No Tarnish on Silver Anniversary Memories —Michelson

Another year, we attracted our largest crowd ever at the banquet...more than 1,000 people. The event was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in downtown Chicago. The walls and ceiling of the immense room were adorned ornately with the grandeur of a bygone era. But, unfortunately, the hotel's sound system was also from 
a bygone era, and only half of the attendees could hear what people were saying from 
the stage. Couple that with a lengthy open bar cocktail reception, followed by bottles 
of wine on the tables at dinner, and you can imagine the crowd control issues that ensued.