It was a warm quiet
afternoon at Hedo III in Jamaica. There were lots of people lounging
at the pool,
engaged in quiet conversation, not much activity going on
and everyone sipping champagne or fruit juice.
No one was "nekkid" and very few people knew each other. There was no fun to be seen anywhere.
The PA system was playing a Viennese Waltz. Even the sky was
clouded over. In other words...
BORING!!!!
And then, from the
tropical garden emerged a sight few of us had ever seen.......
large green headed turtle with a big smile and a cold Red
Stripe. He ambled over to
poolside, looked around slowly, taking in all the details.
He spotted a tall beautiful blonde
woman standing by the bar and offered her a dazzling smile .
Then, after taking stock of the
entire situation, he began to speak. In a loud voice berated
all of us for wasting a great
vacation experience. He immediately ordered everyone to get
loose and get rid of their swimsuits, with a cry of....
"LET'S PARTY!"
Of course we
all were looking for a leader to help us out of our
shells, and
here he finally appeared. The music changed to Reggae,
the sun
shown brightly on our group, and without any further
encouragement the fun began. We dropped our swimsuits, dumped
the sissy drinks and got down to some serious partying. He
even taught the women some great steps for the
wet T-shirt contest
and showed us some interesting things that
could be done with
chocolate syrup and whipped cream. Finally,
noticing how quiet an
afternoon it still was on the prude side,
he got us all organized for a
naked trip through the prude pool
and down the waterslide. Of
course on that run and all the rest
that followed, he leads us down
every time.
And so, our
good friend Turtle, has become our symbol of fun and the
pursuit
of a Hedonistic vacation experience. After that first trip,
he
retired to North Carolina to rest and recuperate, but also to
come up
with some great new ideas for the team. During his visit
to the
mountains, he communicated to the Team that he no longer
was
happy just being called "Turtle", and so after careful
deliberations,
the Team has named him "Seymore"
in honor of his great
contributions to our fun. Seymore made the long trip to join us on
our next annual meeting, and was in great shape to
lead our team to a new
level. His calls of "WATERSLIDE!!!!" could be
heard several times a day.
Even with all
the fun, Seymore always has time to sit down in his office
with Kevin Levee, Hedo III's General Manager, to discuss plans for the next year's
trip. Each year after our meeting, Seymore retires to some unknown location to take advantage of the good weather and to recover from his labors.
Even though he plans on doing some traveling this year, we fully
expect him to show up again for the Team reunion at Hedonism III in September as he has every year since our founding.
Seymore always tries to be the
center of attraction for each trip. After along year away
from the JWST, Seymore jumps right into
action and makehimself
at home renewing old acquaintances with the group, as well as with the staff
who love him dearly. You can hear him throughout the resort with his cry of:
"WATERSLIDE!!!"
Seymore takes charge
of all of our Group activities, from greeting each member as they arrive in the
lobby to presiding at our Welcome Party. He also spends part of his days relaxing in the hot tub, making new friends, and waiting for his next adventure.
Seymore presides at all JWST functions as our official mascot.
