IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK, November 23, 2011

By Dannie Cavanaugh

Once a year USC and UCLA meet each other on the football field and once a year the Culver City Rotary Club and the Culver City Exchange

Club hold a joint meeting in anticipation of the big game. This tradition has gone on for many years (does anyone know exactly how many) and is always a great event.

This year the Exchange Club hosted the meeting in the open air patio of the Culver City Elks Lodge. A great meal was served with salad, chicken, tri-tip, vegetables, potatoes, etc. – a real feast.

Club business for both groups was kept to a minimum consisting mostly of the Pledge, a Patriotic song, and the like. Everyone present introduced themselves and the two Presidents, Ann Murakami of our Club and Xavier Nuques of the Exchange Club took care of a few announcements.

The program this year was focused entirely on the Song Girls from both USC and UCLA with each group taking turns on the stage and performing dance numbers. After the dance routines, each girl got to tell us a little bit about themselves and share their favorite memories. There was a football trivia contest with Linda Forman getting the highest score for the USC trivia and LMU Lion Dannie Cavanaugh winning the UCLA side.

Enjoy the holidays and we will see you next week for our regular meeting.