Oh, what a night! Michael’s Body Scenes hosted one heck of a party to celebrate their 15^th. anniversary. Over 450 attended the blast that was held on a Saturday night at Gatsby’s.

I arrived late (after spraying my hair with room spray rather than hair spray and having to re-shower) but in time to hear our fearless leader, Michael Papamichael, recite a speech of thanks.

Whoa! He can really give a good speech as well as teach aerobics and put together a newsletter and repair cars and do painting and spackling and run the Greek church community parish, I thought.

Sunny Allen and Allison Geller were able organizers, handing out drink and raffle tickets. The prizes were incredible including 7 Gift bags containing an MBS jacket, a propel drink and a protein bar. Other prizes were a one, a two, and a three month membership to MBS, a Jules Jurgensen watch from Juste Gold Creations, a $100 gift certificate to Christina’s Bella Boutique and a $500 gift certificate to Bloomingdales with a personal shopper!

The kitchen did an admirable job bringing out platter after platter or pizza, pasta and crudités. It was so good to see all our friends from the gym dressed to the nines with their significant others!

Pam Robison, who came with her mom, looked terrific so shortly after her surgery.

“My doctor was amazed at how fast I recovered,” she said. “When you’re in shape, everything goes better!”

I haven’t seen Linda and Neil Berman in a while, and they both looked great. Ditto Lenny Geronemus and John Contant, two great guys I only see at these gatherings although their wives Pam and Andrea are always at the gym.

I truly enjoyed the table of photos that brought back fond memories of the past and not so fond memories of Spandex! Gosh, everyone looked so young!

Andy Glickman

At 8:00 pm I took a long look around the room and stopped a moment to reflect.

There’s Alyne Cole, she’s a dedicated school teacher who’s been a member for over ten years, and over there Natalie D‘Amato, her two boys Joey and Johnny are regulars at our Kids Center. By one of the pool tables is Kevin and Doris Hurley and there’s Sandra Bertoglio and Mark Rixon and Tim Funk and Kim Shultes and Dolly Hernandez and Marty Lowe and so on and so on and so on.

At that moment I realized just how many people had come together to celebrate our 15 year anniversary. There are so many people that I have come to know and become friends with that I could fill this entire newsletter with their names.

I noticed something else—everyone seemed to be having a great time. There was good food, pool, drinks, and most of all a great group of people that make our club so special. Moments like that make all the hard work that goes into keeping the club going, a truly rewarding experience. I watched as members played pool, shared a laugh, and some got a little silly too. Many of our staff were there as friends and not employees, enjoying the night with the rest of this big extended family.

As owners we have always wanted to create a comfortable friendly atmosphere where people can excel at whatever their goals may be. Nights like this remind us that we are on the right track and we are very lucky to have such a wonderful group of members and staff. Thank you all for coming, for your patronage and for your hard work. As always, we look forward to getting together again soon.