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Greetings!
Mike Rian of the Wawasee YC is wasting no time to promote their June regatta. See the letter he has asked me to email to some NCESA members.
I have also included a brief E-Scow regatta schedule along the left hand side of this newsletter - I hope this gets you planning to attend some of these great events.
Also, anyone attending the Lake Eustis Midwinters (March 12-14) or the Sarasota One-Design (March 19-21) is encouraged to drop off their E-scow at the Carolina YC in Charleston SC where they will keep it safe until the Easter Regatta (April 2-3). Two regattas are always better than one!
Remember - ballots are due by Feb 7th. If you would rather email me your vote, that's fine with me. Just vote soon and not too often!
I will be posting the current member list on the web page soon after this initial membership effort. Please complete your membership for the 2010 season. Many of you (but not all) received a membership form in the mail. If you did not get one or misplace yours, follow a link in the left that will get you signed up in no time. The website also has a blank form to print and mail in if you prefer.
Lon Schoor,
NCESA Secretary-Treasure
608-347-1480
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The shadow knows
Think Spring!
Happy Groundhog Day
Wawasee E-Scow Open
June 12-13 2010
Lake Wawasee, Syracuse, IN 46567
Celebrated on February 2, Groundhog day festivities are based on an ancient Celtic celebration called Imbolic. The date is one of the four cross-quarter days of the year, the midpoints between the spring and fall equinoxes and the summer and winter solstices. Imbolic, marking the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, was the most important of the cross-quarter days. In a society dependent upon agriculture, and therefore on the weather, this was a time to celebrate surviving the first half of the winter.
According to superstition, if the weather was fair on Imbolic, the second half of the winter would be cold and stormy. If the weather was cold and overcast, the rest of the season would be mild. The Romans learned these traditional beliefs from the Scottish Celts, and brought them to the area that was to become Germany. The belief became a part of German folk culture and found its way to the United States with German immigrants.
Since then, people throughout the country have celebrated Groundhog Day by predicting the start of spring based on whether the Groundhog sees his shadow on February 2. If he sees his shadow on the 2nd, then six more weeks of winter or if not, spring is just around the corner.
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