NEAM unveiling Kaman Seasprite helicopter, Feb 16

NEAM invites all its friends to join in celebrating history, technology and aerospace!

WHAT:        The unveiling of the SH-2F Seasprite helicopter

WHEN:        Thursday, February 16, 2012, 11:00 a.m.  

WHERE:    New England Air Museum
36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks, CT
*New England Air Museum is adjacent to Bradley International Airport.

DETAILS:    The featured SH-2F Seasprite was manufactured in 1985 by Kaman Aerospace Corporation of Bloomfield, and saw service with the U.S. Navy. With the first model introduced in 1962, the SH-2 Seasprite helicopter has had a long and distinguished career originally designed for the rescue of downed airmen at sea with models significantly evolving to become submarine hunters.  SH-2s remain in service around the world.  

The event will feature remarks from New England Air Museum Executive Director Michael Speciale, as well as representatives from Kaman Aerospace Corporation and local state officials.  Guests will also be invited to go inside the helicopter.  Refreshments will be served.

The Jazz Bones Group to Perform at Loomis Chaffee

The Jazz Bones are not the ordinary, typical music group. In fact it may be nothing like you have ever heard. Presenting hard hitting jazz, blues in a grove, swing with driving shuffle or a sweet ballad, the Jazz Bones will be performing Wednesday, February 8 from 7:30 ­ 8:30 p.m. in the Hubbard Music Center Performing Hall at The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor.
 
The Jazz Bones Octet was organized in 1985 as a performing group of the Western Massachusetts Trombone Association. This unique trombone ensemble has arrangements written for five-part harmony. Whether they are playing a hard swing, fast jazz or a sweet ballad, a first class rhythm section backs this ensemble. Their repertoire consists of swing, jazz standards, blues, rock, Latin and funk.

The members of the band include trombonists David Sporny, who has played with Yo Yo Ma, Dave Brubeck, and the  Tonight Show band, among many others; Daniel Hendrix, who has performed with The Temptations, Donn Trenner and several orchestras; Eugene Bartley, former Westfield, Mass. music teacher who has traveled with the Four Tops and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus; Michael Ferigano, a club artist, he has played with Slide Hampton, Clarence Clemmons and many others; and David Neill, a bass trombonist, he has performed with bands and orchestras for more than 30 years.

Also performing is pianist David O¹Brien, a teacher in Worcester, Mass., he has appeared with rock, pop and jazz groups from around the region; bass player Joseph Whalen, who has performed with the Bob Newhart musical tour, Souled Out, and Dr. Billy Taylor; and drummer Chet Pasek, who has been playing since he was 14-years old with live shows, national recording artists, and many others.

The concert is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend.

"New Discoveries About The Windsor Locks Canal"

The Windsor Locks Library History Group invites you to an updated presentation by local Attorney Chris Kervick, that revisits the history of the Canal, entitled "New Discoveries About The Windsor Locks Canal".  Recent information brought to light during Kervick's continued research regarding the Canal's Irish construction workers will be put forth in an updated presentation to be held on Wednesday, February 29th at 7:00 PM in the Windsor Locks Library Community Room. The program is free, seating is limited and reservations are required. Call the  Windsor Locks Library at 860-627-1495

Windsor Locks Library Winterfest

Windsor Locks Public Library celebrates Winterfest 2012 on Saturday, February 11 with books, light jazz, free coffee, and crafts for the kids!  Shop the library's annual Winterfest book sale from 10:00 AM until 4:30 PM and stock up on books, music, audio, and movies.  Most prices range from 50 cents to $2.00 and all proceeds benefit the library.  Starbucks of Enfield will be serving free refreshments in the lobby throughout the morning.  Jazz soloist Vin Cassotta will be performing in the library from 10:30 -11:30 AM for your listening pleasure, so plan to relax and take in some great jazz during your visit.  Call Windsor Locks Public Library, located at 28 Main Street, at 860-627-1495 or visit www.windsorlockslibrary.org for more information about Winterfest and other upcoming events at the library.

Loomis Alumni and Author Speaks About the "Unconquered"

Scott Wallace will present a multi-media lecture, "Speaking for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves: How to Protect the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes," on Wednesday, February 15, at The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor. The event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Hubbard Performance Hall.

Mr. Wallace, author of The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes, is a writer, photographer, and broadcast journalist who has covered the environment, indigenous peoples, and armed conflict in some of the world's remotest places over the past three decades. His assignments have taken him from Afghanistanís windswept Wakhan Corridor to the Alaskan Arctic, from the clandestine arms bazaars of the former Soviet Union to midnight raids on suspected fedayeen hideouts in the slums of Baghdad.

A frequent contributor to National Geographic and a former correspondent for Newsweek and the Guardian, Mr. Wallace brings the full range of his writing and reportorial talents tobear in The Unconquered, an epic story of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track an uncontacted indigenous tribe known only as the "People of the Arrow." Part memoir, part travel tale, and part philosophical meditation, Mr. Wallace reveals this critical battleground in the fight to save the planet as it has rarely been seen, all wrapped in a page-turning tale of adventure.

He is a graduate of Loomis Chaffee, Yale University, and theUniversity of Missouri School of Journalism. The event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing after the lecture.
 

Windsor Locks Senior Center News

The Center offers the following fitness activities, classes and programs. Please call us at 860-627-1425 for further information. Also, the Fitness Center membership packets are available at the Center, it’s time to get fit and stay fit!!! 

Monday- Water Fitness, 12pm, Candlewood Suites, 6wk session ~ $30

Tuesday– Aerobics Class, 8:30-9am, 24 classes ~$55 (Tuesday & Thursday)

Computer Class, 9am, 8 week session~ $20

Wednesday–Tai Chi, 9am, $3/class

Thursday– Yoga, 10am, 10 week session~ $50

Zumba Gold, 4pm, 10 week session ~$50 (FIRST CLASS FREE~ 2/9)

‘Friends of the Center’ Craft Class, 1pm, supplies provided, no fee

Friday- Chair Yoga, 11:30am, 10 week session ~$50 (FIRST CLASS FREE ~ 2/3)

Computer Class, 9am, 8 week session~ $20

 And…. Monthly Nutrition Class, Wii bowling on Wednesday and Friday mornings, Bingo every Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, Monthly Footcare & Hearing Checks, and much more.

Other Events in February :

 Senator John Kissel will host an open forum at the Center on Thursday, February 16th at 11 am for a discussion on the 2012 legislative session and the issues most likely to be debated. Please stop by and share your thoughts.

Coffee with the Selectman on February 9^that 10:30 a.m., winter fest February 11^th, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. lunch and bingo! Movie Matinee Monday February 13^th 12:30 featuring “Leap Year”.

A “Polish” Valentine Extravaganza on February 14^th 11:30 a.m. Enjoy a polish feast while we celebrate Valentine’s Day. Music, games, prizes and Ugly Valentine Sweater/Shirt contest.

AARP tax-aide begins on February 6 and will run every Monday thru March. Call to schedule an appointment.

Center Trips: Enfield Mall & Olive Garden February 8^th, New Britain Museum of Art & Lunch at the Eastside German Restaurant February 15^th.

Charter Trips: The Senior Center is offering the following trips. All Welcome! Connecticut Flower Show & Lunch at Chowder Pot—Feb. 23rd $73.00,  ST. Patrick's Day with the McTourgas Brothers & The Black Velvet Band March 12th $76.00, Lancaster Quilt Show—Mar 15th-17th—3 day tour $405.00 pp. double, Patsy Cline Tribute and lunch at the Log Cabin—April 11th $77.00, Nantucket Daffodil Festival April 27th $445 pp dbl,  Oktoberfest at Wrights Mill Farm—October 17th $67.00, “Jonah” at the Millennium Sight & Sound Theater Lancaster PA – October 15th-16th $275.00pp dbl, Lobster Feast @ Log Cabin w/ Riverboat Ramblers $101.00, Washington DC—June 1st-4th—3 nights lodging 6 meals! Tours feature WWII Memorial, Capitol Hill, Embassy Row, Korean War & Vietnam War Memorials & much more! $369 pp dbl.

Call for more information 860-627-1425

Volunteers needed for our meals on wheels program. Please call the center if you are interested! 860-627-1425.

The Center will be closed on Monday February 20^th in observance of Presidents Day.

Win-TV Filming Chargers

The WIN-TV Filming Chargers Production Club is not your typical after school program. Each Tuesday afternoon from 3pm-5pm a group of 12 Middle School students come to WIN-TV to work on their own television show which the produce, write, direct, do camera, sound, lighting and star in.

The club, named after the Sage Park Middle School mascot The Charger, is an opportunity for young people in grades 6-8 to learn television production skills and apply them to creating programming that they want the Windsor Community to see. The schedule is broken up into three 8 week sessions per school year, with each week devoted to one phase of production. Week 7 is production day when the show is taped, and week 8 parents and family are invited in to see the final program at a special Filming Chargers screening.

“What I like about seeing this group of kids here is that our Middle School Club teachers, Donata Rame and Deanna White, lead them and teach them the skills to put together a television program from beginning to end, but the final product has the kid’s unique stamp—it is their ideas, their scripts, their interviewing or creativity you are seeing up there, “ says Station Manager, Jenny Hawran.

The club is FREE and busing is available from Sage Park Middle School to the WIN-TV studios at L.P. Wilson Community Center. A healthy snack is served when the kids arrive at the studio after getting off the bus. Asked how WIN-TV can afford to offer the program at no cost, Hawran says, “We feel that youth programs like this are an important thing to support. Right now we are covering the costs of it from our own budget. We are seeking a grant or a business sponsorship to be able to expand the program for next school year’s program. “

Keep an eye on the WIN-TV website at www.win-tv.org for registration for the final club session of the year, which begins in April.

Travel to Spain - Learn More March 8th

Imagine yourself standing on the ramparts of a Gothic cathedral in Toledo, Spain ... it's not a fantasy, it can happen this fall (November 3 - 10, 2012), and it won't break the bank either!

The Windsor Chamber of Commerce is putting together a trip to Spain for the public at an incredibly affordable price.
Come get all the details on Thursday, March 8 at Windsor Town Hall from 6-8 PM. Light refreshments will be served.

Rather than spending your time planning, worrying about where to go, figuring out what hotels are best, making reservations, and spending thousands more than you have to, let the Chamber do the work for you. A great itinerary is planned that will take you to all the most popular sites and have you staying in 4 and 5 star hotels all the way. You'll get to see Barcelona, Madrid and more on an eight day trip to Spain, safely in a group with friendly, English-speaking tour guides.

For only $2,499 you'll see the amazing sites of Spain, stay in luxurious hotels, eat at fabulous restaurants, shop for handicrafts and enjoy the trip of a lifetime. This price includes airfare from New York, all hotels, and six meals.

Several of the attractions you will see are featured in the popular travel book "1,000 Places to See Before You Die": La Sagrada Familia, La Cathedral de Toledo, Museo Picasso, The Prado, The Plaza Mayor, and more. There is also an optional excursion to Monsterrat.

To register for the informational meeting, or for more information please call 860-688-5165 or go to www.WindsorCC.org.