Movie Night at Clifford

As the morning sun released the grip of the evening’s frost from the Clifford dumpster, small wisps of steam streamed up from the stack of cardboard pizza boxes and half eaten bags of popcorn. Vestiges of another successful Movie Night at the Clifford MUB!

Yes, my friends, that wonderful tradition most recently embraced by John Nelson has returned to Clifford. Last Friday a little over 100 students and family members were treated to several hours of Christmas Classics – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Charlie Brown Christmas! Other than the fact that Little Caesar’s shorted us half a dozen pizzas resulting in a half hour delay in the arrival of dinner, all went reasonably well. I was sitting on pins and needles during that delay given the fact that due to lack of volunteers, I had to deploy the services of my mother-in-law…needless to say, I had to cash in a number of chits on that deal so I urge you to please volunteer and help at our next movie night!

So I am ever confident to pursue the planning for the next Movie Night. I have learned to make friends with Oscar the Janitor, the ladies in the kitchen who gave me the key to the freezer, and have identified which door jams to strategically pack with paper so as to not be locked out of operation. I now know which lights in the MUB work and those which don’t. I have also learned that one cannot have enough $1s and $5s in the change box. I have also made new friends who stayed afterward to help clean up after the soiree. And lastly, I have experienced the reward of hearing the applause from the children who have enjoyed a wonderful evening with family and friends. I hope you will have an opportunity to do so as well at the next Clifford Movie Night! See you at the movies!

– John Claude

P.S. If you would like to get involved with our next movie night (set up, clean up, concession sales etc), please email Carol Donnelly at carolkdonnelly AT yahoo.com and she can put you on the list!

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