Gala Post-Mortem

If any attendees unintentionally left any of the following items, please notify your host:

Carhart Jackets (3)

Laptop Charger (Apple)

Water Bottle (Red Plastic)

Dear Friends of Sunbury Manor,

The October Gala at Sunbury Manor was a first-draft, an experiment, a learning opportunity.  As such, the primary conclusion that came of it is that each and every attendee was a delight who contributed so much to the overall experience. The second most prominent conclusion is that more cutting boards are dearly needed in the kitchen. 

A deep and heartfelt thanks to each of you who came, be it for but an evening or the entire event (and then some). The structure of the weekend was a bit of a gamble, as it was light on entertainment, but heavy on opportunity for spontaneous structure to rise and fall in the way games spark into and out of existence on the playgrounds of our childhoods. The implication of this trust placed in guests to make delight is that each of you could steer the spirit of the party, the vibe, any direction you pleased. You took that responsibility and flew with it.

Where space was left for drama, for boredom, for whatever you would make of our shared time together, you spontaneously assembled into musical jam sessions, into scientific colloquia, into heartfelt rhetorical exploration of the intersection between oral hygiene and monogamy. Not to mention the myriad exquisite soups, sweets, and drinks which you threw together in our deeply chaotic kitchen. 

Thank you for coming. Thank you for helping. Thank you for enjoying one another and being enjoyed. Thank you for the many gifts of books and beer and silver and so many lovely and useful things. Thank you for the memories. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. and you're welcome ;)

Now, what remains is to plan for the next. I pray you find it within your intention and power to return.

with much love and affection,

Your Host

P.S. 

Artworks left in notebooks and on walls will be curated and displayed at leisure. If you have preferences that your work be included, excluded, anonymized, attributed, etc. Please notify your host. Additionally, any work depicting or referencing Sunbury Manor or the October Gala can be shared with your host privately for curation- or posted publicly on Instagram using the hashtags #SunburyManor and #OctoberGala

Please remember as a point of etiquette at Sunbury Manor, if one wishes that any photos of them not be shared publicly, they are invited to request that their likeness not be so displayed. Thank you. 

Accounting

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Additional donations accepted, but neither necessary nor requested.  

You are invited to contribute to the event Photo Album.

Notes regarding deficiencies discovered at Sunbury Manor:

• Cutting Boards

• Ladles 

• Wine Glasses

• Champaign Flutes

• Serving Spoons

• please suggest additions to this list.

Suggestions and Complaints

Please notify your host if anything at the event could have gone better, created a problem, or reduced your enjoyment of this space. Were there bottlenecks trying to schedule shower-time? Did you have an issue with doors or locks? Were any ghost, spirits, or apparitions boorish or otherwise poor company? 

Your host eagerly awaits your gripes, complaints, and detailed inconveniences. 

Thank you.