THE MANOR CLUB OF PELHAM
2014-2015
12:30 pm − Luncheon
2:00 pm – Program
7:00 pm – Evening Section
SEPTEMBER 2014
Tuesday
Tuesday
Saturday
02
16
20
7-9 pm
7:00 pm
Tuesday
30
2-4 pm
Club Opens
New Member Event and President’s Conference
Opera – “The Gentle Lark of New Rochelle:
Celebrating the Life of Ellabelle Davis”
Director’s Reception and Tea
OCTOBER
Sunday
02
4-6:00 pm
ART SHOW and Opening Reception
Colorful oil paintings by Artist, Victoria Rolett
Tuesday
07
2:00 pm
MUSIC Section – Opening Program
French Colors, Spanish Scenes
With Pianist, Vanessa Perez
Tuesday
14
2:00 pm
Club Program – NO FRILLS BRIDGE
Thursday
14
7:30 9:30 pm
EVENING section – “The Manor Club
Antique Road Show” –
Appraisals, Bidding Wars and Elements of Style
Friday
17
9:30 am
Literature Book Club – Discussion of “The
Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tuesday
21
2:00 pm
Club Program-– “Early Habsburg Collectors:
The Origins of the Vienna Fine Arts Museum”
The speaker is Dr. Gaza von Habsburg
Thursday
23
12:15
3:30 pm
Field Trip to the O’Silas Gallery of Concordia
College -Tour, Lunch, and Mike Fix speaking on
The Tuckahoe Marble Quarries
Friday
24
12:30 pm
MUSIC Section Trip – Carnegie Hall Rehearsal
Concert with Lunch at Trattoria del Arte and NY
Pops “All You Need is Love: The Music of The
Beatles”
Tuesday
28
2:00 pm
GARDEN Section -“Terrarium: A Small World
Unto Its Own” with Pamela Wright
Wednesday
29
6:00 pm
EVENING Section – “Jack O’Lantern Design” –
pumpkins supplied, just bring creativity
NOVEMBER
Saturday
01
7:00 pm
Mary and the Boys “FIRE” Concert
Tuesday
04
2:00 pm
Club Program - “A Tribute to Our Troops and
Veterans” with Colonel Arthur DeRuve (ret.)
Friday
07
10:00 am
5:30 pm
HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE (10 am to 8 pm)
Cocktail Reception
Saturday
08
10:00 am
HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE (10 am to 6pm)
Sunday
09
11:00 am
HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE (until 4:30 pm)
Monday
10
6 to 8 pm
Boutique Breakdown
Tuesday
11
2:00 pm
Club Program — “Crossing the Bridge” Part
One: “City Island: -from Sleepy Village to
Yachting Mecca” with Sail Maker, Tom Nye
Wednesday
12
9:30 am
Literature Book Club—Discussion of
“A Year of Wonders” by Geraldine Brooks
Wednesday
12
11:45 am
Tuesday
18
2:00 pm
MANOR MATINEE— “A Gentleman’s Guide to
Love and Murder”
Club Program —”Crossing the Bridge” Part
Two: “The Movies and City Island” by Barbara
Dolensek
Wednesday
19
10:00 am
Hospitality Committee—Trim A Tree
Thursday
20
7:00 pm
EVENING Section — Wreath Decoration Event
with Diana Gilbert, local Pelham Artist and MC
Member
Tuesday
25
2:00 pm
Club Program — NO FRILLS BRIDGE
Thursday
27
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MEMBERS
DECEMBER
Tuesday
02
2:00 pm
LITERATURE Section -“Three What-ifs
Equal One Plot” a novel espionage, murder,
manipulation and international intrigue by
Pelham’s very own Doug Hearle
Tree Lighting and Poinsettia Sale
Wednesday
03
7:30 pm
EVENING Section – “Annual Candlelight
Dinner”
Sunday
07
7:00 am
Victorian Breakfast Brunch with Santa
Tuesday
09
7:30 pm
Club Program-A Holiday Concert with
Cellist Teresa Kubiak
Wednesday
10
9:30 am
LITERATURE Section – Discussion of “The
Orphan Trail” by Christine Kline
Tuesday
16
2:00 pm
MUSIC Section – Holiday Songs
Thursday
18
7- 9 pm
EVENING Section –Cookie Exchange and
Family Night Movie, “Frozen”
Friday
19
12:30 pm
MUSIC Section Trip – Carnegie Hall
Rehearsal Concert with Lunch at Trattoria
del Arte and NY Pops “Home for the
Holidays”
Friday
19
4:00 pm
CLUB CLOSING FOR BREAK
JANUARY 2015
Monday
12
CLUB OPENS
Tuesday
13
2:00 pm
Club Program - Movie Presentation:
“The Hundred Foot Journey”
Friday
16
7:00 pm
EVENING Section – “Pot Luck Supper”
followed by Texas Hold’em
Tuesday
20
2:00 pm
Club Program – “NO FRILLS BRIDGE”
Thursday
22
7:00 pm
EVENING Section – Mah-Jong with Lessons
Tuesday
Thursday
27
2:00 pm
Play: The
of the Westchester Parks
1933” by Gigi Carnes,
Westchester County Parks Dept.
29
7:00 pm
Club Program – “Pelham at
Development
Dept. 1923-
EVENING Section - “Wine Tasting
hosted by Blue Dog Wines and Spirits
FEBRUARY
Tuesday
03
2:00 pm
Mid-Winter Business Meeting and Movie
Presentation of “The Calendar Girls”
Thursday
05
7:00 pm
EVENING Section – “Travel Tips and
Prevention” with Dr. John Cahill
Tuesday
10
2:00 pm
DRAMA Section - “One Act Play”
City Island Players
Wednesday
11
9:30 am
Literature Book Club - Discuss “The Kreutzer
Sonata” by Leo Tolstoy
Wednesday
11
7:00 pm
EVENING Section – House Beautiful
Tips for Selling Your Home
Tuesday
17
2:00 pm
Club Program – NO FRILLS BRIDGE
Tuesday
24
2:00 pm
Club Program – “A History of Funeral Service”
By Nancy Coffey of Coffey Funeral Home
Saturday
28
7:00 pm
100th Anniversary Gala Event
March
Tuesday
03
2:00 pm
Club Program - “Photographing City Island for
40 Years” by Ron Terner of Focal Point Gallery
Thursday
05
7:00 pm
EVENING Section - “How to Write A Novel in
100 Days” by author and Pelham resident John
Coyne
Tuesday
10
2:00 pm
Club Program-“Irish Music and Merriment: An
Afternoon with Kenny Cunningham”
Wednesday
11
9:30 am
Literature Book Club – Discuss “The Beautiful
Forevers” by Katherine Boo
Saturday
14
7:30 pm
EVENING Section- St. Patrick’s Party
Tuesday
17
2:00 pm
Club Program – “Charles Fazzino: Pop Art and
Pop Culture” with Julie Maner of Museum
Edition
Thursday
19
7:00 pm
EVENING Section- “Stress Reduction through
Japanese Technique of Reiki
Tuesday
24
2:00 pm
Club Program- “Grand Central: 100 Years in the
Making” with Anthony Robins, Speaker from
The NYC Council for the Humanities
Thursday
26
7:00 pm
EVENING Section- “Political News Reporting
with MSNBC Senior Editor, Beth Fouhy
Tuesday
31
2:00
Club Program- NO FRILLS BRIDGE
APRIL
Tuesday
07
2:00 pm
Club Program- “Everybody’s Boppin”: An
Encore Performance of the Manhattanville
College Quintessentials
Wednesday
08
9:30 am
Literature Book Club- Favorite Poetry Readings
and/or Literature Makeup Date
Wednesday
08
11:45 AM
MANOR MATINEE- “The King and I”
Friday
10
12:30 pm
MUSIC Section Trip – Carnegie Hall Rehearsal
Concert with Lunch at Trattoria del Arte and NY
Pops “Lets’ Be Frank”- the music of Frank
Sinatra
Tuesday
14
2:00 pm
GARDEN Section- TBA
Thursday
16
7:00 pm
EVENING Section- Fashion Show and Makeover
Tuesday
21
2:00 pm
DRAMA Section- (TBA) and Federation
Luncheon
Thursday
23
7:00 pm
EVENING Section –Yoga and/or Zumba
Tuesday
28
2:00 pm
Club Program-
NO FRILLS BRIDGE
MAY
Tuesday
05
2:00 pm
LITERATURE Section- Mystery Writer, Jane
Cleland
Wednesday
06
7:00 pm
EVENING Section- Annual May Dinner
Tuesday
12
2:00 pm
ANNUAL BUSINESS Meeting and Movie
Presentation
Wednesday
13
9:30 am
Literature Book Club- Discussion of “The Book
Thief” by Marcus Zusak
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
15
16
17
7:00 pm
2 & 7 pm
2:00 pm
SOOP Theatre Presents – Mary Poppins
SOOP Theatre Presents – Mary Poppins
SOOP Theatre Presents – Mary Poppins
Tuesday
19
2:00 pm
ART Section - TBA
Tuesday
26
12:30 pm
2:00 pm
ANNUAL CLUB LUNCHEON
Club Program – Highlights from the Pelham
Memorial High School “Sock n Buskin” Show
AT A GLANCE
LIERATURE SECTION
9:30 am - Coffee
10:00 am - Discussion
The First meeting will be on the third Friday, October 17th,
followed by the Second Wednesday of every month
MANOR MATINEE
Wednesdays, 11:45 am; meet bus at the Club
November 12th – ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”
(Second Show to be announced)
April 8, 2015 – “The King and I”
CLUB EVENTS – NO FRILL BRIDGE
th
October 24
th
November 25
February 17th March 31st
th
January 20
April 28th
Special Events 2014 -2015
September 16 —President’s Conference and New Member Event
September 30 —Directors’ Reception
October 16 —Evening Section Opening—”Antique Road Show”
November 7th - 9th —Manor Club Holiday Boutique
November 19 —Hospitality Committee Tree Trimming
December 2—Outdoor Tree Lighting & Poinsettia Sale
December 3rd—Annual Candlelight Dinner
February 3rd—Mid-Winter Business Meeting
February 28th—The Manor Club 100th Anniversary Celebration
March 14th—St. Patrick’s Day Party
April 21st—President’s Luncheon
May 6th—Annual May Dinner
May 12th—Annual Business Meeting
May 15th-17th—Manor Club and SOOP Theatre Production of “Mary Poppins”