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Article: R.S.V.P. Organizers overcome thunder, lightning to put on successful events
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2009
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Everyone who plans an outdoor event in Wisconsin knows that
having Plan B is a must. So with skies threatening thunderstorms
worthy of a 1930s Frankenstein movie, planners for two events held
June 19 moved indoors for their festivities.
The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens held their 25th annual
gala at the gardens in Whitnall Park, but tables were moved into the
pavilion in advance of the looming storm.
Because of the economy, this year planners scaled back the scope
of the evening, making the event strictly cocktails and hors
d'oeuvres -- a plan that met with great success as attendance at the
party nearly doubled over the previous year to 244.
Among those in attendance were Roger and ...