[LM_NET] Hit: Chinese New Year Faculty Party

[Mary Ludwick <ludwickm@LISD.NET>]

I had asked for new ideas.  No one sent any new ideas but I was asked to
post a hit.  Here are details of the party idea:

Each year I host a faculty Chinese New Year Party.
It is held in the library...tables are decorated with Chinese dragons,
candles and some Chinese fans.  We dim the lights, use only candle
light and the "emergency" light and have some
background music.
      Each table features one of the signs.  People are asked to sit
with other faculty members with that sign.  The invitation I issue has
the zodiac on the back so that faculty will know the sign before
arriving at the party.
        This year I am making a little twist...I won't tell them ahead
of time at which table to sit.  I will not have the tables labeled.  I
plan to let everyone assemble.  Then I will read the traits of a
particular sign and let them guess who might be under that sign.  After
all 12 signs are "discussed" then we will reveal who is under that sign
and let those people move to a table together..We won't have to tell who
we guessed is under a particular sign.  I am leaving the zodiac off.
However, some teachers remember who they sat near in the past.
      In the past I have printed up some "fortunes" for the faculty.
The fortunes are rather silly and relate to the elementary school
atmosphere.
(Examples: You will never accumulate great wealth. You have an
aversion
to bubble gum.  1000 frequent flyer miles from paper airplanes will
soon
be yours.  You will often meet short people.  Head lice is important in
your life.
Your favorite song lyric is from Randy Newmann's "Short People")

      We have 7 faculty members who are single.  They will get a red
envelope with money (a Chinese custom).

Our refreshments are cookies and punch.



Mary Croix Ludwick, Librarian
469-713-5950       K-5
Owen Elementary, Lewisville ISD (near Dallas, Texas)
ludwickm@lisd.net (school)   ludwick@swbell.net  (home)


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