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Carolinah RG 2012 - "PAMdemonium!! - A Party for the End of Time!"
May 18-20, 2012
It's just around the corner - Register Now

PAMdemonium!!! is going to include much of the great entertainment and activities to which loyal attendees are accustomed – as well as some exciting innovations! One of these innovations is our Saturday night programming, the Speakeasy for the End of Time. The Speakeasy will be our own combination of a night club, club hall and tavern, located in its own bubble outside of time and space. Where better, and how better, to celebrate the possible End of All Things when the Mayan calendar ends this December?

But we need your help! The Speakeasy will include numerous bursts of short entertainment programming throughout the Saturday night party. These short sets will run 5 to 15 minutes, and will accompany the simultaneous dancing, snacking, drinking, gaming and hanging out with friends.

We want to include many of you in the entertainment programming! Are you an accomplished singer, instrumentalist or dancer? A magician, juggler or other variety artist? Stand up comic? If so, entertain us! You don’t have to carry the evening, just regale us with a short burst of your best material.

But please hurry. We are rapidly filling our Speakeasy performance slots, and We Want You! Contact me (Neil Caesar) at rgchair@piedmontareamensa.org and jump onto our Hot Performers variety bill. Regale us with your talent – at the End of Time Speakeasy!

The registration fee is now $80 (sorry if you missed the discounted earlier rates). Send your check payable to Piedmont Area Mensa to Registrar Mary Ann Cox, 509 Bethel Drive, Mauldin, SC 29662, or you can now pay by credit card - see the registration form on the RG page. Our young people's rates are: ages 0 through 6 - free; ages 7 through 12 - $20; ages 13 through 17- $40. We'll also have a special deal for first-timers (ask Mary Ann for details). The registration form is on our web site Carolinah RG 2012.

Reservations at the Greenville Drury Inn and Suites can be made at www.druryhotels.com or by calling 1-800-325-0720. The Mensa code/group number is 2128295. Mensa room rates are $74-$89, guaranteed till 04/18/12. These rates may still be available at the hotel's discretion, so be sure to ask.

If you have questions, please ask Mary Ann at Registrar@PiedmontAreaMensa.org.

Featured Events for May

These are some of the events that are planned for May.

Anderson: The Owl Fest will take place on May 10 at Thai Spice and Sushi, 100 Station Dr, Anderson. Gather starting around 5:30 pm, with dinner commencing around 6:00. RSVP to Tom Summers at hartwellsummers@gmail.com or phone at (864) 224-0653 by Wednesday, May 9 if you plan to have dinner.

Central: Testing Session at 12:00 PM on May 19.

Greenville: PAMdemonium!! - A Party for the End of Time!, May 18 - 20, if you didn't already know that from above.

Bored Meetings every Wednesday evening as usual.

Gastrognomes Hot Dog Hunt continues at Dawg House Grill, 1199 Pleasantburg Dr., Greenville at 12:30 PM on May 5. They will meet at 6:00 PM on May 22 at Shane's Distinctive Southern Cuisine, 301 Haywood Rd., Greenville. RSVP to Stormie at stormiek@charter.net or 864-238-7032.

Testing Session at Furman, 9:00 AM on May 26.

Greenwood: Lunch at 12:00 PM on May 5 at Yoder's Dutch Kitchen, 809 E. Greenwood St., Abbeville, then hang out and enjoy the final day of the Abbeville Spring Festival.

Spartanburg: May 4 is First Friday at The Cellar Club, 1071 Fernwood-Glendale Rd., Spartanburg. Meet at 6:00 PM.

See the calendar or the PAMphlet (in the "Members Only" section) for further details.