THE POMFRET HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND TYRONE FARM PRESENT:
SIX CONNECTICUT TROUBADOURS!
A Last Green Valley “Walktober” Family Event features SIX singer/songwriters, each of whom has held the official title of Connecticut State Troubadour!
Performances By:
SALLY ROGERS, HUGH BLUMENFELD, PHIL ROSENTHAL, KALA FARNHAM, KATE CALLAHAN, and NEKITA WALLER
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22nd AT 4:00 P.M.
AT TYRONE FARM, TYRONE ROAD, POMFRET, CT
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
- Beagary Charitable Trust, Stately Tree Service
- 85 Main, Vanilla Bean Café, Metro Bistrot
- Centreville Bank, Pomfret Proprietors, The Woodstock Academy Alumni Association, Rectory School
- Weiss, Hale And Zahansky, Pomfret Lions, Pomfret Wine And Spirits, Printing By Chase Graphics
Event Registration and Ticket Purchase
Please purchase your tickets and fill out the registration form in case we need to contact you for any reason. THANKS!
Adult Ticket Purchase & Youth Pass Reservation
Adult Tickets are $25
FREE YOUTH (K—12) ADMISSION PASSES
Limited Seating - Advanced Tickets Recommended
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Thank you for your support of The Pomfret Historical Society!
TICKETS & PASSES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT:
THE VANILLA BEAN, GRILL 37, WATERCURE FARM, POMFRET WINE AND SPIRITS, AND METRO BISTROT (SOUTHBRIDGE)
Pomfret Historical Society Presents
HISTORY MATTERS: 2023 SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
2023 Fall Events
| Date | Program | Presenter | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 16th Inclement Weather Date: September 16th | Ashford Woods: A Community of People of African and Nipmuc Descent from 1840-1870 Collaboration: LGV, PHS 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Dr. Nick Bellantoni Donna Dufresne | Natchaug Forest Pomfret/Eastford Pre-Registration 860-465-7228 [email protected] |
| September 23rd Inclement Weather Date: September 24th | Written in Stone: Virtual Tour Demo at South Cemetery Collaboration: LGV, Pomfret Cemetery Corporation, PHS, ASL 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Donna Dufresne Janet Booth Ruthie Brown | South Cemetery Pomfret St., Pomfret Pre-Registration 860-465-7228 [email protected] |
| September 30th Inclement Weather Date: September 31st | Old Abington Burial Ground Written in Stone Project Collaboration: ASL, PHS 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Keegan Day Donna Dufresne Ruthie Brown | Old Abington Burial Ground, Route 97, Pomfret Pre-Registration 860-465-7228 [email protected] |
| October 7th Inclement Weather Date: October 8th | Exploring the Understory of Nightingale Woods Collaboration: LGV, PHS 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Donna Dufresne | Pre-Registration 860-465-7228 [email protected] |
| October 14th | Historic Pomfret Bus Tour Collaboration: LGV, PHS 10:00 am | Walter Hinchman | Meet at Pomfret Community School, Pomfret Pre-Registration 860-465-7228 [email protected] |
| October 22nd | Concert: Six Connecticut State Troubadors at Tyrone Farm Fundraiser for PHS Collaboration: LGV, PHS 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Bob Smith Sally Rogers | Tyrone Farm Tickets available on website: pomfret-historical-society.org Or at Vanilla Bean, Grill 37, Watercure Farm, Metro Bistrot (Southbridge) |
| November 18th | Period Photography in Pomfret, CT | Hunter Neal |
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
| Date | Presentation |
|---|---|
| November | HISTORY OF THE WOODSTOCK ACADEMY with Robert Smith, Academy Historian |
| January | HISTORIC POMFRET BOUNDARIES AND HOUSES with Walt Hinchman, Historian, Rectory School, and Pomfret School |
| February | ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY with Hunter Neal |
| March | THE WINDHAM (CT) TEXTILE MILL with Bev York, Windham Mill Educational Consultant |
| April | THE 1696 CHANDLER HOUSE with Jay Livernois |
| May | THE NOTABLES & NOTORIOUS OF THE LAST GREEN VALLEY with Bill Reid, Chief Ranger, The Last Green Valley |
| June | TOUR OF WATERCOURSE DISTILLERY, RT. 44, POMFRET |
| August | THE HISTORIC MILLS OF POMFRET with Dick Symonds |
| September | COMMON SENSE: LAST GREEN VALLEY GREENS & COMMONS with Bill Reid |
| October | WALTER WOODWARD, CT STATE HISTORIAN |
| October | CONNECTICUT TROUBADOURS AT TYRONE FARM A “WALKTOBER” Concert at Tyrone Farm in Pomfret featuring five singers/musicians who have held the title of CT State Troubadour: Sally Rogers, Hugh Blumenfeld, Nekita Weller, Phil Rosenthal, Kate Callahan |
| November | COLONIAL FOOD SUPPLY AND FOODWAYS with Caroline Sloat |
"Waking the Dead"
Archaeology, Genealogy and Archival Research of Enslaved Africans and Native Americans Four Workshops on research techniques and burial ground restoration featuring the enslaved Africans of Jonathan Randall from 1777 up to the Civil War.
Workshop included tours of historic sites and demonstrations on repairing and cleaning gravestones.
Series is funded by a grant from CThumanties. The Last Green Valley provided filming of all parts of the 4 days under the direction of Fran Kefalas.
