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Local Tradition Continues
Think 1976. Bellbottoms and platform shoes…long hair and afros…the Bee Jees and Abba…Star Wars and Rocky…political activism and protests. And who could forget the lasagna. Lasagna? Yes, lasagna.
In 1976, area democrats – mostly neophyte women activists with their husbands, many working in the federal government – came together for a lasagna dinner to celebrate Democratic causes and candidates.
Thirty-four years later, the Hunter Mill Democratic Committee has preserved the tradition, full of festive decorations, animated talkers and the smell of garlic and tomato sauce at the Annual Lasagna Dinner. The dinner was originally held in the community room of Tyson’s Corner Center on rented tables and chairs with the lasagna kept warm in wrappings of newspapers and aluminum foil and the occasional hot plate. Inaugural guests included future Governor Chuck Robb and his wife, Linda, and Ken Plum, now chair of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Delegates.
Who knew lasagna was so powerful? Barbara Caputo knew. One of the original organizers, she and other organizers hand-wrote invitations to honored guests, hired a deejay from a local record station for pennies and prepared the food. They also helped move the event from the cramped Tyson’s facility to the Reston Community Center and its ample kitchen space. “A Godsend,” Caputo recalls.
On Saturday, April 10, the Reston Community Center will again be alive with community members communing over the famous layered pasta casserole feast. It remains an event where volunteers provide resources, hard work and effort to help Democratic candidates get elected. And over the years, an early VIP reception has been added as well as silent and a live auction with Delegate Plum as the outstanding auctioneer.
In years of Democratic victories and Democratic losses, the Lasagna Dinner has endured. It’s become not just a community tradition, but a beacon of community involvement and engagement. It is always a good place to catch up with your State Senators and Delegates, Congressional representatives, Supervisors and School Board Members as well as an excellent opportunity to meet new candidates running for office in the area.
Most of all, it remains a welcoming event to enjoy good food and good company, to talk politics and issues, and to have an impact in the political dialogue of America.
The Annual Lasagna Dinner will be held on Saturday, April 10, at the Reston Community Center, 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, beginning at 6 p.m. A VIP reception begins at 5 p.m. Advance tickets for the events can be obtained by going to http://tinyurl.com/RSVP-HMDDC or www.fairfaxdemocrats.org.
Think 1976. Bellbottoms and platform shoes…long hair and afros…the Bee Jees and Abba…Star Wars and Rocky…political activism and protests. And who could forget the lasagna. Lasagna? Yes, lasagna.
In 1976, area democrats – mostly neophyte women activists with their husbands, many working in the federal government – came together for a lasagna dinner to celebrate Democratic causes and candidates.
Thirty-four years later, the Hunter Mill Democratic Committee has preserved the tradition, full of festive decorations, animated talkers and the smell of garlic and tomato sauce at the Annual Lasagna Dinner. The dinner was originally held in the community room of Tyson’s Corner Center on rented tables and chairs with the lasagna kept warm in wrappings of newspapers and aluminum foil and the occasional hot plate. Inaugural guests included future Governor Chuck Robb and his wife, Linda, and Ken Plum, now chair of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Delegates.
Who knew lasagna was so powerful? Barbara Caputo knew. One of the original organizers, she and other organizers hand-wrote invitations to honored guests, hired a deejay from a local record station for pennies and prepared the food. They also helped move the event from the cramped Tyson’s facility to the Reston Community Center and its ample kitchen space. “A Godsend,” Caputo recalls.
On Saturday, April 10, the Reston Community Center will again be alive with community members communing over the famous layered pasta casserole feast. It remains an event where volunteers provide resources, hard work and effort to help Democratic candidates get elected. And over the years, an early VIP reception has been added as well as silent and a live auction with Delegate Plum as the outstanding auctioneer.
In years of Democratic victories and Democratic losses, the Lasagna Dinner has endured. It’s become not just a community tradition, but a beacon of community involvement and engagement. It is always a good place to catch up with your State Senators and Delegates, Congressional representatives, Supervisors and School Board Members as well as an excellent opportunity to meet new candidates running for office in the area.
Most of all, it remains a welcoming event to enjoy good food and good company, to talk politics and issues, and to have an impact in the political dialogue of America.
The Annual Lasagna Dinner will be held on Saturday, April 10, at the Reston Community Center, 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, beginning at 6 p.m. A VIP reception begins at 5 p.m. Advance tickets for the events can be obtained by going to http://tinyurl.com/RSVP-HMDDC or www.fairfaxdemocrats.org.
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