A Look Back at MSDC’s 2005 Holiday Party

by Andy Thompson, MSDC Secretary. Photos by Betty Thompson, MSDC Webmaster

Jeff Post presenting in the Riderwood auditorium "Recent Smithsonian Gem Acquisitions"

Recently I came across a number of photos from a holiday party MSDC held at Riderwood, the Silver Spring retirement village that was home to Sue and Fred Dhyse who were kind enough to sponsor MSDC's holiday party.

We had a packed audience of MSDC members and Riderwood residents for a talk given by Jeff Post from the Mineral Sciences Department at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum. Several NMNH mineral staff attended with their young children.