Christmas Gala

We do Christmas big around Louisiana College. It all began for me long before Thanksgiving with gala planning and decorating campus. Somehow I inherited decorating the entire student center when I came here seven years ago....not sure how that happened. By the time Christmas rolls around I have usually decorated upwards of 15+ trees. I was smart this year and put my own tree up first so it looks the best and was actually fun to do.

Gala is our formal Christmas dinner and program for our students. Last year I played my ace of spades right off the bat...which added pressure to making gala memorable this year. We finally just decided to go a different route rather than trying to top "Buddy the Elf" from last year. However, Buddy did make an appearance at the end of the program because Andrew is a good sport.

Here is he is getting ready for his surprise appearance....not even the Union Board Staff knew he was part of the program.

And to mark the occassion we took a photo just like the pose we took last year of the three amigos.I love these guys....they are the brothers I never had.

And then there are these two distinguished gentlemen...Dr. Brad Duffy and Dr. Wade Warren, who did a interpretive dance to the 12 days of Christmas and completely stole the show.

And it's not very often that Big Momma gets this dressed up so I always have to take pics with some of my favorite people...
Christian and I

Andrew and I

Lee and I (he came back for another gala)

And this pic is too funny not to share...

And here is a glimpse of the set...pictures don't do it justice.
Here is the the ceiling in Granberry where we had dinner.

And this a small part of the set in MPAC.

And this fun little pic of my ornament that I made for the tree before gala started. The students got to decorate their own oranments to decorate the tree in the lobby and then keep them as a party favor.

Gala is always fun but an exhausting event to plan for, decorate for and pull off. I am always glad when it's over but feel accomplished when students have had a good time. After the program we watched ELF on the big screen in our auditorium and had milk, hot chocalate and cookies.

And here is the great staff that makes it all happen!

Merry Christmas from our UB family to yours!!!