THE POMFRET HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND TYRONE FARM PRESENT:
FIVE CONNECTICUT TROUBADOURS!
A Last Green Valley “WALKTOBER” Family Event
Performances By:
SALLY ROGERS, HUGH BLUMENFELD, PHIL ROSENTHAL, KALA FARNHAM, KATE CALLAHAN
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd AT 4:00 P.M.
IN THE TYRONE FARM BARN, POMFRET, CT
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
- Baegary Charitable Trust
- 85 Main, Vanilla Bean Café, Metro Bistrot
- Centreville Bank, Pomfret Proprietors, Loos & Co., The Woodstock Academy Alumni Association, Rectory School, Grill 37
- Weiss, Hale And Zahansky, Pomfret Lions, Watercure Distillery, Pomfret Wine And Spirits, Pizza 101, 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 $20.00
Youth [K—12 FREE ADMISSION WITH PASS]
Limited Seating - Advanced Tickets Recommended
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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 : 2022 SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
Open to the Public
FORTHCOMING at the Pomfret Community Center
| Date | Presentation |
|---|---|
| SEPTEMBER 10 SAT., 10 AM | COMMON SENSE: LAST GREEN VALLEY GREENS & COMMONS with Bill Reid |
| OCTOBER 8 SAT., 10 AM | WALTER WOODWARD, CT STATE HISTORIAN |
| OCTOBER 22 4—6 PM | CONNECTICUT TROUBADOURS AT TYRONE FARM A “WALKTOBER” Concert at Tyrone Farm in Pomfret featuring five singer/musicians who have held the title of CT State Troubadour: Sally Rogers, Hugh Blumenfeld, Nekita Weller, Phil Rosenthal, Kate Callahan |
| NOV. 12 SAT., 10 AM | COLONIAL FOOD SUPPLY AND FOODWAYS with Caroline Sloat |
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 14 SAT., 10 AM | THE NOTABLES & NOTORIOUS OF THE LAST GREEN VALLEY with Bill Reid, Chief Ranger, The Last Green Valley |
| JUNE 11 SAT. 10 AM | TOUR OF WATERCOURSE DISTILLERY, RT. 44, POMFRET |
| AUGUST 13 SAT., 10 AM | THE HISTORIC MILLS OF POMFRET with Dick Symonds |
"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.
