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The public is invited to all the lectures. Admission is free. For more information log onto: www.Longmeadowbiz.com, click on "calendar" or e-mail williamsstreet@comcast.net The first lecture will be Feb. 22 with Dennis Picard, Director of Storrowton Village Museum in West Springfield. His talk will be: "Crystal Products of the Frost King: Ice Harvesting and the Natural Ice Industry in New England." The commercial harvesting of ice from New England's ponds and lakes for export began in the first decade of the 19th century. By the end of that century ice harvesting was the ninth largest industry in the United States employing tens of thousands of workers in New England alone and producing hundreds of thousands of tons of block ice annually. Picard has been demonstrating the ice harvesting trade for 10 years at museums and environmental education centers. He has held the position of Assistant Director and Director at several sites including Fort Number Four in Charlestown New Hampshire, the Sheffield Historical Society in the Berkshires and presently at Storrowton Village in West Springfield Massachusetts. On March 22, prepare to be entertained by performing artists "Tara's Thistle." The Celtic folk duo Bruce and Sandy Hedman offer a program of traditional Irish and Scottish folksongs laced with fascinating stories and anecdotes. They sing in close, two-part harmony with guitar, harmonica, and drum accompaniment. Between the folksongs they intersperse toe-tapping Celtic jigs, reels and hornpipes played on the Great Highland Bagpipes, the small Lowland pipes, the Irish flute and whistles, and the Irish Bodhran. Their repertoire includes upbeat Maritime shanties and sea songs. They perform at festivals, libraries, historical societies, town concerts and fairs throughout New England for both adult and family audiences. The series wraps up on April 26 with Guy McLain, Director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum with his talk titled; "Longmeadow in the Victorian Era." | ||||||
