Annual Awards Banquet

The weekend of June 13 I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer at the Annual Awards Banquet for Southwest Airlines Employees celebrating their ten, -20, -25, -30, and -35 anniversaries. It's a HUGE celebration held around June 18, the birthday of Southwest Airlines.

This year we had a great line up for entertainment: the Rapping Flight Attendant, the two Flight Attendants from Amazing Race, Michael Johns from American Idol, and Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live. We ate amazing food and even enjoyed a mini concert by an amazing cover band after the reception was over.

First things first, Meet Putty Johns, Michael Johns miniature bull dog...



He's 25 lbs. of twisted muscle and cuddle appeal!



Michael and Putty at rehearsal/warm-up...

Singing "We are the champions" by Queen

What an amazing voice...

One last shot...

Seth Meyers really knew his audience! He did a great job relating to the airline industry and all our strengths and weaknesses...

I may have been laughing so hard I was crying at this point...

Really working the crowd...

And last but not least, I got my photo with him. I was the last one, so please excuse the remaining half of the other girl that jumped in my picture. (In actuality, she graciously let me jump in her picture because it was the last one!) Lucky Dog!



All in all it was a great (but LATE) evening! Didn't make it home until 2:00 am after all the clean up, but it was well worth it! Can't wait to hopefully do it all again next year!