The Snake Brothers singing today at the Feast of the Assumption at St Mary’s Malaga. I’m sorry I missed them, Julie says they put chills down her spine. Luckily they’re playing again on the 29th at Estell Manor as part of the Pinelands Folk Arts Festival (PDF flyer). I won’t miss them this time!
I got details for Quaker picnic and outing at the Cape May Zoo at the end of this month:
Salem Quarter has rented Cape May Zoo Shelter C for the day of August 30. We plan to start arriving shortly after 11:00 am after worship at Seaville Meeting. Others are welcome to join us. Bring a picnic lunch. The zoo closes about 5:00. There is no entrance fee, although they do welcome donations. The zoo is shady, so can be comfortable. The animals seem well cared for.
Vineland Daily Journal on this weekends’ Red, White and Blueberry Festival happening about 800 yards from my house!
Just call it a little bit of Americana — with a few million blueberries thrown in for good measure.
The 23rd annual Red, White and Blueberry Festival in Hammonton, sponsored by the Greater Hammonton Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on the grounds of Hammonton High School at Old Forks Road and the White Horse Pike.
The family-friendly event combines a celebration of Hammonton’s number one crop and the Fourth of July.
“The combination has worked for over two decades,” said festival chairman John Runfolo. “We tweak it every year, but the basic formula is great food, blueberry specialties, live music, strolling entertainers, classic cars, arts and crafts, and a family atmosphere — and it’s free.”
First held in 1987, the festival has continued to grow in both size and stature, becoming one of the most popular summertime events in greater Atlantic County.
Highlights will include live music from The Nudies, and Kayla Calabrese and Riverside Drive. DJ Nicky G will spin music throughout the day.
Photo via my refrigerator and the excellent folks at Pastore Orchards!
Good visit from Cookie Caldwell this morning. He’s the Friend who runs Philadelphia-area Quaker’s high school programs. He’s been doing this for a lot of years and he has a wonderfully discursive style that easily goes off track into funny story and revealing anecdotes. Fortunately my wife Julie interrupted and got us back on track.
I’m going to come out to a program in August to talk to the high schoolers about the testimonies. Cookie had been assigned this topic and wanted to do something different than the ever-popular SPICE run-through, where five very broad categories of Quaker practices are tackled one after the other. Cookie Googled around and found my video, Quaker Testimonies as a Collective Wisdom Wiki (below).
I only have two 90-minute segments in August. Cookie told me how he’s long thought it would be good to have short videos for Quaker religious education. Ten minute videos combined with questions for the class to ponder. Most Sunday morning Quaker education program are about forty-five minutes and the leaders of the First Day Programs (as we Friends often call them) are looking for fresh material. So some of this might work itself out as a test of something like this.
Via @EagleTheatre: “Hammonton’s Got Talent” Show Saturday Night. 7pm at the Hammonton High School Performing Arts Center. $10 a ticket general admission.
Public Star Watch at Atsion Field
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Weather permitting, a free public star watch will be presented by the Willingboro Astronomical Society at Atsion Field in Wharton State Forest, NJ, on Saturday, May 30, 2009. Atsion Field is on the east side of Route 206, just north of the lake and Atsion/Quaker Bridge Rds. It is roughly midway between Route 70 (the Red Lion Circle) ten miles to the north and Route 30 (the White Horse Pike in Hammonton) nine miles to the south.
The program starts at 7:30 pm with an open-air, astronomical media presentation followed by an observing session with telescopes on the field until 11:00 pm. Before dark, we’ll have our Kid’s Korner, which features “Cooking up a Comet,” where we make one of our own. After dark, there’ll be a laser-guided Sky Tour of the stars and constellations and a Binocular Beam, where participants will follow the laser beam to find objects in their own binoculars.
This will be a great opportunity to look through a variety of optical instruments from a relatively dark site at many of the incredible and diverse things that fill the nighttime sky. Here are some of the many objects we expect to see:
Come and share our enjoyment of the night sky. Whether you are new to astronomy or have a lifetime interest, this will be an event you won’t want to miss; all ages are welcome. Directions and further information about the Society and its 2009 schedule of Public Star Watches can be found at our web site: www.wasociety.net
For possible weather cancellation, check the WAS web site or call the Atsion Ranger Station at (609) 268-0444 after 3:00 pm on the day of the Star Watch.
Details from PDF on the Willingboro Astronomical Society’s Star Watch schedule.
