We are accepting new members. If interested, please contact thehavilandclub@gmail.com or call 902-894-4421.
This Week’s Headlines (See Below For More Information)
- Tonight, The Haviland Club Bookclub, 7:00 PM in the Snug (Members and their Guests)
- Thursday, Coffee and Conversation With Dr. Ralph Kennedy—10AM (Public)
- Friday Social—Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6 (Members and their Guests)
- Next Week, Tribute to Maude Montgomery, Free Presentation (Public Event)
- The Robbie Burns Scotch Tasting, February
Many Thanks: To Susan S and her associate Lisa (pictured here) for last Friday evenings delightful entertainment in the Lounge—an unexpected warm treat on a cold night!
And also a Big Thanks: To House Chair Pat for recolouring the grout in the lounge fireplace mantle—that’s what you’re looking at in the picture above. Great job, Pat! And we’re still grateful to Carol for arranging to have the mantles repaired and covering part of the cost. They look sooooo!! much better.
And a Note on Spam: From time to time, members who’ve been regularly receiving this Newsletter don’t receive it. If that happens—if you’ve been getting it all along but then don’t—please check the spam/junk folder in your emails. We use the same email list each week, so it’s possible your email decided we were spam, silly thing that it is (PS: Free Google email does have limits on numbers of recipients in an Email B. Sanderson). If that doesn’t solve the problem, let the Club know and we will resend.
Upcoming Events
This is a Newsletter to the Members of the Haviland Club. All activities pertain to member/guest-only activities unless indicated.
TONIGHT: The Haviland Club Book Club, Tuesday January 21, 7 PM
Tonight the bookclub discusses The Other Side of the Sun, a fascinating immigrant’s tale by Island writer Thien Tang. For February the book club is now reading My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress, a true story recently in the news. Check: A Fake Heiress Called Anna Delvey Conned the City’s Wealthy. ‘I’m Not Sorry,’ She Says.
Future readings include Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies; and Nostalgia, by M G Vassanji. Come join the conversation!
THURSDAY: Coffee and Conversation, Thursday January 9, 10 –11:30 AM
What a fascinating discussion with Ocean 100’s Jennifer Evans last week! This week our guest will be Ralph Kennedy, speaking on “My time in family practice”. Ralph is a retired family doctor and, of course, a member of the Haviland Club—and also an excellent bridge player!!
Next week, January 30th, our guest will be Gerry Fougere, Island EMS. Originally scheduled for Jan 9th but cancelled due to weather, Gerry will speak on “When to call 911; when to call an ambulance,” and other matters pertaining to EMS. And please remember, if schools are cancelled because of the weather, Thursday Coffee and Conversation is cancelled as well.
FRIDAY: Friday Social – Bar Opens at 4, Draws at 6
If you’re not a Friday night regular, you’re missing an instant party—fun evenings of varied conversation with people you enjoy being with.
NEXT WEEK: Show Preview: Tribute to Maud Montgomery in Word and Song, Friday January 31, 6:30 PM
Member David MacKay, with Joscelynne Bordeaux and friends, is presenting a preview of their new show, “The Montgomerys, A Tribute to Maud Montgomery in word and song. LM Montgomery, better known to her friends as Maud, until the 1950s was the most famous novelist in Canada and some say in the world, selling hundreds of thousands of her books in various languages internationally. Over the past months David and Joscelynne have been adapting some of the poetry of Maud Montgomery to music as well as developing songs in celebration of her life and work. Add this free spectacle to your Friday fun!
AND TO COME: Robbie Burns Scotch Tasting, Friday February 7, 7 PM
We don’t mean to tease with the poster below, but the Robbie Burns Scotch Tasting on February 7th is sold out. But! If you’d like to come, put your name on a list at the bar. We never know how things will work out.
Play Reading Group Monday February 10, 7:30 PM
The Haviland Readers Theatre will meet again at 7:30 PM on Monday, February 10 at the Haviland Club. We’ll be reading “Still Stands the House” by Gwen Pharis Ringwood, and (we hope!) “The Lesson” by Eugène Ionesco, with a discussion of both. Last week we read “Aria da Capo” by Edna St.Vincent Millay, a darkly humoured commentary on territorial divisions and human indifference. Though the play was first staged in 1920, it provides a remarkably contemporary thrust at present-day politics (e.g., The Wall!) Though the purpose of our Readers Theatre is just to enjoy reading the texts we choose, discussion afterwards is a lot of fun!
We would love to have you join our Play Reading Group! And, and this is important, if you plan to attend, please contact Robin at rscarson@icloud.com to be sent the material, as we distribute scripts by email. At the next meeting we will also be discussing plans for moving forward including the number of meetings in a month, script selection, reading ‘cold’ vs. polishing a presentation, and the mechanics of finding and distributing scripts. Remember, please contact Robin for scripts if you would like to join us (and we hope you do!)
CARDS – GAMES AND TIMES
Monday: Sanctioned Bridge ~ 1 to 4 PM
Tuesday: Sanctioned Bridge ~ 7 PM
Tuesday: Members’ 45 Club ~ 7 PM
Wednesday: Members’ 45 Club ~ 12:30 PM
Thursday: Social Duplicate Bridge ~ 7 PM
Friday: Members’ Bridge ~ 1 PM Members’ 45 Club ~ 12:30 PM
CLUB WINTER HOURS – UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THE BAR OPENS AT 4 P.M.
Please note that at times the bar may be open later – as events dictate.
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 11AM – 10 PM
Wednesday: 11 AM – 7 PM
Thursday: 11 AM – 10 PM
Friday: 11 AM – 10 PM
Saturday: Bar Open 7 – 10 PM (or as event dictates)
Sunday: CLOSED (unless events)
Come to the Haviland Club, where the draw is the people!
