Saturday, July 18, 2009

Big Birthday Bash

Date : 17 July 2009, Friday
Time : 6:00 PM
Venue : Philam Clubhouse


In honor of the 75th birthday of MacGyver's mom, family and friends gathered to greet Mommy a big Happy Birthday.

It was an event planned well in advance. The food was catered by Cafe Sweet Inspirations, music was provided live by RSVP String Ensemble, some siblings and in-laws worked on the details of the program (the numbers to be presented, the script to be read, being the emcee, etc.), MacGyver had gotten extra lights to illuminate the stage, and one of MacGyver's sisters had pored through old photographs and albums for many months to come up with the invitation, the printed programs, the pictures on the wall and the slide show presented that evening.

For the program numbers, there was a guitar solo by one of the nephews, a guitar duet by GI and his first cousin (they played Espana), a dance number from the junior grandchildren, aged 6 to 11, which included RD and MyGirl (they were "all in this together"), a song number from the children (MacGyver, his siblings, and in-laws, including myself, were doing the Ugoy-Ugoy Blues,) several song numbers by siblings and children, and more.

It was really quite impressive and very entertaining. But more importantly, it was an opportunity for us to all be together. With us moving to Australia soon, and some of MacGyver's siblings living abroad, it was quite a feat to get all the children and the grandchildren in one place at the same time.

Here are the grandchildren. We don't really know when they will get a chance to be with each other again after this.


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