No Fooling!!! Apr. 1st has come and gone and there are no “April Fool’s Day” folks around here!!!
It is absolutely amazing how time is flying. Be-fore you know it, spring will be over and we will be looking forward to summer. In the meantime our community is evolving and in wonderful ways. Many new people are joining the Bermuda Isle community and are living active lifestyles. Some of us will be leaving for other abodes to enjoy other parts of the country and world. Others of us live in this wonderful place and lead happy and contented lives.
We have had several really neat Bermuda Isle events take place this past month and a quick review is in order.
One that deserves extra mention is what has now become the annual “Pool Party”. This year’s gathering took place on Mar. 13th. A great deal of planning took place and many residents worked hard to make it the suc-cess that it was. Some statistics worth mentioning:
a. This year ninety (90) persons signed up for the event. The previous year was attended by fifty-six (56) people. This is a huge increase in interest and hopefully it was as enjoy-able to attend as it was to work on.
b. A key-board player / singer performed so that live entertainment was there for our listening and dancing pleasure. In previous years we used a music box that had seen its better days.
c. The menu was changed and subs of many descriptions were served along with wine, cheese, soda and many other tasty deserts.
d. Plans are being formulated for another celebration of ourselves for next year. A “draft Timmie” project is underway so that she will be convinced to perform this project yet an-other time.
Another group of residents enjoyed a trip to Jupiter to see the Miami Marlins play the Detroit Tigers in an exhibition baseball game. As was the case with the Pool Party, several important facts concerning the outing ought to be made known. They are as follows:
a. The seats were between the 3rd base dug-out and home plate. Truly exceptional seats. In previous outings the seats were not quite as good. The buyer of the tickets went a little overboard in the expenditure but the participants all had their wish for a fun afternoon enjoying baseball.
b. There was a forecast for severe rain, hail, dark clouds and maybe even a tornado for the Jupiter area for that afternoon. Because we are a group of stubborn and enthusiastic people, we drove up in caravan style and met at the appointed time and place to enjoy a great pre-game warm-up for lunch.
c. Peanuts, cracker-jacks and popcorn were found once inside the stadium. No sooner had the group sat down to enjoy the ball game did the weather perform exactly as predicted. (We all knew that weather forecasters have no measure of accuracy in their lives-so this was a complete surprise.) In the first inning, a little rain-the group retreated for cover and waited out the little bit of rain and drizzle and re-settled back into their seats. This process repeated itself a total of 3 times.
d. As one can imagine the 4th time created a river of water in everyone’s shoes. Never mind that all clothes and anything anyone was carrying or wear-ing was deluged with the Niagara Falls like rainfall-everyone kept their sense of humor and squished their way back to the caravan cars to make the ride back to Bermuda Isle.
e. All of the above goes to show that a new base-ball organizer is probably warranted – given the stimulating set of circumstances listed above.
The writing group of Bermuda Isle wants to note some additional events, personal notes and general points of interest.
a. Julie Haimes will have performed in the Aberdeen salute to Broadway music production.
b. Harvey Schwartz is continuing his recovery from a brush with surgery.
c. Joyce Bosch, Ruth Snyder, Marilyn Ashley and Judi Schwartz will all be celebrating their 39th birthdays. What a coincidence that they are all exactly the same age!!!
d. Joan Pallateri and Tom O’Donnell will be moving and we will miss them greatly. We, who are sports fans, note that the merry months of March and April bring “March Madness”, Men’s and Women’s College Basketball championships, Major League Baseball, College and Professional Hockey playoffs, BERMUDA ISLE BUZZ … (continued from page 12) Masters Golf Championship and personal participation in exercise and fitness workout regimens.
f. Many of us have had visitors from other locales family and friends alike.
g. Many of us are celebrating our children’s, grandchildren’s and friend’s graduations from nursery, elementary, middle school, high school, college and graduate schools.
h. Happy Holidays to everyone of every persuasion.
We are looking forward to seeing one another in the neighborhood and wish all well.
