Fred Jones, 81, joined Morning Light 42 on February 26, 1976. After it closed, he made his way to True Fellowship 52, and has remained a member in good standing ever since. Although he lives in Yountville at the Veterans Home, and no longer gets to participate in lodge activities in person, he still fondly …
The annual corned beef and cabbage dinner was held once again at True Fellowship Lodge. We have always had our dinner on the Wednesday night before St. Patrick’s day to get a jump start on the holiday. This year was no different. Ben and I did all of the shopping on Tuesday, scheduled him for a …
Barnes Encampment 77 hosted their regular Pancake breakfast Saturday, April 4th. Debbie Shuler managed the event with help from Ben Shuler and a kitchen team of Ron Myres, Mason and Debbie Wolf, Annie Cronin and joined later by newer Encampment members Megs O’Neil and Terrence Seddon. 22 guests enjoyed fresh pancakes, fried ham, made-to-order eggs, …
The first Odd Fellows Irish Ceili for St. Patrick’s Day was a resounding success. It brought out 62 dancers on a Tuesday night, wearing every shade of green. For some, this is something they’ve done for 30 years. For others, this was their first chance to try it. We even had live musicians – Dave …
This was the first of these balls which hasn’t sold out, and there were people who’d been to the previous three who weren’t there. I don’t know if there was something going on in an overlapping community that took them away, whether the Playford workshop tired people out, etc – but I did notice that …
Irish Ceili (pronounced KAY-lee) is one of three forms of Irish dancing. It is done in groups and at parties (unlike the solo Irish step dancing). Those jigs and reels that have you tapping your foot were made for dancing! Dances are similar to English country dances seen at Regency dance events, but done to …