The bitterly cold, windy, weather did not prevent the Rolling Tones (Art Medici’s barbershop quartet) from performing two wonderfully warm songs to this huge group that attended our second Da Domenico’s event in 2011. I think we broke our previous record from several years ago.  The restaurant counted at least 105 people but I know there were many folks I did not say hello to and I can account for at least 97 people from the RSVP’s and new business cards.  Amazing turnout!  The newbies list was an incredible 30 new people alone!  Brandon Gulley gets top billing because his Elite Minds Connection (EMC) group had their event coincide with ours so at least 7 or 8 of his group were in attendance.  Great idea!  Fred Harrison (NortonNet) himself showed up and I believe there were at least 3 or 4 of his group there. Plus Adam Lee, Lisa Marie Barbieri, Nazanin Tavasoli, Brian Horlacher, Diane Stein, Steve Trauman, Dr. Earl Smith, Sonia Salseda, Chris Bebe, Robin Culler, Mark Erazo, Margaret Burke and Dr. Jen Faber all made significant newbie contributions.  Thank you all for inviting others.  We had many topics of conversation during the evening.  The Rolling Tones were a big hit in many chats, the massive crowd and pulling power of our group, the Elite Minds Connections group, some jobs chatter and the Collateral Display table.  Checkout the photos http://www.it4dc.com/it4dc.php?page=pics.php on the website & see what a fabulous time we had as well as the many "newbies" who attended. Additional thanks to Gino & his entire staff who served us well and the Da Domenico’s management team for their hospitality, 25% off dinner & the wonderful hot meatball appetizer plus cheese and veggies provided to us.  Our next event will be back at Café Montmartre, Lake Anne Plaza, Reston, VA on Tuesday, February 22nd. Please invite folks who you believe will benefit and enjoy our group so we can continue to drive a big turnout at our established Reston hangout in 201, making this year even more successful than 2010! Thank you all for your continued support.

Dip Chandra