March 2019

March 2019 March Events Special Event th March 5 Mardi Gras Social Saturday March 16th 3:00 pm Game Room The Gary Residence

th 6:30 pm March 6 Sergio 2:00 pm Sun Room Montpelier High School’s 149 Main Street Montpelier, Vermont 05602 - (802) 223-3881 - www.thegaryresidence.com March 7th Local Shopping Kinney Masque Theater 9:30 am Barre Presents: th Religious Roots to Raucous Parties March 8 Resident Travelogue Share “Our Town” 2:30 pm Game Room “Our Town”, by American playwright Thornton As March arrives, many look forward to the holidays Bring your photos, journals, mementos, and memories as we share our traveling adventures Wilder, tells the story of the fictional American of St. Patrick’s Day and Mardi Gras. Yet both of these through the states and countries abroad. small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 holidays are more modern American inventions than and 1913 through the everyday lives of its age-old religious traditions. March 11th Coffee & Pastries at La Brioche citizens. 9:15 am Montpelier St. Patrick’s Day, as a religious celebration, has a th Celebrating March March 12 Coffee with the Director Dawn Stevens lengthy history. It dates back to the mid-17th century 10:30 am Game Room and was initiated to honor Saint Patrick and his work Join this open conversation with our director, Dawn Irish-American Heritage to bring Christianity to Ireland. The Feast of St. Patrick Stevens. Month was held each year on the date of his supposed death, March 13th Evening Out at the Movies on March 17, 461 AD. The observance of the date was “Five Feet Apart” Optimism Month a solemn occasion, mostly involving quiet prayer. As 6:00 pm Capitol Theater, Montpelier recently as the 1970s, pubs were closed in Ireland on “Five Feet Apart” is a romantic tale featuring two St. Patrick’s Day. The rollicking revelry typically associated authentically portrayed young Cystic Fibrosis patients Craft Month with the day was decidedly un-Irish and an American who fall in love. invention. During the Irish Famine of 1845–1850, many th st March 15 MET Opera: Salome March 21 Visit to Morse Farm Sugar Works Celebrate Your Name Week Irish immigrated to America, where they were not 9:30 am Game Room 3:15 pm Montpelier welcome. As the Irish community in America grew Learn about the sugaring process, sample maple March 3–9 Karita Mattila sizzles as Salome, with Strauss’s and prospered, they began to celebrate both their groundbreaking music magnifying the intensity of this treats, and browse the unique gift shop. Irish-ness and their newfound American-ness. Corned opera experience. nd Mardi Gras March 22 Beethoven 9 by the Chicago beef, shamrocks, and leprechauns were never part of th March 15 Art Show & Reception Symphony Orchestra March 5 true Irish St. Paddy’s Day celebrations, but they were 10:00 am Game Room 2:30 pm Dining Room integrated into Irish-American identity and so became Browse various art pieces created by residents and Enjoy this previously recorded presentation of staff. Refreshments provided. Beethoven’s beloved work. International Women’s Day celebrated symbols of St. Patrick’s Day. The American version of St. Patrick’s Day is so strong that many Irish- th nd March 8 March 16 “Our Town” March 22 Painting with Local Artist Mellissa American traditions have even returned to Ireland. 6:30 pm Montpelier High School Brown Besset See detailed add. 1:00 pm Sun Room Pi Day Mardi Gras, like St. Paddy’s Day, originated as a th Come create your own work of art with the instruction March 18 Westview Meadows Guests Luncheon of artist and teacher Melissa Brown Besset. March 14 solemn religious holiday. As the day before the start 12:00 pm Dining Room of the ritual fasting of Lent, it was an opportunity to No previous experience required. th indulge in sweet, fatty foods, giving rise to the name March 19 Out to Lunch The Cliff House & th St. Patrick’s Day March 27 Evening Movie “On the Basis of Sex” “Fat Tuesday.” Over the centuries, these small Gondola Ride 6:00 pm Game Room March 17 indulgences led to greater hedonism, practices that 10:15 am Stowe This Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic provides a window Enjoy breathtaking views as you make your way to into the Supreme Court Justice’s life and work. were heavily discouraged by the Church. The elaborate The Cliff House for mountain top dining. Mardi Gras celebrations held in New Orleans emerged th th March 28 Afternoon at the Movies March 20 Light Jazz Dinner Music th in 1857 when a group of men created a secret society 25 Anniversary Showing of “Forrest Gump” called the Mistick Krewe of Comus. They held a lavish Provided by Steve Burkholder 2:00 pm Game Room ball and parade, setting the secular foundations for 5:00 pm Dining Room March 28th “New York City Ballet in Paris” many wild Mardi Gras to come. 10:00 am Game Room

March 2019

Friendship Circle Tidbits Resident’s Corner Girls Guiding Girls March Funnies

Van Gogh’s (Funny) Family Tree The Friendship Circle had fun recently talking The Girl Scouts is one the largest and most about our attire as teenagers, all those years successful organizations for girls in the world. Dizzy Aunt- VERTI GOGH ago. Shoes were particularly interesting — Juliette Gordon Low, finding inspiration from the Girl loafers, wedges, and saddle shoes. Our Earline Guide movement in England, established the first Fruit-loving cousin- MAN GOGH shared pictures of herself as a young woman in Girl Guide Troop in America on March 12, 1912. Bird-lovin uncle- FLAMIN GOGH loafers, wedges, and saddle shoes. For this reason, the week of March 10–16 is Joanne enjoyed some Residents created celebrated as Girl Scout Week. Psychoanalist nephew- E. GOGH Puzzle work with volunteer handmade valentines. Cousin from Illinois- CHICA GOGH Samir. Born in Savannah, Georgia, just before the American Civil War, Ballroom dancing aunt- TAN GOGH Gordon Low was raised with Obnoxious brother- PLEASE GOGH traditional Southern values emphasizing duty, loyalty, and Sister who loved disco- AHGO GOGH respect. Gordon Low was also Magician uncle-WHEREDITTY GOGH an American aristocrat born to Niece who travels in a van- WINNIE B. GOGH successful parents. As such, she attended boarding schools, met many influential Aunt who taught positive thinking- WAYTO Ginny channeled her Alberta was charmed people, married well, and moved to England. GOGH inner Frida Kahlo with by a Norwich cadet at Gordon Low’s marriage was not a happy one, a self-portrait. at the Valentine’s Dance. Nephew who drove a stagecoach- WELLSFAR however, and she spent much time alone painting, GOGH learning metalworking and woodworking, and Brother who worked in a convenience store- Resident Travelogue doing charity work. After her husband died, she th met Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy STOPN GOGH The March of Women’s History Friday March 8 Scouts, a guide movement for boys that taught The month of March is Women’s History Month, in 2:30 pm Game Room the skills of military preparedness and outdoor recognition of women and their Bring your memories, stories, pictures, adventuring. Scouting proved to be the perfect impact on culture and society all and mementoes from your travels. unity of values that she had enjoyed all her life: Mardi Gras Celebration around the world. The movement to Whether you have been across the duty and respect combined with practical skills th establish recognition of women’s history United States or across the world, for survival. It was not long before Gordon Low Tuesday March 5 began in Sonoma, California, in the come share with one another. met Agnes Baden-Powell, Sir Robert’s sister and 1:15 pm Explore Zydeco Dance 1970s. A group of women formed the founder of the Girl Guides, and so Gordon Low Game Room Education Task Force of the Sonoma County organized Girl Guide troops in London herself. Commission on the Status of Women. Their goal Watch and learn New Orleans’ was to include women’s history in the local school Gordon Low returned to her beloved Savannah famous dance. curriculum. For too long, men had dominated the in March of 1912 with the mission to grow the girl 3:00 pm Mardis Gras Social study while women’s contributions had nary a scouting movement in America. On March 12, she Art Reception registered 18 girls, establishing the very first Girl Game Room mention. The movement in Sonoma was such a th success that it gained traction nationwide. In 1980, Friday March 15 Guide troop. Thanks to her family’s extensive social Enjoy a Mardis Gras themed social 2:30 pm Dining Room connections and the help of Sir Baden-Powell, hour with cocktails, snacks and all President Jimmy Carter established the first Low was able to quickly grow her local troop into Featuring various art work created by a nationwide movement. She faced one competitor, things Mardi Gras. Women’s History Week, and then in 1987, residence and staff. Congress declared the entire month of March as the Camp Fire Girls, but this organization believed Women’s History Month. Politicians, writers, Refreshments provided. that girls should not participate in strenuous outdoor freedom fighters, scientists, soldiers, athletes— activities meant for boys. Gordon Low held fast to women have made contributions in virtually every her love of scouting, and for over 100 years, the Girl field. Honor them this March. Scouts have given young girls the confidence, skills, and character to become the leaders of tomorrow.