Farewell and Thank You!

It's been four years since we first launched Around the Mayflower and we are proud to have been an integral part providing Plymouth with news, events and happenings around town. After long consideration, we have decided to shut down the Around the Mayflower website.

Over the next week or so, we will be closing down the site but wanted to take a moment and say thank you for your support of Around the Mayflower over the years!

We appreciate our sponsors, the friends we have met along the way and the great residents of Plymouth!

Plymouth Antiquarian Society November Burial Hill Tour

First Saturdays on Burial Hill 

Join Us on November 4th at 1 pm

Immigrant Tales of Plymouth

The English colonists who landed in 1620 were only the first of many immigrant arrivals in Plymouth, each with their own reasons for coming over. Find out what attracted diverse newcomers to Plymouth and how they fared in America's hometown on this guided walking tour with Dr. Donna Curtin, Executive Director of Pilgrim Hall Museum.

Immigrant Tales of Plymouth is part of Burial Hill: History in Progress, a free program that will continue through the year 2020. Launched independently in 2011 by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society, the Burial Hill series is now a collaborative program with the Pilgrim Society & Pilgrim Hall Museum. Each year, we will present a series of history expeditions on Burial Hill, one of America's oldest and most significant burying grounds. Tours will be offered on the first Saturday of every month at 1 pm (excepting January).

No reservations are required for individuals and families. Participants may traverse steep and slippery slopes; please wear appropriate shoes. Severe weather may cancel tour; updates will be posted on the Plymouth Antiquarian Society Facebook page.

For more information contact pasm@verizon.net or call 508-746-0012
For a full listing of upcoming tours, visit www.plymouthantiquariansociety.org

Jazz: Rick Hammett & Friends - Saturday Oct. 28th, Doors Open at 6pm

Pilgrim Festival Chorus Presents A Hometown Christmas

Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region’s principal community chorus, presents its holiday season concert, A Hometown Christmas, on Saturday, December 2 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday December 3 at 4:00 pm, at St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth. The chorus is conducted by Music Director William B. Richter and accompanied by Assistant Director Elizabeth Chapman Reilly.

A Hometown Christmas offer favorite carols and seasonal music drawn from previous PFC winter concert programs, set in three sections: Anticipation, Night of Wonder, and Christmas. The performance begins with a chorus procession to the medieval carol, Nowell sing we, both all and some, followed by works on themes of Advent, including Philip Dietterich’s arrangement of People, look east, the tender Polish carol, Infant holy, infant lowly, John Gardiner’s rambunctious arrangement of Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, carols by composers as Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, and Rutter, ending with the up-beat Gospel tune, Go where I send thee.

Since 1999, PFC has delighted South Shore audiences with classical programming. More than 70 vocalists of all adult ages fill out the ensemble, dedicated to authentic choral singing. In addition to the winter concert, PFC presents a major choral work each spring, an annual Messiah Sing in December, and summer concerts featuring pops-style programming.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for senior citizens and $15 for students over 14. Children age 14 and under are admitted for free. Advance tickets may be purchased online at www.pilgrimfestivalchorus.org; and from PFC members. To reserve tickets by phone, please call Gail at (781) 826-8416.

For more information, please visit www.pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, or follow Pilgrim Festival Chorus on Facebook.

Treasures in the attic? Appraisal event to support the Phil!

A dream team of the very best appraisers in the country will be on hand to evaluate and appraise your objects of interest--including Stephen Fletcher of Antiques Roadshow fame and executive vice president of Skinner Inc.

An appraisal fee of $10 per item will be charged and will go directly to the Phil. Consignments will also be accepted; 20% of any monies earned by The Exchange as a result of this event will benefit the Phil.

Large items or collections may be dropped off in advance by calling The Exchange at 774-283-4697.

Visit theplymouthexchange.com for more information.

Oct 28th! Flavors of Spain & Italy Concert!

Flavors of Spain & Italy! at Plymouth North Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM on October 28th Steven Karidoyanes, Conductor Eliot Fisk, Guitarist MENDELSSOHN Italian Symphony RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez ROSSINI Overture:The Barber of Seville As conductor Steven Karidoyanes describes it, this program bursts with spirit and exotic color inspired by the composers' visits to Spain and Italy--the melody that dominates the middle portion of the concerto is so achingly beautiful and our guest will leave the audience in awe. World-renowned classical guitarist Eliot Fisk joins the Phil in Rodrigo's evocative concerto for guitar and orchestra. Fisk is known worldwide as a charismatic performer famed for his adventurous and virtuosic repertoire. Join us at the after party! Join us after the concert! Celebrate the evening of music with our special guests: Steven Karidoyanes, Eliot Fisk, and other Phil musicians. Mix and mingle over wine, dessert, & coffee. The reception begins immediately following the concert, adjacent to the concert hall. $10 per person.

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