The Penultimate Paean (Part 4)

Friday morning heralded an air of excitement that is second to none at the fling, for Friday is the day of the Great Ball. The morning was like the rest with paper presentations beginning with Ms Alyssa C. and her captivating narrative "The Altar". Next up was Ms Cassie A. and her persuasive paper "Putting Christ Back on the Throne". Finally was Ms Anne W. and her paper "The Extremity of Good".
    Midday signified lunch as it always had, and yet again us play people were called center stage to practice practice practice. During all these rehearsals I got to know Reed B better. He and I had two critical scenes together. Reed is a III-er and quite the accomplished Hipster. It is truly a pleasure to number him among my friends. The part he portrayed is that of a young, idealistic Architect who envisions creating a new, flawless mode of architecture. My part is that of the Rector of the village parish who knows more then he lets on.
   After play practice was a free afternoon in which I retired to the Welk resort and took a much needed and very relaxing swim, and then got ready for the moment everyone had been waiting for, the great ball.
    First though, was the family and student photo session, in which each family and each student received a photo of themselves all dressed up nice and neat.

Fling picture 2012

    Before the dance all the family's were obliged to introduce themselves. The Dance began as it always does (these things are deeply rooted in a longstanding tradition) with the Grand March. Music is provided by on hand talent form the student body as well as much of the Host's family. I had the pleasure of dancing with Rachelle, with was great fun and full of laughter.
Next was my favorite, the Virginia Reel, followed by the Saint Andrews Cross Reel. At this point I made my way to the patio to take a break as I felt disinclined to participate the Postee's jig or the Greek dancing, not that my terpsichorean abilities are in need of improvement nor am I incapable of dancing either, I felt no desire to do so. There were many other dances as the night progressed including the Waltz and Swing. At 22:00 the official part of the evening drew to a close, but the night was far from over.

Wesley and I

   By around 22:30 everyone had assembled at the local Denny's. Yes, this is the infamous post Ball Denny's invasion. If our Host Mr. H actually knew just how many of us go to Denny's, he'd be quite shocked to say the least. It was great fun as the exhaustion of the past 3 days came to a head. Breakfast food at midnight really is the best way to go! I don' think anyone got to bed before 01:00.
'Twas a night to be remembered!