Thank you so very much, Riobard. Sally Sally Bair Mushing USA Board of Directors 8554 Gateway Circle Monticello, MN 55362 USA Tel: 763 295 5465 Email: sbair@tds.net On Feb 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Riobard O'Dwyer wrote: > Mikedwyerinc@comcast.net > ---- Riobard. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sally Bair" <sbair@tds.net> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 4:44 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Boston-Beara Society annual dinner, and trip to > Montana. > > >> Does anyone have an email for Mike Dwyer or anyone on the committee? >> I have moved & changed my snail mail address. I need to update my >> address with Boston Beara Society. Prefer email to snail mail. >> >> >> Sally O'Sullivan Bair >> Mushing USA Board of Directors, >> 8554 Gateway Circle >> Monticello, MN 55362 USA >> Tel: 763 295 5465 >> Email: sbair@tds.net >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Riobard O'Dwyer wrote: >> >>> The Boston-Beara Society annual dinner and reunion >>> takes place this year in the Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., >>> Dorchester, Massachusetts, on Sunday April 19th from 2 to 7p.m. >>> Buffet dinner, door prizes, and dance music by the Andy Healy Band. >>> Tickets $50. This is a mighty occasion. I spoke there twice and I >>> will always have very happy memories of it. >>> For tickets call:- >>> Pat Dwyer 617-328-6690; >>> Mary Sullivan-Kelly 781-322-5291; >>> Mike Dwyer 781-326-1977. >>> >>> Committee:- Chairman, Mike Dwyer; Secretary, Mary Sullivan-Kelly; >>> Treasurer, Pat Dwyer; Roger Egan, John Harrington, Kathy Sullivan >>> and Brian McCarthy. >>> >>> www.bostonbearasociety.com >>> >>> Directions to Florian Hall:- >>>> From the South Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway North to Exit 11, >>>> Granite Ave. Then ____ >>>> From the North Shore:- Take Southeast Expressway South to exit >>>> 11B, Granite Ave. Then ___ >>> at the bottom of the ramp, bear right. After the drawbridge, take >>> first right (at lights). This is Hilltop Street. Go up hill and >>> down. At bottom, the street becomes Hallet. Go straight. Florian >>> Hall is on your left. Park either beside the building or across >>> the street. Enter through the front of the building on the right- >>> hand side. >>> >>> Now for the Boston-Beara Society fabulous trip to Montana, August >>> 2nd -August 10th 2009. This is an opportunity to reconnect with >>> those of Beara heritage living in Butte, Montana, and to learn of >>> the history of the Irish miners from West Cork who came in their >>> thousands to extract copper ore from the harsh and unforgiving >>> Northern Rockies. The trip will include the following highlights:- >>> 1) Accomodation in the famous and historic Red Lion/War Bonnet Inn. >>> 2) Visit to the Butte Archives where copious records recount the >>> lives of the Irish community. >>> 3) Visit to the Granite Mountain Mining disaster and the Berkeley >>> Pit. >>> 4) Visit to the Mining Museum. >>> 5) Visit to St. Patrick's and Holy Cross Cemeteries where the >>> remains of those killed in mining accidents, illnesses relating to >>> mining, and those swept away by the Spanish 'flu of 1918 are buried. >>> 6) Walking tours of Historic Uptown Butte, the largest historic >>> site in the west. >>> 7) Talks by the last surviving underground miners of life on "The >>> Richest Hill on Earth". >>> 8) Day trip to Helena, Marysville, and Canyon Ferry. >>> 9) Trip to Missoula including a visit to the University of Montana >>> where the Irish Studies program is located, and to the Bitterroot >>> Valley, site of the original Jesuit mission to Montana, and >>> location of the Daly Mansion. >>> 10) Weekend of August 7-9 at An Ri Ra, a family-oriented Irish >>> Festival in Butte, culminating in outdoot Mass in Irish. >>> 11) Final dinner and dance at the Finlen Hotel prior to departure >>> on Monday August 10th. >>> >>> Cost, including airfare, hotel, and coach = $1300 per person. >>> Meals not included. >>> Tour will be limited to the first forty registrations. >>> For the registration form, the name/names, address, telephone no., >>> email address. >>> Deposit of $350 per person required by March 1st 2009. No credit >>> cards. Balance due by June 1st 2009. Please make checks payable to:- >>> Boston Beara Society, and mail with form to:- >>> Maureen Dwyer-Bennett, >>> 114 Braeside Road, >>> Falmouth, >>> Ma. 02540, >>> U.S.A. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message