Shakers Fans of the Week & Employee of the Week

The West Fargo VFW was hopping last weekend and it was nice to see a lot of familiar faces. Special thanks to the "Shakers Girls" who were out in their specially made Shakers T-shirts. Nice touch, pink on black! They sent us the pictures on this post. Also thank you to Derek and Amy Lilly. We played for their wedding dance on October 11 and it was one to remember! Derek and Amy were out both Friday and Saturday at the VFW so counting the week prior to the wedding, where they saw us at the Windbreak, they have now been out to see us 3 weeks in a row. The amazing thing is they are not sick of us yet!

The Shakers Employee of the week was a somewhat bitter battle between Donny and Dave. Donny fixed the light controls on Friday night prior to our performance, which means he went without dinner. That made him look like an easy choice for the revered award but then Dave mentioned he designed and ordered new business cards so the competition heated up. During the debate, hosted by yours truly, it was determined that Dave was supposed to have done the business cards in September, thereby eliminating him from the competition. Bud almost got out of last place this week for mooching 2 pizzas out of the VFW that we ate while loading up but it was not enough to swing the voters.

We have the upcoming weekend off and then we play the Roadhouse on Saturday, November 1 for their Halloween party. It should be a lot of fun! See you there.

November 1 is Halloween party at the Roadhouse!

Due to the fact that there will probably be a section championship football game between Pelican Rapids and Hawley on Friday, October 31, the Roadhouse is having their Halloween party on Saturday, November 1. It seems we draw quite a bit from both locations and I bet both towns will be emptied that night to be at the Fargodome. My son in law, Joel is from Hawley and is a die hard fan. Hawley has won this game 3 years in a row so this might be the year for the Vikings(not the Minnesota Vikings-they have no chance). My challenge for him is that if Pelican wins, he has to wear Pelican Rapids clothing at the Roadhouse and a sign that says Pelican Rapids has a better football team than Hawley. If Hawley wins, I will buy him a beer.

The Shakers were at the Sandbar last Friday and a real fun wedding dance on Saturday at the Fargo Holiday Inn. The band could not agree on who should be named Employee of the Week. I thought it should be me for fixing some lights on Saturday afternoon but Donny thought I was petitioning for the award so the award is vacant this week. However, Bud Fontes did finish last in the balloting once again.

Windbreak & Shakers Employee of the Week

Well, the Windbreak went well and we are going to be back there on December 19-20. I think it is safe to say it will be slightly cooler at that time. Thanks to Mike and the staff for treating us so well and we look forward to going back. It was great to see so many familiar faces, even if we don't know your names, we know your faces!

The Sandbar is coming up this Friday, October 10 and then a wedding on Saturday.

The Shakers Employee of the Week,(drum roll please) goes to Donny Miller. He actually petitioned for it this week. That should be enough to exclude him from the award but he did spend part of Saturday afternoon fixing the equipment trailer by himself so I guess he did more than anybody else this week. The trailer has been steadily falling apart so it was time someone took it upon themselves to do something about it. The prize this week is Super Bowl tickets if the Vikings are in it. If this doesn't happen, Donny will be allowed to drive his truck hauling the band equipment for another year. Either way, he wins!

p.s. Bud Fontes once again finished last in the balloting.