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VYC NEWS
Download Labor Day Weekend Events Schedule Here (PDF)
Download VYC Reciprocals 2010 List Here (PDF)
July 2010 Events |
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Friday, July 16 at noon
“Summer Cooking School”
Instructor: Professor Marc Pegram,
VYC Master Chef
2009 Winner of the
Venice Iron Chef Competition
Course
Preparation of a light summer French luncheon
Le Menu
Quiche Lorraine with Peach
and Blackberry garnish
French Bread
Dessert
Chocolate Pot de Crème
$14.75++
Textbook
Free study guides at your table
Class Schedule
12 noon – 2:00 pm
Homework
Bring your favorite apron. You may win a prize!
Adjunct Faculty: Fran Chilldon, Paula Graser, Jean McLaughlin
Committee: Mary Ellen Ryan, Bonnie Sammet, and Pat Sauter
Call 488-7708 for reservations to set up your own table, or ask to join Lee Hamilton at the Hospitality Table.
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Entertainment Committee
Come join us for another meeting of the newly reformed
Entertainment Committee on:
Wednesday, July 28th
at 6:00 p.m
in the Sunset Room.
We will be laying out the plans for our Events for the remainder of the year along with discussing the good, bad and the ugly of the events of the 1st half of the year.
We welcome your participation and your suggestions, ideas and yes, even your criticism (constructive, of course).
 Rich & Shirley Ambrose
Shaun & Paula Graser
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Dockmasters’ Bash!!
Saturday, July 24th
Party with the Three
Best Dockmasters in the FCYC!!
Music by Ricky & Franky
Dancing 7:30 – 10:30pm
Casual dress shorts permitted
6:00pm – Cocktails and Hors D’oeuvres
Featuring an Ice Filled Dinghy of Seafood!!
6:30pm – Dinner
a la Carte Menu
Starters
House Salad with Choice of Dressing or
Cup of Caribbean Conch Chowder
$3.50++
Dockmaster Favorites
$16.95++
Jim’s Teriyaki Chicken Kebobs
Bob’s Grilled Marinated
Tenderloin of Pork
Ward’s Seafood Pasta Primavera
Chef’s Selections
Blackened Filet of Salmon
$18.95++
Petit Filet Mignon with Sauce Béarnaise
$19.95++
Desserts
Key Lime Pie, Banana Coconut Cream Pie, French Silk Pie
Mango Flan or Ice Cream Sundae
$3.00++ ea |
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July
13 - Finance Committee Meeting
15 - House Committee Meeting
16 - Ladies' Luncheon
22 - Board of Directors Meeting
23 - Commodore’s Luncheon
24 - Dockmasters Bash |
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August 2010 Events |
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Friday, August 20 at noon
Presenting the Venice Theatre Summer
Stock Program.
Each summer, approximately 30 students 16 to 21 years of age take a 7 week program to give them the skills to become professional actors. The students spend 8 or 9 hours a day on and off stage learning all facets of the craft. The students will provide a brief performance for us.
Murray Chase, Director and Sandy Davidson, Educational Director will give an overview of the program. A donation to the Summer Stock Program will be presented to be used towards the $350 tuition. A portion of the price of today’s luncheon will go towards this donation.
Menu
Crunchy Asian Chicken Salad
Diced Chicken, Crispy Rice Noodles
Red Grapes, Walnuts and Shredded Lettuce
With Sesame Dressing
Served with Flat Bread Crackers and Cheddar Chive Biscuits
Dessert
Star Shortcake
With Fruit Coulis, Mixed Berries and Whipped Cream
$16.25pp++
Committee: Doris Guba, Marge Lukas, Polly Skinner, Laura Caccia, Dee Dee Jepsen, Paula Graser.
Call 488-7708 for reservations to set up your own table, or ask to join Lee Hamilton at the Hospitality Table.
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Steak Night Saturday
August 21st
6:00 pm: Cocktails
7:00 pm: Dinner and Dancing
with Earl and Friends
Our music entertainment is back
by popular demand.
Special Steakhouse Menu Priced from
$15 - $35
All Beef Certified Choice Angus
5oz, 7oz and 8oz Filet Mignons
12oz & 14 oz New York Strips
26oz Porterhouse
Teriyaki Beef Brochette
Additional Entrée Options include
Chilean Sea Bass
Boneless Sautéed Chicken Breast
Barbequed Pork Back Ribs
All entrées served with baked potato or rice pilaf and include the soup and salad bar with iceberg wedges, sliced tomatoes, fresh spinach, Caesar salad items, prepared chopped salad along with toppings and assorted dressings.
Dessert: à la carte
Dress: Casual
Call for Reservations at 488-7708 |
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The Rednecks R Havin’ a Family Reunion
Saturday, August 14th
Beer, Moonshine, and Ap-pit-izers
at the Dog Patch Poolside Bar
6:00 PM: Crackers and Canned Cheese,
Fried Gator Bites, & Little Smokies
7:00 PM: Eatin' time in the Main Room
The Gator Creek Band will be there
with some good 'ol country music!
Now y’all come on over to catch up on all the family secrets and visit with the Weddin couple of two years ago.
Rumor has it that Cousin Barbie Jo (the town fluzzy) will be there to stir up some good gossip!
Grub Menu
Pulled Roast Pork
Fried Chicken
Fried Catfish
Country style Green Beans
Cole Slaw
Biscuits & Cornbread
Dessert
Sweet Potato Pie with
Chocolate Bourbon Sauce
$16.50 ++
Don’t y’all forget to call Aunt Peggy or Cousin Susan and tell em’ yur a comin! 488-7708
Dress in yur clean overalls,
blue jeans or shorts
Chairpeoples: George and MaryAnn Satterley |
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August
5 Trivia Night
12 Sailors' Table
13 Commodore's Luncheon
14 Redneck Family Reunion
17 Finance Committee Mtg.
19 House Committee Mtg.
20 Ladies' Luncheon
21 Steak Night |
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September 2010 Events |
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VYC Labor Day Weekend
Friday, Sept. 3 thru Monday, Sept. 6
Friday, September 3
11:00am Tiki Bar open, Tiki menu available
12:00n Silent Auction bidding begins
5:30-8:30pm Life Guard on duty
6:00-8:30pm Special Kick Off Party Buffet
Poolside
6:00pm Galley Night menu available in
Main Dining Room
6:30-9:30pm Party music poolside welcoming
the popular Band - R.P.M.
6:30-9:30pm Music in Main Dining Room
by Salty Sam
Saturday, September 4
12:00-4:00pm Life Guard on duty
Silent Auction -
Bidding Open All Day
8:00-10:00am Continental Breakfast in
Ready Room
11:00am Tiki Bar open, Tiki menu
available all day
11:00am On Your Own Games
Test your throwing skills at the
Corn Hole
Play Badminton or Ping Pong
1:00-2:00pm Play Bingo in the Sunset Room –
8 Games
50 / 50 Benefit for the VYBA
1:00-3:00pm Children’s games with the very
popular Nora Risse
6:00 pm - ??? Labor Day Weekend Gala
Don’t Miss the Fun!
6:00 – 7:30pm Dinner
8:00pm Band begins featuring
the Cry'n Shames
Sunday, September 5
12:00n−4:00pm Life Guard on Duty
Silent Auction Bidding all day
VYCyclers are hosting a bike
ride to “Somewhere”
9:30am−1:00pm Casual Sunday Breakfast Buffet
Enjoy a Fashion Show by the Burgee Girls
11:00am Tiki Bar open,
Tiki menu available all day
Tiki Menu Offered inside and outside
On Your Own Games
2:00pm Diving for Dollars (coins)
Kids Only Please
4:00−5:00pm Play Bingo in the Sunset Room 8 games
50/50 Benefit for the VYBA
Monday, September 6
11:00am-5:00pm Life Guard on Duty
Silent Auction Bidding Open
8:00−10:00am Continental Breakfast in Ready Room
11:00am On Your Own Games
11:00am−12:00n Dunk Tank
12:00n Crab Races
50 / 50 Benefits VYBA
12:00n−3:00pm Chef Marc’s Famous Smokehouse
BBQ Buffet - available Poolside
or dine in the Main Dining Room
where it’s cool
12:30−3:30pm Face Painting Fun and Tattoos with Miss Tanya
1:00−4:00pm Music by Gator Creek Band
1:00pm Bridge Tournament in Sunset Room
No partner needed
3:00−6:00pm Limited Tiki Menu Available
4:00pm Silent Auction Bidding Closes
4:00pm Parents Pram Race –
coaching by the kids
4:30pm Silent Auction Winners announced |
Break Open those Piggy Banks!
Silent Auction
Bidding will be open all weekend long.
How would you like to fly to Key West for Lunch?
Perhaps a cocktail Sunset Cruise aboard a sailboat?
Party on a Pontoon Boat?
These items, and so much more, will be
available to bid on.
Why not purchase a package for a loved
one for Christmas?
Let the Bidding Wars begin!
All proceeds will benefit the VYBA
see Labor Day Schedule on this page |
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Haul Out Party
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
6:00 pm: Cocktails & Appetizers
7 to 10 pm: Dinner, dancing & Karaoke
6:00: Cocktails & hors d’oeuvres
7 to 10 pm: Dinner, Dancing & Karaoke
We’re getting ready to shutdown, clean-up and fix-
up. The Chef is cleaning out the refrig and pantry
and will throw it all in a pot to create his famous soups.
A variety of famous soups, salad, and loaves of bread you slice yourself will serve as our Buffet Bar
and topped off with Dump Cake and
Ice Cream for dessert.
The price is $15.50++pp
You will find all this nestled in between
the scaffolding and ladders.
So put on your painter pants, construction belts and pull up a paint bucket seat while you enjoy the music of DJ Tony and have some Karaoke fun.
Reservations: Call Peggy at 488-7708
Committee: Rich and Shirley Ambrose,
Sid and Eva Martin, and Shaun and Paula Graser |
KEY WEST TRIP
September 13-16
A trip to Key West is being planned during the Club’s shutdown on September 13-16. If you wish to go on the Key West Express, a special rate of $99.00 pp round trip including free parking has been secured. The La Conche Hotel (Crown Plaza) on Duval Street will also offer a special group rate of $139+ tax per night.
The Key West Express leaves daily in the AM from Ft. Myers and returns every PM. Or you may wish to go by car or take your own boat. You can choose to spend as many nights as you wish under these special rates.
Our travel agent, Nancy Mason from GM Travel will meet with all interested parties on August 4th at 5:30 in the Tiki Bar area. She will answer any questions you might have and will take your reservations. If you cannot make the meeting you can call her
at 485-3358.
Any questions, contact Club Member
George Satterley at 485-7272 |
Member Pre-Open
Haul-In
Pot Luck Party
Saturday, September 25th
Poolside at 5:30 pm
Shut-down is (almost) over. All the fix it,
paint it, replace it and clean it is done and
we can’t wait to “get it going again”.
Soooooooooo...
Haul-in your favorite “finger food” on a
serving tray and listen to the sounds of
Clement White while catching up with VYC friends.
The Tiki Bar will be open to serve your
favorite beverages.
Hostesses- Lee Hamilton and Barbara Lefquist |
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October 2010 Events |
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October
2 - VYC / JWCC Golf Tournament (tentative)
3 - Iron Chef Competition
7 - Trivia
8 - IOBG Weekend begins
9 - IOBG Dinner Dance
15 - Ladies' Luncheon Fashion Show
16 - Oktoberfest
22 - Commodore’s Luncheon
24 - Gourmet Dinner
27 - Blood Drive
30 - Children’s Halloween Party
30 - Adult Halloween Party
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