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The 2021 New Year’s Eve party at the resort was cancelled due to COVID-19. This year, while the pandemic was rearing its ugly head once again via the Omicron variant, the party went on. It is now January 4, 5 days after the party and I have not heard of any new cases in the park. So, hopefully, the party was not a superspreader event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a good party. The band, 41 South, was excellent. They knew their audience as I could sing the words (not well) to nearly every song they played. Excellent musicians, very good vocals. Couldn’t ask for a better band. I even danced a couple of times – probably my first dancing in over 3 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The caterer, however, balanced it out. They were terrible. The entree – a chunks-of-chicken-in-a-tasteless-broth concoction – was forgettable, as were the minimalist appetizers and the scant dessert. I found myself wishing that the event had been catered by Subway<\/em>. Oh, well… I have been meaning to lose weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because this resort is fundamentally a retirement community, there was a 9pm New Year’s toast. I am sure it was midnight somewhere in the Atlantic – maybe in Iceland – but the only real significance to 9pm was that the old people could drink the free glass of champagne then go home to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About half the crowd stayed beyond 9pm and about a third made it all the way to midnight. But it was a quick midnight toast and the ballroom was empty by 12:03am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, not like the New Year’s Eve parties of my youth. But fun nevertheless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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