Sunday, March 14, 2010

CHEROKEE SOCIETY OF THE GREATER BAY AREA (San Francisco) TO MEET MARCH 27TH

CHEROKEE SOCIETY OF THE GREATER BAY AREA'S GENERAL MEETING AND POTLUCK

The March Cherokee Society of the Greater Bay Area’s General Meeting and Potluck will be on Saturday March 27th, 1pm-4 at The Mark Twain Retirement Center 3525 Lyon Ave. Oakland, CA 94601

The theme of this meeting will be Spring Foods and also planning for the Northern California Cherokee Picnic and getting out newsletter together (more on this below). We will also be making medicine bags, storytelling and Cherokee Language lesson!


We will be performing a fun Cherokee Sing A long at the Picnic this year and we would like all of you, especially the children of our group to participate in this fun! Most of you who have attended the meetings have sung “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and also “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in Cherokee and we will be doing a group sing in at the picnic teaching these songs. So please come and we’ll do a little practicing! No pressure, it will be fun! Words will be available!



Park on street or nearest BART station is Fruitvale.



Please call 510.464.4649 or email in advance for BART pick-up.



Please RSVP with what dish you plan to bring - 510.464.4649 or email Cherokee Society @ yahoo.com.

The Northern California Cherokee Picnic will be on Sunday, April 25th at Rush Ranch in Suisun City. Please put this date on your calendar! More information will be coming out soon.

This is a big undertaking and we are always looking for help in the planning, set up, serving, clean-up and other duties that come with a large picnic.

The Cherokee Nation Hog Fryers will be teaching those of you who are interested in learning the art of the Hog Fry and wish to join a local group, who can perform this tasty task at local celebrations. Please let us know if you are interested and we will send you more information. Making of Fry Bread will also be done as well.

Please call us at 510.464.4649 or email Cherokee Society @ yahoo.com to volunteer.



We look forward to seeing you all at our future gatherings!



Wado!

Jacquie Archambeau



Leadership Council Chair



Cherokee Society of the Greater Bay Area



Community Voice Mail: (510) 464-4649



Community Email: CherokeeSociety@yahoo.com



Website: www.bayareacherokee.org