Current Events

QRLT's Events for 2008

Please contact the office if you would like to help with one or more of these events this year! We are always in need of an extra pair of hands.
Your participation is encouraged!
2008 EVENTS

July

· Friday, July 18th MOWRY BEACH GALA and Chowder super (fish or corn) Salads and deserts. Veggie option will be available. Join us at the Lubec Consolidated School as we celebrate the grand opening of the Mowry Beach Trail! The community is invited to the gala, which will start with a walk of the trail at 4:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets: Adults $7, Children 12 & under $4

Music-Ukulele Club of Machias

aWalk the trail aVolunteer of the Year Award

aFeatured Speaker: Patrick McGowan Commissioner, Maine Department of Conservation aMystery speaker

Tickets will be available at the door or for advanced tickets please call 733-5509. Seating is limited.

(volunteers needed to help staff this event and donations of deserts would be appreciated.)

August

·2^nd Join us for the 21st Annual Membership Meeting OF THE QUODDY REGIONAL LAND TRUS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Cobscook Community Learning Center, Trescott, Maine, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center (CCLC).

Featured Activity:

A presentation on the Downeast Land Trust Collaboration.

We have invited our partners at Great Auk Land Trust,

Downeast Salmon Federation/Downeast Rivers Land Trust,

and Maine Coast Heritage Trust

to share with us the results of their work – and some of their photos – in support of our conservation vision for the Downeast Coastal Vision.

We’ll be talking about QRLT’s conservation projects, too.

Also the election of trustees and other essential business.

We hope you’ll want to stay on after the business meeting to enjoy refreshments and conversation. Those who wish can explore the adjacent 433-acre Commissary Point Wildlife Management Area via the property’s trails and woods roads (please wear sturdy shoes or boots if you plan to hike).

The meeting will be at the CCLC Commons, rain or shine.

HOW TO GET THERE

To get to the CCLC campus, take U.S. Route 1 to Route 189. Go 1.7 miles east on Route 189. At the sign for the Cobscook Community Learning Center, turn left onto Commissary Point Road. The CCLC is on your left soon after the turn. The Commons is the new building to the right of the parking lot. If the CCLC parking lot is full, park along the road.

From Lubec, take Route 189 towards Route 1. Commissary Point Road is on the right about 1 mile past Timber Cove Road.

· Blueberry Festival booth (volunteers needed)

September

· 6^th QRLT’s Annual Summer Concert- featuring Jennifer Armstrong & Silent Art Auction, 3:00pm to 5:00pm.

Come and enjoy our outdoor benefit concert featuring Jennifer Armstrong. Set on the hillside flanked by apple orchard and community garden at the new amphitheater located at the CCLC in Trescott, ME on Saturday, September 6th.

A silent benefit art auction will take place during intermission and light refreshment will also be served in the timeframe building. If it rains all activities will be held indoors on campus.

Jennifer is a singer and storyteller with a lifetime of involvement in the folk arts. With Scottish bagpipe, fiddle, sit-down square dancing, Celtic, Appalachian and personal tales, Jennifer Armstrong's performances delight and enthrall audiences of all ages from pre-schoolers to seniors. She is a national touring artist giving performances, workshops and residencies in singing, storytelling and writing. In 1998 she was a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN and on Thanksgiving Day 1999, she and her daughters were interviewed by Noah Adams on All Things Considered.

"Jennifer is wonderful, informative and entertaining. To put it simply, people love her!"
Gilda Barston, Music Center of the North Shore

Tickets will be on sale in advance about a month before the concert and at the door. Ticket prices: Adults $10, seniors/students $8.00, children ages 6-12 $4 and children under 6 free and at the door only we will offer a family rate of $25.

To find out more about Jennifer please see her website. www.jenniferarmstrong.com