RASP: Island-style holiday celebration 2010

	RASP: Island-style holiday celebration 2010
The party was really fun—and so was the Island-style slam. The first prize went to RASP newcomer, Peggy Barnett, who roped in the Beat poets, a lot of 50s history, humor, and our nuclear heritage, using the words "hydrogen jukebox"," "antidisestablishmentarianism", and "scrumptious". Mike Meredith won second prize with his comparison of slackers and saints, and Bill Hayes finished third with the best line of the evening, "Screw the contest, let's drink some wine".

Highlights

Judging the Slam

Santa octopus

Left to right:
Foreground: Judges Dawn-Marie Oliver and Michael Dylan Welch;
Center: Norma Hayes, Emcee Allison Ohlinger, Judge Rebecca Meredith;
Background: Mike Meredith, Bill Hayes

Artist: Claire Mitchell

The food table

The fun continues

Background: Dave Cain;
Foreground: A mighty spread, full of variety

Left to right: Foreground: Tanya McDonald, Lana Hectman Ayers; Background: Dave Cain, Peggy Barnett, Christopher Lange (seated); Herb McClees

A lot of excitement

Our little mascot

Left to Right: Peggy Barnett, Christopher Lange (seated), Herb McClees, Aarthi John (foreground), Pamela Denchhfield

Mary Whittington made this cute little
palm tree, so we put it on the podium

The RASP Reading Series is the last Friday of each month starting at 7:00 PM except Dec. 31, 2010.
At the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) at 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA 98052—Click for directions to ORSCC