News and photos

Issue No 42:
16 April 2007

Welcome to our forty-second PartyChitChat.

It is the rainy season here in the tropical part of Australia, but for many of our readers it is spring. Either way – a perfect time to kiss some frogs and discover the goodness in everyone.

In this issue, we have articles about:

• Our photo competition winners
• Our decoration competition.

Our photo competition winners

This time we had some wonderful entries. We would like to thank everyone who entered. The 2 winners are:

• Angie Bridgewater (USA) for a group photo from her Murder Of The Great Chef party
• Catherine Bentler (USA) for a photo from her Murder On The Prairie party.

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

Decoration competition

We didn't have many entrants this time for our decoration competition and we have decided not to award a prize.

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

Here is Angie's group photo from her "Murder Of The Great Chef" party:

Angie sent in this feedback about her party:

"Hello!

We had our "Murder of the Great Chef Party" on Oct. 28th, 2006.
I would like to submit some pictures to the contest.

Thank you!
We had a blast!!
Angie Bridgewater"

Here is Catherine's photo from her "Murder On The Prairie" party:

Catherine sent in this feedback about her party:

"My name is Catherine Bentler, I purchased the Murder on the Prairie party for our gourmet dinner group. Every other month for the past 3 years, this group has had a gourmet dinner get-together. When we were to host in January this year, we decided we needed to mix things up.

Since we live in Montana, I thought the Murder on the Prairie Western Theme suited this group the best. We transformed our front room into a Saloon, made our back family room into a huge dining hall with checked table cloths and beer mugs. The costumes were fabulous. Some people even rented them from a local Theatre company. Even our babysitter dressed in prairie clothes and helped with the serving. Her kind mother also lent us loads of western décor from their own home! We made “Wanted” posters with participants’ faces.

Enjoy the pics!

Catherine (Ceci) Bentler
Billings, MT

Also our menu was:
Blue cheese and caramelized onion squares
Beef Kabobs
Corn Fritters with Salsa
Green Beans with Mushroom Madeira Sauce
Barbeque Ribs/ Salad and Rolls
Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
Dried Cranberry and Apple Crisp with Ice Cream"