Events Commitee : Upcoming Events in SWMI

[Tia Gazi]

Hi all you happy people. Ready to get out there and start passing out pamplets and talking to people? Here is the upcoming events in South West Michigan that we need to either get to ourselves, or get volunteers to go to. Now I will have to work with the platform committee to put together fliers, and Idealy we will be wearing TEA Party shirts when we get out there, So I started with events two weeks out from here that will give us time to get ourselves together. We need to maybe have a meeting to reherse answering questions in a Pithy and Intellegent way. (Especially as Dear Bruce reminds me that I can be a bit verbose lol :)

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St. Joseph Michigan Memorial Day Parade (this I am not sure we want to March in or not but we may want to just kinda be there in our T-Shirts Waving Flags)

May 22, 2009
Operating Hours: Parade begins at Noon
Event Description: Sponsored by Frank and Shar Walsh, a parade to honor and commemorate those who have served this great country of ours. Parade takes place on Lake Boulevard at noon.

Contact Info:

Tyanna Weller
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Web: www.sjtoday.org

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Art and Wine Weekend

May 23-24
Operating Hours: 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm both days
Event Description: This is a two day event featuring live music, local and regional artists and wine tasting. Several artists from a variety of mediums will have their art on display and for sale. Food will be available for purchase, along with discounted wine by the glass, bottle and case. This event will run from Noon - 6:00 p.m. both days.
Admission: None

Lemon Creek Winery
533 E Lemon Creek Rd
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
Event Location Contact Info: Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Web: www.lemoncreekwinery.com

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Bridgeman Memorial Day Parade

May 24, 2009

Downtown Bridgman
Lake St
Bridgman, MI 49106

Couldn't find contact info, but it is being sponcered by the City of Bridgeman

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Baroda Memorial Day Parade

May 24, 2009
Operating Hours: 1:30 - 2:30
Event Description: Remember our Veterans and Service Men and Women by joining the Baroda American Legion Post 345 and the community for a parade and Memorial Day Service. The parade kicks-off at 1:30 p.m. from the Legion to Ruggles Cemetery. The Memorial Day Service is held approximately at 2 p.m. with special a guest speaker.
Admission: free

Ruggles Cemetery
8530 Stevensville-Baroda Rd.
Baroda, MI 49101
Event Location Contact Info: Baroda American Legion Post 345
Phone: [phone]

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These are pretty much it on the Two Calenders that I checked for May, however June through September are REALLY busy and will keep us moving. By then we will have the new website and I will post everything I can find up there. If we train volunteers we should be able to cover alot of ground. I Would love to set up a meeting time for us to get together and come up with a plan for moving forward and getting ourselves organized, so give me a shout out.

[Tia Gazi]

June through September is chock full of car shows, boat shows, crafts fairs, county fairs, tractor pulls, quilting bees, and just about everything else you can think of. We can treat the May Gatherings like a dry run for a very busy summer :) I call the boat shows lol.

[Peter A. Monroe]

Also keep in mind car shows art and craft shows anywhere there are people is a good place!

[Peter A. Monroe]

I am going to start a blog with some tips on recruiting and a couple of scripts that hopefully will help. I invite people to use this as a forum to add their thoughts and questions we can ask potential recruits.

[Tia Gazi]

You know, if I am not terribly busy I would love to go. Don't know if I could help with organization though. Will have to see how other stuff goes. But it would be really great to go with alot of other people!

[Scott Arnett]

September is a Ralley in DC. I'm not sure about the organization. Can anyone help? http://www.resistnet.com