Alright folks, where were you last Friday night?
Let’s Make a Deal was Friday, October 12, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. It was tons of fun once it got going, and people left with lots of prizes! The Master of Ceremony was Kimberly Dethlefsen, dressed as a witch with bright green hair, and Rachel Hase was the Hostess of the game “Let’s Make a Deal.” There was also an NorCal Center on Deafness interpreter on site for those who do not know American Sign Language.
The game was played with the Hostess (Rachel Hase) signing names of common objects that the audience had to find in their pockets or purses for a chance to play the game. Whoever had the object ready first, got to go up to the stage and chose one of the three curtains to see the prize. They had a choice of keeping the prize or moving on for a second chance. If they moved on to a second prize, they had to take the prize, whether it was a joke prize.
Donors of prizes and goodies were: Sam’s Club, Appeal-Democrat, Comcast, Gold Country Casino, Cal Skate, Marysville Curves, Waffle Barn, Cookie Tree, the Outreach Advisory Boards (27 counties including Yuba-Sutter’s).
There was a bottle of 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon wine, many gift baskets from businesses that donated, a new DVD player, a wireless BBQ thermometer, live goldfish (2) with food, a set of 10 outdoor lamps, sets of 8 halogen light bulbs, teddy bears, autumn dish ware and candies, hand-made baby blanket, hand-made sweater jackets, a flannel one-piece pajamas, a picture puzzle set, digital camera, gift certificates to restaurants, Cal Skate and gyms, free subscriptions to the Appeal-Democrat, and much more.
Joke prizes were: 1-year old candies, a dead plant, a live spider plant, bag of potato chips, old suitcase, stinky socks, a used rice cooker, a hair clipper set, a bag of walnuts. Some people got stuck with those joke prizes after rejecting the first prize in hopes for a better one.
After the intermission, there was a seat change and whoever had the chair with the blue star, got a prize. Then there was a costume contest. Judges’ pick for costumes was a Gothic Vampirella, with Audience’s Pick being the Messed Up Dolly Parton. Other characters that appeared were: Dorothy of Kansas with Toto in a basket, Dark Tinker Bell, a teenage vampire, Caesar, a punk biker girl, a batty lady with a witch-dog, a punk lady with bright orange hair and converse shoes, a bat-girl with vampire teeth, and a teal-colored wigged man holding a purple teddy bear. The batty lady with the witch-dog had a novelty: bat-winged hearing aids!
There was also baked goodies and drinks and an auction-off of the final prizes. Caesar (Delmar Cheeseman, president of the twenty-seven OACs) was the one who did the auction-off of the prizes — not the joke prizes — that didn’t get picked up during the game, and raised some extra money for Marysville NorCal Center on Deafness.
Appeal-Democrat also covered the fundraising event, here at this url address.
Click to view a Photo Gallery of the event. It will be updated as I get more photos from others attendees. These are from my camera.
The Outreach Advisory Commitee (OAC — the volunteer group that works to support Marysville NorCal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing) is gearing up for the Halloween event in October. A flyer will be coming out by the end of this week or next week with details of when, where and what. 
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