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Vol. 18, No. 5, August 1, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE:

This Reveille Home Page | Friday Program: A League of Their Own | Sayoko Kuwahara is ROTM | "Adopted" Highway Clean-Up | First New Member Mixer | Calling All Great Golfers & Putters | Friday Potpourri | Stewart Martin, Raffle Rotarian | Infirmary Tales | Former Bellevue Area Exchange Student Checks In | Web Fun

Stewart Martin, Raffle Rotarian

Sergeant at Arms Ballard introduced visiting former BBRC member Stewart Martin and a chorus of BBRC female members. Stewart, more-or-less playing the part of The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter from HMS Pinafore, entertained with a reasonably good parody on the song “When I was a Lad I Served a Term” [see lyrics below]. Stewart had actually played the part of Sir Joseph in a production of HMS Pinafore and came equipped with his admiral’s wig.

I, as a Raffle Rotarian ...
Lyrics by Stewart Martin

[Sung to When I was a Lad, HMS Pinafore, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan]

[Men do “Raffle Raffle” repeatedly in bass/baritone like a drum beat; the women chorus repeat the verses]

When I was a new Rotar-i-un, I sold raffle tickets one-by-one.

I cleaned the car, and set up the sign ... and treated cust-o-mers as if they needed a fine.

[chorus: He treated cust-o-mers as if they needed a fine.]

I fined every customer so thoroughly he was inducted as a Member of the BBRC.

I longed to sell 300 tickets big, maybe then I could join the-ah Major League.

Jim Zidar taught how each team could sell and Steven Lingen-seller di-d wish them well.

[chorus: Yes, Steven Lingen-seller di-d wish them well.]

Steven coaxed and chided all so gleefully, that now he’s the President of BBRC.

One year Doug C said let’s buy the car using golf proceeds from-those-who-can’t shoot par.

And nostalgic stories of how Ted “you-know-who” would follow people in-and-out of the Loo.

[chorus: He’d follow people in-and-out of the Loo.]

He’d follow people in-and-out so gleefully that he’s no longer a member of the BBRC.

The lowbrow buyer gets-free-pizza food, with enough tickets you can feed entire broods.

Steve Goldfarb showed us how books of six are an afterthought-to-purchase of a diamond Rolex.

[chorus: They’re an afterthought-to-purchase of a diamond Rolex.]

Steven’s sales of Rolex are so legen’dry that he’ll always be a member of the BBRC.

Instead of spilling coolers at Bellevue Square we now sell tickets at the Arts and Crafts Fair.

When Collin R. sought a selling spree, he chose a better partner named Mary B.

[chorus: He chose a better partner named Mary B.]

Mary sells her tickets so fearlessly she’s the envy of every Member of the BBRC.

Why do business-people and professional-folk sell so many raffle tickets to a bloke?

They believe in service every day ‘cause it’s the tried and true Ro-o-ta-ry way.

[chorus: Yes it’s the tried and true Ro-o-ta-ry way.]

In the faces-of-the-children there is good we feel, that’s why our efforts give power to the Ro-ta-ry wheel.

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