Special Benefit Dance on April 26, 2008
for the Caritas/Corkery House!

THANK YOU!

Whoever said the Rhode Island State motto is "If it's free, it's for me" has obviously never been to one of our benefits or met any of our fabulous dancers. Thanks to all of you and your generosity, we raised $4,935.97 for Caritas! That puts our benefit total for 8 years at $41,713.70!!!

Saturday was a spectacular evening. We had a full hall...It was wonderful to see everyone dancing and having such a great time all while helping to support the 88's and Caritas, Inc. The band was on FIRE!!! But, then, aren't they always? They never disappoint. Big thanks to Roger and the boys for their continued support of the 88's, live music and swing. Swing Daddy and Shawneemac kept you all on your toes during dinner and breaks - a huge thank you to them as well for donating all of their time. We had a great spread of food - thank you to Lenny and his kitchen crew for all of their hard work preparing and cooking and to Vic, Pat, Dennis & Colleen for serving everyone. A round of applause to Andy & Toby who managed a HUGE lesson with ease! And thanks to everyone else who helped to make the evening a success. Congratulations to our big prize winners! The winners are as follows: Annual 88's Pass - Vladi, Digital Photo Frame - Robin Montvilo, Nintendo Wii - Leo Doucet, Navigon GPS - Mark Purcell. And congratulations to those of you who won door prizes as well.

We are looking forward to another big celebration next month (May 31) as we say "farewell" to Swing Daddy and congratulate him on his retirement. Hope that you all can be there. This will be a night to remember. Remember...start time is 5pm and we're having a potluck dinner - bring a dish to share if you wish. See details here. Keep an eye on the website and weekly emails for any new developments.

On a side note...In case anyone missed it...Roger gave a special shout out to Penny at the benefit (thank you Roger), who is our web-coordinator. As many of you are aware, we had a server snafu last month - very bad timing with the benefit approaching. Penny worked double time to get our new site back up and running so you could get all of your benefit details in time! A huge thank you to her for managing our site and weekly emails that you all live by. (Make sure you update your links to the new site - www.swingin88s.com).

Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for all of your support and for making our annual benefit such a huge success. You guys are the best!

~ Swingin' 88's