Our Banquet

Last night's banquet was fantastic! I really liked the set up,it seemed like everyone had a good seat to see the awesome demonstrations. Everything looked sparkly and new (could have been the new place?), all the forms that I have seen practiced many, many times looked more intense, more realistic, more fabulous than ever before. There is magic in our banquet; we all work so hard all year and then put it all together for one night and Bam! it's magical.
I always feel like all the people that come are our guests and it is my job to make sure everyone is taken care of and feels welcome. I hope that I was successful and everyone had as much fun as I did.
I love seeing the kids do their demo, they always look so much better on the night of the banquet. I love seeing the I Ho Chuan team and the candidates perform their demos too! They perform at a level that is hard to replicate any other time, just looks amazing.
I was inspired by the speeches given for the charities that we support, they reminded me that it is time to get busy and start planning our fundraising for this year.
I always leave the banquet feeling like there is nothing that we can not accomplish as a group, I look forward to all that we take on together.

Sifu Robyn Kichko
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