Banquetology
AHI’s 33rd Anniversary Hellenic Heritage Achievement
and National Public Service Awards Dinner
vs.
AHEPA’s 38th Biennial Banquet
March 25, 2008
Rarely does a Greek man have the opportunity to wear a tux, and it’s almost never when he gets to do so twice in a month. Every two years however, AHEPA and the American Hellenic Institute both schedule their most formal of events for March in DC, as the AHEPA Biennial Banquet joins the “AHI Dinner” as perhaps the two classiest Greek events that many Greek-Americans will ever attend, at least that don’t involve the obligatory exchanging of goats. Getting Greek-American young adults to attend these events though is a challenge that has much to do with the price, format, and line up of each event.
The Clearwater YAL recently released its much-awaited details on its 17th
Annual Memorial Day Weekend Event Convention. Amidst many months of rumor and
speculation ranging from the unbelievable “no event this year” to the
plausible “the hotel might not be on the beach,” we are glad to see that the
organizers seem to be taking some subtle yet positive steps in reversing some of
the less desirable aspects of last year’s convention.
Back to Clearwater Beach, well, not exactly...
The most striking development of this year’s convention is the return to a
Clearwater address after a two year hiatus to St. Pete’s Beach. The Belleview
Biltmore Resort seems to be the most impressive venue for this Convention this
decade. Its website opens with the following description that makes it sound
like the hotel was out of its mind or living under a rock for the past few years
when it allowed this group to book the entire resort: (more)
If you tried hitting the gym over the last three weeks, you may have noticed
how hard it was trying to find a treadmill or other piece of equipment. College
students with nothing better to do, along with young professionals and others
working through their New Year’s Resolutions probably had a lot to do with
that. January is an interesting month in that there’s a huge emphasis on
sports and fitness in this country, both by participants and spectators alike.
The DC Greek community is not immune to this either, as January is typically the
start of the Greek League basketball season, which invariably has to be worked
around the NFL Playoff Schedule. We were pleased to hear that the YAL Basketball
Tournament earlier this month organized by St. George YAL was successful in
attracting both men’s and women’s teams for a weekend of basketball and
fellowship. (more)
The Daily
Gyro
April 2,
2008
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Rarely does a Greek man have the opportunity to wear a tux, and it’s almost never when he gets to do so twice in a month. Every two years however, AHEPA and the American Hellenic Institute both schedule their most formal of events for March in DC, as the AHEPA Biennial Banquet joins the “AHI Dinner” as perhaps the two classiest Greek events that many Greek-Americans will ever attend, at least that don’t involve the obligatory exchanging of goats. Getting Greek-American young adults to attend these events though is a challenge that has much to do with the price, format, and line up of each event.