This is one of those things that I never thought I’d do, because I just never had the inclination to go to one of those sports dinners. So there I am at the Hilltops clubhouse and the question is asked, “Does anyone want to go to the Sports Celebrity Dinner? Wayne Gretzky is the guest speaker…and the tickets are $300. Well I’ll pass cause I don’t want to sit and listen to Wayne for $300, even if the club is paying 1/2 the price of the ticket. But you know how things go and I end up there anyways so here I am waiting to see Wayne get piped in by the best pipe player in Saskatchewan and hmm there is no Wayne. Well I guess they wanted to make it more special so they have him announced and led in by none other than the Prime Minister, well gees the night just got a little more interesting. Now they are going to have a question and answer period with Stephen Haper and Wayne Gretzky and the Prime Minister is the question asker. Well a couple of questions go by and then Wayne says well I thought that it would be great if I had the greatest player of all time come and join us. Well if you were my little sister this won’t be a big deal to you since she was used to seeing him when she’d go and visit her friend, but there he was Wayne Gretzky’s idol and the most important hockey personality to come from Saskatchewan Gordie Howe and now he’s sitting down with the other two, Wayne and Stephen, and they continue the question and answer period. All in all it was a good evening and Wayne was the focal point of the night, but truth be told he is not a great speaker so the night was stolen by Kelly Chase and his blue humor at the expense of his friend, at least I hope they are friends cause otherwise ouch, Wayne Gretzky. I guess that this is just another in a long line of things that I thought I’d never do…kinda glad I did though.
