District 5910 Celebrates Successful Year
Rotarians from around the east Texas district met in Beaumont the last weekend in April for their annual District Conference. Each year District 5910 Rotarian’s get together to honor program participants, recognize leadership, share successes and just have fun. Members of the Beaumont-Spindletop club spent months preparing for this year’s event.
Although some had arrived Thursday evening for meetings and final preparation, things don’t really start hopping till late Friday afternoon with the opening of hospitality rooms, followed by a party (Double-click highlighted words to see photo sets.) at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum. The museum is a replica of the village that sprung up in the oil fields in 1901. 
For this special evening, there was plenty of food, drinks, music, dancing and just plain fun. After the party at the museum, for the late-niter’s, it was back to the hospitality rooms.
Saturday’s schedule was a parade of program presentations, recognitions and awards. For those of us who have attended many district conferences, the schedule has remained pretty much the same over the years, only the faces and the names have changed. However, it’s always a joy to see the fresh faces of the youth and young adults who participate in Rotary’s programs, i.e., Youth Exchange,
Interact, RYLA, Rotaract, Ambassadorial Scholars and Group Study Exchange.
Besides recognizing the many Rotary programs, the District Conference is also about awards, many awards. For the district clubs, the big recognition is the Presidential Citation Award, which was received by most of the district’s clubs. 
The big formal event for the conference is Saturday night’s Governor’s Banquet, Annually, in this special setting, club members are inducted into the Roll of Fame, the governor makes special recognitions and we hear from the President of Rotary International’s special representative. This
year also included a special piano solo by Rotarian, Werner Rose.
The conference ended Sunday morning with, you guessed it, more presentations, awards and recognitions. In a year in which the Rotary Theme has been “Rotary Shares,” it’s only fitting that Rotary shares its successes as well.
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