Day 22 Fri Feb 3 - sunny & warn - At GVP

I went over to the clubhouse for their complimentary coffee and ran into Endre Toth from our Dogwood Roamers RV Club. He and Joan are here in GVP. Back to the RV and then up to the pool for Water Volley Ball from 10 to noon. Back to RV for lunch and Paul & Yvonne arrived and pulled into a spot 2 spaces from us. Sheila & Judy Shaffer got together & planned a dinner together for all of us – Bren & Sheila, Larry & Judy, Paul & Yvonne, & Endre & Joan for tomorrow night. We spent the afternoon visiting with everyone, getting WiFi set up, etc. Around 6:15 we headed over for the Brazilian Carnival event in the ballroom which began with a dinner of marinated, grilled chicken breast, white rice and black beans with a garnish of black olives and a dessert of gooey chocolate cake with a syrupy coconut toping. The chicken was quite tasty, the black beans were very tasty and the cake was to die for! The beverages were coffee and a Brazilian drink, called a Caipirinha, a liquor made from distalled sugar cane & diluted with LOTS of lime juice, for only $2.00 for a med. glass. After dinner, the performance began. The dancers, (8 girls) wore carnival type costumes, (skimpy, lots of jewels/rhinestones, feather ruffles and big feather hats), and put on a great show. The girls dancing to the Brazilian beat moved their legs & hips incredibly fast, reminded me of a very fast tamorai, the Tahitian dance. They also had a drum group and male dancers, dressed in white pants only who did the martial arts “dancing” They were also very good, but their act was limited because of the smallness of the stage. The male dancers got girls out of the crowd to go up on stage. Guess who was first up? She did quite well too though they sent her back after a couple of minutes so they could bring up other ladies. It was an interesting evening, but at $30. a ticket, a little pricy. After the show we came back to the RV for some TV.