Montreal
Centre Christmas Party 2006
The Centre's Christmas
Party was held again at Bettina Forget's house. As last year, there was no stopping the RASC Montreal Centre Christmas Band, consisting of Bruno Paul Stenson, Chris Novak and Mina Reyes' husband Roberto (with vocals by various Centre members...). The band took a break to let the competitive juices flow during Bettina's Astronomy Quiz, the favourite part being the "Moons of the Solar System" picture round. Besides the entertainment, the pot luck buffet was a delight, offering a wide variety to treats from Kevin's salmon mousse to Zoe's Arabian honeycake.
Photos by Frank Tomaras
Montreal
Centre Christmas Party 2005
This year, the Centre's Christmas
Party was held at Bettina Forget's house. Chris Novak, Bruno Paul Stenson,
and Ian Harris pulled out their guitars, drum-kit, and other musical instruments
and had us "rockin' around the Christmas tree". Bettina's Astronomy
Quiz got everyone's neurons firing while we attempted to make a dent into
the mountain of food the members brought along for this pot-luck.
1 - group photo in the kitchen
2 - 5 The RASC band
6 - Bettina's Astro Quiz
7 - 9 chatting in the dining room
Photos by Daniel Biron
1 - group photo of most of the guests of
the Christmas Party
2 - Daniel Biron, Mina Reyes, Frank Tomaras
3 - Mina Reyes, Bettina Forget and Hoover
4 - party hosts Nicolas and Bettina Forget
Photos by Mina Reyes
1 - Mina Reyes and Bettina Forget - trying
their luck with the Christmas Song
2 - Chris Novak and his guitar
3 - Bill "Barbarella" Strople, Tony Giacomodonato and his wife
4 - Mina Reyes, Bruno Paul Stenson with his drum-kit, and Christ Novak
5 - Bruno and Chris
6 - Bruno Paul Stenson and his amazing musical washboard tie!
Photos by Bettina Forget
Presentation
of the Centre's Barograph to David Levy
There's a whole story attached
to that barograph, but suffice it to say that this instrument played a special
role in David Levy's life when he first joined the Centre in the 1960s. The
Board decided to make a gift of the barograph to David this summer at a dinner
in an Italian restaurant in down-town Montreal.
1 - left to right: David Shuman, David Levy,
Bill Strople
2 - David Levy and Bill Strople examine the barograph
3 - David Levy and Daniel Biron
4 - left to right: David Shuman, David Levy, Bill Strople, Mina Reyes
5 - Bill Strople holds a little speech
6 - at the dinner table - left to right: Bettina Forget, Chris Novak, Paul
Simard, Carole Talbot
7 - at the dinner table
8 - a last visit to the I. K. Williamson Observatory: left to right: Daniel
Biron, Bill Strople, David Levy
Photos by Daniel Biron
Montreal
Centre Christmas Party 2004
Anita David hosted the 2004
Montreal Centre Christmas Party at her down-town appartment. Some members
brought their instruments - musical, not astronomical - and serenaded the
guests.
1 - Guests are relaxing at Anita's place.
2 - A Christmas quartett
3 - Ian Harris with his guitar
4 - from left to right: David
Shuman, Chris Novak, Carole Talbot, Mark Bratton
Photos by Paul Simard
