March 11, 2009
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S-a-tur-day NIGHT!
What a night Flamingos Fighting Cancer was! As you can see, I wore flamingo pink and ovarian cancer teal – pink was the color of the night. The “kids” up above are 28 or 29 years old, and from the school I taught at BEFORE this one, so literally EVERYONE I know was there!
You can see me in the first row – the people to the right for three rows up are my family (Mom is next to me in pink, and my hubby has the pink baseball cap on.) People were told to wear pink to show support 
This is most of the faculty team standing for the national anthem. Notice the pink socks. The senior boys wore black Tshirts with flamingos on them, hand made for each of them by one of the girlfriends 
Cheating was abundant and expected. In fact, at the half, the seniors were behind by 20. They were behind by 20 most of the game. Then in the last minute, they magically gained 20 points for a variety of things (“creativity of the block,” “best use of the backboard,” “best dance move incorporated into a shot,” among others. Here’s just some of the halftime entertainment – our dance team. The cheerleaders also participated, and there was a half court shoot off, and a video the students made for me (of course I cried.)
As the buzzer sounded, the SUDDENLY tied game came down to an at the buzzer layup by the seniors….so they “won.” But the real winners are the folks that will benefit from the nearly $3000 we raised for the Gail Purtan Ovarian Cancer Research Fund!
Comments (3)
THAT is awesome and amazing. It sounds like a wonderful time.
What a beautiful celebration for a very worthy cause. Looks like a good time was had by all. I am a bit envious of the “stretch” on those dancers.
Awesome pics! (looks like a new spread for sure!) I’m really sad I couldn’t come since I was in El Paso, but I’m so glad you guys raised so much money and proud (as always) to be a Mustang!
-Katie Lonc