Wear Your Dancing Shoes Tuesday Night!

Come one come all to the first ever “MLA mini-ballroom dancing with the stars!” This will be part of the Tuesday night MLA reception.

Clive and Suzanne Phillips, links to their bios below, will spark the festivities with some group dance sessions followed by an exhibition or two. Come see world class professionals first hand, wear your dancin’ shoes and/or your most comfortable shoes or socks.

If you do not have a ticket for this reception, they may be purchased at the MLA Registration. There are options for both adult and child tickets.

And, we will have a photographer!

Here are the links to the bios and to more info about the studios. No doubt there is a local studio near you. Join us as we all learn to dance together…and/or just have fun!

Clive: http://www.dnywestchester.com/CliveBio.htm

Suzanne: http://www.dnywestchester.com/SuzanneBio.htm

Here is the link to Dance New York studio: http://www.dancenewyork.com/stand_alone2.htm

Here is the one for the Westchester studio: http://www.dnywestchester.com/

Even one for those dancers in Iowa: http://www.dnyia.com/

See you there!

Posted for Diana Cunningham

Dine-Arounds

Please join some of your colleagues to explore the tastes of Philadelphia. To register for a Dine-Around on Friday or Saturday evening, please sign up at the Hospitality Desk by 2pm on the day of the scheduled dine around. For Thursday night Dine-Arounds, sign up in advance by emailing the host or at the Hospitality Desk after it opens on Thursday at 4pm. Dine-Around participants should plan on being at the Message Area 5 minutes prior to the time listed below. Please be on time as your party will leave promptly. If you miss them it is up to you to get to the restaurant on your own.

Please let your non-blogging colleagues know about these events!

Thursday, May 17th (note: you can email the host to sign-up in advance)

Lolita http://lolitabyob.com
Mexican
106 S. 13th Street
Host: Anne Seymour seymoura@mail.med.upenn.edu
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 7

Swanky Bubbles www.swankybubbles.com
Asian, champagne
10 S. Front Street
Host: Andrea Kenyon kenyon@collphyphil.org
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 8

Friday, May 18th
(additional restaurants may be added)

Nodding Head search.cityguide.aol.com/philadelphia/bars/nodding-head/v-130117
www.noddinghead.com
16th and Sansom
Hostess: Maura Sostack msostack@virtua.org
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 7 persons

Estia www.estiarestaurant.com
(Greek)
1405 Locust Street
Hostess: Andrea Kenyon kenyon@collphyphil.org
Time: 6:30
Number of dinner slots: 5

Monk’s Belgian Café www.monkscafe.com/
16th & Spruce
Host: Dan Boutchie
Time: 7:00
Number of dinner slots: 7

Saturday, May 19th
(additional restaurants may be added)

Singapore
(Chinese, kosher, vegetarian)
1006 Race Street
Hostess: Diane Wolf
Time: 8pm
Number of dinner slots: 7

Farmacia www.farmiciarestaurant.com/
15 S. 3rd Street
Host: Jen de Richmond JdeRichemond@ECRI.org
Time: 7:30pm (meet at message board at 7pm)
Number of dinner slots: 7

Pub Crawl
Tour of the drinking establishments in the Center City East/TJU area including Ludwig’s Garden, McGillians (Philly's oldest pub), Fergie's, the Irish Pub (the one by Jefferson), and Doc Watson's. Please note that while restaurants are smoke free, none of these establishments qualify for the exemption.
Host: Brad Long
Time: 8:45
Number of slots: 12 persons

The Place to be on Sunday Night!

The Bearded Pigs (the world’s first open access international librarian rock band) will once again be holding a live rehearsal at the MLA meeting. Look for us in Liberty Ballroom C, in the Marriott, on Sunday evening from 8:00 to 11:00. We’ll have a cash bar and dancing is definitely encouraged. We’d also like to extend a special welcome and invitation to new members and first-time attendees. Think of it as an informal professional networking event – with rock band.

For those of you who would also like to receive a special limited-edition commemorative t-shirt, consider joining the Thicket Society before April 22nd. For details on the Thicket Society and for pictures of previous rehearsals, check out our website: http://www.beardedpigs.org/.