The shaving began at 6pm, but I went early to hang out with David and take pictures of the process. I was not able to attend last year, so I was excited.
Despite the fact that everyone in attendance was in good spirits, there was a Wall of Courage to remind everyone exactly why they were there. Some of the stories were absolutely heart wrenching, most of them written by parents going through something I cannot even imagine, praising the strength of their children and expressing such deep gratitude for every minute they have or had with them. Yes, I read every word and shed more than a few tears, walking away feeling so very blessed for all the healthy children in my family.
Kylee's father, Kell works at IGT, the biggest customer at David's work. The company gave all the participants tee shirts, and some 66 men and women showed up for a shave. Each person had to raise a minimum of $100 to participate, this year David raised about $1400 for the cause.
The place was packed by the time the head shaving started. I knew I would have to work my way to the front before David hit the stage. It was not too difficult, as folks seemed to rotate in and out of the first row of chairs, snapping pictures till their person was finished. There were two groups of eight on the stage at any given time.
Jenn came by to support David and I took this photo before the shaving began.
This is David paitently waiting in line to sign up for his spot. Luckily he knew the ropes, and the sooner you sign up, the sooner you are shaved, and the sooner you can go home and have dinner...or out to Appleby's as it was this evening.
David was in the sixth group of shavees. The whole process moved along rather quickly. You could tell this event worked like a well oiled machine, which I, for one, appreciated very much.
David saw me immediately and I never stopped taking pictures from the time he walked on stage hoping at least a few would be good enough to post. He was kind enough to look my way a lot of the time, unless the professional photographers showed up, then he was all about smiling for their cameras. Jenn ribbed him about it at dinner.
I think he is looking forward to the worry free summer hairdo he is about to receive.
And the shaving begins......
It does not take long at all for the hair to come off, and there is no stopping for pictures. Those shaver volunteers are not messing around, they know they had 220 people to shave in two hours.
Luckily David got a good person who was careful around the ears.
All Done! He was on stage maybe six or seven minutes tops. And then they came in a swept up all the hair before the next group came in. Man, that musta been a lot of hair at the end of the night!
I had to snap an "after" picture with Jenn.
The organization took after pictures of the groups as they came off the stage, so I took one too.
We left the Coconut Bowl by 7:15pm to have dinner at Appleby's. I took this picture of David and Betsy, but the one of me and Jenn was too blurry...they took that photo on the other side of the table....oh well.
At dinner I had a little scare with my stuff. I took the little purse verses the suitcase I usually carry, and when I went to get out something to give to David, it was completely empty. Yikes! I tracked my steps back to my truck, only to find everything under the table when I returned, whew! Nothing like thinking you lost your keys and cell phone to make you be more careful and snap the closure.
All in all a great night, lots of fun, good company and everything in honor of a little girl who watched from heaven, bless her little heart, as Grandma Long would say.
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