Behind the Headlines

I was one of the “behind the scenes” people at a charity banquet Thursday night, working on kitchen crew for the annual Madrigal Dinner hosted by the Monroe High School choir department at St. Paul United Methodist Church.

This is the second year I’ve helped at that dinner theater event. The logistics for the kitchen are amazing. But previous volunteers had compiled a detailed to-the-minute checkoff list with instructions such as exactly when to start cutting the pie. There’s also a binder with all the traditional recipes and instructions. Yes, the kitchen crew and leaders were constantly referring to the board and the binder. Some instructions were handed down word of mouth, “don’t do this, do that instead,” but everyone knew where to find or look up the most critical directions and what happens next.

Kudos to whomever dreamed up that list, and to those who have maintained it over the years! It really does help!