March’s Collaborative Community Dinner will be an Irish meal on Friday, March 12th at 6:30 pm. Reservations can be made by sending in $5 per person to the front office by Monday, March 8th. This event is open to the community so bring your friends and extended family! Maximum seating is 80 people.

Menu (tentative)

• Irish Sausage Rolls
• Shepards Pie
• Corned Beef & Cabbage
• We need 5 families to volunteer to make any potato soup to bring in a crock pot and 10 families to make and bring traditional soda bread. (Save your grocery receipt and we will reimburse you!) Please let Carla Golden know ASAP if you’re willing to participate in the collaborative kitchen and showcase your culinary skills!
• filtered water

Entertainment

• Sarah and Rachel Sugg will be performing traditional Irish dancing for us!
• Movie: The Secret of Roan Inish (trailer): The fine art of storytelling takes center stage in this charming fantasy set in 1946. The film follows a young girl, Fiona, who’s sent to live with her grandparents on the Irish seacoast after the death of her mother. There she’s told various family legends, including a particularly fanciful one about her younger brother, who was lost at sea as a baby when the clan departed the tiny island of Roan Inish. There’s some breathtaking scenery in the movie, but the real pleasure of the film is hearing these family stories spun. Sometimes accompanied by flashbacks, they create a completely enchanting atmosphere, nicely underscored with lush Irish music by Mason Daron. Sayles’ gracefully understated direction, his simple treatment of the film’s flights of fantasy, and his obvious respect for oral traditions that make The Secret Of Roan Inish truly special. (If you know anything about the legend of the selkies, you’ll love this movie!)
• There may be a need for finishing touches on the St. Patrick’s Day Parade float and costumes to get then ready for the parade on Sunday, March 14th at 3 pm – please lend a helping hand!

What to Bring

• non-disposable plates, cutlery, tablecloth, cups, drinks (non-alcoholic) if you’d prefer something other than water
• you will need bowls and spoons too for soup!
• Irish table decorations if you have them
• wear green!

We’ll need help setting up the tables and chairs for the dining room around 6 pm and we’ll need help putting them away after dinner. Please lend a helping hand. Thank you!