After Holiday Party and Yankee Swap

Time: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

6:00 pm - Cocktails (Cash Bar) and hors D’oeuvres
7:00 pm - Dinner (Filet Mignon with Crab Cakes, Vegetarian Available)
7:30 pm - The Yankee Swap

Where: Turf Valley Resort
2700 Turf Valley Road, Ellicott City, MD
410-465-1500

Cost: $35.00 per person

Contact: Ellen Beck
3534 Big Woods Road
Ijamsville, MD 21754
ellen@bexstr.com
301-788-0370

Directions: Directions can be found on the Turf Valley Resort web site.

Registration: Use the online registration form or print and fill out this PDF format registration form and send it to Ellen Beck at the address above.

Info: Mark 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 quite 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 yourself would like 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. Only 3 steals are allowed 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!

Registration is open now. Please send your check through the US Mail, and register early (either on line or using the paper form). You may print your registration form from the website or find it in the Patter. The real and final deadline is Tuesday, January 8th 2008. Please, make things easier on me by NOT WAITING until the last minute, thanks! Please send your form and check payable to Chesapeake Region PCA to:

Ellen Beck
3534 Big Woods Road
Ijamsville, MD 21754
ellen@bexstr.com
301-788-0370