The Holiday Season is upon us and we hope you will choose to join us in some of the celebrations.

Our Christmas order form and New Years Eve Dinner menu will come out very soon. We are running our Gift Card Special again this year so make sure to take advantage of it, and remember that Cooking Classes make great gifts for the chef-to-be in your family! 

 
Cooking Classes are resuming next week! In addition to the Monday classes, Chef Robert will also hold some on Thursday evenings where the student will be offered a larger portion of each dish.

Click HERE to see the schedule for December and January. The remaining schedule for the winter classes will be posted soon.
 
Wine Tasting - Great Wines for the Holidays
Tuesday December 4th - 6pm-7:30pm
In the private dining room
$15/person, hors d'oeuvres will be served
 
Presented by Keith Harvell of the Foley Family Group and G.Housen.
 
The Foley Family wine portfolio includes vineyards in CA and WA. Founded by vintner Bill Foley, each property represents his commitment to enological discovery and sustainable farming practices.
 
Click HERE for details
 
Please call 247-9997 for reservations  

Brandon Baptist Church

 Presents 

Live Nativity Event &

Carol Sing

 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 6 p.m.

Food and refreshments will be served immediately following the program.

 Brandon Baptist Church is located at the corner of

Route 7 and Champlain Street (route 73W).

For more information or to arrange for transportation,

please call the church office at 247-3339.

Brandon Baptist Church is
handicapped accessible

Jazz Thursdays at Brandon Music Now Once a Month:

Grammy Winner Gary Smulyan is First to Play New Monthly Series, Dec 6, 7:30pm

Brandon Music Café, located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon, Vermont will host the 6 time Grammy winning baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan on December 6 at 7:30pm. General Admission is $15 and reservations are strongly encouraged. Venue is BYOB. Brandon Music Café offers a concert and dinner package which includes dinner and a ticket to the show for $30 plus tax per person. Dinner reservations are required.

Brandon Music will now present a monthly jazz concert on a Thursday evening, and all other previously publicized Jazz Thursday shows will be postponed to later dates. The Jazz Thursday series at Brandon Music is coordinated by NH Jazz Presents, a company that produces a four day jazz tour to venues in Brandon, Laconia, Nashua and Portsmouth. Up to date schedules are available at www.NHJazz.com

For reservations contact Brandon Music @ (802) 465-4071 or info@brandon-music.net 

Gary Smulyan is critically acclaimed and recognized as a major voice on the baritone saxophone. His playing is marked by an aggressive rhythmic sense, an intelligent and creative harmonic approach and a strong and incisive wit.

Mr. Smulyan was born April 4, 1956, in Bethpage, New York. The gifted multi-instrumentalist started his music career by first learning alto saxophone during his teenage years on Long Island. While still in high school, Smulyan had the chance to sit in with major jazz artists such as legendary trumpeter Chet Baker, saxophonist Lee Konitz, trombonist Jimmy Knepper and violinist Ray Nance. Mr. Smulyan attended SUNY Postsdam and Hofstra before he joined Woody Herman's Young Thundering Herd in 1978, a group that included saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Marc Johnson and drummer John Riley.

In 1980, unlike many of his colleagues and peers, Smulyan did not have to go very far to move into New York City proper where he became part of the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, which would later become the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Mr. Smulyan also found work with other important large ensembles including the Mingus Epitaph band and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.

Gradually establishing himself in NYC, the talented Smulyan was asked to share the stage and record with Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Tito Puente, Ray Charles, B.B. King, and Diana Ross. Smulyan has also enjoyed work with bassist Dave Holland, the cooperative 3 Baritone Saxophone Band, as well as with powerhouse tenor saxophonist George Coleman, and with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. In addition to performing and recording in support of these and other luminaries, Smulyan has accumulated a remarkable discography as a leader, with over 10 titles under his own name.

Gary is a four-time winner of the Down Beat Readers Poll and a multiple winner of numerous other official polls including the Jazz Journalists Award for "Baritone Saxophonist of the Year." Mr. Smulyan is a six-time Grammy award winner for his work with B.B. King, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. In 1995, WBGO voted Smulyan's Saxophone Mosaic as one of the best 25 CDs of 1995; two years later the Boston Globe selected Gary Smulyan with Strings as one of the 10 best jazz CDs of 1997.

Following in the tradition of celebrated baritone saxophonists Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams and Nick Brignola, Gary Smulyan has a large rich sound at the core of his bebo-infused melodies. In the words of Jazz Times critic Doug Ramsey, "Smulyan's tone seems to get bigger and his ideas more expansive from album to album."

Mr. Smulyan will perform in Brandon with bassist Ray Drummond.

The concert is sponsored by the Margate Resort, Patrick's Pub, David Salzberg, the Radisson Nashua, and the Brandon Inn.

BRANDON TRANSFER STATION NEWS 

DON'T FORGET:

The Brandon Transfer Station has Food Shelf Donation boxes. When bringing in your trash and recycling, please bring a couple of boxes or cans of food to help out our neighbors.   

OTTERS AFTERSCHOOL

Interested in leading a middle school afterschool club at Otter Valley?  Do you have a special talent, hobby, or part of your profession that you would be willing to share with middle school students?  I am very open to new ideas and working with all of the talents that community members have to share. Our clubs run afterschool from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.  They can meet one day a week or multiple days a week, depending on the club and club leader.  4 sessions of 8 - 9 week duration are scheduled this year.  Club Leaders are paid for direct contact hours with students as well as planning time.  If interested or want to learn more about the club program, please contact me: Nancy Bird at nbird@rnesu.org or 802-247-6833 Ext 284.

JR. IRON CHEF DONATIONS SOUGHT

SUPPORT THE "ROOTIN OTTERS" 

The afterschool program at Otter Valley provides high quality, safe afterschool programs for middle school students throughout the school year.  The program offers enrichment opportunities that enhance the school day experience in a safe supervised environment.  

One of these offerings is the Jr. Iron Chef program in which the students work with local chef, Sheri Sullivan, and team leader, Laura MacLachlan to design and prepare a recipe to enter into competition with other middle school programs in the state. The state competition is scheduled for February 2, 2013 at The Champlain Valley Expo in Essex, VT. This is the 3^rd year in which our "Rootin' Otters" team has been involved in the competition.

Created in 2009, the afterschool program is funded by a 21^st Century Community Learning Center grant; however, this grant funding now provides less than 50% of program costs. Help is needed to defray costs associated with the Jr Iron Chef program and competition. Food items needed for competition recipe preparation as well as monetary donations are gladly accepted.

If you are interested in supporting the team and able to donate anything toward expenses, it would be greatly appreciated. You can send a check, payable to RNESU-SOAR to the address below. In return, we will recognize our appreciation on a team flyer posted prior to the competition and invite you to the competition as well as to a specially planned "sponsor appreciation meal" following the competition where you'll be able to sample the students' competition recipe. An official invitation will follow.

Sincerely,

Nancy Bird, Afterschool Club Coordinator- RNESU-SOAR

2997 Franklin St, Brandon, VT. 05733

802-247-6833 Ext 284

nbird@rnesu.org 

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BRANDON, VT 05733

802-247-6401

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