Who: The Montrose Magpies (team, personnel, connected people) What: IC/OOC Season opener BBQ at the coach's When: Saturday starting around noon Where: McGs place Warnings: None.
Welcome to the McGs! As part of making sure everyone in the team feels included, MG started hosting the odd thing at his place. Official time is given to people as noon, but they’re free to trickle in all afternoon. Most of the food and drink is set up inside and around the pool greenhouse, with extra chairs around. All Montrose personnel are invited and free to plus ones, kids, kid-friendly pets.
The smell of brazilian bbq fills the air and there’s a separate table full of sides, including pastéis and Gabi’s famous Pão de Queijo. Of course, there’s some more scottish fare: angus beef, arbroath smokies, smoked salmon salad, and a few haggis skewers (put there because the question inevitably comes up he’s found). Included on the table with sides are the required vegetables (neeps and tatties for all!), including some grilled ones. Merc will say it’s because there’s a medic who’s all about health coming and he’s trying to appease her.
Nobody has forgotten dessert, and there are plenty of brigadeiros for all (anyone eating one or even not eating one will be told by two cute mini McGonagalls that they helped roll them).
If you want a drink, help yourself. There’s a line of montrose-made wizarding craft beers, sitting out in a magically cooled corner (the wizarding couple who makes craft beers in Montrose sent him a bunch last year when he joined as coach, and he liked them enough that since then he’s gone to them for beer for any events. Free samples work). Next to them is a jug of caipirinha (Merc will just be explaining it’s essentially a mojito), with glasses nearby. Of course there’s non alcoholic fare too if you’d prefer.
Merc makes sure to greet everyone arriving and encourage them to have a drink, take as much food as they want, and mingle. And of course if they want to swim well the pool is heated and right there. His old brooms are available to test out if anyone wants, just ask.
The kids are underfoot and enjoying themselves, Ava going around making sure everyone at least tries the brigadeiros they helped make, and Ellie can be seen on her child broom, happily flying about with her feet just barely off the ground and flying up to everyone with her hand out, hoping they’ll give her a little spin around. When Theo’s awake and around he can usually be seen gurgling happily and trying to chew on his plush snitch nearly the size of his head.
The wireless has been brought out and is loudly playing the Pride match (nothing like listening to rivals to bond people).