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PartyLite to sponsor its 16th float in Plymouth Thanksgiving Parade

PartyLite to sponsor its 16th float in Plymouth Thanksgiving Celebration Parade

PartyLite, the world’s #1 number one candle party business, will sponsor the Tom Turkey float in the Plymouth, Mass., Thanksgiving Parade on Saturday, Nov. 23, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Nelson Street in Plymouth.

According to Donna Green, Manager of Community Relations and Corporate Giving at PartyLite, 2013 marks the 16th year that PartyLite has sponsored a float in the “America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration.”

Green says that, as part of Plymouth’s biggest event of the year – which includes a food festival, crafters pavilion, Coast Guard demonstration, and children’s events as well as the annual parade—PartyLite employee volunteers will march the 1.5 mile parade route holding the ropes that tether a giant Tom Turkey balloon created by Fabulous Inflatables.

Free PartyLite tealight candles will be given out at the PartyLite tent on the waterfront between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday. Tealights also will be given out from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday during the annual Patriotic Concert in Memorial Hall at 83 Court Street.

“PartyLite has always been so proud to be headquartered in Plymouth,” says Michael Norris, president of PartyLite Americas, “and it’s really an ideal fit when you think about it. PartyLite sells the ultimate products for celebration – the best quality candles you can buy anywhere in the world.” PartyLite candles are available in 21 countries around the globe.

“This year, we’re celebrating PartyLite’s 40th anniversary,” says Norris. “Our corporate headquarters have always been right here in America’s hometown, Plymouth, where the very first American celebration – the first Thanksgiving – took place to celebrate the abundance of the first harvest. It’s not surprising that in this beautiful season of celebration, our employees are excited to join other Plymouth residents and thousands of visitors from around the world for this cherished event. Celebrating Plymouth’s unique place in America’s history reminds us of our own heritage and our deep gratitude for all the good things we enjoy in life.”

November 2: Sampe Festival at the Plimoth Grist Mill

Sampe is ground corn, much like grits, and was a dietary staple of both the Pilgrims and Native Wampanoag people. Join us for the Sampe Festival on November 2, 2013 in celebration of the first season of Plimoth Grist Mill – the Museum’s newest exhibit. 

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Daffodils for Golden LivingCenter

As part of its ongoing “Golden Days” daffodil planting, Plymouth Garden Club volunteers, under the direction of Coletta Candini, have planted 1,000 daffodil bulbs at Golden LivingCenter in Plymouth. Next spring, the daffodils will bloom near the gazebo, giving it a burst of golden yellow color for the residents to enjoy.

This program was started in 2009 as part of the National Garden Club President’s Project. It called for all Massachusetts garden clubs to plant daffodils at nursing homes, senior centers and housing for seniors and to create mass plantings at civic locations.

The first planting of 1,000 bulbs was at the Plymouth Public Library on South Street, the next year it was the Radius Nursing Home and last year at Life Care Center. The project is funded by the Garden Club, which is made possible, in part, by the support of the general public for the club’s community projects.

Plymouth Guild Holiday Boutique

Register by Nov. 1 for the Plymouth Guild’s fourth annual Holiday Boutique sale at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, located at 11 North St. Participants may exhibit items in the indoor gallery space and sell their original artwork Nov. 23 and 24, the same weekend as the Thanksgiving parade and town-wide celebration. 

Call 508-746-7222 or visit www.plymouthguild.org for details.

PRYL Spring 2014 Lacrosse Registration Now Open

Registration for Plymouth Rock Youth Lacrosse's spring 2014 programs for boys and girls in grades 1 to 8 and Little Rocks Learn to Play (grades K - 2) is now open.

To register simply www.plymouthrocklacrosse.com and click on "Register Now" in the right side menu.

Plymouth County 4-H Trunk or Treat in Hanson

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Keep Plymouth Clean

Plymouth residents are invited to help beautify parks, natural areas and neighborhoods by picking up trash Saturday, Nov. 2. (Rain date is Nov. 3.) This is the eighth town-wide cleanup organized by Plymouth’s Network of Open Space Friends with help from the Department of Public Works.
Show some love to America’s Hometown. Join an established group or organize one. 

To find a group, check the list at: http://networkofopenspacefriends.org/ or contact Patrick Farah at Town Hall, 508-747-1620, ext. 204, or email pfarah@townhall.plymouth.ma.us. A few hours of work helps keep Plymouth’s parks, preserves and gardens clean and green for everyone to enjoy.

Sip, Savor & Support

 

Thursday, November 7, 2013
7 to 10pm
Radisson Hotel, Plymouth Harbor
180 Water Street
$60 per person

Tickets on Sale Now!

Get yours at the Main Library or Manomet Branch.
Tickets can also be purchased at Pioppi's Package Store,
183 Court Street, Benny's Plaza,
or online here.

2013 Participating Restaurants

Alden Park Belfry Inn & Bistro · Café Strega Driftwood Publick House · East Bay Grill Events @ Plimoth Plantation Guilty Bakery Harbor Grille at the Radisson Hearth Artisan Bread Marshland Restaurants New World Tavern Rios Steak House · Roo Bar Rye Tavern · Souther's Marsh Golf Club The Office Bistro Tuscany Tavern · Union Fish
Waterfront Bar & Grill Wood's Seafood

Sip . . . wines from around the world
courtesy of Pioppi's Package Store.

Savor . . . only twenty premiere restaurants
are featured each year. Attend Taste and
enjoy mouthwatering morsels, tasty
tidbits, scrumptious snacks and
decadent desserts!

The Christmas House Auditions

Plymouth Community Theatre is proud to announce auditions for their next production, the original holiday tale The Christmas House. This heartwarming production will run for ONE WEEKEND ONLY, December 13-15 at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth. Written by Plymouth resident Marianne Withington, The Christmas House invites the audience to relive the many Christmas holiday stories and family celebrations experienced by The Christmas House since 1788.

Listen as this old house remembers Christmases past and enjoy traditional holiday carols, as well as original music composed by Withington, sung by the cast and chorus. Withington will also direct the production. Withington has appeared in and directed a number of past Plymouth Community Theatre productions, including the recent productions of Some Enchanted Evening and Red Hot and Cole.

Auditions will be held on Saturday, October 19th, beginning at 2pm in our new rehearsal space at the Greater Plymouth Performing Arts Center ("The Spire"), 25 1/2 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, 02360. Auditions will consist of singing a Christmas carol of your choice, along with a cold reading from the script. We are casting several small roles for men and women.

We are also casting for the chorus (which is a main feature in the script) - all ages welcome. Full information can be found at www.plymouthcommunitytheatre.net

Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra Holiday Pops Tickets on Sale

Pilgrim Festival Chorus Presents A Ceremony of Carols

Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region’s principal community chorus will launch their 2013-14 season with the winter concert A Ceremony of Carols on Saturday, December 7 at 7:30 pm; and Sunday, December 8 at 4:00 pm, at The Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square in Plymouth. PFC Music Director William B. Richter will conduct the chorus and soloists accompanied harp, marimba and guitar. The PFC’s staff accompanist is Elizabeth Chapman Reilly.

An unfilled harp commission, a World War, and a chanced-upon v­olume of English poems all contributed to the creation of A Ceremony of Carols, one of the 20th century’s favorite choral masterworks for the Christmas season. En route to New York, British composer Benjamin Britten endured a hazardous ocean crossing, stopping in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he purchased an anthology of British poetry, inspiring the first draft of A Ceremony of Carols. The work, originally composed for treble choir with harp accompaniment, has eleven movements, some of which are for solo harp. The work sets nine poems for voices with texts dating from, roughly, 1300-1600, and language which is more reminiscent of Chaucer than of Shakespeare. The music, however, is in Britten’s own 20th century voice, performed by the PFC in honor of the centenary of his birth in 1913. The popularity of this work resulted in its adaptation for mixed chorus in 1955, the highlight of PFC’s program.





Two other works fill out the program, specifically written as “companion” pieces for the Britten composition. Dancing Day, a cycle of traditional Christmas carols by composer John Rutter, is a setting of six mostly medieval texts for treble voices with harp accompaniment first performed in 1974. Unlike Britten, Rutter chose to use existing carol tunes, some of which date from medieval times, for all of his settings.

In the late 1980’s, American composer Conrad Susa was asked by well-known American choral director Philip Brunelle to write a work to use as a companion to the Britten. The result is the charming Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest, accompanied by harp, marimba, and guitar. The ten carols that make up this work are Hispanic in origin, sung in Spanish and Catalan. The moods of the carols vary from gentle lullabies to the boisterous music of a piñata party for the new baby.

The companion works on the program also present vocal contrast, through the decision made by Richter and Reilly to split the chorus into two parts. Rutter’s Dancing Day is performed by women’s voices only, while Susa’s Carols and Lullabies deliver rich deep tones through a male vocal performance. The broad combination of contrasting voices, instruments and cultural music unifies in the harp accompaniment, and the use of carols to tell the Christmas story during the most joyous of seasons. In its 14th concert season, the PFC numbers more than 80 vocalists, of all adult ages, dedicated to authentic choral singing. Richter and Reilly customize their approach to each season based on the collective sound the chorus produces.

Tickets for the performance are priced at $20.00 for adults, $18.00 for senior citizens and $15.00 for students over 14. Children under the age of 14 are admitted free. Advance tickets may be purchased online at www.pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, and are available at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth 508-746-7222; and from PFC members. To reserve tickets by phone, please call Susan at 774-283-4848. Complimentary refreshments will be served in the church hall immediately following the performance. For more information on the concert or PFC, please visit their website at www.pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, or follow Pilgrim Festival Chorus on Facebook.

What lies beneath Plymouth?

What lies beneath Plymouth?
Wednesday October 9, 2013
7:00 PM
Otto Fehlow Meeting Room

Guest Speaker David Landon

Find out what's new about the history of Plymouth! Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7pm at the Main Library to hear Dr. David Landon, Associate Director at the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at UMass Boston, talk about the latest techniques in archaeological digs and how they are relevant to Plymouth's rich history. State-of-the-art innovations such as ground penetrating radar allow archaeologists to examine what's underground without actually digging. Read More.

New Drug Disposal Program

 
The Plymouth Police Department is participating in a new drug disposal program in cooperation with the Plymouth County District Attorney and the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department. A permanent Med Return Receptacle has been installed in the Plymouth Police Station lobby to collect unused, unwanted or expired prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Residents are invited to use this means to safely and securely dispose of their medications. (You may not place sharps and other biohazard items, such as syringes or liquids, into the Med Return Receptacle.) These deposits are anonymous; there’s no requirement to check in with the station officer.

The collection units were funded by the District Attorney, Sheriff’s Department, local police and the Department of Health. Covanta Energy, which runs SEMASS, will provide environmentally safe disposal. Health officials urge residents not to toss pills in the trash or down the toilet, which poses a risk to water supplies. Police also note that removing unneeded medications from the home reduces access to addictive substances.

American Red Cross Blood Drives

The American Red Cross will hold several community blood drives during the month of October. All eligible and new blood donors are encouraged to give blood. Blood donors are needed every day to ensure an adequate blood supply for patients in need. All presenting donors in October will be eligible to win a $200 gift card, courtesy of Suburban Propane. Prizes are nontransferable and not redeemable for cash. To make an appointment to donate blood, call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or log onto redcrossblood.org.

Sunday, Oct. 6: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor, 180 Water St.

Friday, Oct. 11: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jordan Hospital, 275 Sandwich St.

Wednesday, Oct. 23: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bay State Community Services, 36 Cordage Park Circle