● Guilford 250th Anniversary Celebration
- 2011 ● |
Calendar of Events
GUILFORD 250th -- 2011 -- With Other Community Events Shown in Italics for Reference
NOTE: Some events have a charge, most are admission-free with donations welcome. Check date and time with sponsoring organization.
DECEMBER
| 9 & 10 | Friday & Saturday | A Guilford Christmas Ceremony, presented by Friends of Music at Guilford. A Guilford Christmas story, written for the occasion by Guilford author Mimi Morton. Vermont Choral Music for Christmas, Carol Sing-Along. Christ Church | |
| 18 | Sunday | 7:30 PM | Annual Carol Service - Green River Church |
| tba | Carol Sing at Christ Church and Caroling in Guilford Villages | ||
| 31 | Saturday | 8 PM | Monthly Dance: New Year’s Eve Ball with Patty Carpenter and the Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band. Last night of 2011 and Final Event of our Celebration! At the Grange. Photos. |
2011 IN REVIEW
JANUARY
| 1 | Saturday | NOON | Church Bells ring in every Village photos and film |
| 8 | Saturday | Sledding Party at Sportsmen's Inc. photos and film |
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| Chili Supper followed by Monthly Dance: Family Contra/Square called by Andy Davis, at Broad Brook Grange. | |||
| 22 | Saturday | 7:30 PM | Movie Night: "Vermont Vignettes" at Guilford Central School photos |
FEBRUARY
| 12 | Saturday | 6:30 PM | Monthly Dance: Valentine Waltzes at the Grange |
| 17 | Thursday | 7 PM | Pre-Town Meeting at the Grange |
| 21 | Monday | 10 AM | Washington’s Birthday Snowshoe Race Fairgrounds photos |
| 11 AM | Family Tour | ||
| 7 PM | Movie Night: Home Movies at Guilford Central School |
MARCH
| 1 | Tuesday | 10 am | Town Meeting at the School |
| 5 | Saturday | 5, 6 & 7 | Sugar on Snow Supper at the Grange |
| 12 | Saturday | 6:30 PM | Monthly Dance: Telemark (Norwegian) at the Grange photos |
| 19 | Saturday | 7 PM | Movie Night: "The Stuff of Dreams: The Making of the Tempest" -- one of the filmmakers, John Scagliotti, of Guilford, will be present to discuss the film. At Guilford Central School. |
| 26 | Saturday | 7 PM | Celtic/Irish Concert at Guilford Community Church |
APRIL
| 10 | Sunday | 7 AM-1PM | Guilford 250 Benefit Brunch, at the Grange |
| 15 | Friday | 6:30 PM | Monthly Dance: Teens $5 admission, to benefit the 8th grade. 6-9th graders from local schools & towns welcome. |
| 30 | Saturday | 7:30 PM | “Elisha Jaqueth Goes to War” Civil War Letters and Songs, produced by Friends of Music at Guilford at Christ Church. $10 admission, family maximum, $25. |
MAY
| 7 | Saturday | 8 AM | Green-Up Day - HQ at the Grange |
| 8 | Sunday | 7AM | Mother's Day Brunch All You Can Eat at the Grange |
| 14 | Saturday | 6:30 PM | Monthly Dance: Country Texas Swing with The Swingin' Doors, at the Grange. movie |
| 21 | Saturday | TBA | Fishing Derby at Sportsmen, Inc. -- No entry fee, but Prizes! Concurrent open house at Sportsmen: demonstration of shooting & other activities the club provides its members. |
| 21 | Saturday | 7 PM | Talent Show for Guilford Cares at Guilford Community Church |
| 28 | Saturday | 10 AM | 5 km Road Race --Prizes! Beginning & Ending at the Grange. map photos film |
| 29 | Sunday | 3 PM | Friends of Music Organ Concert in the Guilford Organ Barn |
| 30 | Monday | Decoration Day: Ceremony & Decoration of Veterans’ Graves in one or more Town Cemeteries |
JUNE
| 5 | Sunday | 10am-3pm | Garden Tours - Self-Directed Maps at the town office, library |
| 10 | Friday | Guilford Historical Society Museum Opens for Season |
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| 10 | Friday | 6 PM | A Cappella a la Carte: Friends of Music’s Annual Meeting, Public Potluck and choral music by Guilford Composers at Guilford Community Church Concert Admission $10; students $5; family maximum $25 |
| 11 | Saturday | 6:30 PM | Monthly Dance: Balkan Folk Dancing at the Grange |
| 17 | Friday | Brattleboro Union High School Graduation | |
| 18 | Saturday | Guilford Neighborhoods # 1: Green River Village | |
| 18 | Saturday | Guilford's Hidden Corner --Explore the network of old roads in Guilford's southwest corner. Contact Linda Lembke at 254-4813. Guilford Conservation Commission | |
| 19 | Sunday | 7AM | Father's Day Brunch All You Can Eat at the Grange |
| 25 | Saturday | 11 AM | Gretchen Gerzina: Abijah & Lucy Terry Prince History Walk & Guilford Neighborhood # 2 Packer Corners -- Guilford Historical Society |
| 25 | Saturday | Historic Packer Corners -- Options to extend with walk to the Burrows Plain Cemetery or Belden Hill -- Contact Linda Hecker 257-1028. Guilford Conservation Commission |
JULY
| 2 | Saturday | Guilford Independence Celebration at the Grange | |
| 9 | Saturday | Monthly Dance: Old Time Swing with The Thompson Players at the Grange | |
| 16 | Saturday | Guilford Neighborhoods # 3: Hinesburg/West Guilford Explore West Guilford, including Carpenter Hill Cemetery, Baptist Church, school house. Contact Karen Murphy 254-2103 --Guilford Conservation Commission | |
| 23 | Saturday | Guilford Neighborhoods # 4: Sweet Pond Area Sweet Pond- Guilford's State Park -- Circle Sweet Pond on this lovely, shady trail. Contact Bill Jewell 254-2403 --Guilford Conservation Commission | |
| 30 | Saturday | Guilford Neighborhoods #5: Algiers Historic Algiers Village Celebrate Friends of Algiers Village's vision for the town center. Contact Eric Morse 254-8477 |
AUGUST
| Ongoing | Quests created during Library Quest Weeks now available. A Quest is a scavenger hunt around different neighborhoods in town | ||
| 6 | Saturday | 2 PM | Guilford Center Explore Weeks Forest, old schoolhouse and other Guilford center highlights. Contact Dick Clark 257-4126 --Guilford Conservation Commission |
| 12 | Friday | 2-6 PM | Bring your Guilford photos and items to Fitch Hall |
| 6:30 PM | Monthly Dance: Contradance at the Grange. |
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| 13 | Saturday | 11:00 AM | Fairgrounds open |
| 11:30 AM | Youth baseball game at the Recreation Field | ||
| 2 PM | Guilford 250th Parade from Evans Field to the Guilford Fairgrounds Continuing activities at the Fairgrounds Until Dusk: Food, Music, Games, Exhibits |
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| 5 PM | Franklin Family Barbecue: Re-creation of the famous 1957 Franklin Barbecue: Dinner on Sale/Exhibit. Advance tickets on sale at Town Office. | ||
| Dusk | Fireworks | ||
| 14 | Sunday | 10 AM | Special 250th Celebration Worship Service at Guilford Community Church. Larrimore C. Crockett officiating. |
| 1-4 PM | All 5 churches in Guilford will be open to the public for folks to visit. | ||
| 5 PM | Evensong at Christ Church | ||
| 20 | Saturday | 8 PM | The Guilford Ensemble - Chamber Concert with Guilford and Guest String Players -- Music from the era when Guilford was settled at Guilford Center Meetinghouse $25 admission to benefit Guilford Free Library |
SEPTEMBER
| 3 | Saturday | 7:30 PM | Friends of Music 46th Annual Labor Day Weekend Music Festival: Concert # 1 -- Organ Concert in the Guilford Organ Barn |
| 4 | Sunday | 2 PM | Festival Concert # 2 Music for Orchestra & Chorus by Guilford Composers on the lawn at the Organ Barn -- Grounds Open for Picnics at Noon |
| 4 | Sunday | 9-5 | Guilford Fair at Guilford Fairground |
| 5 | Monday | 8-5 | Guilford Fair at Guilford Fairground |
| 5 | Monday | 6:30 | Monthly Dance: Square Dance after the Fair at the Grange |
| 14 | Wednesday | 7 PM | "Royall Tyler: Guilford Author, Jurist, and Wit," a talk by Don McLean at the Guilford Free Library |
| 18 | Sunday | 4-6 PM | Guilford Farm Potluck Meal -- All Guilford Raised & grown Food! at Deer Ridge Farm |
| 19-23 | Mon/Fri. | Sometime this Week: School Lesson at a One Room Schoolhouse with the current Guilford 3rd Grade | |
| Final Weekend of September: Green River Preservation group's annual picnic at the River |
OCTOBER
| Guilford Historical Society Museum Closes for Season | |||
| 8 | Saturday | 6:30 PM | Monthly Dance: Sock Hop at the Grange |
| 9 | Sunday | 7 am-1 PM | Apple Brunch at the Grange |
| 15 | Saturday | 1 PM | Guilford Cemetery Tours-meet at Carpenter Hill Cemetery |
| 15 | Saturday | 7 PM | Theater Curtain Exhibit & Presentation with Christine Hadsel at the Grange |
| 21-23 | Friday-Sunday | Art Show of Guilford Artists at Guilford Central School | |
| 31 | Monday | 6 PM | Halloween Party for Kids at the Library. |
NOVEMBER
| 12 | Saturday | Monthly Dance: Rich Blazej Memorial Contradance using both his dances and his tunes! At the Grange | |
| 19 | Saturday | Community Thanksgiving Dinner Simultaneously in Several Neighborhoods photos | |
| 26 | Saturday | 6:30 PM | “Broad Brook Anthology” a Play for Voices by Verandah Porche, with Photographs by Jeff Woodward and Incidental Music by Don McLean Based Upon the “Kitchen Talks” recollections of Guilford Elders. $5 admisson, free for seniors. Co-sponsored by Guilford 250th, Friends of Music at Guilford & Vermont Performance Lab. Guilford Center Meeting House |
| 27 | Sunday | 4 PM | “Broad Brook Anthology” a Play for Voices by Verandah Porche, see above |
A Year-Long Celebration of Guilford, Past and Present