Also, you can roll up slices of deli meat,w/ cheese spread,  cut it into 1 inch rolls, stick toothpix thru it,

small loaves of banana, nut, blueberry breads, sliced, or tiny muffins,

party sandwiches spread w/ deli spreads, cut the crust off, cut into triangles, set up as wedges

Hot foods- lil smokies (weinies) cooked in BBQ sauce, cheese sauce for nacho's , mini kabobs w/ chicken and a veggie,

ha- does he like chocolate?  how about a chocolate fountain? That'd be fun and different- people would dip their fruit into it.

punch- hawaiian punch, pineapple juice, 7up or gingerale, and sherbert

centerpiece for veggie trays- get a styrofoam tree, layer foil around it, then stick veggies into it with toothpics

Have 3 or 4 trays of all made up, then just pull when they get picked apart, rotate fresh ones in, and refill and they're ready to go.

Ask them for fun memories of Dad to stick into a scrapbook- take along your laptop and printer to take/print photos while everyone is there

Play Dad's favorite music during the event!