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The Washington Manx Society sponsors several events throughout the year, the highlight being the annual Twelfth Night Party. We also publish a newsletter and have other get-togethers during the year.

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The pictures below are from our 2008 Spring Dinner at the Pier 7 Restaurant

Kelly McCarthy welcoming Mary Kelly from the Wisconsin Manx Society	Don and Vonn Quayle
Avril Shipman	Cleve & Ruth Corlett and Russ Woodgates
Mary Kelly and Kelly Crenshaw	Cris and Brent Warner
Ruth and Ches Looney	Martha and Harold Quayle
Kelly and Bill McCarthy	Vonn Quayle and Bill McCarthy looking dapper in the Manx Tartan

The pictures below are members enjoying a pint at Galway Bay Irish Pub in Annapolis

Faith and Jim Kneale, Tom Sweeting, and Bill Cassidy

Martha Quayle, Jack Guipre, Vonn and Don Quayle, Brent Warner, and Lesly Beers

The pictures below are from our 2008 Twelfth Night Party at Bethel United Church of Christ in Arlington Virginia

James McNulty and our special guest Fred Cottier. Fred and Diane live in Douglas, Isle of Man.	Brent and Cris Warner. Brent helped usher in the new year as our First Footer with the traditional gifts of bread, coal, salt, and money. Fred Cottier noted the First Footer tradition is becoming popular again on the island. It is also customary to offer the first footer a drink (but Bethel Church would probably frown on that)
Celtic Harmonies performed a number of traditional celtic melodies, including several of Manx tunes	Na Maragan also performed, with Ed Bradshaw and our own Liam Cassidy
Jim Lawrence, Ivan Breivik, and Holly Breivik	Connor Breivik and Patty Lawrence
Nicole Peterson, Lesly Beers, and Vonn Quayle	Tom Sweeting
Jim Kneale and Kelly McCarthy	Bill McCarthy
Charles and Liz Christian	Cris and Brent Warner
Jack Murphy and Joyce Branson	Avril Shipman
Barb Cherry	Jay and Honora Finkelstein, and Susan Smily, authors of the Ariel Quigley Mysteries
Ruth and Ches Looney	Norm Qualtrough
Ruth and Cleve Corlett	Arbory, ?, and Lorien McNulty (couldn't make out the name)
Diane Cottier with her grandson	Thomas Crenshaw
Zach Crenshaw	Carlos and Alex Crenshaw
Sydnee and Brent Crenshaw	Michaela Crenshaw
Kelly Crenshaw and Mim Blower	Jared Crenshaw
Robbie Crenshaw	Andrew, Maddi, and Austin Crenshaw
Bill McCarthy	A big Thank You to Sarah and Mary Cannell-Andrews who kept things running smoothly in the kitchen.
Hiding the Manx Cat's tail	Playing pass the parcel. The parcel is passed while the music is playing, when it stops, the person with it unwraps a layer of the wrapping paper.
Diane Cottier draws the winning raffle tickets, as Kelly McCarty and Nicole Peterson wait in anticipation "Is it 693821?"	Celtic Harmonies and Na Maragan joined in a quartet to wrap up the set
Singing Auld Lang Syne

The pictures below are from our 2007 Twelfth Night Party

First Footer presenting gifts of coal, bread, and money	Celtic Harmonies
Lesly and Larry Beers	Illiam Cassidy
Avril and Richard Shipman	Meghan Kneale
Jack Muphy and Joyce Bramson	Brent Warner and Cheryl Michell
Kelly, Andrew, and Austin Crenshaw	Caleb, Sydnee, and Robbie Crenshaw
Carlos, Alex, Brent, and Zack Crenshaw	Jared and Sydnee Crenshaw
Mim McCarthy, Michaela, and Meri Crenshaw	Sandy Barghauq and Nancy Costain
Bill Faragher, Karen Marble-Hall, and Nicole Peterson	Harold Quayle, Bruce Blackstone, and Honora Finkelstein
Susan Smily, Norm Qualtrough, and Martha Quayle	Shar Hellie and Nicole Peterson
Ruth and Ches Looney	Judy, Sharon, James, and Jeff Looney
Don and Vonn Quayle, and Ruth Looney	Vonn Quayle, Marjorie and Jack Christian
Singing Auld Lang Syne

The pictures below are from our 2005 Annual Meeting at the Pier Seven Restaurant in Washington DC

Russell Woodgates with table of Manx goods	Socializing before dinner
Charles Christian leading the meeting	Kelly McCarthy is our new President
Raffle prizes	Gregory Stuart with a Celtic musical presentation
Theo "Tao" E. Blake, Cleve & Ruth Corlett	Jay Andrews & Mary Cannell-Andrews
Jim Sr., Camille, & Jim Kneale Jr.	Joyce Bramsom, Jack Murphy, & Tom Morrison
Bill Cassidy, Matthew & Melanie Blower (Kelly's Children)	Bill & Kelly McCarthy
Dward Barnes, Betty Lee Barnes, & Chris Barnes	Russ Woodgates & Pamela Haines
Avril & Richard Shipman	Liz Christian, Gregory Stewart, & Cris Dora-Warner
Brent Warner, Charlisa Christian, & Alene Whitten	Charles Christian & Phyllis Whitten
Sally Barnhart, Cheryl Mitchel, & Don Quayle	Vonn & Harold Quayle
Martha & Margaret Quayle	Margaret & Ron Quayle

© 2007 Greater Washington DC Manx Association