Events are unique, or annual, occurrences that provide singular opportunities for entertainment, service, or education.
Fun was had by everyone on the Trip to Goodspeed Opera. First was a good lunch at the Gelston House followed by the Holiday Inn at the Goodspeed Opera House.
Contact MelKlugman@Yahoo.com 914-939-3984 cell 914-417-1568
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Meet in the CVS parking lot by the UCBC bagel shop.
Be there between 8 and 9 am to pick up supplies. Garbage bags, pickup sticks and gloves are supplied .
Early birds, come before 8 am, and you can get a free bagel, coffee, tea and/or juice.
Darien Men’s Association is assigned to clean up the Darien train station parking lot, Mechanic Street and the berm on the New Haven side of the tracks.
It usually takes only about 2 hours to complete our part.
Please come to participate as part of DMA’s community service.
Good cause, good fellowship, and free bagels!
USS Nautilus
10 guests may tour aboard an active duty sub at 3:00 PM
Cost: $ 55.00 per person
Note: photo ID required
Dress for sub tour: flats and pants
Board bus at DCA 8:15 AM Return to DCA 7:00 PM
Contact John Zerbst 203.357.0034
The Museum has collections of over 200,000 objects – Art, Sculptures, Photos, and Furniture.
The former home of John Sherman – a signer of Declaration of Independence, this beautiful building later served as a private club until 1940.
We will enjoy a three course luncheon with a cash bar.
A 112 year old building transformed into brewery in Stratford, Ct.
Hour long tour of brewery and samples of beers in the company pub.
The Social Committee has prepared an active and interesting program of events for 2014 as follows:
September 11th, Visit to the Samuel Morse House and lunch at the CIA. Later a tour of the Storm King Sculpture Park.
October 2nd, Lunch at the Gelson House and attend a play at the Goodspeed Playhouse in East Haddam.
December 11, Tour the New York Botanical Garden Christmas Train Show with lunch at LaPanetiere restaurant in Rye.
Founded over 60 years ago, the Blue Notes are a group of women who use their voices for a good cause. Singing 4-part harmony, covering music from Big Band to Broadway, the group performs at senior centers and assisted living venues throughout Southern Fairfield County, as well as at the DCA. Their director – Dr. Craig Scott Symons – is also the director of the First Congregational Church of Greenwich choir. The DCA is proud to have the Blue Notes as a key part of our philanthropic mission.
The Blue Notes Group take pride in providing high quality entertainment and enjoyment to audiences and the DMA takes pride in asking them back year after year to sing for us.
Concert starts at 11 am.
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| Morning – Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Val-Kill Cottage |
 Val-Kill, the retreat about two miles from the “big house” at Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Hyde Park, was the only place that Eleanor Roosevelt ever could call her own. |
| Lunch at Bocuse Restaurant |
 The exciting new student-staffed Bocuse Restaurant at the Culinary Institute of America provides a dining experience that is inspired by traditional French regional cuisine, re-envisioned through the lens of modern techniques. The menu includes creative new interpretations of classics selected from the bistros of the French countryside as well as the sophisticated restaurants of Paris. |
| Afternoon — Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
 “All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River” FDR This quote captures FDR’s connection to Springwood, the estate that he loved & the place he considered home. The first US Presidential Library was started by FDR here. Visit the Home of FDR and Presidential Library & Museum to learn about the only President elected to four terms. |
The price is $70 per person.
Bus departs from the parking lot of the Christian Science Church located at 2331 Post Road. (Salt Box Lane is the cross street.) at 7:30am SHARP, boarding starts at 7:15am.
DO NOT GO TO 1904 POST ROAD WHICH IS THE READING ROOM OF THE CHURCH.
To make your reservations, please contact Mel Klugman, 914-417-1568, or melklugman@yahoo.com
Thanks to Frank Johnson and Bob Smith for theses photos! Bob reports that the fellowship, weather and sunset were outstanding. [camera slideshow=”2013-dma-picnic”]
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