This was our first time going to the Holly Ball.  I really didn’t know what to expect.  All I knew was this was the towns event of the year and I bought a 3 piece suit for it.  Alison also bought a beautiful dress for it.  We had tickets for the appetizers and dance portion of the event.  From what I hear the dinner is pretty amazing, but we weren’t up for spending that much. We showed up at about 8:00.  It seemed many people were leaving when we were getting there apparently only there for the dinner.

We checked the coats in and headed into the event.  I was pretty hungry since I hadn’t ate any dinner.  From what I heard there appis were awesome and enough there to make a meal out of it.  We went in bought a drink and found some food.  They had a very small slice of prime rib you could get, bread, shrimp, and then they had a veggie/potato martini bar.  I came to found out you were suppose to get your veggies or potatoes in a martini glass.  I was given a bit of an odd look when I told them to just throw them on my plate with the prime rib and bread.  Whoops.  

The civic center was really decorated nicely.  You would have never guessed you were at the civic center.  It must have taken them a long time to do all the decorating.

I felt a bit out of my element at first, but it got better.  We ran into a few friends and Alison ran into some colleagues of hers.  Newman and Mollie then showed up.  I like it better when we had another couple to hang out with.  We socialized and ate for quite a while. 

One thing I like was they had two bands so when one wasn’t playing the other one was.  There was never a break in the music which I thought was great.  Both bands were really great.  Later in the evening we migrated to the dance floor to have a little fun.  Great music and good times on the dance floor made for a great end of the night.  They ended up playing until about 12:30.

It was a great night with fun to be had by all that attended.  Alison and I hope to go back next year.

Congrats to Newman and Mollie.  He popped the question last night and she said YES. Stretch made sure to raise a toast in honor of them at the end of the night.