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Welcome
 

The Austin Yacht Club J/24 Fleet cordially invites you to attend our Holiday Fiesta. All Austin Yacht Club members are invited!

RSVP
 

Please RSVP by sending an email to Meiling Parker: meilingparker@gmail.com

It's a PARTY
 

It's a party so invite all your friends! Ugly Sweaters are encouraged, but not mandatory... but, hey, there will be prizes for the Ugliest Sweater, so dust off that Rudolf The Red Nosed Raindeer sweater and may the Ugliest Sweater Ugliest Poncho win!

Pre-Party & Margarita Contest — 5:00 pm
 

The Fiesta starts at 5:00 pm, with the "Pre-Party"... Please bring your favorite drinks and please bring your Margarita supplies if you want to compete in the Margarita Tasting Contest!

Potluck Dinner — 6:00 pm-ish
 

Dinner will start around 6:00 pm-ish... Please bring something to share for the Mexican + Caribbean themed potluck. See below for some ideas... or feel free to bring whatever you prefer if you run out of ideas or if Mexican + Caribbean is not your thing :-) Appetizers: Empanadas, Queso, Taquitos, Chips, Salsa, Guacamole, etc. Main Dishes: Mexican Rice, Carne Vieja, Tamales, Black Beans, Refried Beans, Enchiladas, etc. Our fleet will provide Fajitas and Steve and Carol Frick have offered to cook the meat as they have done in the past! Dessert: Churros, Sopapillas, Tres Leches Cake, Flan, Arroz Con Leche, etc.

Food Drive
 

Please bring a canned item for a Holiday food drive. We will collect all donated items and take them to an area food bank.

The Main Event
 

The main entertainment for the evening will be our traditional White Elephant White Burro Gift Exchange!!! The long-standing tradition continues this year with Master of Ceremonies Pat Caughey making sure all rules are followed! If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, bring a wrapped, unmarked (anonymous) gift and place it under the Palm Tree Christmas Tree. Unexpected and humorous gifts are encouraged... MC Pat, will explain the all-important rules and will preside over the drawing of cards to determine who gets to unwrap steal the next gift! Note   Pat says: "--We should encourage gifts with a Mexican + Caribbean theme!" Hint   Ever heard of Tequila? ;-) Ever heard of Rum? ;-)

The Post-Party — till midnight
 

It wouldn't be a party without a P-A-R-T-Y ;-) So stay around after the gift exchange for music, videos, and dancing! And since it's the Holidays we may share some... umm... we may share some Holiday Cheer... so... umm... there may be a viewing of some, umm, "Season Appropriate" (but, umm, maybe "Language Inappropriate") videos, including the first South Park episode ever, before it was a Comedy Central show, when South Park was just a project of two absolutely hilarious extremely foul-mouthed University of Colorado film students. Click images below for a sneak preview :-)

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