News and photos

Issue No 41:
14 February 2007

Welcome to our forty-first PartyChitChat. Just to let you know our news first:

• We have just moved into a new office, so this has been our main focus.
• Hopefully now we are settled and almost unpacked, we will be able to achieve a lot more in the coming months!

In this issue, we have articles about:

• Our photo competition winners
• Fundraiser feedback.

Our photo competition winners

This time we had some great entries. We would like to thank everyone who entered. We had 4 winners but only 2 winners were able to supply permission signatures in time. Because this is becoming a problem, we will ask for photos to be submitted by the middle of the previous month so that winners will have 3 weeks to gather signatures from now on. The 2 winners are:

• Jill Strangeland (USA) for a photo from her daughter's Celebrity Celebrations party
• Kim Muoio (USA) for a photo from her One Of The Girls party.

We are commencing a new competition with a closing date of 15 March 2007 (see photos.htm for details).

Fundraiser feedback

Andrea sent in this feedback:

"Our church youth group hosted Murder on the Prairie as a fundraiser for an upcoming mission trip this summer. We made about $400 [and] had so much fun!

We had about 70 people at the party, and it was amazing to see how much everyone got into their part. Many of the people who attended have asked when we are going to do it again. I think we are going to make this a yearly event.

Thanks for the great ideas!

Andrea Van Vleet,
Tennessee"

Here is Jill's photo from her daughter's "Celebrity Celebrations" party:

Jill sent in this feedback about her daughter's "Celebrity Celebrations" party:

"Hi, I have attached some photos from my daughter’s Celebrity Celebrations party. I purchased this party for her 11th birthday. She kept telling me that she really wanted to be Marilyn Monroe for her party, so this party kit was perfect. We didn’t get as many kids as we would have liked but the ones that did attend, had a blast. The kid whose character was Jimi Hendrix was hysterical. Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

Regards,
Jill Stangeland"

Here is Kim's photo from her "One Of The Girls" party:

Kim sent in this feedback about her "One Of The Girls" party:

"My name is Kim Muoio. I purchased the “One of the Girls” party kit for my neighborhood girl’s night that I hosted on January 19th. There were 21 women who all had a blast at the mystery party. The costumes and acting really made the party! Some of the ladies were having so much fun that they forgot to try to figure out who was the murderer! Thank you for the very entertaining evening! The pictures that I have attached are Angie Mary & Madelle [shown above] and Petunia.

Thanks again for a great time,

Kim Muoio"

To celebrate Saint Patrick's Day on March 17th, we recommend The Luck Of The Irish. There are versions for 10 to 50 guests. The basic kit is a "mystery not murder" but it includes an optional "murder mystery" section. It is an Irish riddle for you to solve. You may also like to see our Saint Patrick 's Day party tips.