SIS WILL BE HOLDING A YARD
SALE:
Saturday,
June 9 from 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM at
1302
Downing Street (4 blocks from WalMart,
off
Animosa St.)
This is a good opportunity to
“spring clean”
& get rid of “stuff” that
is just taking up
valuable space! We will be
advertising this
event as a non-profit
organization’s
fundraising event, and will
need a list of the
items that will be available
to best promote
the sale. Please contact
Carole Conrad :
Tel: 342-6406 or E-Mail: carolec@rapidnet.com with a list of what
you will be bringing by May 29.
Please put prices on the items
you bring. We will need:
·
Tables for display
·
Volunteers – for set-up and tear down,
and to man the tables (2 hr. shifts?)
·
Cold drinks, scones, etc. to sell?
Some suggestions for sale items:
NO adult clothing, kids o.k., dishes and
kitchen gadgets, pictures, art, nic nacs, camping gear, recreational equipment,
small appliances, furniture, books, magazines, toys, Celtic things, linens,
etc. etc.
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May 3
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7:00 p.m.
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Board Meeting
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May 17
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7:00 p.m.
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General membership
Meeting, American Legion Post 22, Rapid City
PROGRAM: TBA
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May 25
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6:00
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COA Picnic more info
below
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Jun 7
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6:00 p.m.
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Board Meeting
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Jun 9
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7:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
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Fundraising Yard Sale
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June
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TBA
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Midsummer’s Eve
Celebration @ Knights
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Jun 21
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6:00 p.m.
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General membership
Meeting, American Legion Post 22, Rapid City
PROGRAM: TBA
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*American Legion Post 22, 818 East St. Patrick St, Rapid City
S.O.S. ……
Members Needed !!!
The first quarter of this new
year has
been very successful for SIS,
with the
Hogmany, Burns dinner, St
Patrick's Day and soon on June 16th the Mid Summer's Eve
celebration. My concern is our general business meetings and the low membership
attendance. While I will be the first to admit that we are all very busy with
our work and families, as members of SIS we also committed to some time and
dedication to the Celtic culture within our community. A friend and fellow
member of SIS casually mentioned that it seems to be the same people doing
everything the vast majority of the time, and this person likened it to the
"Magnificent 7". Though I chuckled at this analogy, I knew this was
an accurate statement. It goes back to the old saying in any organization
similar to ours '20% of the people do 80% of the work". In the last 6
months or so our general business meetings have ranged from 5 to 14 members in
attendance and every number in between. I would better understand this if we
were not having fun and being very successful at putting on our dinners,
parades and festivities. My question to those less frequent members is why or
what can we do? , or what do you want to see or do as members to entice you to
attend our meetings? Those of us who are frequent fliers, part of the
"Magnificent 7" or usual participants are having a wonderful time
with our SIS activities, does it take time? hard work and dedication?
Absolutely, but we know we are enjoying ourselves getting the word out in the
community about our fine Celtic culture.
So to those members whom we do
not see as often as we'd like, I encourage you to rearrange your busy schedules
to make a date with your SIS to have some great Celtic fun and frolic. As I
previously mentioned we have some fantastic fun events coming up this early
summer from a rummage sale fund raiser to a night of Mid Summer's Eve frolic.
See you there!!
Bill Knight
President /SIS
.
As we plan for our annual
festival, we need to know about any possible funding sources that can help us
continue to offer this event AT-NO-CHARGE. Please contact Bill Knight or Gary
Hamilton (info@BlackHillsCelticEvents.org
)if you have any ideas (they are our S.I.S. representatives on the Festival
Board). We also want to expand our vendor list if you have any thoughts
regarding vendors, please don’t keep them to yourselves! J
Kandyce
Serene, one of our newer members and a student at SDSM&T is visiting Chile and is SUPER EXCITED and willing to share stories and pictures when she returns!
The
Kirk and the Spell family has returned to Rapid City. There was a Welcome
Home party for Kirk on Thursday, May 10th at the Holiday Inn ( by the Civic Center). It is WONDERFUL to welcome Kirk back to Rapid and we’re all looking
forward to seeing him in person! We’re hoping he’ll be judging the athletics
at the Labor Day Festival. We all wish him continued successes in his ongoing
recovery efforts.
Your Input Needed
This newsletter would be far more
interesting with your input: news, events, culture, history, photos, new
Celtic businesses, anything. Submit your articles in MS Word doc and photos in
jpg format. E-mail to info@BlackHillsCelticEvents.org
.
We welcome any Scottish or Irish trivia from any
member. Please submit your thoughts to Info@BlackHillsCelticEvents.org
or
contact Pat Hamilton, newsletter editor.
News from Sioux Falls:
Ron Ryvasy shares that there
will be plenty of Irish entertainment at the June 16th Festival of
Culutres at Falls Park. They expect 30,000 over the course of
the day for the event. For more information: www.dakotairish@sio.midco.net.
Catherine
Heubner used to have a
restaurant with tea and scones and now has a business out of her home. COA
friend Sairyn Duggan shared this information.
Geneaology
The genealogy
association meets every 3rd Friday of each month at the Canyon Lake
Senior Citizen’s Club. Contact Nila Boone if you have any questions.
The Sons of Norway host
dancing lessons at the Canyon Lake Senior Citizens’ Center each Monday evening
at 6:30. We’re learning some Norwegian dances and are preparing to learn some
Celtic dances. Call John or Nancy Burke if you’re interested in attending as
their summer schedule may vary a bit.
.
On Friday,
May 25th from approximately 6pm, Celts of America will be hosting a Pot
Luck Barbeque. It will be at Siaryn and John Duggan’s, 4937 Rainbow Ln. All
are welcome and encouraged to bring guests. Matt will be creating his
famous Guinness Brisket for your culinary enjoyment. John will be preparing his
special County Mayo Brats.
A night of
good company and great food is expected. Anyone who has a special dish
with which to bedazzle our taste buds are surely welcome to add to
the evenings fare. Although some drink and drinks will be present, you are
encouraged to byob
This will be a regular feature
of our Newsletter with your help. Please share any of your favorite Celtic
Shopping locations with our Newsletter editor, Pat Hamilton. Send any
suggestions to info@BlackHillsCelticEvents.org
.
Dream Shoes (Bald Mountain): http://www.DreamShoes.com/
They have great sandals and
shoes for both men and women.
Pyramid Collection: http://www.PyramidCollection.com/
Clothing, jewelry, goblets
(mail-order catalog available)
Creative Irish Gifts: www.ShopIrish.com
Clothing, trinkets, jewelry,
caps, mugs (mail-order catalog available)
Cashs of Ireland: www.cashs.com
Dishes, glassware, clothing
(mail-order catalog available)
Shannon: www.ShopShannon.com
Clothing, trinkets, glasses
(mail-order catalog available)
Sofi’s Stitches: http://www.sofisstitches.com/
Medieval and renaissance
clothing
Gael Song: http://www.gaelsong.com/
(mail-order catalog
available)
Celtic Croft: www.kilts-n-stuff.com
Kilts, clothing, jewelry, etc
(mail-order catalog available)
The Celtic Shop: http://CelticShopDunedin.com
This is our old friend Coleen
Coble’s web site. Check out her wide assortment.
Program-Genealogy for Dummies-Gary Hamilton.
Awesome!!!
Treasurer's Report-$4003. Small Profit from St.Patrick's
Old
Business-
·
Dues-$10
for students a year – voted and approved by members.
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Midsummer's Eve-June 16 at the Knight's house potluck
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Festival News
o
Money from SIS -$1500
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Rummage Sale Is June
9th at Carols house 7am start time.
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SIS-COA merger
possibility – committee meeting will be April 29 at 4 o’clock at the Hamilton's (potluck).
NEW BUSINESS
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Booth-$45 set aside
for Wyoming Festival
·
Jack Knowles will be
honored at the Labor day festival. Think of something. Fireside Inn gift
certificate will be bought.
Standing Business
·
No word on Midge.
·
Kirk Spell will be
back around May 8.
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Website-Enhance the
site with Merchandise
·
Storage Shed-look for
sites.
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Location of May Board
Meeting will be Heather Payden's house at 6211 Cleghorn Canyon Rd.
·
Programs for
May-June-July?
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Treasurer's
Report - $3428
OLD BUSINESS:
·
Gillette Celtic
Festival-June 23 and 24. We need volunteers to take shifts in the tent. Will
register by the first of June.
·
Storage Locker - can
move in this weekend $20 deposit and $35 a month. Extra Storage at 1800 E Saint
Patrick.
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Regarding a merge
with COA, the committee suggests that we start holding joint membership
meetings for a trial period.
NEW
BUSINESS:
·
With last year’s
success we will consider looking for a larger venue for St Patrick’s Day
Ceilidh. www.blackhillseventsandspecials.com
Submitted by Heather
Payden, Secretary
President Bill
Knight info@BlackHillsCelticEvents.org
Vice President John Burke
Secretary Heather Payden (Sally Knight,
co-secretary)
Treasurer Carole Conrad
Board Members Aliyah
Sanders, Kerry Smith, Jim Byrne, James Marrs, Paul Smith
Past President Gary
Hamilton
Membership Sally Knight
Web Site Gary
Hamilton
Newsletter Pat
Hamilton, info@BlackHillsCelticEvents.org
If you would like to contribute an article or story, list an event,
submit a photo, etc. to the newsletter, please email the item to me by the 5th
of each month.
PO Box 765, Rapid City SD 57709
