Santa Clara Ice Bucket Challenge!

When I first heard of the ALS challenge I had no idea what the heck it was all about. Suddenly it was all over the place.  Then I saw a video of Mark Owen the E&A founder (kind of liked seeing that!) taking the challenge and had been told that the Santa Clara Club had been challenged by the Seattle club. Always being a good sport or naïve, depending upon your point of view, I showed up to participate in the challenge.  We did this at our Volley ball event for that week we managed to get 8 braves souls to take the challenge and 8 not so brave ones to do the fun part of actually dumping the ice buckets. I would like to point out that I understand now all the screaming in the other Ice Bucket Challenge videos.  When that cold, cold water hits, your body feels the shock and you are amazed at the temperature.  I noticed that we had filled up extra buckets and so said what the heck and asked for more and got it. I can tell you that the second bucket is as cold as the first. I lost the capability to speak for a few seconds! All in all it was a lot of fun and I’m glad so many decided to take the challenge.  It was great way to raise money for charity and many of us took the challenge and donated money! I then made a video to challenge the rest of the Santa Clara club!

George J. Kahwaty – Host extraordinaire Santa Clara club.

We Love Karaoke

I went from never having tried it before to being known as the Karaoke king in Santa Clara.   So when it comes up on the calendar, I’m stoked and ready to go.  The most recent time was at one of our favorite places the 7 Stars Bar and grill. This place is star wars themed, has pictures of the characters, murals of space scenes on the walls, many of the Acton figures on display and a giant Jabba the Hutt on display.  With karaoke and dance music played through the night, it has something for everyone. The most recent visit was once again a great success. In karaoke, you normally get 3 songs to sing. I was able to get in an extra song or too because they started early for us and they also extend happy hour for us.  We have a number of truly good singers in the club. We also met some possible recruits who were attracted by how well the group got along and ended up wanting to sit with us. One of them had even tried out for American idol.  The other wanted to do a duet or two and E and A stepped up to the request. This event is truly one that our group enjoys and we always look forward to it. Everyone had a great time and as usual we closed the place down.  I can’t wait for the next time so I can do it “My Way”.

Written by George, a member in Santa Clara
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