Brews was a nice touch. If you survived the climb, you were alive enough to party with these renegade ex-HYPsters.
Huntsville Young Professionals, aka.
HYP, is the wildly professionals could "network," often over an adult Last year, HYP decided its membership was getting a little gray. The tip-off came when Just For Men hair color and Del Monte creamed corn wanted to sign on as sponsors. Kidding, leaders had to suggest this several times.
Old people 41 and 42 are notoriously hard of hearing.
collections, the over-40 crowd formed its own group - "Huntsville Alive!" - and invited every adult of any age.
Judging from Thursday night, Alive! is kicking. Really kicking.
The House of Brews on the Courthouse Square was crowd filled the sidewalk out front.
A friend pegged the early male-to-female ratio at 65/35, Women continued to arrive, however, and the final mix was much closer to the golden 50/50. Well, maybe to use here.
In fact, the ages varied. There were a few seasoned citizens, as Rush Limbaugh likes to call seniors, but plenty of young professionals, too. At least, they looked young.
number. You can't tell by looking these days.
So, we now have two professional gangs in town - our very own Sharks and Jets, only with BlackBerrys rolled up in their sleeves instead of packs of cigarettes.
Will there be a rumble? Will HYP and Huntsville Alive! meet Probably not.
This is Huntsville, after all, where people battles. And the opportunities are limitless.
Imagine the member T-shirts Huntsville Alive!
might sell. Keeping to the Broadway musical theme, they could feature organizer Kevin Counselman on the front, rendered as a painting such as Cosette from "Les Miserables." On the back, the "Alive" shirt could proudly boast the new club's theme song, also from "Les Miz.
" Which song? "One Day More," of course.
show, such as "We're All in This Together.
"
Seriously, this town is big enough for two professional networking organizations. After all, look how many Rotary and Kiwanis clubs we have. It's a big place.
Huntsville Alive! for getting the last laugh. Even their initials say it.
Huntsville Young Professionals may be HYP, but Huntsville Alive! spells HA.
Reach Lee Roop at 532-4423 or lee.
roop@htimes.com.
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