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EVERY WEEK IN OUR COMMUNITY
| Monday Evening:
Monday Night Contra Dance
8:00 pm ~ Nelson Town Hall
Admission: $3.00
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Tuesday & Thursday:
Town Offices Open
9:00 am until Noon
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Sunday:
Nelson Congregational Church
Service at 9:30 am
Info 603-847-3280
Chapel By The Lake
Service at 10:00 am
Info 603-847-9900
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Olivia Rodham Memorial Library Hours Monday 10:00 - 1:00
Tues, Wed, Thurs
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Story Hour: Tuesday
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Oct - May
Saturday 10:00 - 1:00
Free Internet Connection
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Knitters & Crocheters Club
meets every other Thursday, 10:00 am, at the Chapel By The Lake
next meeting: 08/16 |
| Does Your Project Need Funding?
If you are planning a community project that you believe will benefit the Nelson and Munsonville community, there may be funds available to help you get started. Moving in Step has a convenient downloadable application form available at the website.
Contact Richard Popovic 847-3192 or Dave Birchenough 827-3552 for more information.
What's Happening in the Marketplace?
What makes our online Classifieds and Marketplace so unique? It's our friends and neighbors that make it stand out.
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Greetings!
Old Home Week is almost here. From August 12th until August 18th we'll be celebrating our heritage with seven days filled with fun and activities.
The Old Home Week edition of the Grapevine has been published which contains the entire updated schedule for the week's events. In case you didn't get your copy you can read it here.
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 | Notices from the Town Officials | |
Selectmen's Notices, Meetings, Etc.
NOTICE: The Town Offices will be closed in August from the 12th thru August 20th for renovations. For further information, contact Edie Drinkwater.
The Nelson Volunteer Fire Department is in need of rescue personnel. We have put together a certified First Responder course that will be held in town and will start in September. You can click here to see the complete course program, which runs through December 1.
Thursday Classes 6-9:30PM, Saturday Classes 8-4PM
Thursday Classes 6-9:30PM, Saturday Classes 8-4PM
If you are interested in receiving this training, please contact Rick Lothrop, 603-847- 9045 for more information, or to sign up.
The location for this course is still yet to be determined.
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Very Special Saturday Contra Dance
|  The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Nelson Second Saturday Contra Dance at the Nelson Town Hall on August 11th, featuring Dudley and Jacqueline Laufman for the Annual Old Home Week Contra Dance.
Dancing begins at 8:00 PM, with a short workshop beforehand. Beginners and singles are welcome and all dances are taught throughout the evening.
Special Admission is $2!!
For more information call 603.762.0235 or visit www.monadnockfolk.org. The Monadnock Folklore Society has presented contra dances and concerts of traditional music since 1982.
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Can You Lend a Hand?
|  VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!!!
There are several projects and events that take place both before and during our Nelson Old Home Days week, and you can be a big part of things by lending your hands to:
Roadside Clean-Up
Saturday, August 11, beginning at 8:30 am from the Town Common.
Contact Bert WIngerson
Ham 'n Bean Supper
Wednesday, August 15th
Donations of items accepted and volunteers needed and welcomed!
Love to bake? We are in need of 27 homemade pies for this event to be delivered to the church by the morning of the 15th.
Call or email Joy Birdsey Smith 847-9533 or to sign up.
25th Anniversary Nelson Congregational Church
Old Home Day Chicken BBQ
Saturday, August 18th, 2012 noon
Volunteers and donations welcome!
Have a memory about the BBQ from years past? Do you have any pictures to share? Give us a call at NCC 603-847-3280, or call or email Joy Birdsey Smith 847-9533 or to sign up.
Click here for the Old Home Week Schedule
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| Library Book Discussion Group / August |  We will be discussing "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain on Monday morning, August 20th at 10:30 am. Come join us at the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library for an entertaining discussion of this deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal. "The Paris Wife" captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley.
Books are available at the library. You can contact the staff at the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library (847-3214) for more information about this program and many others.
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| Musical Connections From New England ...
... to Texas
| Join us on August 23rd at 7:00 pm in the Nelson Town Hall for the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library's presentation of "Musical Connections From New England to Texas" with Paul Klemperer.
Paul will talk about growing up in New England and his summers in Nelson, how they shaped his musical influences, and the many connections he discovered when he moved to Texas.
He will speak on his experiences with contradance music, American folk music, jazz, blues, and regional musics of the southwest, including Texas swing, Cajun music, Dixieland and brass band music. Examples will be played on clarinet and saxophone and some recordings of bands he works with in Texas. Paul has been playing and teaching professionally for over 30 years.
Bands that Paul performs or has performed with include Marcia Ball, Doyle Bramhall, Malford Milligan, PK Sax, Manteca Beat, The Klemperer Group, My Exotic Other, Mark Rubin's Rubinchik Yiddish Ensemble, James Hinkle Band, The Jazz Pharaohs, The Jitterbug Vipers, Golden Arm Trio, Austin Jazz Band, Alpine Express, La Strada and many more.
For more information call the library at 847-3214 or email: library@townofnelson.com
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Enjoy your week ahead!
If you have something you would like to submit to this newsletter just click on my name below.
Candyce Fulford
on behalf of Moving In Step, a community project |
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