Communing in a Barn

My group of friends just hosted our 10th annual party in a historic barn.  It is admittedly an extravagant event, where we do it with a number of people and even then, the cost is more than you would care to admit.  The good news is that for me, it is completely worth it.  The elements are all there.  We always have babies and we always have people in their 80's.  And everyone in between.  We invite people from all walks of life, so it is always easy to have an interesting conversation.  We provide the meat, the music, and the beverages, and the rest is a pot luck (get in line early if you want to good stuff, but there is always food left over at the end, and the desserts lasted well into the night).  It is just very fun, for one night a year, to have an event that literally everyone is welcome and most have a memorable time.