"FREEP THE BRUNCH" - FLORIDA FREEPERS - PHOTOS !

[Ricebug]

Florida Freepers held a fun-filled "Freep the Brunch" get-together on Saturday, August 10. Hostess "MinuteGal" will be on this thread in a couple minutes.....please wait and then address your comments to her. Enjoy the photos!

Ricebug (Photographer-in-Chief)

Thanks.

[Dusty Road]

What a great looking buch of Freepers, you make us proud!

[scottteng]

Big thanks to Leni for hosting the after brunch at her condo’s rec center complete with “open bar”, goodies, and wonderful door prizes.

[MinuteGal]

Just keep your eye on our Florida state forum for notices of Florida freeps and socials. There's no ping list. All freeps in our three Florida chapters (Northern, Central and Southern) are always well-publicized in advance on the forum. You can travel to freeps all over the state if something strikes your fancy. Many of us do so.

You can get to our state board by clicking on the Florida flag at the top of your profile page.

BTW, the story and photos you posted on your profile page of your hero nephew are fantastic. God bless him! All of us here appreciate his service from the bottom of our hearts.

Looking forward to seein' ya at the next freep!

Leni/MinuteGal

[3D-JOY]

Nice to see the familiar faces and the new ones!

Makes me sad to miss the fun.

[sarasmom]

Sara's been on many a FReep.
This was only her second “social event”.

She was very impressed with one young man, who reportedly has younger, single, brothers! LOL!
She reminded me to ask I Still Care about them...

And she has downloaded quite a few Drifters tunes, since they are really great songs she hadn't heard before...

[DoughtyOne]

Are we having fun yet?

Looks you folks did...

Great!

[Old Sarge]

Hey, Bush, I think you spell it:

L-O-N
G-U-Y-L-A-N-T!

[seekthetruth]

Thanks for the ping, Leni, and thanks again for such a wonderful Florida Freeper get together!

James and I always loveto see old friends and get to meet new ones! Have been lucky enough to get to meet a couple Florida Freepers down in the Lauderdale area on the trips James and I have made.

There are so very many Florida Freepers we have yet to meet and sure would be fun to plan another Florida Freeper weekend somewhere in our Sunshine state! But I know times are hard for many, and so that lends to getting together in smaller groups close to home as possible. The Florida Freeper Convention we had back in 08 in Orlando was such fun and that was when we were delighted to get to meet many Florida Freepers!

Looking forward into 2014 and 2016 I hope Freepers in every state will start using their state FR boards to join together in candidate discussions and work together to make happen what we all MUST make happen. That is take the Senate in 2014, keep the House, and then empty the White House of the trash and place an honest Conservative in as Commander In Chief!

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks for the ping, Leni.
I am so diappointed that travel prevented me from attending.

Looks like it was a great time for all who attended!
Hope to be able to make the next ‘Gathering of Egrets’!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Sarge, for the ping. Looks a good time was had by all.

Too cool...you and your dulcimer.

[Graybeard58]

Many thanks to freeper "Ricebug", the ace photographer who captures our delightful moments for FR history.

Great job ricebug.

Leni, click my screen name and the first picture you see is by ricebug, it remains the best picture we have of my wife and me.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Seems like the last time we had that bunch together was the debate in Tampa complete with after party/discussion at the Wing House...you included.

[mcmuffin]

Looks like everyone had a great time!
Due to economic concerns I couldn’t make the party. (I had to work!!)
FRegards!
Dave

[MinuteGal]

That IS a great photo of you and your wife by freeper Ricebug!

Ah, the good times on our Freeper fund-raising cruises.

Long time no sea, Graybeard.

Leni

[M Kehoe]

Good morning lovely lady.

Thanks for all you do.

FReepers rock!

Oh, there is a person in one of those pictures who forgot to brush his teeth.

Mondavi, cab, 2010, not bad...

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[M Kehoe]

Good morning. I trust you are doing well.

Your name was mentioned, along with Dave, Pete, and couple of other FReepers (who I can't remember now).

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[MinuteGal]

The third photo from the top is a good shot of Old Sarge playing his dulcimer. "Dulcimer" is a lap-top instrument and the name literally means "sweet music".

Dulcimers originated around 900 AD in Persia. They were popularized in Europe and later brought to North America by European immigrants in the early 1700s. The "Appalachian" dulcimer first appeared in the early 19th century among Scotch-Irish immigrant communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

At our brunch party, Old Sarge accompanied his dulcimer playing with some mighty fine singing. His lovely rendition of the classic Irish song "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?" brought a wee tear to me auld eyes.

Wikipedia has a fine history of the dulcimer and how it's played.

Sarge and Bushbacker performed a great finale to our entertainment with some lively jamming that I wished would go on and on. Both guys are very talented musicians in the true sense of the word.

Interesting sidelight....because the Irish represent the second-largest immigrant influx into the U.S., and because the dulcimer is an instrument much favored by Irish/Celtic musicians everywhere, I asked for a show of hands from those freepers with some Irish ancestry and about half the group raised their hands.

(....and, as they say, the other half wished they were Irish....lol).

O'Leni

[M Kehoe]

The First lady said ya'all look great. She's sorry she couldn't come.

It was good to meet FReepers you haven't met before face to face.

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[seekthetruth]

And you have a beautiful daughter!

Does my heart good to see young folks take it upon themselves to research, learn the truth and then share it with others. Can’t beat conservatives meeting other conservatives! :)

[seekthetruth]

We missed seeing you too, friend!

I am sure there will be events coming up in our Sunshine State so no doubt we will get to see you!

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