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[quote=Anonymous]We used to do potluck but started doing catering a few years ago. This year it’s $13 a person, which is pretty reasonable for dinner and cake.

The food is nice and the slideshow is always a highlight. But I’m with some other posters that I hate the awards. We don’t do paper plate awards. They do high point trophies and a handful of other awards that tend to go to the younger swimmers. Everyone gets a certificate and a patch for their swim bag, which is pretty ridiculous considering how few kids actually put them on their swim bags (younger/summer only swimmers don’t always have swim bags and the older/club swimmers don’t care). They also hand out the divisionals ribbons/medals. Was sitting behind a group of teen swimmers last year who were discussing that they’ll never get awards. They don’t have high points - they score a couple of points each week - and there’s no award to recognize kids who consistently come to practice and are good teammates.

We attend because my swimmer likes hanging with her friends (& I like the other parents on the team) but I would not be sad if she decided not to attend.[/quote]

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