| Mayoff Day - 1997
This year Mayoff Day Parties were held
on May 31st, 1997 |
May Off Day 1997 a resounding success!
by Bernie Mayoff (Abr)
About 40 friends of Mayoffs gathered on Erev Mayoff Day this year
in Richardson, Texas to celebrate our unique and special holiday.
The day began with an early morning run to Farmers' Market
where the car was loaded up with pineapples, oranges, strawberries, cantaloupe,
bananas, mangos,watermelon, cherries, star fruit, cherry tomatoes, baby
carrots, and red and green cabbages. Next Denise baked ten dozen of the
traditional chocolate peanut butter chip cookies, while Bernie prepared
the pineapple palm tree and surrounded it with fruit. One hundred pieces
of chicken were barbecued and three pounds of shrimp were placed on ice.
Cabbages were hollowed out to hold red and green salsas. Mid-afternoon the
frozen pina colada machine arrived and was set up poolside. [Did you get
the mixture right this year, Bernie? Art] A giant calendar was put on display
noting some of the significant dates leading up to Mayoff Day, such as Cinco
de Mayoff (which is celebrated in Texas, California and other communities
with a significant Mexican-American population); 10 shopping days until
Mayoff Day; baking day; and Erev Mayoff Day itself.
Welcoming torches were lit on the front lawn and guests from all walks
of life began to arrive promptly at 8:30. The crowd included engineers,
sales people, consultants, the owner of a model railroad store, a technical
writer, a phone sex operator, an aerobics instructor and her students, secretaries,
programmers, pharmacists, lawyers, an artist, and even a zookeeper to keep
things under control. A call from Arthur Mayoff in northern California let
us exchange Mayoff Day greetings across 2 time zones and 2,000 miles.
Too soon it was time to fill glasses with
asti spumante as midnight approached. Erev Mayoff Day fell on a Saturday
night this year, so we waited until midnight to sing the song for Mayoff
Day 1997. The song, to the tune of A Bicycle Built for Two, toasts Mayoffs
and our friends everywhere. Then the month of May was ceremoniously torn
off a giant calendar accompanied by cheers and laughter and hugs.
Photo left: Standing L/R: Charles Atlas, oops, Bernie & Denise
Mayoff, Doug Frazier, Trish Hebert. Sitting: Walt Hebert. Two people closest
to camera are Shirley & Jim Howard.
.Photo above. A toast at the stroke of midnight L/R: Trish Hebert,
Barbara Thomas, Ron Thomas, Art Cohen, Hank Kieffer, Betsy Kieffer, Kay
Adcock, Joan & Harry Garrett from Scotland.On the couch are James &
Barbara Peterson.
Go to Index Page
Go to Page 1
Go to Page 2
Go to Page 3
Go to Page 5
Go to Page 6
Go to Page 7
Go to Page 8
Go to Page 9
Go to Page 10
Go to Page 11
Select a different issue of
The Mayoff Family Descendant
Return to Mayoff.com
comments
to Art Mayoff