Thursday night is the Pairings Party. The guests all arrive in street attire. This is the first party of the event and all the guests are excited to be here again. Many are return golfers and guests. Most of the celebrities return year after year for this great cause.

Dinner consisted of a buffet of mostly Italian food, as that was Frank Sinatra's favorite. The guests could get up and fill their plates as they wished after conversing with the many friends that attend each year. It was like old home week in the desert.

Thursday night’s entertainment consisted of many things. Tom Dreesen is always the emcee for these parties and does a great job. He and Frank Sinatra were good friends for many years. He continues to be a good friend to Barbara Sinatra and her Children's Center, which is a truly needed charity for abused children.

Dreesen told a few of his famous jokes and then introduced Deana Martin. She is the daughter of the famous singer and actor Dean Martin. She wowed the guests with her beautiful voice. Great talent was surely passed down to her from her famous dad.

Then, as another treat, celebrities got on stage and did a few songs of their own. Some not so good, but they were all good sports. Each received a microphone trophy for the occasion. After each one had performed, the whole group got on stage and sang a few songs as Frankie Randall played the piano for them. He tried to direct the group; it actually turned out quite well. It was all done in the name of fun and fun it was.

Friday night was another party. This was a little more formal, as they all had time to go clean up and get dressed after a hard day of golf. It seems Western attire and cowboy hats were the fun dress of the evening. Many just wore desert casual clothes.

The weather this year was so great for the golf event. The golfers were all ready and looking for the celebrity or friend that would be in their group. Again, Tom Dreesen took to the stage with his own brand of humor to start the evening. He had some great jokes to tell the audience.

Gary Mule Deer warmed up the audience with his own special brand of humor. He does a dead on impression of Johnny Cash and plays the guitar. He really had the crowd laughing hard after each joke. It took some a minute to catch on to a few of them. Then laughter would erupt from them.

Then the big entertainment for the evening was the Gatlin Brothers. Talk about foot stompin’ music! They had the guests singing along with one of their top hits. Most everyone knew the words as the songs were played for a long time at the top of the charts.

Larry Gatlin said they had not been on the road for years, but they are going to start doing road tours again this year. The fans in the room were excited to hear that. It will be an opportunity to see them perform again. They were in great voice and had lost nothing over the years. They gave a great performance for the guests at another great party at the Sinatra.

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