McCallie Luncheon

It happens every year.  Same place, same time and many times the same people.  That would make sense since it is the McCallie Alumni Luncheon.  Mike and I have attended this lunch for several years, but this time was special.  Matt Mildenberg was asked to speak.  He was the recipient of the McCallie Alumni Scholarship and he talked about what he did at McCallie, Penn and what he is doing now.

At the end he talked about giving back.  He told the story of his band and how they only knew "Let It Be" as their encore for a play off to win the Battle of the Bands. It was the only encore song they knew and they were up against a really talented guitar player.  As Matt's band began playing "Let It Be".  Joe  was swaying in his seat,  then he stood up and was swaying and then he was  doing the fake lighter sway and then moved on to having the whole place singing "Let it Be" at the end.  He said Joe was the audience that won his band's title in the Battle of the Bands.  And Matt made sure to tell this happened before Joe was a "celebrity" and was only known for having great facial hair.

In the end Matt asked for the support of the Charlotte  McCallie Alumni for Joedance.  Because if you have a friend that helps you out by doing the fake lighter sway serving up a Battle of the Bands title you remember that for a long time.