Grange Notes by Tim Swartz, November 1, 2016
Grange Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 5th–learn about more than dancing at the Grange Hall!
And come for Community Potluck Dinner!
And come for Community Potluck Dinner!
Our monthly Grange meeting will start at 4:30 this coming Saturday, following our usual pattern of meeting on the 1st Saturday. We’ll hear our usual round of reports about Agriculture, Legislative,Health Concerns and the Hall, and will begin a regular focus on Community Service, and how the Grange can help youget involved. As dedicated Grange Notes readers will know, Merry Shernock, in addition to being our volunteer Rental Agent, has been organizing contacts with Onion River Exchange, the Central VT Time Bank, and promoting ways that Grange members can do good works, and also earn “hours” for the Grange. At this meeting, we’ll have a “guest speaker” from the Home Share Noworganization, which has partnered with the O.R.E. to solicit volunteers to donate time for the benefit of the seniors involved in Home Share programs. Patty Paola, Volunteer Coordinator, will introduce their “G.I.F.T” (Giving Is From the Heart) program, as well as answering questions about how their organization solicits and supports volunteers.
We’ll also be taking care of some Grange business, of course, this time focusing on a transition in the Treasurer’s office, as we thank and honor Les Skinner, who has been a mainstay of the CCG as Master and Treasurer for at least 2 decades! At age 89, Les is finally willing to give up the sash which goes with the Treasurer’s office, while Merry is ready to work with an accountant to set up electronic banking and recordkeeping, as well as online payment systems. If you want to help out with this transition, come and talk to us!
And as always, we’ll start and end the meeting with a song, hope you will come and sing along with us.
We are promoting the usual post-meeting potluck dinner, which is always a good time to socialize, starting at 6:00 PM. We are re-branding it as the Community Potluck Dinner, and inviting people from all around Central Vermont to join us. Help us put on an especially good spread by bringing your favorite dish to share. After dinner, of course, you can also stay for the next CDU dance at 8:00!
We’ll also be taking care of some Grange business, of course, this time focusing on a transition in the Treasurer’s office, as we thank and honor Les Skinner, who has been a mainstay of the CCG as Master and Treasurer for at least 2 decades! At age 89, Les is finally willing to give up the sash which goes with the Treasurer’s office, while Merry is ready to work with an accountant to set up electronic banking and recordkeeping, as well as online payment systems. If you want to help out with this transition, come and talk to us!
And as always, we’ll start and end the meeting with a song, hope you will come and sing along with us.
We are promoting the usual post-meeting potluck dinner, which is always a good time to socialize, starting at 6:00 PM. We are re-branding it as the Community Potluck Dinner, and inviting people from all around Central Vermont to join us. Help us put on an especially good spread by bringing your favorite dish to share. After dinner, of course, you can also stay for the next CDU dance at 8:00!
Making the most of the Halloween Costume Contra
A happy crowd came prepared to have a good time on Saturday night, with costumes ranging from the simple to complex, and characters from vegetative to eerie. My photos, as usual, don’t do as good a job as I wish to give a good sense of the inventiveness, humor and dedication to detail which was exemplified by the crowd. Merry and I did our best to pick a range of themes and winners for our locally-produced honey prizes–everything from The Greenest Man to the Electric Allemande, with the Most Magical combo from Hogwarts, a Left-Hand Star to keep the dance motif, and a Father and his wayward beauty.
Luke Donforth, with his rebus–can you read it? (here’s a hint–you can dance to it)–called interesting dances, including a Grand March to display the costumes, and Tempest (in costumes as well) brought a diversity of tunes, musical styles and tempos that kept the revelers dancing until the end of the evening.
If you weren’t able to come, mark your calendars for Halloween 2020–October 31st that year will be the next 5th Saturday in an October, and hence the next Costume Contra in the CDU series!
Luke Donforth, with his rebus–can you read it? (here’s a hint–you can dance to it)–called interesting dances, including a Grand March to display the costumes, and Tempest (in costumes as well) brought a diversity of tunes, musical styles and tempos that kept the revelers dancing until the end of the evening.
If you weren’t able to come, mark your calendars for Halloween 2020–October 31st that year will be the next 5th Saturday in an October, and hence the next Costume Contra in the CDU series!
