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It was a capacity crowd at
NJARC's 2005 Holiday Party, held in the auditorium of the David Sarnoff
Library. |
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Club president Phil
Vourtsis called the meeting to order.
Phil reviewed the events of the
past year and talked a bit about the bright but challenging future for the club
at InfoAge. But the primary business of the day, as planned, was food and
fellowship. |
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The food was
great, as usual. And here, the dessert table beckons! |
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The cake went
so fast, I didn't even get a picture of it before it was cut. |
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NJARC Vice President Richard
Lee showed up decked out appropriately for the occasion... |
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...very
appropriately! |
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Our usual 50/50 was replaced
with a special Holiday Party "Winner-Take-All" version. |
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Club Treasurer
Sal Brisindi counts the evening's 50/50 proceeds. |
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Here's another
picture of Sal with the only thing he loves more than old radios...Handling the
money.
I mean, his wife!
No, I mean he loves his wife, not
handling his wife.
Oh, never mind! |
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President
Vourtsis gets ready to announce the winning 50/50 ticket.
And the winner
is... |
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...President
Vourtsis!
(What are the odds of that?)
And read on for the other
"amazing coincidence" of the evening! (Hint: the other suspicious character is
in this picture.) |
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Actually
grandpa Phil is only holding the pot for the real winner until he comes of
legal age. |
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Of course, the
big event of the evening was the Mystery Grab Bag gift
exchange. |
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In the gift exchange, each
participant gets to select a wrapped gift, then decides if they want to keep it
or trade it with (steal it from) a previous giftee!
Here, Ray Chase is
pondering his original selection, before the chicanery starts. |
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Rich Skoba is
surely thinking "Gee, I hope this is a case of NOS WD-11s!" |
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The smaller the
kid, the bigger the present! |
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The kids had a
great time pulling the winning names out of the hat. Daniella Brisindi was the
ringleader.
Daniella's father Sal kept "reminding" her to pick his name
last, since the last name called effectively had choice of all the
gifts. |
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John Timoczyk
makes his selection. |
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Well, it's
probably not a console radio, but John Acacia no doubt found something very
interesting in the box. |
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A radio puzzle?
Not bad... You can't get these at K-Mart! |
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Our Texas
member, NJ-expatriate Jon Butz-Fiscina flew in for the evening's festivities
with his wife Robin. |
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Nothing brings
out the holiday spirit in a radio collector like a musty
Hallicrafters! |
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Probably not a factory
original, this "Zenith" was still definitely a prized selection! |
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Gerry Dowgin's selection
brings applause from the crowd. |
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And every year
there's at least one "must have" gift in the bunch. This year, there were
two!
Al Klase unwrapped his package to find a very nice Crosley
portable... |
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Which was
promptly "confiscated" by Ray Chase... |
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Who owned it
for all of a few seconds, passed it on to it's new owner, but only briefly
because... |
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Edith Chase
looks like she's up to no good... |
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And sure
enough, she pulls the ol' switcheroo... |
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And gleefully
revels in her ill-gotten gains... |
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But only for a
minute until Dave Sica kindly relieves her of it... |
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But couldn't
stave off a successful last minute play by Bob Bennett who took the Crosley
home! |
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Generating somewhat less
vigorous swapping action, but no less desirable, this fully restored, recapped,
refinished and working set was selected by Steve Calandra... |
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But went
through several sets of hands before ultimately being claimed by Sal
Brisindi.
(Hey Sal, wait a minute! Wasn't that your daughter pulling the
names from the hat?) |
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And perhaps one
of the most picturesque gifts of the evening was selected by Rick Weingarten.
Wrapped in vintage advertsing... |
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Rick's present contained a
brass based, tipped '01A and 2 type 40(??) tubes. |
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See you all
next year! |
