Erin: (over whir of mixer) How's the cake coming?
Scooter: (glancing at oven timer) Needs ten more minutes.
Nora: Want me to get going on the chocolate-dipped oranges?
Erin: Please do - and we might as well mix up the punch tonight.
Beige: (rummaging through pantry) So what do we need - orange juice, ginger ale, pineapple juice...
Erin: All that, and some chopped-up oranges and mangoes that we can freeze into a fruit ring.
Storyteller: As for the vegetable trays, they can wait until tomorrow. And I would like to make a nice crustless quiche...
Scooter: It's hard to believe...he would have been 57. Then again, Jim would have been 72.
Nora: Well, that's the way it is; we always visualize Richard as a fairly young guy.
Beige: Go figure. (dips finger into mixing bowl of icing) Oh, man, that's good stuff.
Erin: Think it's got enough orange in it?
Beige: It's got enough, yeah. But throw some mango juice or pineapple juice in as well.
Storyteller: And let's see...oh, dear, we're out of semi-sweet chocolate. So you'll have to pick some up before we can do the cake decorations.