Update in schedule Exciting Stuff
Here is a revised schedule of the meetings of our Sheboygan Branch for 2011. It is getting more exciting every day. Recheck February ( we have a date for the Brigid trip sharing), April 16th (A special surprise!!) and the date and agenda for May 15 at Joan Kramer's lovely home.
For February, the five Sheboygan Branch members who are going on the Brigid trip, would like to gather with you to share our experiences and pictures. Would you all like that? As this is a tour/pilgrimage, so we do expect to have a lot to share. The five of us will pick a day that all of us can be with all of you. Set your calendar for Sunday, February 27th at 1PM. We will meet at the First Congregational UCC, 1405 St. Road Hwy 67, Plymouth WI 53073.
March 17 is the annual Irishman's Walk in Plymouth and is our official March meeting. We will again meet at the Exchange Bank at the corner of Mill Street and Stafford and carpool up to the meeting place for the parade. We will proudly carry our banner and then decide what we want to do for lunch and/or entertainment.
Rosalie Hartman has also offered information for a Day Trip to Chicago through Alverno College. It is on Friday, March 4, a tribute to both St. Patrick and St. Joseph, whose feast days are in March, The tour will leave from Alverno College at 8:30AM drive to Old St. Patrick's Church for a tour. Then they willgo to Galway Arms Irish Pub for an included lunch followed by a stop at Gaelic Imports for a shopping spree before heading back to Milwaukee. The cost is $89. Contact me or Rosalie if you are interested. It sounds great.
APRIL 16,2011. DEBBIE O'GRADY ARRANGED FOR HER FRIEND BRIDGET TO HAVE HER DAUGHTERS PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION OF IRISH DANCE. THE GIRLS ARE IN THEIR LAST YEAR OF IRISH DANCE AND ARE WILLING TO PERFORM AND EDUCATE US. DEBBIE AND I WILL COORDINATE A MEETING PLACE. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
The last weekend in April, April 29 to May 1, is the annual Celtic Women International Spring Gathering and Annual meeting. More will follow on this as it is firmed up but mark the dates. The Gathering will be in Galena this year, an area full of Irish traditions and history.
May Sunday, May 15th at 1 PM, meet at Joan Kramer's home located at N7341 North Star Road, Sheboygan, WI. [Take HW 32 north from Sheboygan Falls to Playbird Road. Turn east (Right), cross the bridge, to first road to the NORTH (Left); i.e., North Star Road. (Do NOT turn south on North Star Road.) Our home is the third house on the east side of street; i.e., brown with detached garage.]
Reason for Meeting: Mary and I have shared the Irish authored books that we enjoyed and find this to be a great conversational piece when we get together. It is none too early to think about reading an Irish story, an Irish authored book, an Irish journal article, an Irish poem, or something Irish that you have read and can tell your Celtic Sisters about. Undoubtedly we all have read something that we enjoyed and thus your CWI Sisters too will enjoy reading. If you care to lend your story/book/journal/whatever please write your name/address/phone number on the first page of the book so it can be returned. This activity is all about sharing our Irish stories/heritage.
June 16th is Bloomsday. Last year a reporter asked me if I knew of any Bloomsday celebrations in the county. (I am deliberately trying to get you interested.) Bloomsday is a celebration of Robert Burns writings held worldwide, including readings from Ulyssis. We can do what we want but there are a couple of ideas. Debbie O Grady and I have a book of Celtic Teas that we could adapt OR we could team up with perhaps 52 Stafford to celebrated it in a more traditional Bloomsday style. Please give me feedback.
July -How about the tea IF we team up with 52 Stafford for Bloomsday. The teas in that book sound like such fun and have such fun sounding recipes and games.
August is Milwaukee Irish Fest. August 18 - 21. Celtic Women International will probably be marching the parade on Sunday. Lets work on carpooling.
A Maybe - If Beth decides to organize another Reunion of the Clans at St. Michael's in Parnell, we
are always welcome.
September 2 - 4 is the weekend of the Highland Games in Waukesha. I am also presenting this information to Celtic Women International. CWI has been invited to set up a table in the cultural area free of charge during the games. The table would have to be manned and this can be quite a challenge for our group so that is still really not certain. However, I would like to attend the event in any case. Check out last years event at http://www.wisconsinscottish.org/.
I would also like us to have a meeting this month on our normal date, September 17, to bake scones and to be sure we are on track for our club.
October 30 (or 23rd) the annual Samhain Dinner potluck. It is a special event for us. The sharing of food, our culture, our significant others and the inviting of our ancestors makes it really unique. Everybody mark their calendars and prepare that place setting for YOUR ancestors.
December - date not yet determined. - the Annual Christmas Tea. We will join with the Plymouth Historical Museum and the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center for this event that we open to the public. We gained two new members this year at the event so it is really successful in SO many ways.
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