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SQUARE DANCING CLASSES STARTING UP. One of California’s Oldest and most fun dance clubs, the Jackson Claim Jumpers are announcing New-Dancer Classes starting in September. The Jackson Claim Jumpers Square Dance Club is for singles, couples, and families. It is a great way to have some enjoyable exercise and meet new people. Youth and adults are welcome! It is NOT SQUARE, IT IS DANCING. It is more like FUN, FITNESS, & FRIENDSHIP set to music. New-Dancer classes start September 8, 15 & 22 at 7:30 p.m. at no cost. You are invited to even just come and check it out on any or all of these three dates. You’ll meet the friendly club members and see how much fun they have, and how easy it is to learn square dancing. Featuring the exceptional, awesome, and popular Jim and Sharon Rammel as callers, singers, and cuer. Where: 229 New York Ranch Rd., Jackson Senior Center. Call 267-9004, 296-8701, or 296-3718 for more information.
Preston Castle Foundation: Wine Tasting and Tour, Saturday, September 13 from 3-6PM, Preston Castle, Ione. Cost: $30 per ticket Come taste the fine wines of Amador County and tour historic Preston Castle. Experience the history of Preston and feel the sensation of the past. Attendees will sample fine wines from commemorative castle wine glasses and enjoy a variety of hor d'oeuvres. Tickets can be purchased at www.prestoncastle.com or by calling 209-274-4112. Preston Castle Foundation began work in 1997 to restore, preserve and provide utilization of this important California landmark. community resource. Help save the castle by visiting www.prestoncastle.com
AMADOR COUNTY HERITAGE DAY, Saturday, October 18 from 10AM-5PM. Fun for the whole family! Firehouse Chili Cook-off, Kennedy Mine Spaghetti Cook-off, Dutch oven cooking demos and homemade cornbread, Sierra Six-Guns & Sidekicks, Kit Carson Mountain Men, Company C, Fireman muster events, wagon rides, several heritage groups, artists, handmade crafts, antiques & junk dealers, Coyote Moon band, old time Bingo, pumpkin painting, campfire singing, specialty item vendors, and lots more! For more info call 223-2327 or email fanch@volcano.net
THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS under the direction of Randy Sparks, appear on Monday, October 20 at the Hotel Leger in Mokelumne Hill. Social Hour/doors open at 5:30PM; show begins at 6:30 pm. Showcasing local wines; appetizers and desserts included! Tickets/Admission: $25. Available at the Hotel Leger, the Calaveras County Arts Council, by emailing Cheri Garamendi at townhallrestoration@mokehill.com, or by calling Brenda Brown at (209) 286-1273 or Joyce Peek at (209) 286-1733. Proceeds to benefit the Mokelumne Hill Town Hall Restoration Project.
Share your photos of Sutter Creek! City of Sutter Creek is seeking photos which will be used throughout the General Plan documents. Rock walls, creek, downtown commercial, historic, etc. Send your photos to Mary Beth Van Voorhis at mvanvoorhis@ci.sutter-creek.ca.us. For more information, call her at 267-5647 Ext. 245
Sutter Creek Bus & Walking Tours:Tours depart from the hotel, 53 Main Street, Sutter Creek at 10:30 a.m. each Saturday. Guided walking tours of Sutter Creek’s historic buildings and sites are also being given. Walking Tours are $10 each for 5 to 20 persons; those tours leave at 1:30PM from the Sutter Creek Visitors Center, 71-A Main Street. Reservations for walking tours may also be made at the hotel.
Guided bus and walking tours, for residents or visitors available at $15 per person, cover various aspects of Sutter Creek and Amador County history related to Farms, Wines, Mines and Spirits. Advance reservations may be made with the American Exchange Hotel at 267-0242.
Tour guides, all historians, are Larry Cenotto, author, former county archivist and expert on Amador County history; Eric Costa, author of wine books and professional winemaker; Robert Richards, author, artist/illustrator and fourth generation native of Sutter Creek; Dennis Price, retired teacher and long-time tour guide at the Kennedy Mine, and Bob Fyock, docent at the Monteverde Store Museum. For other information, call the visitors center at 267-1344.
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Sierra Amador Chapter Meet at the Church of the Nazarene, 14050 Ridge Road, Sutter Creek. Members, visitors and guests welcomed. For more information, call 295-7182 or 267-5198. Visitors and guests are welcome. There is plenty of parking. For further information about the Sierra Amador Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please call 295-7182.
Preston Castle Tours. Take a tour of Preston Castle from 10 am - 1 pm on the first and third Saturdays of every month. No reservations are required—don't forget your camera! Tickets for tours are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $10 for children. Kids under 5 years get in free.
Make the castle the destination for your next group activity. Photographers, car/motorcycle clubs, school field trips, and others have enjoyed great days at the castle. For more information on tours, visit www.prestoncastle.com
Special Exhibit: Kennedy Mine Model. Tours, Saturday & Sunday, on the hour from 11AM to 3PM, Amador County Museum, 225 Church Street, Jackson Mechanized replicas of the headframe, stamp mill and the wheels...action-packed showing of how the "Hardrock Miners" brought the gold up from more than a mile! Special student and group tours by reservation, any day or any time.
Call 209-223-6386 for information.
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