Posted on 03/23/2004 8:41:04 PM PST by WSGilcrest
"Charlotte and George Shultz, Stanlee Gatti and Wilkes Bashford threw Willie Brown a 70th birthday party on Saturday night, in which a select gang of fewer than 30 lords and ladies, dressed to the nines -- many wore medals -- were invited to assemble at the Big Four. After the guest of honor had arrived, a devil showed up to lead the crowd outside "to a truly hot place,'' Grace Cathedral across the street.
There, they were greeted by a very large live sheep and several shepherds who beckoned them inside and away from the clutches of the devil. An angel descended the cathedral steps to lead them up, and the bronze doors flew open with organ music booming from the darkened interior. Angels on stilts, their wings surrounded by blinking lights, showed them the way through the church, past the candle-lit altar to the nave, where a banquet table draped in velvet and decorated with cornucopias of fruit, nuts and flowers was set up. A chamber group played, dancers and jugglers performed, and a choir of monks in robes sang "Amazing Grace'' and finished up with the "Hallelujah" chorus.
As to whether "Happy Birthday'' was sung, one of the several spies who contributed to this account couldn't remember, probably the best testament of all to what a good, if ever-so-humble, party it was. "
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Bill Gilcrest
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