John Simpson Shrimp Feed 2024
The club's 52nd annual John Simpson Shrimp Feed and Club Assembly was July 11, 2024, at the home of Past President Patrick Harrington.
The club's gathering started at 5 p.m. with refreshments and conversation. The traditional dinner of shrimp, salad, and toast started at 6. The club posed for a group photo. After dinner, club members broke into small groups to talk about issues selected by the Board of Directors that might lead to changes in club policies and operations.
The night before the Shrimp Feed, two groups met to prepare the food.
The shrimp cook crew (Dan Emrie, Rick Gilmore, Rex Johnson, Gary Leonard and Bill White) were hard at work at Evangel University boiling shrimp.
Cindy Howell headed up the "toast and salad" preparation. That crew consisted of the nearly 20 new Southeast members, who also set up, served and cleaned-up the dinner.
The shrimp feed and "fireside" group discussions began in 1972 and have been a decades-long Springfield Southeast Rotary Club tradition. The event was held on the tennis court of John Simpson's house for many, many years, which is why we honor the late Rotarian with his name on the event. Harrington has hosted it for the past few years.
Photos by Dan Emrie and Lori Johnson Murawski (click on a photo to enlarge it)
The club's gathering started at 5 p.m. with refreshments and conversation. The traditional dinner of shrimp, salad, and toast started at 6. The club posed for a group photo. After dinner, club members broke into small groups to talk about issues selected by the Board of Directors that might lead to changes in club policies and operations.
The night before the Shrimp Feed, two groups met to prepare the food.
The shrimp cook crew (Dan Emrie, Rick Gilmore, Rex Johnson, Gary Leonard and Bill White) were hard at work at Evangel University boiling shrimp.
Cindy Howell headed up the "toast and salad" preparation. That crew consisted of the nearly 20 new Southeast members, who also set up, served and cleaned-up the dinner.
The shrimp feed and "fireside" group discussions began in 1972 and have been a decades-long Springfield Southeast Rotary Club tradition. The event was held on the tennis court of John Simpson's house for many, many years, which is why we honor the late Rotarian with his name on the event. Harrington has hosted it for the past few years.
Photos by Dan Emrie and Lori Johnson Murawski (click on a photo to enlarge it)
