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| Written by Doug Carder | |||
| Wednesday, 24 December 2008 08:00 | |||
 Despite miserable temperatures outside, the atmosphere couldn’t have been more warm and inviting at the Louisburg Senior Center Christmas dinner Saturday night.About 60 seniors braved the frigid cold to attend the annual dinner put on by Carmen and Stacy Price and their family and friends. More than a dozen of Kathy Fitzke’s piano students entertained the seniors before the gift exchange and dinner. Stacy Price read “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” with a few extra “lefts” and “rights” mixed into the traditional wording, as seniors passed the gifts clockwise and counterclockwise several times during the Christmas poem. Andrew Howland ended up with a blanket after he traded one last time with Pat Harshman across the table. Both Howland, who came with his mother, Jacky Gilbreath, and Harshman were all smiles after the exchange and said they thought it added a fun twist to the traditional gift-giving proceedings. The seniors dined on salad, smoked brisket, pulled pork and turkey, zucchini casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy and several choices of dessert. “We wanted to do something here for the people who regularly use the senior center,” Stacy Price said. “I’m sure the cold kept a few people from coming, but we’re pleased with the turnout.” Former Kansas City Royals organist Joetta Moorman and her son, drummer and Louisburg police officer Woody Bates, provided the musical entertainment during the dinner, and Bates also sang a few Elvis tunes, including “Blue Christmas.” “People tell me I sound like Elvis, but that’s just the way I sing,” Bates said with a wry grin. About 20 National Honor Society students from Louisburg High School served the meal. After the meal and dessert, The Copycats, a karaoke singing group, entertained the crowd with several traditional Christmas songs, including an amusing rendition of “12 Days of Christmas.” While Wayne Harclerode, Lester and Roberta Town, Bill and Diane Johns and the adorable Stuteville sisters, Taylor, 11, and Ashley, 9, sang their numbers, a few couples glided around the dance floor. Some seniors joined the Copycats in singing “Silent Night” to close the program. Later, Harclerode, L.M. Town and Bill Johns joined fellow members of the Country Oaks Band in rounding out the evening with foot-tapping dancing music. “I was pleased with the turnout,” organizer Carmen Price said. “There are so many people to thank for helping with this dinner.” She scanned the smiling faces as a round of applause broke out for the Copycats. “I think everyone is enjoying themselves.”
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