Annual Meeting and Luncheon

November 13

Please plan to join your fellow members Saturday, November 13 for our annual luncheon meeting and presentation. Following lunch, there’ll be a brief Annual Meeting. Last year, all of our officers agreed to serve new 2-year terms, so no election will be held.

After the meeting, Deborah Walsh, RN, will describe her experiences in Haiti. This year our Pig Roast had a charitable purpose: to raise funds to help the people of Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that struck the island in January 2010. Proceeds went to the Vermont Haiti Project, a volunteer organization that puts 100% of donations received to work on basic projects, such as building and placing small water distillation units so that clean water is available to prevent occurrence of water-borne diseases such as cholera.

Since the earthquake, many other groups and individuals have pitched in to help Haiti begin to recover, and one such individual is this year’s Annual Meeting speaker: Deborah Walsh, RN, from Nottingham NH. In April, Debbie traveled with a team of nurses mostly from Elliott Hospital in Manchester to Port au Prince. There she used her special skills as a trauma nurse, and donated her time and money to helping treat the sick and injured, as a member of the team. Debbie’s stories and photographs will show you what it was like there, and also show you what can be done when individuals step up to help others in need.

Please plan to join your fellow members Saturday, November 13 for this interesting event.

Time: 12 Noon

Place: The Millstone Restaurant, 74 Newport Road, New London, NH 603-526-4201.Millstone Garden Dining Room

Menu:

To start: Small Garden Salad

We’ll have a choice of lunch-sized portions of:

-Grilled Shrimp with a Pancetta Risotto Cake

-Duck Confit with Sweet Potato Apple Hash

-Cavendish Quail with White Truffle Mashed Potato

-Sesame Chicken Wrap with Steak Fries

Dessert is a choice of:

-Warm Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream

-Lemon Torte with Raspberry Melba Drizzle

-Coffee or Tea

The price per person is $17.00 plus tax and gratuity or $21.60 total. Drinks from bar extra. The club will pay half – so for two of you, it’s buy one, get one free! ($10.80 for one, $21.60 for two).

What else is in the area? The historic architecture at The Fells in Newbury, New Hampshire, which becomes the perfect setting for a biennial holiday fundraising event. The Main House will be delightfully trimmed for the season and open for touring from 10am to 3pm on Saturday and Sunday, November 6 and 7 as well as November 13 and 14. The theme for this biennial event is Santa’s Workshop, with talented area decorators each transforming a

different room in the house. The cost for the tour is $20 adults, $5 children ages 4-15. Private group tours are available. The gift shop will also be open for holiday shopping. The Fells, 456 Route 103A, Newbury, NH.

Farberaylle XXXIII
presented by European Auto Solutions (EAS)
October 15, 16, 17, 2010

Rallymaster, Ric Fair, of the Minuteman Section organized a terrific weekend event. Rallyers gathered for a welcome reception on Friday evening. Following a grand breakfast buffet, rallyers gathered outside to line up and take their positions on Saturday morning. Spaced 3 minutes apart, cars were released for a two-part rally taking us East and West of Wachusett Mountain. Awards were presented to the winners by Farberaylle XXXIII event sponsor Ed Owen of EAS, and Rallymaster, Ric Fair. It was a fun-filled weekend. Next year's Farberaylle XXXIV, sponsored by the Northern New England Star Section, is tentatively scheduled to be held in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Click here to:  Enjoy pictures from the event

                 

September

Save the date: Saturday, September 18, in Maine

For a special September event, Judy and John Kelley cordially invite you tojoin in a leisurely day of "small town rural Maine" fun and hidden gems. The adventure begins on Saturday, September 18th (11:00 AM) where wewill meet at the Willowbrook Museum in Newfield, Me.  Newfield is situatedvery close to the NH border. Willowbrook Village is located on Elm Street,about 1/3 mile off Route 11 in Newfield, Maine.  GPS coordinates: N 43

degrees, 39.95 minutes; W 70 degrees, 50.64 minutes.Willowbrook is a 19th Century Village (http://www.willowbrookmuseum.org)

which provides an unforgettable educational and entertaining trip back in time to rural Maine - the way life used to be. After strolling Willowbrook's amazing grounds and structures, the Kelleys invite you to join them back at their home (a scant 4 miles away) for a Yankee Pot Luck / BBQ feast! Bring a dish / share a dish. The Kelleys will supply some meat, and we’ll have all the party necessities (plates, cutlery, etc.) If the day’s weather is suitable, you may want to bring beachwear, since the Kelleys live on a lake. Bring your folding chairs, too. If time allows, a scenic caravan ride could be arranged (foliage has already begun there). At any rate, you’ll have a bit of a foliage tour from your house to Newfield. Rain date will be Sunday, the 19th. Please join us for a relaxing day in Southwestern Maine - "if you lived here you'd be home by now"! More details later, so check in here and watch your mail/email. See you there!?

American Precision Museum, and Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish NH

Luncheon, Tour, and Concert

August 22:  We started the day at 10:00 AM with a visit to the American Precision Museum in Windsor VT to see the exhibit Yankee Ingenuity and the Road to Mass Production. This exhibit celebrates the 2008 centennial of the Model T Ford and explores how the tools and techniques of precision manufacturing made mass production possible. This was be followed by lunch at the new Common Man restaurant in Claremont, NH.

Then we visited  the beautiful home, studios and gardens of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America’s greatest sculptors. Over 100 of his artworks can be seen in the galleries, from heroic public monuments to expressive portrait reliefs, and the gold coins which changed the look of American coinage. Enjoy summer concerts, explore nature trails, or indulge your hidden talents during a sculpture class. Throughout the summer and fall, visitors can enjoy a profusion of flowers in the site's gardens. The formal terraced garden with its period plantings, is set off with gilded casts of ancient sculptures, much like what Saint-Gaudens saw in Europe. The cutting garden offers a wide variety of flowers grown for the elegant floral arrangements found in the galleries.

The Concert featured the North Country Chamber Players,   “Amy Beach in Words and Music” with N.H Poet Marie Harris

For more information, click Precision and St. Gaudens.pdf to download the event details

Castle in the Clouds Antique Car Show

Plan to join your fellow members at the Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough, NH, for the annual car show, Saturday July 10. Join us for a pot-luck picnic on the show field. We’ll have a club booth with a couple of tents (the car show will take place rain or shine). When you arrive at the show grounds, look for our tents near the registration tent.

 

The car show is a separate enterprise from the Castle, and is using the entrance to the Castle Springs Bottling Plant, Ossipee Park Rd. off of Rte. 171, Moultonborough NH, north of the main entrance to the castle. If you’d like to show your car, you may register online at http://www.castlecarshow.com. The show will be open to the public from 10-4. Enter through the show entrance so that they can extract the admission fee: $5 per car. Use the Castle directions below to locate the neighborhood, then find Ossipee Park Road (or follow show signs),

Manchester VT Car Show (A.K.A. Hildene)

Our section will be attended the 24th annual Manchester VT Antique and Classic Car Show, which takes place June 12th and 13th. This year, for the first time, there’s a class for Mercedes in the show. Call the Chamber of Commerce at 800-362-4144 or see the show website http://www.manchestercarshow.com for specifics, schedules, and other info. You can buy your show tickets on the web or at the gate. Many of the hotels and motels in the area require two nights’ lodging, but there’s a great deal to do in the Manchester area, and this is the best time to be there (crowds are at a minimum, but everything’s open). There’s the Robert Todd Lincoln estate Hildene (replete with Mr. Lincoln’s private astronomical observatory), Mt. Equinox, outlet shopping, driving tours, etc.

Saturday during the day, the club had a booth in the vendor area, spaces 38 and 39, with room for members to get together in the shade. Please make a point of coming by; we’d love to see you. Later in the day, members Jesse and Janet Torregrossa have invited us to their East Dorset home for wine and cheese at 5, and after that we’ll have dinner together at the Barrows House Inn in Dorset (route 30, north of Manchester).

 

Sound like fun? Don’t delay; make your reservation today! If you need lodging, reserve right away (today’s good, because this popular show fills hotels fast). The show website has a link to local lodging. Plan to arrive Friday night. A few rooms are available at the Chalet Motel http://www.thechaletmotel.com, and several of our members have already reserved there.

 

If you’re coming from afar on Friday, bring a dish for a potluck picnic. We’ll provide plates, cups, cutlery, etc. This’ll give us an extra chance to meet (and help a bit with high meal costs in the area). PLEASE let me know soon if you’re coming (DOTTIL61@ALUMNI.BATES.EDU or by phone at 603.236.8176). I need a count for the dinner reservation. After you notify me I’ll be able to give you directions to the picnic and to the Torregrossas’ home.

 

May 22                           

Saturday morning, May 22, meet at VERMONT INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE NATURE CENTER (VINS). VINS is located at 6565 Woodstock Road, Rte. 4, Quechee, VT.

Plan to arrive by 10:45 in order to attend the “Raptor Encounter”. This first-hand encounter with live raptors focuses on the natural history, ecology, and adaptations of these efficient predators. We’ll learn what adaptations make a bird a raptor. The Raptor Encounter is a great introduction to these specialized flying hunters. VINS opens at 9AM, if earlybirds wish to tour the center before the program. We’ll be eligible for a group rate if 20 or more sign up in advance; otherwise, the entrance fees are as follows:

Adults (18+): $10.50

Seniors (65 plus): $9.50

Youth (4-17): $8.50

Children 3 and under: free

VINS members: free

Following the show, we’ll caravan to Quechee Main Street, and lunch at the Simon Pearce Restaurant, located at 1760 Quechee Main Street in the Historic Mill in Quechee, Vermont. There’s plenty to see in this town (and some nice shopping).

 

Please let me know as soon as possible if you’re coming. I apologize for the short notice, but hope to see you there. My email is DOTTIL61@ALUMNI.BATES.EDU, and phone is 603.236.8176   

June 2-3

High Performance Driver Education Event  at NH Motor Speedway, Loudon NH. Sponsored by the North Atlantic chapter of the Audi Club. Here’s a chance to learn about high performance driving, polish your safety techniques in high speed maneuvers in your own car, and try your MB out on this Internationally famous track at speed! for more information, click Audi Club HPDE Description.pdf

Completed Events from 2009

Over the summer of 2009 had an average about one event per month, and we’ve tried to visit as many parts of our territory as possible.  Got an idea for an event?  Your thoughts are always welcome.  Want a beach picnic?  Or visit to a state park somewhere?  Got a pet location or activity our members might enjoy?  Send it along to Dotti.

March 29

Join us as we visit the new Christa McCauliffe/Alan Shepard Discovery Center, at the Planetarium in Concord, NH. We’ll meet at 11:00 AM at the Common Man restaurant in Concord for their famous brunch, and then take a short drive to the Discovery Center for the 1:00 PM showing of their newest presentation “Ice Worlds”. After the show, there’s time for a leisurely tour of the new facility, which has been expanded to four times it’s previous size, and is full of new exhibits including a full sized replica of the Freedom 7 spacecraft atop the Redstone rocket that sent Alan Shepard on the first manned sub-orbital flight in the U.S. space program.

The Section will be underwriting a 50% discount on the entry fees to the center and the show for all attending MBCA Northern New England Star Section members and their guests. It should be a great kickoff to this year’s summer season of fun in our Mercedes Benzes!

Get Directions here to the Common Man Restaurant at 25 Water St, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, just off of Exit 13 from Route 93.

May 30

Jewell Towne Vineyard tour & tasting, lunch, and historic Lowell’s Boat Shop visit

Please sign up soon, since the winery’s space is limited. Call Dotti at 603.236.8176 or email mailto:DOTTIL61@ALUMNI.BATES.EDU

We will meet at 10:00 AM at a southern New Hampshire vineyard, Jewell Towne, for a tasting of their award winning German- style wines and a winery tour with the owner, Peter Oldak. You’ll have plenty of chances to hear all about winemaking and how Jewell Towne Vineyards became Peter’s passion and retirement business, and also one of the fastest growing wineries in the country. After our 10AM vineyard tour and tasting, we’ll convene for lunch (Dutch treat) at the Ristorante Molise (1 Market Street, Amesbury MA) which is opening just for us.  Amesbury one of the towns in the Essex National Heritage Area, which covers the 500 square miles of eastern Massachusetts that lies north of Boston.  It's not a single park, but thousands of historical sites (we’ll only see a few of these, of course) and many miles of intact landscapes and glistening coastal areas. After lunch we’ll visit one of the nearby museums, such as Lowell’s Boat Shop, the oldest operating boat shop in America and a national Historic Landmark. It is located on the banks of the Merrimack River in Amesbury. This working museum continues to make wooden boats in the more than 200 year-old tradition of Lowell’s craftsmanship.  It is on both the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark.  Visitors can view boat builders at work, or even go rowing.

Directions to Jewell Towne: From Northeast (Portsmouth) - from Rt. 95 heading South, take Exit 1, take a right off the ramp onto route 107 North. Proceed past The Seabrook Race Track to Rt. 150 intersection. Turn left and proceed south approximately two miles to Fern Ave. intersection. Turn right and continue to the end of Fern Ave. Turn right onto Rt. 107A. Proceed approximately 1.5 miles to Jewell Street. Turn left onto Jewell Street and continue down hill. Take first left onto Whitehall Rd. Vineyard entrance 100 yards on left.

From Northwest (Concord) - take 125 South. Turn left onto Rt. 107 and immediately turn right onto Rt. 107A. Continue straight 5.6 miles to the South Hampton Common. Turn right onto Jewell St. and continue down hill. Take first left onto Whitehall Rd. Vineyard entrance 100 yards on left.

From South (Boston) - take 95 North to exit 58B West (Rt.110 Amesbury) Turn right at first light onto Elm St. Continue to rotary (center of Amesbury). Turn right toward the Provident Bank (first exit on rotary) onto Rt.150. Proceed approximately a half mile until the road forks near a memorial square (it's tricky here). Bear left on unmarked road (this is 107A). Proceed 2.5 miles to Jewell

June 13-14

We will again be attending the 23rd Annual show “Hildene” Antique and Classic Car Show at Manchester, Vermont, June 13 & 14, 2009 at Dorr Farm. Stay tuned for information about a possible private parking area for MBCA members.Castle in the Clouds Auto Show, July 11

How about a day of mountains, lakes, and fine cars, with an historic mansion and a picnic thrown in? Plan to join your fellow members at the Castle in the Clouds car show, Saturday July 11. You may choose to tour the Castle itself, take in the car show, and join us for a pot-luck picnic, or elect to skip the Castle and visit the show field and join in on the picnic. We’ll have a couple of tents in case of inclement or too sunny weather (the car show will take place rain or shine). When you arrive at the show grounds, look for our tents.

 

The car show is a separate enterprise from the Castle, and is using the entrance to the Castle Springs Bottling Plant, Ossipee Park Rd. off of Rte. 171, Moultonborough NH, north of the main entrance to the castle. The show’s hours will be 10-4. To see the show you must enter through the show entrance so that they can extract the admission fee: $3 per car. Use the Castle directions below to locate the neighborhood, then find Ossippee Park Road (or follow show signs).

Please let me know if you plan to come, and what food you’re bringing. We’ll have plates, napkins, cups, etc. Lunch will be around noon, or when we get hungry. The park has many picnic tables for our use. Email dottil61@alumni.bates.edu, or phone (603) 236-8176.

Lake House Tour and Drive

See the video NH Showhouse - Designer Kids Boat Show_proof.wmv

The Northern New England Star section participated in the  The NH Showhouse, a benefit event, as part of Holloway Motor Cars of Manchester Day on Friday, September 18th. Overall event details can be seen at www.nhshowhouse.com

This is an exclusive day for Holloway customers and the MB Clubs of New England.  We will have many of the latest Mercedes Benz motorcars on display, and available for test drives.  The showhouse is spectacular and will offer interior designers from throughout New England showcasing their talents. A special sports memorabilia display, sponsored by Holloway, will be incorporated into the home (all items are available for sale at a discount to MB Club members). All proceeds from the event will benefit the Lakes Region Boys and Girls Clubs.

The cost for the event is $25 per person which includes light fare, appetizers, beverages, and the showhouse tour.  MB Club members will also receive a t-shirt for their participation.

Please join us for a fun day, and the opportunity to see the new Mercedes cars while benefitting a good cause!

Oct. 23-25, 2009

Farberallye XXXII

Verillos Conference Center in Portland, Maine

Judy and John Kelley and their son Patrick and fiancée Jackie Perry are planning a fine Farberallye for us based in southern Maine in October.

Annual Meeting and Luncheon

Please save the date: Saturday November 21, 2009 for our Northern New England Star section Annual Meeting. At 11:30 we’ll meet for lunch at the Norwich Inn, Norwich VT,  in their wine room. After a brief business meeting, we’ll hear a talk on “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Car Insurance” presented by our long-time member Don Haslam and his daughter Deb. Questions will be welcome. Over the years, Don has written insurance for many classic cars as well as the latest models.

 

Norwich is very easy to get to (located on I-91 just across from Hanover NH), and has several attractions beyond the Inn: King Arthur Flour’s store (mecca for bakers), the Montshire Museum, a hands-on paradise (with or without children in tow), Dan & Whit’s General Store (danandwhits.com), the Norwich Bookstore, Vermont Wooden Toys (vermontwoodentoys.com). It’ll be worth setting aside some extra time to enjoy one or more of these (and Claudia says there’s an interesting yarn shop nearby, too).

 

2011

Northern New England Star

Chistmas Luncheon and Yankee Swap!

‘Tis the season to be jolly - come join your fellow MBCA members for a festive holiday lunch.

Date: Sunday, December 11. Time: 12 noon

A spectacular new Concord, NH restaurant, O Steaks and Seafood will open just for Northern New England Star's first (and possibly annual) Holiday Luncheon. If you came to the reception at the opening of the Holloway Mercedes Benz-sponsored show house in Meredith a couple of seasons back, you enjoyed food from this restaurant's Laconia location. They’ve now expanded to a new spot in Concord north of the Capital Center for the Arts on South Main Street. You can see interior shots of the new location on the web at:

http://magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com/o_steak_and_seafood.php

Click on the photos box in the lower right hand side of the screen.

Click here for a luncheon menu:      25_Lunch 12-10.pdf

So plan to join us for lunch! We'll have a Yankee swap of Mercedes or other automotive or maybe even holiday-related items. (Don't want the turkey platter you got as a wedding present? Here's a chance to regift it.) Please wrap your item(s) for trading. Everyone who brings a “gift” will get one in return. We’ll order off the menu at the restaurant. As you can see – the prices are within reason. There’ll be a 20% gratuity attached to our bills. The following is a link to google maps showing the location:

O Steaks & Seafood South

11 South Main Street

Concord, NH 03301-4846

(603) 856-7925

Tech session at a new NNES section sponsor’s facility, Northern European Automotive, Concord, NH hosted by owner Steve Robbins; (also, lunch and another activity  in the Concord NH area) NEA is at 14 Chenell Drive, Concord NH, phone number 603-228-0533.

After coffee at 9:30 AM, at King’s Hill Inn, 56 King Hill Road, South Paris, Maine 04281 (3 miles north of South Paris off Rt 117N, lat/long 44 14’ 22” N, 70º 27’ 29” W) we’ll be escorted by the curator of the Bahre Collection (click THE BAHRE COLLECTION.rtf for more information on it) to see the cars at their home in Paris Hill. After that, at approximately 12:30pm we’ll journey to Classic Car Services, a high-end, internationally famous restoration facility. Classic Car Services is near the intersection of Madison Ave. and Pottle Road, Oxford, Maine, lat/long 44º 11’ 34” N, 70º 31’ 32” W. Tour probably will last about one hour. Click here for the Hemmings News article on Classic Car Services

Next, we’ll leave Classic Car and travel to home of the Davises at 14 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281 (two miles further up Rt 117N beyond King Hill Road, lat/long 44º 15’ 8” N, 70º 26’ 23” W). This address has a beautiful view of the whole White Mountain Range. There will be a cookout/luncheon as soon as we arrive. Perhaps members can bring a favorite dessert to share with all.

MBCA Toronto Section Defensive Driving Course.

The best accident is the accident you avoid. Buy another second or two in an emergency.  It may save your life! Two courses are being offered. The Defensive Driving Course for the more seasoned driver that want to update his/her driving skills and the Safe Drivers - Safe Families course where we will be teaching basic driving skills and car knowledge to our young student drivers. For more information go to:

http://mbca-toronto.org/index.php/events/upcoming-events

Manchester (VT) Antique and Classic Car Show.

A favorite for several years, this is a beautiful site with show classes for older Mercedes, and much more of interest in the area. There will be a group dinner on Saturday night, and possibly a friday night reception for those attending. Watch this space and your email for more late breaking information!

Click here for the car show Website:

http://www.manchestercarshow.com/wordpress1/

Come join us on a Lake Champlain cruise !

This event has sold out, and there is a waiting list. Therefore, if you have a change of plans, please let Dotti Larsson  know ASAP so that someone else may take your place(s).

Also, very important: we need an exact number for the restaurant reservation. Therefore, at your earliest convenience please let Dotti know whether you plan to dine with us. I’m guessing that nearly everyone on the cruise will want to join in on dinner, but we want everyone to be satisfied, members and restaurant staff alike.

Chartered cruise on the lake vessel Carillon, with on-board local cider tasting, followed by dinner at La Provence, in Brandon, VT - (Listed in current Yankee as Best French Restaurant). Check out the local TV station’s video on the web HERE to see a little of what the day will be like on the lake, and let Dotti know you’re coming to this wonderful way to travel back in time to see a bit of New England history on a lazy summer day. Carillon Cruise’ website can be found at http://www.carilloncruises.com/

Saturday, August 24 – Fort at No. 4 NH Route 11, Charlestown, NH, 10AM

The Fort at No. 4, in Charlestown NH, was established at settlement No. 4, the northernmost British settlement along the

Connecticut River in New Hampshire. In 1743, there were 10 families settled in a square of interconnected houses, enclosed in a stockade with a guard tower. Active during King George’s War and the French and Indian War, it was deemed no longer needed after the end of the French and Indian War. In 1777, General John Stark gathered the New Hampshire Militia regiments at its site while traveling to the Battle of Bennington. Read all about the site at fortat4.org.

Today the fort and part of the settlement have been reconstructed as a living history museum. Within the buildings, there’re demonstrations of spinning and weaving, a joiner will be at work, and there’s much to see. As a special bonus, August 24-25 a Revolutionary War weekend will be taking place, with mustering of troops and a battle re-enactment. The

participants will dress in appropriate period garb, and use period camping equipment. The Muster begins at 10 AM whenthe gates open.

We’ll make our own “encampment” at some picnic tables in the grove near the food tent. There, we can share our potluck picnic. Please let Dotti know if you’re coming and what food you’ll bring. Paper goods and utensils will be provided. Buy tickets on site or online, at http://www.fortat4.org/visitor.php

Prices are as follows:

Seniors 55 years and above $7.00

Adults $10.00

Youths 13-17 years $7.00

Children 6-12 years $5.00

Children 5 years and under $0.00

Farberallye XXXVI- a real “color” rally and a great opportunity for families. Lodging packages include additional recreational opportunities: golf, mountain (or not) biking, 25 meter indoor pool, tennis, use of free in-town shuttle. Optional Friday tour in the White Mountains of NH.

OctoberFast, All German car event- show and tour. Organized by Green Mountain Chapter, BMWCCA. Details TBA.

Annual Meeting luncheon

April 28, 2012

9:30 AM

Scarborough ME

Meet us at Prime Mercedes Benz in Scarborough Maine for a tech session with their service managers about how to bring your car to it’s best for the Spring and Summer driving season. Whether you use it as your daily driver, or store it carefully to keep it safe from our New England Salted Winters, this is a session you’lll not want to miss.

May 12

St. Johnsbury VT

St. Johnsbury, Vermont is affectionately called “St. J.”. Our excursion will include visiting the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum and Art Gallery (1171 Main St., 802-748-8291, http://stjathenaeum.org/). (Main Street is US Route 2 in downtown ST. J.) This National Historic Landmark, is a Second Empire-style building housing richly decorated rooms and a gallery of distinguished American paintings. We’ll then have a downtown tour led by our own Dick Diefenbach, who restored the historic Main Street clock, lunch at a local restaurant, followed by a visit to the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, Northern New England's Museum of Natural History http://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/. Anyone who depends on VPR for weather forecasts has heard of the museum and its meteorologists. At the Fairbanks Museum, we’ll get a group rate of $5/person.

Assemble in front of the Athenaeum at 9:45 AM (you may park in the public parking lot behind the St. Johnsbury House), a short walk from both the Athenaeum and the Museum. If you’re coming, please let me know so that the arrangements can be made properly (phone 603.236.8176 or email DOTTIL61@alumni.bates.edu).

June 9-10

Manchester VT

The Manchester Car Show (formerly known as Hildene) is an annual event showing hundreds of vintage and modern automobiles at the Dorr Farm in Manchester VT. The club will host a booth there, and a class of exhibitor vehicles. So bring your favorite car, and plan to join us for the show- there will be a cocktail get together on Friday evening 5:30-:7:00 PM at Barrows House in nearby Dorset, hosted by Members John & Marianne Metzler, and on Saturday evening there will be a group dinner to enjoy with your fellow members whether you show a car or not! Sunday, June 10 there will be a picnic and tour of Hildene, the estate built by Robert Todd Lincoln, a beautiful place where the show was held formerly. Box lunches will be available at the Barrows House, or may be obtained in Manchester. Only service dogs are permitted within the grounds at Hildene, unfortunately.

June 24,

Currier & Ives Scenic Byway & Fells Estate Tour,

Franklin  to Newbury NH

We’ll start in downtown Franklin, (take exit 20 from I93) and wind along the Currier and Ives scenic byway.  The drive will take us through Salisbury, Webster, Boscawen, down to Henniker.  We’ll turn north out of Henniker and go up to Newbury, stopping at The Fells estate to tour the park, and see the “Art in Nature” scupture exhibit including  among the many pieces on display from 15 artists some of member Nancy Diefenbach’s work. We can tour the house with a guide, tour the gardens, and hang out as much as people wish, and there will be a picnic on the grounds. Plan to bring food for a potluck picnic, which we’ll eat on the porch. The porch will give us some shelter if any should be needed. We’ll provide the “paper goods”; please let me know what sort of food you’re planning to bring so we can have a somewhat balanced meal. Please respond to Dotti Larson, VP Activities, email: dottil61@alumni.bates.edu

July 21

Paris Hill, Maine

Founders Day in Paris Hill Maine is an event with something for everyone! Held on the Green in historic Paris Hill, this includes a Classic Car Exhibit, featuring the extensive private collection of Robert & Sandra Bahre, as part of the 34th Annual Founders' Day Celebration, to benefit the Hamlin Memorial Library & Museum. This 60+ vehicle collection features Packards, Duesenbergs, Stutz Bearcats, a Tucker, Thomas Flyer, vintage racecars, and much more.

Live music will be provided throughout the day. There will also be plenty of food for sale – bag lunches, homemade pies and pastries, jams, jellies, pickles, maple syrup and many other treats. Craft fair vendors will be selling turned wood products, wood carvings, handmade jewelry, lapidary crafts, minerals, books, and a variety of other homemade crafts.  There will also be tote bags, t-shirts, old photo reprints, and more items sold within the Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum.

We will have a tent or two there for our members, along with some “sag chairs”, water, and shade; not to mention plenty of cars and conversation about the event.

 Admission to the classic car exhibit is $10 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under. All proceeds benefit the Hamlin Memorial Library & Museum.

More details about a club event to follow- stay tuned!

August 4

Willowbrook Village, Maine

Willowbrook Village Museum of the 19th Century, Newfield, Maine,Saturday, Aug 4, 2012

Antique Engine Display and Demonstrations

Plan to arrive by 11:00 AM at the Willowbrook Museum in Newfield, Me. We’re on the museum’s schedule for that day, and the staff would like us to display our cars about the grounds. Therefore, we’ll be directed to park among the exhibits (here’s a reason to wash that car). There is a map of the village at their website:

(http://ww.willowbrookmuseum.org) 

Willowbrook Village is located on Elm Street, about 1/3 mile off Route 11. Newfield is situated very close to the NH border.  GPS coordinates: N 43 degrees, 39.95 minutes; W 70 degrees, 50.64 minutes.

Additional attractions at Willowbrook: Carousel Rides - 11:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3 pm - $3.00 per ride for non-members Newfield Farmer and Artisan Market - 9 am to 1pm. Later, we’ll adjourn to the home of John and Judy Kelley (a scant 4 miles away) for a Yankee Pot Luck / BBQ feast Bring a dish / share a dish. Bring your folding chairs, too. The Kelleys will supply some meat, and we’ll have all the party necessities (plates, cutlery, etc.) Please join us for an interesting day in Southwestern Maine.

You may coordinate food plans with Judy at (207) 793-8328, or by email at judykelleyme@gmail.com.

August 25,

A to Z Auto Collection and Tour

One of our section members,  Lee Spencer lives, near the owner of the “A to Z” collection, a unique selection of cars, one with each first initial up to Y (Yellow Cab), and has been working with me and the cars’ owner on arrangements for a visit and other events for the day. The  owner is getting on in years, and he lost his wife recently. Therefore, Lee thought this was the year if we want to see this unique assemblage.  The first car acquired was a1930 Cadillac V-16 Roadster, then an AC Buckland Tourer, then his first antique, a 1911 Brasier Runabout.  At this point, his wife suggested he might be starting to fill out the alphabet, and so they did.  

Tentatively, we’ll meet at Lee and Shirley’s camping park in Chocorua, then tour through Tamworth and up to Sandwich for lunch at a restaurant (the Corner House), then back to Chocorua to see the cars.

We’re planning  something a bit different- an event in Canada, centering around a winery in the beautiful Quebec countryside southeast of Montreal. You’ll need to have a valid US Passport (to get back IN to the US). Our Canadian member, Klaus Bremer has arranged a special early autumn trip to the Eastern Townships wine-growing region.

The dates will be 7-9 September, and the destination is the picturesque Town of Brome Lake, which is just over the border from Vermont in Quebec. Day-tripping will be possible for northern Vermonters, but some rooms are available at the Auberge Knowlton in Lake Brome for those further away. See their website at http://www.aubergeknowlton.ca/indexE.php. E-mail for reservations: mailto:info@aubergeknowlton.ca 450-242-6886

Room rates are $ 125.00 for two (2) including breakfast. Taxes extra.
The Auberge is pet friendly. Smoking only outside.

There will be a group visit to the Brome County Museum at 10:00 am Saturday. The group rate is $ 3.00 per person. Of special interest is a WW1 Fokker fighter plane, one of only two or three in original condition.” You can see information about the museum at http://www.bromemuseum.com

The highlight of the trip will occur Saturday afternoon, when we’ll visit Henrietta Antony's fabulous Vineyard in Glen Sutton at 1:30 PM. Go to http://www.vinedeglace.com/vineyard.htm to see images. (You may have to copy and paste the link into your browser).  It looks like a marvelous place. Klaus has secured a group rate of $27 for the visit and tasting.

 

Saturday night, there’ll be a dinner at the Auberge. Click here for the menu:   Auberge Knowlton Menu

            

12-14 , Farberallye

October

This year, Farberallye will be hosted by the Minuteman Section of Massachusetts, and is based at the Publick House in Sturbridge MA. For more information on the event, please click here :

  http://sections.mbca.org/minuteman/upcoming.html

If you plan to attend this always full event, reserve your rooms early and mention MBCA and Minuteman for the special rate!

Saturday October 20

Holloway Greenland Anniversary Celebration

All members of Northern New England Star section have been invited to an open house and special celebration of Paul Holloway's 40 years as a Mercedes dealer. From 11 AM to 3 there will be special events at the dealership (393 Portsmouth St, Greenland NH) in honor of the occasion. Our members will have a separate parking area to help us find each other. As a Club event, there'll be an optional coastal tour in the area as well, since it's silly to drive all the way to the Seacoast without a glimpse of the sea. We'll circulate around historic New Castle, past revolutionary Fort Constitution, around Odiorne Point, thence down the shore through Rye and end up at Hampton Beach's newly renovated waterfront. For a bite before returning home, there’ll be lunch at a restaurant at Hampton. Doesn't this sound like fun?

 

Plan to arrive at the dealership in the 11-11:30 time range, and you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy the festivities and tour the “store”. Then around 1 PM, get together with Drew and Claudia and assemble for the tour if you wish. Drew will need to know who’ll be in the “train”. The ocean is quite close to the dealership, and there’s a lovely slice of shore to see (weather permitting, of course). The culmination of the tour will be quite close to NH Route 101, which should allow you an easy access to your way home.

Nov 17.

Northern New England Star Section Annual Meeting This year, our annual meeting will celebrate our section’s 35th year.

Speakers will include founders Chuck Swanson, Jamie Towle, and Bob Smith, and their recollections and images from our founding will enliven the afternoon. The location will be Concord, NH, at the Centennial Hotel’s Franklin Pierce room. The hotel is very easy to locate, situated as it is on US Route 202 (96 Pleasant St.) in downtown Concord. There’s parking behind the hotel. The luncheon will consist of:

APPETIZER:
New England Clam Chowder
House Salad
 
ENTREES:
Granite Burger
Roast Turkey Club
Roast Beef Melt
Granite Caesar
 
DESSERT:
Assorted Cookies

Tea/coffee/decaf

The term “Granite” in the above refers to the Granite restaurant, on premises; the food is not made from granite.

Since the club will pay a generous share, your lunch will come to $11.62 (an $8 subsidy will be handed out to each diner).

Please make your reservation with me before 11/13/12, along with your food orders. If you have special dietary requirements, they will be accommodated; please let me know.

Dotti Larsson

VP Activities

Northern New England Star Section- ME, NH, VT

mailto:dottil61@alumni.bates.edu

Phone: 603.236.8176 | cell: 603.455.7091 |

 

Northern New England Star Section 2012 Holiday Party

Let’s get together for a holiday party! Sunday, December 16, come to Wolfeboro NH early and enjoy the town, then join your fellow MBCA members for a potluck feast at Wolfeboro Corinthian Yacht Club’s function room on North Main Street (downhill from the Wolfeboro Inn next door). Wolfeboro is a very popular destination all year round, but parking near the shops is easier in Winter.

Wolfeboro Corinthian (WCYC) has a sign at the end of the drive (Nancy’s Way) on Main Street on the water (west) side. Drive in and go partway down the hill. The Clubhouse is the large building on the left at the bottom of the hill. Enter the club room via the deck (entrance is at about mid-hill).

The club has a kitchen complete with range and microwave, so foods you bring can be heated/cooked as needed. The club has plenty of parking, too, although you may have to make your way around boats stored outside.

An added attraction: the Wright Museum, which many of us visited last year, is celebrating a Festival of Trees for the fourteenth year. This festival is an annual charity benefit featuring more than sixty-five trees, uniquely decorated by area businesses and organizations, and displayed on two levels at the Wright museum. Admission costs $5, and proceeds are going to a local food bank. In addition to the trees, the exhibit features continuous entertainment. For 12/16 the schedule of entertainment is:

noon

Kitchin' Pickers - acoustic country and bluegrass

1 pm

Holly Simons - vocal and keyboard

2 pm

Kitchin' Pickers - acoustic country and bluegrass

The Museum is open from 12-4 on the 16th, plenty of time to see the trees. The address of the Wright Museum is 77 Center Street (Routes 109 and 28), Wolfeboro.

To celebrate the season, our party will benefit the NH Food Bank with cash donations. The Food Bank has much more purchasing power than most individuals, and they know their needs better than we can guess. All donations are tax-deductible. Can’t come to the party, but desire to donate? Send me your check made out to NH Food Bank with your name and address, and I’ll make sure it gets to the Food Bank with your correct info.

About food: We’ll get together at the Club at 2 PM if not before. We Larssons will be there earlier to set up. Before you go out to see Wolfeboro, feel free to bring your contributions into the kitchen, where they can be kept at the appropriate temperature. It’s a late lunch, so bring lunch-type food to share (stew, or salad, or your specialty). We’ll have a warm pot of Wassail (non-alcoholic), tea, coffee, etc. Please coordinate food with me so that we can have a somewhat balanced meal.

 

Dotti Larsson

VP Activities

Northern New England Star Section

mailto:dottil61@alumni.bates.edu

Phone: 603.236.8176 | cell: 603.455.7091 |

April 27, 2013

Concord, NH

May 11

South Paris, ME

May 5-6

Toronto, Canada

June 7-9

Manchester, VT

July 20,

Shoreham, VT

EVENT SOLD OUT

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August 24

Charliestown NH

Sept 27-29

Waterville Valley, NH

October

Nov-Dec- date TBD