Once a year my guild hosts "Quilt 'til You Wilt" for around 100 quilters. Starts at 6 AM and ends at midnight...if anyone can last that long. Every hour there is a demonstration, game or something special. Everyone brings a dish to share for lunch and all leftovers are used for dinner. Fun time. When I was in Florida I met weekly with a small bee group from 10-3...we worked on our own projects as well as doing some together and going out for lunch was always on the agenda. Loved that as they were the only ones I knew there as I was house/pet sitting for my deployed daughter.