Did you hear about the party in Ferdinand last night?

It was the biggest party of the year, and I can’t believe you missed it.

It started around noon on Monday when a few die-hards started hanging out. By four the party was in full swing – cars were lined up around the bend and music was playing. I didn’t get there until eleven but when I pulled up it was crazy. Sixty people hanging out, bass bumping and a handful of guys playing beer pong.

When the truck with the couch and recliner in the back pulled up, I knew it was a party. The potted plant added the final touch to their mobile living room.

Around midnight or so the police were called, but all was well. Nobody got in trouble. Almost everyone was underage, but it turned out the beer pong lacked beer. It was only water in the cups and they were just playing for fun. The cops were back on their way in no time.

Not to be out-classed by the mobile living room, somebody plugged a TV and Xbox into a neighbor’s power outlet and booted up Halo.

I was making new friends and talking with old friends. Playing cards and marveling as the crowd grew larger and larger.

The guests of honor were greeted by over 100 people when they arrived around 4:30 in the morning. Another sixty or so must have shown up by six o’clock, when the entire reason for the party came to fruition.

The magic moment came and we all crowded around the doors and got in line to be one of the first to get a Bacon Egg & Cheese McGriddle from the new McDonald’s in Ferdinand.

We each took home a shiny card worth fifty-two Big Macs to commemorate the evening. I’m thinking about framing mine.

It’s rare that such an amazing party can happen in Dubois County, and it’s a shame you didn’t come to witness it yourself. But I hear they’re opening another McDonald’s in Huntingburg soon. See you there?

Jeremy Damon