This year's luncheon was held at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis-it's quite a luxurious building. Our event took place on the third floor in the Grand Ballroom. Over 100 tables were set up in this room, all facing a stage that had a head table for Bill Polian, Jim Irsay, Tom Zupancic, Coach Caldwell, the team's pastor and the guest speaker: Greg Gumbel. Take a look at the atmosphere:
My job for the event: as guests begun arriving I, along with four cheerleaders, greeted and directed attendees at the front entrance. We then headed upstairs just before the program was to begin. The cheerleaders were staged and ready to escort those seated at the head table and also stand at the tunnel where the players came out of before having a seat at their tables. Heather and I had a lot of fun with this as we "had" to stand back stage (or the entrance to the tunnel) and watch all the players pass by. Here's what the tunnel looked like, with Abbey leading Greg Gumbel to the main stage!
After all football personnel made it to their seats, we were allowed to go to ours and enjoy the program. I thoroughly enjoyed Gumbel's interview with the players, most notable Pat McAfee-he's just hilarious! During all of this, we enjoyed a three course meal consisting of a wedge salad, beef with sautéed vegetables all atop mashed potatoes and a rich chocolate torte. All said and done, this event was a wonderful culmination to a busy week of work!
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