A Very Claris Christmas (Party)

December 24, 2009    Category: Albino Bowler   No Comments »

IMG_3260     Anyone who has ever been around our company or stopped by our offices knows that Claris Networks has a very unique culture and atmosphere.  We pride ourselves in being a light-hearted and fun place to work… and quite frankly our Christmas parties reflect that as well.  This year we did things slightly different and had the get together at our offices; oh, and we had a ping-pong (sorry Andy; “table tennis”) tournament and RockBand throw down.  Yeah… that’s how we roll.  :)   Obviously the Albino Bowler wasn’t missing out on what was quite possibly the best Christmas Party ever.

    The ping-pong tournament turned out to be a wild success.  It was a single elimination tournament and then the final two played to the best of three games.  Much to Zac’s dismay, the tournament came down to a tale of two Daves… David Stilwill and Dave Sagraves, with Sagraves taking the top title and walking away with the prize money.  Make no mistake though, it was an intense battle all the way to the top; with Jay Norris even breaking out his table tennis alter-ego, Arlandro; complete with headband and sunglasses.

    If you weren’t playing ping-pong or out on the porch, chances are you were engaged in an epic game of RockBand.  This particular video game has been a part of our company’s culture for a while and this is actually the second appearance it has made at a Claris Christmas party.  It seemed that the second go around people were a lot less shy about grabbing the microphone and belting out some lyrics… which always makes the experience more entertaining.

    All in all I think everyone, including the Albino Bowler, had an awesome time at the get together.  The food was awesome, the entertainment was great, and best of all we all got the chance to hangout and goof around for several hours.  Good times indeed. 

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

– Dan Thompson

Claris Networks and the Albino Bowler would like to say a special Thank You to our friends Jay Waggoner and Co. over at Veristor for sponsoring our Christmas party.  Thanks guys!

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    The Albino Bowler unfortunately missed the Claris Networks 10 year anniversary party because he was out gallivanting around with Erin doing things like going to Madonna concerts and checking out coach Philip Fulmer’s last game with the UT Vols (as if those can some how compare to the party we threw), so I had to make sure he made it to the Christmas party… and as is normally the case when the Albino Bowler shows up somewhere… he was right in the middle of everything!

    This year the Claris Christmas party was held at the old Green Hills Grill (which apparently now you can rent for events) and turned out to be a great place to have a shindig.  The event was catered by Horn of Plenty, and as usual, the food was excellent, as was the entertainment (Zac brought Rock Band… which is quickly becoming a staple at Claris events).  All in all it was a great time with some great fellowship… looking forward to next year already!

– Dan Thompson

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