Tunbridge, Vermont

Twenty-six vendors from five states and more than 30 local artists will be featured at the October 14-16 Christmas In October Shoppe. They will be set up in the Town Hall, the Parish House and a tent in Tunbridge Village.

The shoppe will open Friday night with a 5:30-8 p.m. Preview Party serving hot and cold hors d’oeuvres and punch (BYOB), for a donation of $10. The Art Gallery and Silent Auction of donated services and items, including vacation home stay, dance lesson, private historic tour and quilt, will open that night. A portion of auction proceeds will go to Operation Revive Royalton.

The three village venues will be open Saturday from 10-5. À la carte lunch items will be available at the Town Hall from 11-1. High Tea featuring tea sandwiches, scones, desserts and tea will be served from 1-4.

Shoppe hours on Sunday are 10-3, with lunch from 11-1.

Sale items will include bird art, blown glass, custom metalwork, candles, decorative items, dolls, goat soap, photographs, baskets, pottery, wildlife videography, woolens, books, headbands, scarves, slate products, notecards, chocolates, sterling and stones jewelry, cookies, hats, jams and jellies, silk-screened T-shirts, clothing, woven placemats and woodturned bowls, puzzles and signs.

Shuttle parking will be available from the Fairgrounds via the driveway next to the library.

The Tunbridge Women’s Group is sponsoring this second annual Christmas Shoppe fundraiser to benefit restoration of historic church buildings including the Parish House. For information call Pam Dietz at 889-3315.

UPDATE: Due to the storm clean up and delayed start of the new school year, the Back-to-School potluck is rescheduled for Tuesday, September 6 from 6-7:30pm. Don’t worry if you can’t bring a dish – we’ll have plenty to share!

The first day of school is right around the corner, and School Club is gearing up for another exciting year! All are welcome to join us at the Back-to-School Potluck on Tuesday, September 6 from 6-7:30pm at Tunbridge Central School. It is an opportunity to mingle with returning families and to meet new families while enjoying a meal together. In addition, each family in attendance will receive a complimentary Jump In! magazine and a Green Gift Pack courtesy of PTO Today. Bring your favorite salad, main dish or dessert to share, if you wish. School Club will provide beverages and place settings. Rain or shine.

Michael Sacca took photos while we all gathered for the photo and stitched them into a time-lapse video, which you can view below.

This event is kid friendly, most especially for the square dancing with Harold Luce!
It’s BYOB, and we also encourage folks to BYODesignatedDriver.

It’s free, but we are accepting donations as it’s not all paid for yet.

A snack table will be provided, bring something to share if it’s convenient.

July 9th 7:30pm – 12am
Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Memorial Arena (the pulling shed)
South Entrance, follow the signs.

7:30 – 8pm, Local legend Harold Luce will lead Square Dancing with Donna Weston and Adam Boyce.

8-9pm – The Honey Bees will rock us with their “Eclectic electric harmony- inflected covers from the hive.”

9pm-midnight – The Starline Rhythm Boys will keep us dancing with their blend of Honky Tonk & Rockabilly.

The Tunbridge Historical Society’s annual “Tunbridge Speaks” oral history program will begin at 7:45 p.m. at the Tunbridge Church on Tuesday, July 12.

The program will feature readings from the “Tunbridge Tidbits” columns that Falls Hill Road resident Dr. A.H. Reynolds wrote from about 1877 to 1900 for the Argus and Patriot newspaper in Montpelier.

Readers will share Reynolds’ accounts of such events as the tornado that took the steeple off the Congregational Church, the dead man found in a barn and the hotel’s first dance under new management.

Updated: May 18, 2011.

May 8: 250th Hike of the Month — From Tunbridge Central School, 1 p.m.

May 30: Memorial Day. 250th parade theme is “Tunbridge Through the Years.”

• Friends of Tunbridge Public Library plant, book and bake sales, 9-2, Parsonage lawn, Library basement and Town Hall.
• Memorial service with Rose Loving as speaker, Town Hall, 11 a.m.
• Parade 11:40 a.m. followed by dedication ceremony, Village Cemetery.
• Fire Department chicken barbeque, 12 p.m., fairgrounds. Make reservations at 889-5518, 802-356-1092.
• Recreation Committee free ice cream, bounce house, cow pie bingo (tickets sold ahead of time), fairgrounds.

June 5: Mystery History Walk, 3 p.m. from the library, hosted by the library and Tunbridge Historical Society.

June 12: 250th Hike of the Month — From Tunbridge Central School, 1 p.m.

June 18: 250th “Tunbridge — The Past” exhibit at the North Tunbridge
Baptist Church, 10-12.

June 26: 250th “Tunbridge — The Past” exhibit at the North Tunbridge
Baptist Church and Tunbridge Grange open house, 12-2.

July 3: 250th Hike of the Month — From Tunbridge Central School, 1 p.m.

July 9: 250th “Tunbridge — The Past” exhibit at the North Tunbridge
Baptist Church and Tunbridge Grange open house, 12-2.

July 9: Celebrate Tunbridge, 250th Anniversary Dance will feature the Starline Rhythm Boys from 8-11pm in the Fairgrounds’ pulling arena. Pre-dance at 7 p.m.

July 10: 250th Tunbridge Appreciation Picnic 11:30 at the fairgrounds. All invited. Please bring salads and desserts. Hotdogs and drinks provided. Tunbridge Fire Department kids’ activities with the smoke trailer, Smokey the Bear, Sparky and fire trucks. The Larkin Contra Dancers will demonstrate and teach dances at 1 and 3 p.m. Michael Sacca will take a large group photo. More to come!

July 12: “Tunbridge Speaks” oral history program 7:45 p.m. at the Tunbridge Church. Follows the church’s Ice Cream Social with Tunbridge Historical Society 50th birthday cake at 6:30 on the Parsonage lawn.

July 22: 250th Outdoor movies from John O’Brien’s “Tunbridge Trilogy.” Fairgrounds, 9 p.m.

July 24: 250th Concert and Fiddle Jam, 1-5 at the fairgrounds. Hosted by the Northeast Fiddlers Association.

July 29: 250th Outdoor movies from John O’Brien’s “Tunbridge Trilogy.” Fairgrounds, 9 p.m.

July 29-Sept. 23: 250th art exhibit. “Artists Envisioning Tunbridge: Celebrating 250 Years of History” at the Tunbridge Public Library. July 29, Opening reception, 7-9 p.m.

July 31: 250th “Tunbridge — The Past” exhibit at the North Tunbridge
Baptist Church and Tunbridge Grange open house, 12-2.

August 7: 250th Hike of the Month — From Tunbridge Central School, 1 p.m.

Aug. 9: Historical Society potluck supper 6:30 p.m. at the Dodge-Gilman Building and 7:30 slide program about the town’s 21 district schools by Euclid Farnham and Mick Maguire.

Aug. 13: 250th “Tunbridge — The Past” exhibit at the North Tunbridge
Baptist Church and Tunbridge Grange open house, 12-2.

Aug. 13 & 14: 250th quilt & needlework show, “A woman’s work is never done…250 years of Tunbridge life” at the Town Hall. Saturday 10-3, Sunday 11-2. Hosted by the Saturday Sewing Circle.

Aug. 20: White River Valley Historical Fair with area historical societies, including Tunbridge, at the South Royalton School, 10-3.

Aug. 28: 250th “Tunbridge — The Past” exhibit at the North Tunbridge
Baptist Church and Tunbridge Grange open house, 12-2.

September 1: 250th Bell Ringing — Bells at the three Tunbridge churches will each be rung 250 times at 6 p.m. Potluck on Parsonage lawn, 6:30. Sponsored by The Tunbridge Church.

September 4: 250th Hike of the Month — From Tunbridge Central School, 1 p.m.

Sept. 15-18: Tunbridge World’s Fair celebrating the Fair’s 140th and the town’s 250th anniversaries.

October 2: 250th Hike of the Month — From Tunbridge Central School, 1 p.m.

Oct. 8: 250th Variety Show, 7 p.m. at Town Hall. Hosted by the Tunbridge Civic Club.

Oct. 9: Historical Society Ghost Walk, 1:30 at Hunt Cemetery, North Tunbridge.

October 14-16: Christmas in October Shoppe — benefit for the Parsonage. Friday 5:30-7:30 p.m., Saturday 10-4, Sunday 10-2. Hosted by Tunbridge Women’s Group.

November 6: 250th Hike of the Month from Tunbridge Central School, 1 p.m.

The legal voters of the Tunbridge Town School District are hereby WARNED AND NOTIFIED to meet at the Tunbridge Central School, Tunbridge, on Monday, May 2, 2011, at 7:30 P.M. to transact the following business:

Article I
To hear the recommendation of the Board of School Directors for the designation of a high school to provide for the high school education of pupils residing within the District by paying tuition.

Article II
To act upon the recommendation of the Board of School Directors to provide for the high school education of pupils residing within the Tunbridge Town School District by paying tuition to any approved non-sectarian public or independent school, in or out of the state in accordance with 16 VSA section 822 School district to maintain public schools or pay tuition.

Article III
To transact any other business proper to come before the meeting.

Article IV
Adjourn.

The Tunbridge Fire Department’s 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Tunbridge Central School on Saturday, April 23, 2011 starting at 10am.

National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Newbery Medal and National Book Award Winner, Katherine Paterson, will speak at the Tunbridge Church on main street on April 15, 7 p.m. as part of the Tunbridge Library‘s Winter Evenings series. More information on Katherine Paterson can be found on her website and on wikipedia.

Jeanne & The Hi-Tops, one of the Upper Valley’s favorite bands, will be rocking away the winter blues at a benefit dance on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the Tunbridge Town, 8-11 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Safeline, the central Vermont organization serving victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Admission at the door is a suggested donation of $10. The Tunbridge Town Hall is located on Route 110 in the center of town. Non-alcoholic refreshments will be served.