Celebrating the Leap Year

Thank you to all of you who came out to the Leap Year Dinner! It was a lot of fun. The food was great and the guessing game was pretty funny. We'll have to post some of the answers to the questions on here. Thanks to Monica for organizing the game, food, and sending out the e-mails. Michelene will plan the next one and we'll announce it in the next week or two. We had 11 men and 11 women there! Thanks for inviting out your friends- invite a few more in March.

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Main Entry: ¹leap Pronunciation: \ˈlēp\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): leaped or leapt \ˈlēpt also ˈlept\; leap·ing \ˈlē-piŋ\

Etymology: Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan; akin to Old High German hlouffan to run

Date: before 12th century

intransitive verb 1: to spring free from or as if from the ground: jump (leap over a fence) leap out of the water 2 a: to pass abruptly from one state or topic to another b: to act precipitately (leaped at the chance) transitive verb: to pass over by leaping (leaped the wall)

I should have taken some photos, but didn't, so here are a few images from old-time Leap Year celebrations. I also read a little more on these Leap Year Traditions this past week. They are interesting and worth reading. There is even more here on Leap Year balls and dances. Good for a smile. -Loren