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Come In…Come In…So Nice To See You Enjoying Our Christmas Band
Feel free to dance your pretty little hearts out, but just bear this in mind…
Our staff Christmas party was the second-last celebration of the year, followed only by a final mass. Obviously the staff party was where we let our hair down.
And before I tell this story, imagine us as a group that knew how to put the FUN in fun. Long before it was a thing, we were doing it.
We’d booked our Christmas party at the local golf club in Canberra, a venue we’d used before and the food was always acceptably good, and the venue affordable for wealthy teachers!
The band we’d ordered well in advance, the best band in Canberra, experience having taught us that first-in-best-dressed is the way to go if you want to get something half-way decent.
The food didn’t disappoint, the wine was reasonably priced, and the band soon had everyone on the floor, having a great time.
Another local Catholic school group had also booked the venue, in a smaller room next door.
Through inservicing, sport and music, we get to know lots of teachers around the traps, so we chatted happily with the ones we knew, wished them a Happy Christmas, and assured them we’d beat their…
