region has established a reputation for the finest and fiercest Yankee Swap in PCA, one that has been copied by other regions, but never quite duplicated. The social hour and dinner are spectacular enough, even in a group that defines itself as a “social club, with a serious car problem”, but the Yankee Swap makes the event.

A “Gift Exchange” is merely a mild description of the feeding frenzy that takes hold at this triple steal event. Chesapeake Region, despite being below the Mason Dixon Line, puts the “Yankee” into Yankee Swap…. The good stuff is coveted, horded and only grudging given up under duress. The original emcee team of Alban and Gutjahr, more popularly known as The Bob and Manny Show, will once again host this sell-out event.

Bring a wrapped “car-related” gift, approximately valued at $20-$25, if you want to play. (Of course, if you prefer, you may attend the event and not participate in the Swap, but be prepared to feel left out once the fun begins!) Be sure to bring a gift that you’d be happy to take home, because you never know what will happen! All gifts are placed on the table and names are drawn one at a time… each person has the choice of choosing a new gift, or stealing one that has been opened before. Limited steals are permitted per round, and then the next person has to choose a new gift - gifts can only be stolen once per round. If you don’t quite follow, never fear, it will all become clear as the swap unfolds… and Manny and Bob will make sure you laugh so much your cheeks hurt!
Directions: Directions can be found on the Valley Mansion website: click here   or going directly below to the link for google maps: Click Here

The Marriott Residence Inn offers convenient shuttle service to and from Martins Hunt Valley Mansion.  Reserved room rates of $119 for a Studio King Suite can be obtained by booking your reservation by December 9, 2010.  When calling to make your reservation 410.527.2333, please tell them to give you the special rate reserved for the Porsche Club of America, group code PCH.