28 | THE COLONY NEWS | JUNE 2024 |
The Colony Cousins Genealogy Club welcomes
you to our Tuesday, June 11, meeting at 1 pm in
the Annex where we will have a business meeting
and a luncheon sponsored by the club. Please join
us and hear about the club's plans for this year.
Our meeting will start promptly at 1 pm, so please
plan to sign in at 12:45 pm. For questions, please contact Lennie
Martin at (503) 269-9987 or lenniem07@yahoo.com.
Our new member drive continues, and we invite you to join us.
Dues for 2024 are $25 for an individual and $30 for a family. Contact
Greg Griffes at mosesscrolls@gmail.com for a membership form.
Did you know that you can find the origin of
your name for free at Ancestry.com (https://www.
ancestry.com/learn/facts)? From their records, I
discovered: my Griffes surname is derived from the
Welsh name Griffith; see how the Griffes families
moved geographically; learn that the occupation of
most Griffes were laborers and teachers (I guess there are no riches
to be found in my family!); and that in 1991, the average Griffes
lifespan was almost 100 years old.
Check it out; it's fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say.
Genealogy By Greg Griffes, 951-383-9988
Colony Chorus By Ken Luekens
Our Spring Concert has come and gone. It was great fun and I hope
you did not miss it. Several people have said it was the best concert
yet. The live band on stage was probably the reason. It was all Beatles
music and the whole Chorus had fun singing, with the audience often
singing along. Both concerts were sellouts. A BIG thank you for all
the support!
Moving on, the Chorus Board has started working on music for the
Christmas concert. It is not too early to save the dates – Saturday,
Dec. 7, at 7 pm and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 pm. We have a theme picked
out and a few songs selected, but that will remain top secret for a few
months.
Remember, as mentioned in the May edition of e Colony News,
now is a great time to consider joining the Colony Chorus. To do
that, just show up at Chorus practice. Practices are mostly held
on Thursday mornings from 9 to 11:30 am. The next practice is
Thursday, Sept. 5. No audition is necessary.
Join us. You'll enjoy singing, you'll make friends and you'll have
fun. See you in September (Sept. 5 at 9 am to be exact). Enjoy the
summer, and sing whenever you get a chance.
