Thanks to Bob Smith for these photos!
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Category: Events (Page 11 of 12)
Events are unique, or annual, occurrences that provide singular opportunities for entertainment, service, or education.
We will be visiting the New England Air Museum on March 14th. This museum consists of three hangars, and an outside area. The aircraft on display include a total 66 airplanes, 26 helicopters, 8 missiles, 7 gliders, 6 balloons, 1 autogyro and 2 lighter-than-air craft. In addition, there are many historical displays. Aircraft on display are from all time periods including a pre-WW-I Bleriot XI
WW I Fokker DR-1
Golden Years Stinson Reliant & Gee Bee Thompson Racer
WW II Chance Vought Cousair & P-51 Mustang
Jet Age F4D Phantom & MIG-15
We will also tour the Mark Twain house in Hartford. It was the home of our greatest author while he wrote his most important works. An outstanding example of Gothic architecture, it features a grand hall with Victorian decorative arts by Tiffany’s design studio.
Reservation details will be posted in late January.
Our first event of the New Year will be on February 7th, 2013. We will visit the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. The Museum’s core exhibit, Behind The Scenes, is a one-of-a-kind experience that immerses you in the creative and technical process of producing, promoting and presenting films and TV shows Occupying 15,000 square feet, it reveals the skills, material resources and artistic decisions that go into making moving images.
We will have lunch, then tour the FDR Four Freedoms Park. Just opened on October 24th as a spiritual memorial to FDR, it is located along the waterfront of Roosevelt Island. The memorial was conceived in 1973, designed by Louis Kahn just before his death in 1974, and finally funded after the turn of the century.
The tickets are $68 per person. Signup at the Wednesday meeting or call Bill Winship at [enkode text=”– Sorry, Javascript must be enabled to display phone number –“]203.655.3530[/enkode] with your reservation.
Frank Johnson, Chair
On December 6th one hundred SMA’ers and their guests enjoyed a wonderful holiday party the Country Club of Darien. We had a delicious lunch, danced to the sprightly music of the Joe Holmes’ Swing Quartet, met new friends and renewed acquaintances with old. What an excellent event this was once again.
Thanks to Bob Smith for these photos!
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And thanks also to Bob for this excellent video.
Thanks to Bob Smith for this video clip!
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Bob Smith, Jack Fitzgibbons, Taylor Strubinger, Bob Ready, George Cammann, Tony Kwedar, and Bill Ball (otherwise known as the seven elves.)
We fixed the holiday lights for Darien,
Wreaths from boxes we were a carry’en.
Replacing bulbs, fixing bows, blowing fuses
We did our job with no excuses.
So remember well the seven elves of SMA,
Working in the cold that November day,
We ask no praise, we did our task
But next year we might bring a flask!
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Reported by Frank Johnson: On September 29th, we bused along fall foliage roads to Haddam to enjoy a rousing performance of the classic musical Carousel at the historic Goodspeed Opera House. We had lunch at the Victorian style Gelston House with views of the sparkling Connecticut River. There was also a little shopping and sightseeing to conclude a wonderful day.
Christmas is coming, and so is our annual luncheon at the Country Club of Darien. The date is Thursday, December 6th. Music for our dancing and enjoyment will again be provided by Joe Holmes’ Swing Band.
Sign-ups will start at our meeting on October 31st.
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Our day had a bumpy start with a bus breakdown along I95, but smoothly recovered with a thrilling tour of Yankee Stadium, followed by a visit to the truly magnificent re-creation of Monet’s Giverny gardens (think Lily Pads) at the New York Botanical Garden, and concluded with an elegant (and sumptuous) late lunch at La Panetiére restaurant in Rye, NY.
At Yankee Stadium, we saw the memorabilia of several famous Yankees in their Museum, read the two dozen plaques in Monument Park, sat in the dugout and imagined that we were up at bat next, and looked into the clubhouse lockers.
At the NYBG, we walked among the colorful flowers and water lilies in the replica of Monet’s gardens at the Giverny,
Lastly, we had a superb lunch, which was topped off with a decadent dessert of vanilla ice cream and chocolate lava cake, at La Panetiere in Rye.
Our applause to Mel Klugman for putting this all together.
And Thanks to Frank Johnson for the photos!
Find out more about the NYBG Monet Garden.
Carousel has captivated audiences around the world with the powerful love story of an innocent young millworker and swaggering carousel barker. He meets a tragic end but is given one chance for redemption by delivering hope to the daughter he never knew and whispering words left unspoken to his wife. Continue reading
The first trip of the 2012/2013 season is an all-star Triple Play. We will tour the interior of the new Yankee Stadium, then to the New York Botanical Garden to see their recreation of Monet’s gardens in Giverny, and then on to lunch at LaPanetiere in Rye. Continue reading
On August 15 we picnicked together at Weed Beach. Sixty SMA’ers and their guests enjoyed a perfect afternoon. The weather was ideal-cool and bright, the food-abundant and delicious, and the fellowship-extremely congenial. Thank you to Scott Hutchason and Tom Braydon for organizing this event and to those who arrived early to move and set up the tables.