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LobsterFest 2007

33^rd Annual LobsterFest - A Great Time!

The Chapter's 33nd Annual LobsterFest cookout was held on Saturday, June 9th, at Red Top Mountain State Park in North Georgia. The event was attended by 239 alumni, family, and friends, who consumed 343 lobsters and loads of mussels!

Also in attendance at this year’s event were eleven Georgia high school students who have been accepted to the Naval Academy as part of the incoming Class of 2011. The Chapter extended invitations to them and their parents to join us at the LobsterFest! Thanks to Cindy Miller ’90 our Area Blue and Gold Coordinator for coordinating this effort.

The live Maine lobsters were brought in the day of the event and cooked on the spot in "lobster pot row". Also available on the serving line was a terrific home-made salad prepared by our "kitchen queens" from fresh vegetables they sliced and diced earlier in the day. Hundreds of ears of corn were also consumed by day’s end! Of course, Marilyn McCallum brought her secret recipe special sauce for the mussels.

Our kitchen queens were: Marilyn McCallum (wife of Carl '60), Sue Rentz (wife of Bill '55), Karen Frederick (wife of Steve '72), Ann Caldwell (wife of Stewart ’65), Carole Rowland (wife of Mitch ’71), and Jody Borer (wife of Paul '70).

Volunteers started arriving shortly after 12:00 noon to make preparations for the 4:00pm lobster dinner. Check-in setup, bar setup, cooking equipment setup, corn shucking , salad making, table setup, decorations, and various other duties were handled by a team of dedicated folks who all put in a full 8-hour day's work on their feet to put on the year's favorite event.

Our check-in crew was headed by Chapter Treasurer Pete Knoetgen '77, with help from Jim Ravenel '45, Margaret Frederick. Mary McElroy '87, husband Terry '86, and sons handled the decorations including a big gold N-Star that went up on the wall!

Thanks to all of the volunteers who worked so hard to make this event possible! It’s an 8-hour day before everything is set up, cooked, served, cleaned up, and put away... most of it spent on your feet and moving!

Our trusty Chapter Webmaster Bob Schultz ’71 and his wife Linda could not attend this year, so the following pictures were provided by roving photographers Paul and Jody Borer.

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CAKE ! ! !	Check-In Crew!
Early Arrivals.	Home-made Salad!
Jody Borer - Kitchen Queen.	Steve Frederick puts illegal choke hold on wife Karen!
Lobster Bibs!	Lobster Pot Row.
Lobsters - before.	Lobsters - after!
Margaret Frederick.	Marilyn's Mussels.
Marily & Steve. Call for ??	McElroy family putin' up the gold Navy N Star.
Mitch Rowland '71, incoming Chapter President.	Mitch with Steve '72, outgoing Chapter President.
Mussels!!!	Nina Schwelm... cutest gal at the party!
Paul Borer '70.	Pete Knoetgen '77, corn shucker.
Rowlands and Fredericks.	Serving line opens!
Steve... shucking!	Stu Caldwell '65.
Sue & Bill Rentz '55.	Tables, ready to go!

LobsterFest 2007

33rd Annual LobsterFest - A Great Time!

33^rd Annual LobsterFest - A Great Time!