BURRILLVILLE – Swinging music from The Reside Music Band and lively-looking conversations on the annual Spring Dinner Dance contained in the basement corridor at St Patrick’s Church in Harrisville final Saturday evening drowned out the demanding rainstorm tapping on the home windows.
100 or so buddies and households had been seated at banquet tables feasting on dinner then dessert. Then a few of the folks stepped as much as the dance flooring because the band struck up their signature “sixties and seventies rock n’ roll favorites and different oldies.”
The Reside Music Band “appears ahead to this yearly. It’s enjoyable. Folks admire having a simply enjoyable evening,” stated Matt Swanton, a member of the favored band.
“It’s essential as a parish group not solely to wish however to have fun life,” stated St Patrick’s Church Deacon Richard Lapierre. “Consuming, dancing collectively, that’s who we’re; we’ve a necessity to do that as human beings.”
“We determined 9 years in the past to interact the parish group,” defined Jim Langlois, Chairman of the Spring Dinner Dance. “Another excuse to get collectively, aside from at church, is to succeed in out to the group at massive and supply good meals and dancing.”
The dinner and dessert was ready by church cook dinner Roger Johnson. The dinner dance is “a terrific charity. We have to hold the church going. Lots of people are serving to,” stated Johnson.
Arthur Aubin – just like the cook dinner – was briskly shifting forwards and backwards from the kitchen to the meals desk.
“I serve at mass, and I serve meals,” stated Aubin. “I do a variety of volunteering, 25 years at RI Blood Drive.”
Bonnie Charpentier of Harrisville attended the annual dinner dance and was selecting pastries for the occasion seated at her desk. The annual church festivity is “a variety of enjoyable. A time to get collectively, with relations and buddies,” she stated.
Barbara Langlois and George Lough had been tending bar.
“At the moment is a day about camaraderie, and a fundraiser, all really feel good for the church,” stated Langlois.
After dinner, some folks had been up and boogieing, whereas others took within the music tapping toes or swaying of their folding chairs; nonetheless others sat again and simply listened, or continued conversing, extra animatedly, because the band performed rock music, sound that over-powered the rainstorm.
“We come every year. It’s nice,” said dancer Caroline Ross of Harrisville.
Her dancing partner Richard Ross said he was having a great time.
Another couple, coincidentally of the same last name as the other dancers, Ron Ross and Cheryl Ross of Smithfield were dancing up a storm as the weather storm continued on and off outside.
“The food was excellent,” said Cheryl. “It’s a chance to socialize with the other parishes, the parishioners. The music is really, really good. We have seen them before; they’re excellent. And we like to give the church support.”
The church organizers are apparently already thinking of next year.
“We put this together as an opportunity to express fellowship, not only to our church community, but our wider northern Rhode Island community,” said George Lough, a St Patrick’s Church Trustee. “This brings the community together. Next year invite all your friends and family to come.”
That’s next year, whether there is rain or sunshine outside the door at the St. Patrick’s Spring Dinner Dance in Harrisville.
