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St. Patrick’s Day Events in the Lakes Region

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper Lakes Regioners love a good holiday, especially one celebrated after a long winter. St. Patrick’s Day comes at a great time – when the March winds and somewhat warmer weather give a promise and a hint of summertime yet to come.

The area has many St. Patrick’s events to mark the holiday, from music to food and more. Take your pick of unusual and fun events in the month of March.

The 5th Annual Lakes Region Leprechaun Leap 5K Fun Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, March 11 at 10 am. The event takes place in Belmont and the course has a mixture of flat terrain and short hills along quiet roads that border the village area. There will be prizes for first adult female, adult male, youth female and youth male.

The start and finish line is the Belmont Mill at 14 Mill Street in Belmont.

For information, email Gretta OlsonWilder, town of Belmont special events coordinator at events@belmontnh.org.

If you’re Irish – and proud of it – stop by the Meredith Public Library at 91 Main Street in Meredith on Tuesday, March 7 at 4 pm for We’re All Irish – Genealogy Club. The popular Ramblin’ Richard will be there to share songs and stories of Ireland. There is no charge and the Friends of the Meredith Library sponsor the event. Call 279-4303.

For a taste of Ireland, head to the Newfound Lake area where a corned

beef dinner will be held on March 11 at the Bristol United Church of Christ on Church Street in Bristol. The meal runs from 5:30 to 7 pm. Call 744-8132 for information. (Take out meals can be ordered.)

A tasty St. Patrick’s Day Dinner will take place at the Gilford Community Church on Saturday, March 11 at 6 pm. The meal will include traditional corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, onions, carrots, homemade Irish Soda Bread, homemade carrot cake and coffee and tea. All are welcome; call Eloise Post at 986-6723 or email Eloise@metrocast.net for tickets and information.

The church is located at 19 Potter Hill Road in Gilford village.

There is no place quite like Patrick’s Pub and Eatery at 18 Weirs Road in Gilford when it comes to all-thingsIrish! On Friday, March 17, the O’Brien Clan performs from noon to 3 pm and 4 to 7 pm with great Irish music. Call 293-0841 for details.

Also at Patrick’s Pub on March 17, Dueling Pianos will start at 8 pm and feature Jim Tyrell and Jonathan Lorentz.

Music lovers, mark your calendars for Sunday, March 19 and plan to be at the Wakefield Opera House for the New England Irish Harp (NEIHO) concert. NEIHO returns and this time with the McDonough-Grimes Irish School of Dance and the Seacoast Set Dancers.

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The dinner menu will include a traditional Irish boiled dinner of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, Irish soda bread and dessert. The dinner will be catered by Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant. A cash bar will be available for drinks. Following dinner, the Mazy Spade band will provide heartthumping Irish tunes, as well as their own dance music.

The evening also will feature a drawing for a Best of Ireland Trip for two that includes airfare and a seven-night trip to Ireland for a value of $4,000.

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Advance tickets are available for purchase by calling Ed Morrison at 522-0126. In Wakefield, get tickets at Woodman’s Corner Barber Shop and Angie Nichols, Tax Office. In Sanbornville, Sharper Image Salon and Lovell Lake Food Center have tickets.

The Opera House is located at 2 High Street in Sanbornville.

If you like all kinds of music, you will love the Rochester Opera House on 31 Wakefield Street in Rochester. On Friday, March 10, the Spirit of Johnny Cash concert will feature the music of the famed country singer, as well as that of his wife June Carter Cash. The show starts at 8 pm.

The Rochester Opera House welcomes St. Patrick’s Day with Tony Kenny’s Irish Celebration on Saturday, March 18. Tony Kenny is one of Ireland’s most beloved artists. Kenny has starred at the world famous Jury’s Irish Cabaret in Dublin for more than 20 years and won many awards for his work over the decades. He’s entertained millions across Ireland and the U.S in dozens of coast-to coast tours.

Together with Victoria Kenny, Seamus Kennedy, and the Trinity Irish Dance Company, Kenny brings you a celebration you’ll never forget. The show starts at 7 pm. Tickets can be obtained by call 335-1992 or visit www.rochesteroperahouse.com.

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Stand-up comedy comes to The Belknap Mill in Laconia on Saturday, March 11 at 8 pm with nationally known, top rated comics Mike Koutrobis, Carolyn Plummer and Kyle Crawford.

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Great Waters Music Festival Kicks off 2017 Season Great Waters Music Festival will kick off the 2017 music season at The Great Hall, upstairs in the Wolfeboro Town Hall on Friday, March 24 at 7:30 pm, with a concert by folk artist Tracy Grammer.

Tracy Grammer rose to acclaim as half of the “postmodern, mythic American folk” duo, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer. From 1998-2001, the duo released three internationally celebrated, folk chart-topping albums featuring Carter’s mytho-poetic Americana songcraft and in 2002, toured with Joan Baez, both as featured artists and Baez’s band members.

Called “the new voice of modern folk music,” the duo was clearly in its ascendancy when in July 2002, Carter suffered a fatal heart attack while the duo was on tour. He was 49; Grammer, 34.

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Folk musician Tracy Grammer will perform at The Great Hall on March 24. journey and bring Carter’s songs, and those of other favorite writers, to broader audiences, Grammer has kept to the road, releasing solo albums as well as selections from the Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer archives. Her latest

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Grammer has become one of folk music’s most beloved artists.

Renowned for her spring water-clear alto, perfectly intoned violin and guitar playing that is by turns percussive and delicate, Grammer is also a masterful storyteller with an ease and charisma on stage - not to mention a riotous sense of humor - that hardly belie

her modest beginnings as Carter’s reclusive accompanist. Stories about the duo’s first meeting, Carter’s quirks and fancies, or Grammer’s own misadventures and missteps are woven thoughtfully into the set list to create a uniquely personal evening that connects audiences to performer, to the Carter/Grammer legacy, and most importantly, to one another.

Additionally, Grammer has begun down the songwriter’s path as part of RealWomenRealSongs, and is sharing her fresh, fledgling efforts - and the stories behind them - on her current tour, to the delight of longtime fans.

As one fan put it, “With Tracy, it’s never just about the music. It’s a soul journey.”

Tickets for Tracy Grammer are general admission - $25. Information and tickets for all performances are now on sale at www.greatwaters.org.

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March at the Remick Museum There is always something new, historical and educational happening at the Remick Museum in Tamworth. If your family is looking for an interesting and fun way to spend a day, sign up now for an event.

The Fiber Arts Group meets on Tuesday, March 7 and 21 from 9:30 am to noon. Fiber artists or interested onlookers are welcome to join the Happy Weavers & Friends group to observe the historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting and more. Bring a project to work on and the museum staff will provide a comfortable space. Led by Barbara Lord, Volunteer Educator, this group meets every other Tuesday, year round.

The event is free (does not include access to the Museum). No registration is required.

A wintertime extension of the museum’s Outdoor Walks takes place on Thursday, March 9 from 10 am to noon. Foragers Winter Gathering keeps participants in touch with plant ID and nature. Venture outside (weather dependent) to see which herbs show above the snow, and learn trees and shrubs by bud and bark. Back inside, warm up with a hot beverage while furthering your ID skills by viewing slides of lush plants in the growing season, and drawing/coloring; make and sample a wild food. The cost is $5/members; $10 for non-members (includes museum admission). Preregistration closes Tuesday, March 7/ when filled.

The Nearly Full Moon Campfire & Walk takes place on Monday, March 13

closes Thursday, March 23/when filled.

Stop by the Remick Museum for Maple Sugaring Day Open House, on Saturday, March 25 from 11 am to 3 pm. Celebrate the sweet taste of spring!

Visit the educational Sugar House to learn about modern and historic methods of sugaring off. Tour the farm, and sample freshly made Farmhouse Kitchen treats and maple syrup. Syrup and goodies will be for sale while they last! The event is free and open to the public.

The Remick Museum & Farm is located in Tamworth Village. Call 3237591 to pre-register for events.

Maple Sugaring at the Remick. Courtesy photo. from 7 to 8:30 pm. Join museum staff outside around a campfire, listen to stories and make s‘mores. When the moon is up, take a stroll and listen for nighttime wildlife. Weather dependent: if it is raining/snowing, this free event will not be held. Donations are gratefully accepted. Dress for the weather and BYO flashlight. The Museum will not be open for this event; meet in the backyard, behind main entrance building. No registration is required.

Young ones will love Small Farmers Club, The Farmer’s Year: All About Bees on Friday, March 24 from 10 to 11 am. This year’s theme, “A Farmer’s Year,” allows children to experience seasonal rhythms and chores on the farmstead. Through age-appropriate activities­ —including crafts, games, stories and animal meet and greets— participants will enjoy season-based activities such as planting, milking, harvesting, and wintertime indoor activities. The cost is $5/child and the program is for ages 2–6. A parent/ guardian must accompany their child for the duration of the activity. Children

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Putting the “I” in Irish

By Barbara Neville Wilson Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Whether it’s a wearin’ o’ the green, a shamrock on the collar, Corned beef in the pot, or a Guinness in the glass, the day resonates with all of us. And why shouldn’t it?

St. Patrick himself wasn’t Irish by birth. He was an immigrant—actually, an enslaved immigrant—to Ireland, kidnapped by Roman authorities when he was a teenager.

Before independence was even declared, George Washington, the “father of our country,” commingled the hatching nation’s identity and the patron saint of Ireland. He chose the password combination of “Boston” and “St. Patrick” on Evacuation Day, March 17, 1776. The pesky Irishdetracting British were unlikely to crack that code as the Continental Army forced them from Boston.

Four months later, eight of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were Irish or of Irish descent, and seven who signed the Constitution were Irish, too.

Perhaps surprisingly, Irish people had sought homes in New Hampshire more than a century before the nation’s birth. In 1636, a 140-passenger ship left Ireland to build a settlement on the Merrimack River. While that voyage was scuttled, the dream lived on and was, perhaps, brought to fruition by Massachusetts Colony Governor Shute’s desire to have Irish make homes on the frontiers of New Hampshire and

Maine. Pragmatically, he suggested their value was in “buffering the [Massachusetts] colony from French and Indians.”

In 1719, 16 families from northern Ireland settled the area now named Londonderry. They may not have basked in the love of the Massachusetts powers-that-were, but in spite of it, they became very successful in the new land. Using their experience and skills in weaving, they set up the colony’s first textile mills.

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southern New England eventually led to the harnessing of Lakes Region waters for manufacture of items as disparate as hosiery (Laconia’s Belknap Mill); baseballs & baseball gloves (D&M in Plymouth); wooden shutters (Beech River Mill, Ossipee); and blankets (Wolfeboro’s Springfield Woolen Blanket Mill and LW Packard Woolen Mill in Ashland, NH), for instance.

By 1790 more than 10 percent of the new nation’s population claimed Irish ancestry. Many left Ireland when the

British Penal Laws claimed it treason to encourage education of the Irish.

Pointed at Irish Catholics who refused to accept the Church of England as the only true church, the Laws put rewards on the heads of schoolmasters.

Ireland’s loss was America’s gain, for many of those escaping educators were instrumental in creating the new nation’s superb education system, encouraging the makers of our founding documents, preparing business and government leaders and no doubt instrumental in staffing the remarkable number of 19th century academies in central New Hampshire.

Two such schools were the Sandwich Academy, educator of Isaac Adams, Jr, pioneer inventor in nickel plating; and the Wolfeboro-Tuftonboro Academy (now Brewster Academy), which claims Vice President Henry Wilson as one of its own.

The Irish Potato Famine sparked great migrations in the middle of the 19th century. Masses of hardworking Irish arrived in New Hampshire and the Lakes Region to work construction, labor in mills and lay railroad. Mainly Irish Catholic, these immigrants experienced the same virulent prejudice expressed a century before.

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Music, History and More Coming to Taylor Community Musical Entertainment by Horizon Returning to Taylor Community by popular demand, John and Johanna Byerley, bring their melodious sounds to the Woodside Building at the Taylor Community in Laconia on Wednesday, March 6 at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. The Byerleys – better known as Horizon – have been entertaining all over New England for the past 27 years. Their performances offer a wide range of musical selections including “Blue Skies, Stormy Weather”, “What a Wonderful World”, “Twist and Shout” and “Unforgettable”. With lovely vocals and wonderful guitar work, this talented duo will have everyone smiling and singing along.

New Hampshire Dam Bureau Lecture The Department of Environmental Services Dam Bureau regulates the repair, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of existing dams.

It also reviews design plans and issues decisions for the construction, operation and maintenance of new dams. Nancy Baillargeon, Program Information Officer for the Bureau, will share historic information and photographs about local damns and the DES Program at Taylor Community’s Woodside Building, Wednesday, March 8 at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. The Dam Bureau is also responsible for regulating the retention and/or release of stored water to support a variety of uses for both public and private purposes.

The Pros and Cons of Aging in Place Taylor Community presents “The Pros and Cons of Aging in Place,” Tuesday, March 14 at 11 am in the community’s Woodside Building.

Donna Deos, Senior Living Consultant, provides counseling, coaching and education to help proactive people

navigate the challenges of aging.

She will discuss one of the toughest challenges Seniors face – whether to stay at home and age in place, or move to another setting for their golden years; what options are available and the pros and cons of those options. The event is free and open to the public.

Reservations are required by calling 366-1400.

Volunteer Lake Assessment Program Have you ever wondered how a state with only eight aquatic biologists can evaluate the water quality of more than 800 public lakes and ponds? It would be impossible without the help of dedicated statewide volunteers who offer their time to the NH Department of Environmental Services. Sara Steiner, the Volunteer Lake Assessment Program (VLAP) coordinator, explains the program in a presentation at Taylor Community’s Woodside Building, Wednesday, March 15 at 2 pm. The event is free and open to the public. The VLAP began in 1985 as a collaborative effort between the state and citizens interested in collecting water quality information on New Hampshire’s lakes. Today, it includes more than 500 volunteers monitoring approximately 180 lakes throughout New Hampshire.

Steiner will discuss volunteer opportunities with the organization, how the collected data is used and the current health of the state’s lakes and ponds.

Theatrical Performance: A Character with Challenges Hank Offinger, Taylor Community’s Director of Care Management, presents a one-man theater show Monday, March 27 at 6:30 pm in Taylor’s Woodside Building. The event is free and open to the public. Hank will explore a range of characters that face life’s challenges with varying levels of success. He most recently performed in “Love Letters” a play by A.R. Gurney.

Laconia’s Historic Churches Laconia is the home of many architecturally beautiful buildings, including our churches. Brenda Kean, Taylor Community’s Director of Resident Life, will present a program on the Historic Churches of Laconia, Wednesday, March 29 at 2 pm in Taylor’s Woodside Building. The event is free and open to the public.

Kean’s lecture focuses on a research project she prepared while director of

the Laconia Historical and Museum Society. Theses churches hold a great and interesting history – some moved around town and others were ravaged by fire. With photographs old and new, Kean presents the history of these beautiful houses of worship.

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March, 2017 • Irish Continued from page 8 antipathy was so powerful that riots broke out in Manchester.

Remarkably, anger was quelled and bigotry so quickly diminished that in 1859, an Irish mayor was elected.

Today many Lakes Region towns have substantial numbers of citizens with Irish backgrounds. In fact, in a summary of national heritage for the 2011 census, Meredith and Center Ossipee both appeared in the Top 5, and Alton topped the list. Forty percent of Alton residents claim the old sod as their own.

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Artie and Benny and Woody at Capitol Center The Big Band sounds of Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Woody Herman are revived as jazz clarinet master and Benny Goodman alumnus Ken Peplowski team up with the Capital Jazz Orchestra (CJO) at the historic Capitol Center for the Arts in downtown Concord on Sunday, April 2 for “Artie, Benny, Woody”.

The Capital Jazz Orchestra is comprised of alumni from such “name” bands as Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson and Artie Shaw as well as the more contemporary orchestras of Toshiko Akiyoshi and Gordon Goodwin’s “Big Phat Band”.

Members reside all over the country and have shared the stage with such stars as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett,

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Preparations are underway for a US tour in the fall of 2017.

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by Mr. Peplowski and the distinguished group of big band veterans who make up the CJO. Tickets for the 4 pm performance may be ordered by calling the Capitol Center for the Arts at 225-1111 or online at www.ccanh.com. Tickets may also obtained at the box office at 44 South Main St., Concord, NH, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 am to 6 pm and on Saturdays from 11 am to 2 pm.

Patrick’s Day, we’re all Irish anyhow.

This story was written with the help of NHPR.org’s “New Hampshire’s Immigration Story—The Influence of the Irish” (Keith Shields, 5/21/12); A History of the Irish Setters in North America, Thomas D’Arcy McGee (libraryireland.com); “Before the Famine Ships, The Irish Made Their Mark in New England,” (newenglandhistoricalsociety.com) and WMUR’s “Most Irish Towns in NH,” (3/15/13). The love of learning inherited by the author from her Irish schoolmaster great-grandfather and the hard work of his Irish wife were factors, too.

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LRSO Concert Features Mozart and Dvorak The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra (LRSO) presents a Welcome Spring! concert on Saturday, March 18 at 7:30 pm at the newly renovated theater at Inter-Lakes High School in Meredith.

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March 6, Horizon musical concert, 6:30pm Woodside Building, Taylor Community, Union Ave., Laconia, free, public welcome, 524-5600.

March 6, Sandwich Business Group meeting, 8:30 am, Corner House Inn, Sandwich.

March 6, Spring Improv Meet Up, 6-8 pm, improvisational acting, no experience necessary, 12 Main St., Sandwich, Advice To The Players, $5 donation, 284-7115.

March 6, Team Trivia, 7 pm, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www. patrickspub.com.

March 7, Fiber Arts Group Meets, free, bring a project to work on, 9:30 amnoon, Remick Museum, Tamworth, 323-7591.

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March 7, We’re All Irish – Genealogy Club, 4-5 pm, Ramblin’ Richard performs songs and stories of Ireland, free, open to all, Meredith Public Library, Main St., Meredith.

March 8, Ladies Night with James Cody, 7 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 8, NH Dam Bureau Lecture, 6:30 pm, Taylor Community Woodside Building, Union Ave., Laconia, free, public welcome, 524-5600.

March 9, Acoustic Thursday, 2 Good 2 Be True, 2 for one apps, two performers: Eric Grant at 7 pm; Tristan Ormand at 8:30 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

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March 9-12, Neil Simon’s Rumors, 3/9-3/11: 7:30 pm, 3/12: 2 pm, Franklin Opera House, Central St., Franklin, ticket/info: 934-1901, www. franklinoperahouse.org.

March 10, Dueling Pianos, you pick the tunes, 8 pm, Jim Tyrell and Matt Langley, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 10, International Dinner, Benz Center, Sandwich, dinner at 6 pm, Christina Ashjian talks about her trip to Turkey, tickets: Erin Hoag at 284-7211.

March 10, Spirit of Johnny Cash, tribute concert, 8 pm, Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, tickets: 335-1992.

March 11, A Night of Comedy, 8 pm, Belknap Mill, Beacon St. East, Laconia, tickets/info: 524-8813.

March 11, Corned Beef Dinner, 5:30-7 pm, Bristol United Church of Christ, Church St., Bristol, 744-8132.

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March 11, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey, downtown Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551.

March 11, St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, 6 pm, Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, traditional corned beef dinner, tickets: 986-6723.

March 11, Sugar Run Pow Wow, 10 am-4 pm, Laconia High School Gym, Union Ave., Laconia, free, donations accepted.

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March 11, Zentangle workshop, 12:30-2:30 pm, League of NH Craftsmen – Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, DW Highway, Meredith, pre-register: 279-7920.

March 13, Books Sandwiched In, book review/discussion, noon, Samuel Wentworth Library, downtown Sandwich, 3/13/17 book: “The River of Doubt”, bring brown bag lunch, info: 284-6328.

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March 18, Let’s Dance! 8 pm, dress up from 1960s and 1970s, Wolfeboro Inn, N. Main St., Wolfeboro, info: 569-3016.

March 18, Tony Kenney’s Irish Celebration, 7 pm, Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, tickets/info: 335-1992, www.rochesteroperahouse. com.

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March 24-26, Creative Tablescapes and Settings, 10 am-4 pm, designs/ displays by artists, businesses, service clubs, etc. Wolfeboro Inn, N. Main St., Wolfeboro, www.wolfeboroarts.org, 569-0078.

March 25, Community Contra Dance, 7-10 pm, all welcome, Wolfeboro Town Hall’s Great Hall, info: www.galacommunity.org, 539-6460.

March 25, Dance Northeast with Sole City Dance, annual celebration of dance, 2 & 7 pm, Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, tickets: 335-1992.

March 25, Maple Sugar Day Open House, 10 am-2 pm, free, demos of early Abenaki sugaring practices and modern day evaporator method, sample maple sugar, treats for sale, Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, Tamworth village, 323-7591, www.remickmuseum.org.

March 25, Mud Season Mixer, 7:30-10:30 pm, dancing, Club Soda band, cash bar, Old Town Hall, Bristol, info: 744-3354.

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March 26, Gelatin Printing Class, noon-3 pm, Art Works Gallery, 132 White Mt. Highway, Chocorua, 323-8041, www.chocoruaartworks.com.

March 26, The Big Night for Amphibians, 1-3 pm, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oak Rd., Laconia, 366-5695.

March 27, Team Trivia, 7 pm, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www. patrickspub.com.

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March 29, Ladies Night with James Cody, 7 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

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March 31, Led Zeppelin tribute concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey, downtown Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551.

March 31, Mother and Son Minute to Win It Game Night, 6:30-8:30 pm, Tapply Thompson Community Center, Bristol, info: 744-2713.

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Ongoing Belknap Mill, programs and self-guided tours of the Power House, 1823 historic former textile mill. Hours/information: 524-8813. The Mill Plaza, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia.

Benz Center Senior Meals, Sandwich, each Wednesday at noon. Wellbalanced meal. Age 60 and older, small donation requested, 284-7211, http:// www.benzcommuitycenter.webs.com.

Billiards Club, Monday nights at 6:30 pm, Tapply Thompson Community Center, Bristol, pick-up pool games, chance to socialize, info: 744-8159.

Book Sale, first Sat. of each month, Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, 10 am - noon, 323-8510.

Coffeehouse Open Mic Night, 1st Sat. of the month until June, 7 pm, sign up to perform 6 - 6:50 pm, Doris L. Benz Community Center, 18 Heard Rd., Center Sandwich. Free, open to public.

Concerts at 12 Main, Arts Center at 12 Main, Sandwich village, select concerts/ performances. Info: 284-7115, contact@advicetotheplayers.org.

Country, Bluegrass, and Gospel Music Jam, Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm, Old White Church, Route 109A, Tuftonboro, across from Tuftonboro General Store and Post Office. Musicians and listeners welcome. Free. Call 569-3861.

Fiber Friends, Tuesdays, 10 am-12:30 pm, drop-in fiber arts group, work on rug hooking, needlecrafts, knitting, etc. No formal instruction, but participants offer their support, free, new members always welcome, or drop by to view working fiber projects, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, fiberfriendsgilfordlibrary@gmail.com.

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Tamworth Writers’ Group, meets second Tuesday of each month, 5 pm, Cook Memorial Library, downtown Tamworth. Led by Ed Martinez, aboutwritingtamworth@gmail.com, 730-4482.

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Opera Comes to Anderson Hall Winter will fade on Sunday, March 19 at 2 pm when Anderson Hall bursts with operatic arias and scenarios staged by the polished voices of the Portland Vocal Collaborative.

In this, the sixth concert of the Wolfeboro Friends of Music’s 201617 season, artistic director Luette Saul presents Molly Harmon soprano, Jazmin DeRice mezzo-soprano, George Eisenhauer tenor, Joshua Miller baritone, with narrator and pianist extraordinaire Mark Rossnagel. Performers were invited from Saul’s retinue of some dozen professional friends who merged in 2013 while pursuing their

individual careers in New England and New York.

The Sunday afternoon program is not a continuous story, put a potpourri of 11 selections from famous operas starting with “Mir ist so wunderbar” (quartet from Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio). Moving historically through the romantic era of Verdi and Puccini, the program will close with two modern American staples, Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti (morning argument scene) and Aaron Copland’s quintet from The Tender Land. Stage action, along with minimal props and costume depiction, is expected.

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Solo arias will be rendered by Ms. Saul (“Stridono lassu” from Pagliacci/ Leoncavallo; Ms. DeRice (“Nobles Seigneurs” from Les Huguenots/ Meyerbeer); Mr. Eisenhauer (“Kuda, kuda” from Eugene Onegin/Tschaikovsky) and Mr. Miller (“Aprite un po quegli occhi” from Nozze de Figaro/Mozart).

Librettos in English will be available for these four arias.

Classical opera finds audiences in city centers, by radio, TV, CD and highdefinition screening, but never more readily than by a unique opera troupe that is prepared to tour to a local stage to perform for a live audience. David Belcher writes for International Arts magazine, “concert versions take opera to a more personal level.” Requiring no amplification in Anderson Hall, Luette, Molly, Jazmin, George and Josh will project the personalities of their characters, moving ever so adeptly from scene to scene, taking the cue from

Mark’s narration during scene changes and his orchestral introduction at the Yamaha grand piano. The programme contains further ensembles as follows: “La ci darem” from Don Giovanni/ Mozart, “Un di se ben rammentomi” from Rigoletto/Verdi, “Dunque a proprio” from La Boheme/Puccini, and the opening scene from Hansel and Gretel.

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March, 2017 • Opera Continued from page 18 Southwest Harbor and trained at the U. of Southern Maine’s vocal performance program, as did soprano Molly Harmon. Josh finds himself in NYC winning roles in La Traviata, and as John Wilkes Booth in Sondheim’s Assassins. Molly has performed at Lyric Music Theater in Sweeney Todd.

She has been soprano soloist in oratorios for example Haydn’s Creation, Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols and Orff’s Carmina Burana.

A Pittsburgh PA native, George Eisenhauer with his Masters in vocal performance from USM, offers “subtle dramatic sensibility” (Allan Kozinn) as heard with the Portland Symphony Orchestra in The Dialogues of the Carmelites. He filled the tenor solos in Messiah at the White Mountain Bach Festival and with Penobscot Bay Singers. George is presently teaching music at Monson High School in Warren, MA as he continues to accept singing engagements.

Mark Rossnagel holds both a Bachelor’s degree in Organ Performance from Binghamton U. and a Masters in Piano Performance from the Southern Maine U. with Laura Kargul. He is now an adjunct faculty member there and well-established piano soloist and collaborator, as well as conductor who researches his programs musicologically speaking to underpin the concert series he mounts at the First Parish Church in Portland where he is organist and choir master. Luette Saul together with Mark Rossnagel at the

keyboard performed Schubert’s epic song cycle Winterreise which received a lauditory review by Allan Kozinn, the prominent New York Times music critic who in 2014 had moved to Portland.

Luette is a native of Pomfret, Vermont, and holds degrees in vocal performance from the San Francisco Conservatory and from Southern Maine University.

Her vocal collaborative presents yearly at the Rossini Club (America’s first music club-1869) where Ms. Saul serves as program coordinator for the September-May concert series.

Wolfeboro Friends of Music brings Luette Saul, Mark Rossnagel and ensemble to the Lakes Region during its 81st season, which runs from September through May. The concert is made possible, in large part, to sponsors Taylor Community, Green Mountain Communications, and the Law Offices of V. Richards Ward, PLLC. WFOM also thanks season sponsors Benefit Strategies, LLC and Paul & Debbie Zimmerman.

Tickets for the Portland Vocal Collaborative are available for $20 and may be purchased at the door on the evening of the concert. Advance tickets may be purchased at Black’s Paper Store and Avery Insurance in Wolfeboro and Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith or by calling 569-2151.

All high school students with ID and all children accompanied by an adult ticket purchaser will be admitted free of charge.

Wolfeboro Friends of Music is pleased to bring the Carpe Diem String Quartet to the people of the greater Lakes Region

during our 81st season, which runs from September through May. This concert is made possible, in large part, to our sponsors for this concert: J. Clifton Avery Insurance; Sugar Hill Retirement Community, and MillRiver Wealth Management. WFOM also thanks our season sponsors: Benefit Strategies, LLC and Paul & Debbie Zimmerman. Tickets for Carpe Diem

String Quartet are available for $25 and may be purchased at the door on the evening of the concert. Advance tickets may be purchased at Black’s Paper Store and Avery Insurance in Wolfeboro and Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith; by calling (603) 569-2151.

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Outstanding NH Women ~ Meredith’s Liz Lapham

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper If you spend more than a few minutes talking with Meredith’s Liz Lapham, the words volunteer, community and involvement come up often in the conversation.

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As executive director of the GMP, Liz was responsible for organizing and working with all committees. “One of my strengths is being a good organizer,” Liz adds. “And we had to put a face on the GMP so people knew where we are.”

Perhaps one of the GMP’s most recognizable accomplishments is the Sculpture Walk that brings unique and beautiful sculptures to the downtown and dock and lakeside area of Meredith. It all started, according to Liz, in 2012 when the GMP designed a small courtyard on Meredith’s Main Street across from town hall. It was in an alleyway that the design committee created a courtyard with benches. They decided to add a sculpture, which was created by local artist Steven Hayden.

Visitors really enjoyed the little courtyard and outdoor art and it was decided to expand the idea into a sculpture walk.

With a go-getter committee, the GMP had their first sculpture walk up and running by the following year, which was certainly not an easy undertaking. Liz explains that the walk was a collaboration between the GMP and public and private properties. (Some sculptures are on public property, while others are in private property areas.)

“The walk has played a great part in bringing people to Meredith’s Main Street,” Liz says. Once on Main Street,

visitors see a variety of businesses and eateries and are thrilled with the shops offering everything from antiques to specialty items and more.

This year there are 32 sculptures on the walk with two being permanent.

Visitors arriving in or passing through Meredith cannot help but notice a number of sculptures in the Hesky Park area near the waterfront. “We have received nothing but positive feedback about the sculptures,” Liz adds. The sculptures in Hesky Park in particular receive a lot of attention from those in the dock area on boats, or those parking nearby and strolling through the area. The sculptures are often large, such as a mammoth horse figure made of wood or the silver polar bears in the park.

“We started a docent program so that the public could have a guided tour of the sculpture walk,” Liz explains.

During the summer, docents are stationed at a particular gathering spot in Meredith and the tour starts from there.

Visitors who take the tour can walk with the docent and learn about each sculpture and the artists who created the various pieces.

“We are so pleased with how the sculpture walk has grown,” Liz says.

“Sculptors do not have a lot of places to display their work so the sculpture walk is very welcome. They love it that we have a ground crew to help them install their sculptures.”

The process for choosing each piece starts with a call going out to galleries, art associations and other avenues to reach as many artists as possible.

Artists can then submit an application with slides of their sculptures. An anonymous jury comprised of people with an art background reviews the submissions. The jury committee meets in April of each year and selects the sculptures to be installed for the coming summer. If an artist has a piece already in the sculpture walk, they can resubmit to keep their piece up for the next year. “We had about 17 new sculptures last year,” Liza adds.

The Meredith Sculpture Walk Committee decides where each sculpture will be placed on the route; the two permanent sculptures on the walk are Black Sailboat and Red Wing. They are definite favorites of the public and are a permanent part of the sculpture walk.

Some artists have received commissions or sold pieces that were on display, and the GMP does not take a commission on any pieces an artist might sell.

When asked what accomplishments she is most proud of during her years with the GMP, Liz pauses to reflect.

“I would definitely say the sculpture walk, and the restoration of the Wicwas Grange in Meredith Center. (That was a great project and was accomplished by volunteers.) We recently started a Do the Loop Program, and another one is the All American Display Garden at the Meredith Library. And we do some nice events, such as the annual scarecrow contest.”

One project of the GMP is the annual fireworks display in Meredith. “People

• Liz Laphham Continued on page 21

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Are you looking for a fun evening out during the doldrums of March? Come to the St. Patrick’s Day Fest, organized by the Rotary Club of Wolfeboro on Friday, March 17 from 6 to 10 pm. Meredith Village Savings Bank generously sponsors the event.

The evening of Irish food and music will take place at Estabrook Hall, Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro.

Tickets for the evening of dinner and music are $30 per person and can be purchased by calling 569-8996 or from any member of the Rotary Club of Wolfeboro. (Businesses wishing to sponsor a table of eight may do so for $300, which includes a reserved table of eight, along with eight Best of Ireland Raffle tickets.) The deadline to purchase tickets for the dinner is Monday, March 13.

The dinner, catered by Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant, will be a traditional Irish boiled dinner of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, Irish soda bread and dessert. A cash bar will be available for drinks. Following dinner, the Mazy Spade band will provide heart-thumping Irish tunes, as well as their own dance music.

The evening will also feature a drawing for a Best of Ireland Trip for two that includes airfare and a sevennight trip to Ireland for a value of $4,000. The lucky winners must travel before June 30, 2018, but you need not be present to win. Raffle tickets are $10 or 3 for $25 and may be purchased

in advance by calling 569-8996 or from any member of the Rotary Club of Wolfeboro. Only 500 tickets will be sold for this trip arranged by Penny Pitou Travel.

All proceeds raised from the St. Patrick’s Day Fest and the Best of Ireland Trip raffle will be donated back into the community for high school scholarships and to non-profit organizations throughout the year.

The Rotary Club of Wolfeboro meets each Monday at 5:30 pm in the 1812 Room of the Wolfeboro Inn. Following a light dinner, members hear a guest speaker on various topics of interest.

Interested men and women are always welcome to come and learn more about the benefits of joining Rotary. To learn more about the Wolfeboro Rotary Club visit www.wolfebororotary.org.

• Liz Laphham Continued from page 20 are not generally aware that the GMP is involved in setting up the fireworks each year.”

A Career Partnership program between the GMP and the Interlakes High School pairs students with working professionals to give young people a taste of what a chosen career would involve.

Liz says she decided to retire because it “was time.” She hopes to do more traveling with her husband and she has other projects and interests she wants to pursue. And she is comfortable handing over the directorship of the GMP to the new executive director, Monica Philbin.

Liz will continue with her basket making and she laughs as she says, “And I have taken up pickle ball!”

But that’s not all; she is still active on GMP committees and is working on the Hawkins Brook Nature Trail project with the Meredith Village Pathways committee.

“I plan to stay involved on a volunteer basis,” Liz concludes.

There it is again, that word “volunteer.” For Liz, the definition of retirement is certainly not about sitting and watching the world go by. Not when the world is full of interesting people and places and the chance to be involved and give back to her community.

(Learn more about the GMP at www. greatermeredithprogram.com.)

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