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The educational committee is hard at work debating, haggling and calling on the best, brightest and experienced speakers they can find for the educational seminar. This can only be interrupted by an honest to goodness Kansas City hoe down at the Benjamin Ranch where fun can only be the standard and not just an empty promise.

The Gala night is slated none like others I have been to. Highly energetic worker bees as the PNAGKC "core" have decided to give the night a theme strolling down memory lane with the music, the fashion and the glamour of the 60's and the 70's. So dust off  the clothing you've been waiting to revive and bring em down as well.

Other surprises are in store for the weary attendees. Kansas City, with its centrality, history and friendly atmosphere can only mean one thing. A good time mixing Midwest brand of hospitality and a refreshing welcome from the Filipino community in the center of the old US of A.

That was written on November 4, 2004 as a an arti

cle updating the PNAGKC membership of our progress during the planning stages for the national convention. Not only did all of this get delivered but it was delivered with style and overwhelming excitement unique to the Philippine Nurses Association of Greater Kansas City as only they can. Months of planning, 18 to be exact, finally paid off for this year's host city of the PNAA Annual National Convention. Typical nursing convention requires typical planning. I guess they just couldn't be satisfied with the typical stuff.

Tediously going through the raw footage while preparing for the DVD has given me a greater appreciation for the efforts of the PNAGKC or otherwise known as Greater Kansas for some. As of press time, congratulatory notes mixed with  "Where's my DVD?"and  "Thanks for bringing us closer to home with the Sunday Picnic!" overwhelmed Ernie, Irma's and my e-mailboxes. We have shared these all with those who worked hard. Some may never get our name right but we definitely put Kansas City on the map this year. Until we see you in Boston with the lobsters…Thanks for coming to KC!