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FALL FESTIVAL 2013
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Spaghetti dinner moves to tent this year
Those looking for the annual A.M.
Rotary Club Spaghetti Dinner this year
will find it in a covered tent behind
E.G. Nick's restaurant on Forest Street
rather than pushed into a corner of
KelloggPark.
Due to the overwhelming success of
the dinner and the unpredictability of
the weather, organizers of the event
decided to move into the tent this year.
Another advantage of the move,
according to Rotary Past President
Kate Rosevear, who started the
spaghetti dinner about seven years
ago, is the ability of to offer a drive-up
carry out service this year.
“People can just drive up through
the parking lot off Harvey and we will
have the dinners ready to go,” she said.
“We think it will be a big improve-
ment.”
The other advantage is outwitting
MotherNature.
“When the weather was good, we
would do between 800 to 1,000 dinners.
If the weather was bad, forget it,
nobody wanted to sit in the rain and
eat dinner,” she said. “With this tent,
which seats 200 comfortably, we don't
have to worry about it. The event will
go on, rain or shine.”
The dinner will take place from 4-8
p.m. Saturday, Sept 7 and immediately
following, E.G. Nick's will show the
Michigan vs. Notre Dame football
game on a 12-foot screen in the outdoor
area. “This is great,” Rosevear said,
“People come a little later for dinner
and stay and watch the game. There is
no cover charge for the game for those
with spaghetti dinner tickets.
The dinners include spaghetti with
a choice of Italian meat or marinara