Saturday, July 19, 2014

Every Rose Has Its Thorn


Today we celebrate the many musical stylings that the Danville Rotary is connected with. It seems like every time you turn around there's a rotarian talking about what concert he or she is going to or has just attended. Our meetings have a musical flavor even when it's not intentional. This week's presentation was brought to you by Hendricks Regional Health and was about being active. It led me to do the insane action of signing up for a ballroom dancing class at the Hospital (where I will undoutdedly find myself staying)... so would anyone like to take my wife to a ballroom dancing class?

Honestly though our rotarians are very passionate about their music. We go to the Royal Theater concerts, Symphony on the Prairie, the County Fair concerts, etc... and we're so diverse in our interests. Take for instance the difference in tastes from two of our own. Terry TeaKay-Kessinger is big on the Beatles music being played at Conner Prairie. The lyrics of one of their most famous songs: And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make”. Contrast that with Stephenie LeMay-Luken's favorite "musician" Brett Michaels: "Unskinny bop, just blows me away. Unskinny bop bop, all night and day. Unskinny bop bop bop bop, she just loves to play. Unskinny bop nothin' more to say". If only that were true.

I'm not here to judge which is better, but I will give you pause for our future. The lyrics to my daughter's current favorite song are "Fire up your loud, another round of shots..... TURN DOWN FOR WHAT. TURN DOWN FOR WHAT. TURN DOWN FOR WHAT. TURN DOWN FOR WHAT." Those are literally the only words to the song. 

Hopefully the band tonight at Summer Sounds on the Square will not cover that song. Stop by the rotary booth and buy some pizza & pepperoni breadsticks. If you can find Tracie TraiNer-Shearer she will buy the first round of shots. TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?

Seth Crommissioner-Cromer

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The King is Dead. Long Live the Queen!

Yes another Rotary Year has passed, and with it the reign of Bockstahler. Beginning with the formation of 237 different committees to ease the burden of Presidency, it was certainly a year of changes and accomplishment. Due in part to so many people lending a hand the Danville Rotary was able to go on trips together, have drinks at precisely 5:31 in the afternoon, award scholarships, create a secondary corps of volunteers, and single-handedly prevent a polio outbreak in Hendricks County. 

While those are all significant accomplishments, the Bockstahler era's lasting impression will undoubtedly be this.

Sad as it may be to see the fastest talking President in recent memory go (hopefully not literally if home listings are to be believed), a new era is rising. The year of the hyphen is upon us. No official word yet on the rumors about LeMay-Luken demanding all rotarians hyphenate their names for at least this year just to see how things go. A little background on our new Prez that I'm sure you were not aware of. Did you know she's a judge? Did you know she's excited about Brett Michaels coming to town? That's pretty much all the background that's necessary. Looking forward to a great year, and let's make sure we keep the streak alive and keep polio out of Hendricks County again this year!

Seth CroMmissioner-Cromer