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NOTICE OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS POSITION VACANCIES AND VETERANS’ MEMORIAL HALL ADVISORY COMMITTEE VACANCIES
St. Louis County Historical Society, 506 W. Michigan St., Duluth, Minnesota, announces two openings on its Board of Governors. The mission statement of the Society is as follows:
The general nature and purpose of the Society shall be the discovery, preservation and dissemination of knowledge about the history and prehistory of St. Louis County and the State of Minnesota. In addition to collecting and preserving objects of material culture and historical research material, the Society shall maintain and operate a museum and materially participate in the operations of a historical research center adequate to serve the region encompassing St. Louis County and northeastern Minnesota.
The Society is seeking applicants for service on its Board of Governors from the Duluth area and from greater St. Louis County for election by the membership at the March 27, 2012 Annual Meeting of the Membership.
An interest in history, nonprofit governance, and/or fundraising experience is highly desirable. The ideal candidate would have available time and ability to commit to regularly attend and prepare for meetings and otherwise effectively participate in governance of the organization, as well as the general enhancement of its operations and promotion of its mission. The ability to work constructively and cooperatively with staff and other Board of Governors members is also an essential qualification.
Please call St. Louis County Historical Society administration at 218-733-7586 for basic information and to have application forms mailed to you. For further information, you will be referred to President Dwight Nelson.
Veterans’ Memorial Hall is a joint project of the St. Louis County Historical Society and United States military service veterans of northeastern Minnesota with a mission to gather, preserve, interpret and promote the rich and diverse human experiences of veterans, their families, and communities through museum, archival, and educational programs.
There are currently two vacancies on the Veterans’ Memorial Hall Advisory Committee. To begin to apply, or for more information, please contact Dan Hartman, Veterans’ Memorial Hall Program Curator, at 218-733-7500, or Committee Chair Dennis Hughes at 218-525-7272. You may also stop in at the Society’s administrative office at 506 W. Michigan St., Duluth, MN, to pick up application forms.
"Celebrating Stained Glass in the Northland - its beauty, its story"
A film premier, open to the public, will be held before Public Access TV in Duluth starts airing it. The film is called ...
"Celebrating Stained Glass in the Northland - its beauty, its story" ... Episode #1: Pilgrim Congregational Church in Duluth, MN.
WHEN: Sunday, February 5th, 2:00.
WHERE: Pilgrim Congregational Church on 23rd Ave. E. and 4th Street, Duluth.
Pilgrim has five pairs of Tiffany windows. The film also connects to ...
- the abolition of slavery;
- President Eisenhower;
- Jay Edgar Hoover;
- the Mayflower Compact;
- Harvard College.
The film has connections to local history as well, with ties to Julius Barnes and Gilbert Munger, the landscape painter.
Dulcimer Day in Duluth 2012
Dulcimer Day in Duluth 2012 will be held once again on the 1st Saturday of May. May 5 will be THE day for dulcimer players to gather to learn, listen and have a great time. Twenty classes are scheduled for beginning mountain dulcimer, intermediate mountain dulcimer, beginner hammered dulcimer, advanced beginner hammered dulcimer, autoharp, banjo, using your body carefully to make music, clogging (traditional dance), tin whistle, and even origami. A team of nine instructors will be teaching. The 3 special dulcimer guests are Sue Carpenter, Lucille Reilly and Dick Weinberger.
When Sue Carpenter first played a mountain dulcimer in 1981, she was immediately captivated by its simplicity and challenged by its fingerpicking possibilities. Her innovative fingerpicking style has won her many awards including 2005 National Mountain Dulcimer Champion at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS. As an instrumentalist, Sue is best known for her expressive style and exceptional technical ability. As a teacher, she is well known for her challenging, highly organized and intensive methods, nurturing patience, and energetic enthusiasm, which make learning fun.
A New Jersey native living in Denver, Colorado, Lucille is a graduate of Westminster Choir College and a Melodious Accord Composers Fellow, whose awards include National Hammered Dulcimer Champion (1997), Mountain Laurel Autoharp Champion (1995, 2010) and International Autoharp Champion (1995, 2003, 2010).
Passion for folk, old timey, bluegrass music and the love of the mountain and hammered dulcimers, led Dick to develop a unique and exciting approach to playing the dulcimers. He started out by learning to play in the oral tradition (by ear), then gradually learning music theory (paper training) has given Dick a masterful insight to teaching the mountain and hammered dulcimers. His philosophy to music and the dulcimer, reverberates the belief that music comes from a person's soul and lives in the singing and playing that each person expresses. The key word is enjoy.
Additional instructors will be Pat & Claudia Hogan and local skilled teachers/players - Laura Greensmith, Tom Mahoney, Todd Olson, Wendy Grethen, and the local Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing club.
Lunch will be available during the day. Dinner will be catered by Duluth Grill and will be a taco bar with many fresh ingredients.
Instrument and craft vendors will be set up from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The performers will also have their CDs and books for sale.
Concerts will be held at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Please register in advance for workshops. If you are so inclined, bring some treats/snacks to share as an afternoon snack and for the evening dessert.
The lodging sponsor is Voyageur Lakewalk Inn, 333 E. Superior St. 1-800-258-3911. It's located near to the festival. Call 1-800-4-DULUTH for more lodging options or check visitduluth.com.
Thank you to sponsors : Whole Foods Co-op, Pearl Swanstrom, Visit Duluth, Duluth Grill, Voyageur Lakewalk Inn.
For more information on the festival, now in its 11th year, or to register on-line go to www.DulcimersInDuluth.com.
Please register in advance. Concerts tickets will be available at the door (or are included in the passes).
Early bird specials through March 21. Discounts for youth and seniors. If you would like to request a personal discount or group discount for concert tickets, email wendyupnorth@yahoo.com at least one week prior to the event.
Germanic Genealogy Society (GGS)
First 2012 GGS Workshop Scheduled for February 12
GGS has scheduled two workshops in 2012, one for the northern areas and another for the southern areas.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 Northern German Areas
Brandenburg, Berlin, Braunschweig, East Prussia, Bremen, Mecklenburg,
Hamburg, Pomerania, Hannover (Lower Saxony), Posen, Oldenburg, Saxony-
Anhalt, Ostfriesland, Silesia, Schaumburg-Lippe, Schleswig-Holstein,
Westphalia, West Prussia, and former Russian Empire (Ukraine, Volhynia).
2:00pm - 5:00pm Concordia Library & Technology Center Room 214
Cost $ 5
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Sunday, September 16, 2012 Southern German Areas
2:00pm - 5:00pm Concordia Library & Technology Center Room 214
Cost $ 5
What happens at a Workshop?
Two short presentations: one will describe how to use selected GGS materials in the Concordia Library, and the second one will help beginners understand how to get started on their Germanic research.2:00 Using selected GGS Library resources (to be announced)
2:30 Brief Beginners’ introduction to Germanic Genealogy
The remaining time is for individual help and research.Knowledgeable GGS members will be there to:
Answer your questions Help you get started on your research Offer suggestions to break down your brick walls Offer assistance in finding your ancestral villages on maps Offer assistance with your research in the library Show you how to use the online catalog for the GGS collection housed in the Concordia Library You will meet other people who are interested in the same Germanic areas as you. Atlases and laminated maps will be available for your use. You will be able to learn more about GGS and what it has to offer.The workshops are open to everyone.
Germanic Genealogy Society
Meeting on March 10, 2012
Lois Edwards, longtime GGS member, former editor of
Germanic Genealogy Journal, GGS past president, and author of Beginner's Guide to Germanic Genealogy, will be the featured speaker at the GGS meeting on March 10. She is a noted lecturer with over 20 years of experience researching German ancestors from four German regions.9:00 AM Registration
$ 8 per person (No pre-registration)9:30 to 10:30 Beginning Germanic Genealogy
Based on the book Beginner’s Guide to Germanic Genealogy, this session focuses on the goal of finding the German birth record of the immigrant ancestor. We begin with “best case scenario” of finding a place name and locating it in Germany and finding microfilmed records. Then we visit various “worse” cases that researchers often encounter, such as the place is outside of Germany or the place name is misspelled. Finally we consider the “worst case” of not knowing a town name, suggesting strategies and resources.10:30 to 11:00 Break
11:00 to 12 noon Surprising and Amusing Discoveries in German Research
Typical, amusing mistakes and surprising, unusual discoveries lead us to explore essential concepts, such as place names, residence versus birth place, migration within Europe, and kernels of truth within family stories. Along the way, we will encounter history and geography of several German regions, as well as research strategies.
The meeting will be held in the first floor auditorium at:
Minnesota Genealogical Society
1185 Concord St. N.
South St. Paul, MN 55075-1150 For directions see:
www.mngs.org(651) 455-9057
Beginner's Guide to Germanic Genealogy
will be for sale at the meeting. Bring a friend! GGS meetings are open to everyone.Cost: $17 (cash or check)
Germanic Genealogy Society www.ggsmn.org
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