Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Club celebrates season with tacky competition

Etiquette experts say the invitation to a party is your clue to its level of formality and dress code. So, one just has to be intrigued by an invite to something called “This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Christmas Party.”

That’s what the Camelot Club’s Tower 451 Club invitation proclaimed its first holiday party, which took place Dec. 15. The club, begun this past summer, is a sub-category of membership for capital area young professionals.

“They meet monthly and decide what kind of parties they want to have,” said manager Jimmy Ward. “They came up with the idea for this party and its ‘tacky Christmas sweater’ competition.”

The evening’s festivities also included a White Elephant gift exchange.

Now, for most of the 20- and 30-something members, the tradition of donning a holiday-themed sweater is something their parents and grandparents might have done back in the heyday of such garments — the 1980s. And maybe they did, too, when they were too young to complain. But the challenge piqued the interest of several members, who went in search of the perfect fashion statement.

And what would a competition be without a prize? In this instance, it was a 3-foot trophy. Never mind that the trophy was actually from a now-defunct beef cookoff; that kind of went with the playfully tacky theme of the evening. As club President Tom Tanner explained, Guaranty Broadcasting’s Gordy Rush climbed down off a Mardi Gras float last year to present him with the trophy. When Tanner called a few days later to see if he wanted it back, Rush told him to keep it, they were de-cluttering the radio stations’ office. So, when he found out about the tacky Christmas sweater competition, Tanner knew exactly what the winner should receive.

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