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6 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2019 Activities Director Corner By Cindy Graves November is my favorite month for gratitude. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve this community for as long as I have been privileged to do so. October was my 13th year anniversary and what an amazing journey it has been. My favorite part of this wonderful job is obviously the people. This neighborhood's greatest assets are its loving, considerate, tenderhearted residents. I love the way that new people are so quickly embraced into the community and that most of our blocks enjoy doing things together. I just had a discussion with two ten-year residents and they were reminiscing about when the neighborhood was young and everybody waved and greeted each other on the street, even though, in reality, they were strangers. The attitude of inclusion, acceptance, and community spirit has been such a wonderful legacy here at Four Seasons and has been the signature difference between us and other communities. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I'd like to encourage everyone to remember how we started and what made us great. We are getting so large now and nearly at build-out, but let's make a concerted effort to hold on to the community values that turned strangers into family. May everyone have a memorable and sweet Thanksgiving. Following my theme of gratitude this month, let's talk about the upcoming Veterans Day display that will be held in The Lodge Lobby and Ballroom on both Wednesday, Nov. 6 and Thursday, Nov. 7. This will be another amazing collaboration between the HOA and March Air Reserve Base personnel, who have generously agreed to help us do a more light-hearted recognition of our ever-loved and respected hometown heroes — our Four Seasons Veterans. The theme this year is airplane "Nose Art," not to be confused with nose jobs or nose piercings. Nose Art are the delightful paintings, usually on the airplane fuselage, that were used as an expression of individuality to identify friendly airplane units. The art served as a kind of psychological protection against the stresses of war and the possibility of death and was used to evoke memories of home and peacetime life. This display is going to be fascinating and unique. We hope it will honor all of our veterans, especially the military aviators. My dad was a Marine fighter pilot, so aviators hold a special place in my heart. There will also be a short veterans' program on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. in The Lodge Ballroom. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. This would actually be a good one to invite the grandkids to because we'll have some really cool large model planes to look at. A big thank you goes to Four Seasons veteran Jerry San Filippo who put countless hours of handwork on some of these display models as well as planning and negotiating with March AFB. Come and spend a minute being grateful for those who have served on our behalf. You'll be grateful you marked Saturday, Nov. 9, on your calendar. The Four Seasons Car, Motorcycle and 4x4 Show in The Lodge parking lot is scheduled from 10 am to 2 pm. We need you to come and be the judges of these vehicles for the "People's Choice Awards." If you didn't know, we have some really bitchin' (old slang meaning awesome) classic show cars as well as some incredible motorcycles and 4x4s in the neighborhood. I dare you to come on down and see these babies. You'll love it. DJ Tracy Crow, will be rocking the tunes while you drool over the vehicles. It'll be a fun morning. Aren't we all grateful for the effort that goes into the fourseasonsbeaumont.org association website? The man behind the magic is Larry Workman from the Communications Board. He and his web team monitor, format, and create a user-friendly web environment for the average Joe and Joan to use. We have noticed, however, that there are folks who still feel a bit intimidated with the website and those who are just curious and would like to know how to better maneuver and find the many resources available there. Lucky for those people and for you, Larry will be holding an informative workshop in the RCN Great Room on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 pm. Come prepared to learn some tricks and tools to help you best discover all that the website has to offer. No sign-ups are required, just come on over. Finally, I'm grateful for the incredible talent housed in Four Seasons. Stan-the-man Sweeney. Being one of the most talented guys around here, Stan has recently put together a band with several other of our talented residents and they're calling it "Front Row." Their Four Seasons debut will be in The Lodge Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 6 pm. Feel free to bring your dinner and drinks in and enjoy this new sensation. If you feel inclined, you may tap your toes or get all the way up and dance your heart out. This is a free event and everyone is welcome.