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Calendar

We have a tentative calendar set up for the first half of 2010:

Cooking at Polk

• 1/14 Chartreuse- Sharon and Patti    
• 1/28 Charleston – Leila and Erica
• 2/11 German – Cathy and Sharon
• 2/25 More German – Erica and Patti
• 3/11 Irish – Olga and Leila
• 3/25  Native American  – Audrey and Mary
• 4/8  French/ Huguenot – Pam and Olga
• 5/13  Herbal Medicine – Mary and Cathy
• 5/27  Bread and Butter, Shrub – Olga and Audrey (also planning day for the fall)
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Other Activities

    2/6  MHA training session.  3 fifteen minute speeches on foodways – Barbara and Mary.  Location is the Charlotte Museum of History

    3/20 MHA fashion show, under the direction of Sharon Van Kuren.  She expects to ask several cooks to model period clothing.

    4/17 Mint Hill event- Cathy suggested we have a demo.  Details pending.

    4/21-25  Trip to Polk Homesite in TN.  Additional day at the Hermitage.  Transportation, lodging, possible cooking demo all pending.

    4/27 & 28 (?)  Reed Gold Mine – 3 volunteers each day for the school groups

We shall do a research trip over the summer as well as possible other outings.  No scheduled cooking over the summer as usual.