It’s on!!! Thanks to an overwhelmingly positive response to our query in last month’s issue, plans have come together fast for our AONE Holiday Party to be held at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum on the evening of Saturday, December 9th. Unlike our beloved annual AONE Winter Party that we hold in February where we do all our own cookin’, this is going to be much more extravagant. We’ve retained the highly-regarded Tastings Catering organization to provide us with some fine dining, and we don’t have to do a thing—just show up and enjoy!

The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is the perfect setting for the evening we’ve got lined up. The entire 1888 Anderson Carriage House will be available to us, and we’ll have access to all of the public galleries that are open at the time of our event. Dinner will be presented in the majestic Main Gallery amid the Museum’s priceless automobile collections and historic artifacts. There is no separate “function room,” so we’ll be able to fully experience all that the Museum has to offer. The Museum staff will be on duty throughout the evening to assist us and interpret the exhibits.

Alas, it turns out that the pricing we had estimated last month was a little optimistic. When everything is taken into account (the food, chefs, wait staff, china, linen, cutlery, tables, etc.), it comes out to more like $50/person. In addition, there are a donation to the Museum and gratuities to consider. But your club’s Directors have voted that the club will subsidize part of this enthusiastically-supported gala, and the cost to members (and significant others) will be just $40 per person. Given that it’s easy to spend that much at any area restaurant, and that it’ll be in the elegant surroundings of the Auto Museum, and that we’ll be partaking of it all with our Alfa club friends, it’s still a bargain. (Sorry, but there won’t be a kiddies’ menu for this affair.)

We’ll also be doing a “Yankee Swap” kind of holiday gift exchange. Each attendee should bring a wrapped gift valued at around $20, serious or humorous, automotive or not, for either gender. There isn’t room to describe how it works here, but rest assured that it’s great fun.

Our party will run from 7 pm till 11 pm, and will begin with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by dinner, followed by the Yankee Swap, followed by general revelry. Dress is casual, but you might want to wash your blue jeans. If you have any questions, contact Kevin Murphy at kevin@kmurphyslaw.com or 508-879-1881. Please note that we need you to sign up and prepay for the event before Monday, December 4th, since we have to make a firm commitment with both the Museum and the caterer. You can sign up either of three ways:

• Click here to sign up online using PayPal. If you're bringing a date, change the quantity to 2 and click the "Update Cart" button.

• Click here to download a PDF registration form and send a check to AONE, 300 Westfield Street, Dedham, MA 02026

• Use the registration form in the current issue of the printed version of Velocissima

Whichever you choose, do it now!  The deadline is Monday, December 4th!

Click here for directions to Larz Anderson.

This will be a great way to wind up the year, reminisce over the season’s activities, and toast each other and our Alfas, in a terrific automotive setting. It’s going to be a grand time—see you all there!

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