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MEMBER EVENT A Chelsea Bailey

Chesapeake Green Recap

t’s funny how much can change in even if it was only half of your masked person. Other than the iPad recording
a span of two years. In 2020, we faces! Some of you I only get to catch the stage, and the masks on all of
Ihad just squeaked in a “normal” up with once a year, so it was great our faces, Chesapeake Green felt like
Chesapeake Green right before the to see everyone back together in a home again in February. The afternoon
world was turned upside down. In 2021 (don’t cringe when I use this term) sweets tasted just as good too!
we held Chessie completely online “new normal.” I think we have all The education committee met as
for an entire week, and this year we mastered the art of smiling with our normal in the summer to plan this
were able to hold it in person again. eyes – and there were plenty of smiles outstanding conference full of great
It certainly was different, but a lot of it to go around those two days. The only speakers and hot content. We were
felt the same. Everyone was masked, difference that some may have noticed fortunate in that many of the speakers
and the crowd was smaller, but the was that we recorded the sessions in that we had already secured for our
energy and the life that was radiating the auditorium on both days for a few 2021 program were able to save their
from those rooms could be felt by all. registrants that signed up to receive programs and present this year. It
I for one, was thrilled to see everyone, these sessions rather than attending in
was business as usual this summer

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