| 1999 Museum Events - Here you can review all of our 1999 events, including those already past, as well as our 1998 events, to get an idea of what the Museum is up to. You may be interested in coming to one of the next events or just come and visit, or to become a member of the Museum. Please go to our events for 2000. |
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Please review what we did in recent years. It will give you a good idea of what the Museum does each year and you will want to join us for our upcoming events. 1998 ... 1999 ... 2000 ... 2001 ... 2002 and our 2003 events and plan a trip here. |
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April 10, 1999, |
Friends
of the Pratt Museum sponsored a "SPRING
FLING" benefit dessert dance featuring THE AVALONS, a group well
known for its "Big Band Sound" at the Windham
Arms Hotel, Route 23, in Windham, NY. Admission price included a variety of elegant desserts, coffee, tea and dancing. Cordials available. For information and reservations, everyone called 518-299-3372 or 518-299-3360 |
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| May
9, 1999 |
Golf
Tournament at the Christman's Windham House. To register, people called the Windham House Pro-shop 518-734-2640 and paid a $50 entry fee, but on May 9th, Mother's Day, all mothers' fee was only $40 ... for 18 holes of golf, cart & green fees and light lunch on the course ! Many thanks to Christman's Windham House. PRIZES: First, second, third place & last. Putting & chipping contests, longest drive, straightest drive contest !! Sponsored by Friends of Pratt Museum & local businesses. All proceeds benefit Pratt Museum. |
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| May
22, 1999 |
Spring
Candlelight Dinner at the Pratt Homestead.
We dined by candlelight in an
authentic 19th century setting and contributed to the support of the Pratt Museum at our
annual Spring fundraising dinner. Dinner was as sumptuous as Pratt himself used to have in this Federal style mansion.  - 1979 to present, published May 22. E-mail
us, or buy one at the dinner. |
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| May 29 - 2:30 p.m. | Jody Primoff exhibit opening. Reception at the Pratt Museum at 2:30. Roxbury artist Jody Primoff exhibied her artwork in the Bank Building Gallery of the Zadock Pratt Museum | ||||
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| May
29 - July 11, 1999 |
Roxbury artist Jody Primoff opened our season with an exhibit titled "Seeing in Color", mainly Catskills country views. in the Pratt Museum's Bank Building Gallery of the Zadock Pratt Museum. Primoff was born in Utica, studied at Syracuse University and attended New York City's Art Students' League. After retiring as a special ed teacher, she and her husband Gene moved to Roxbury, NY, where she established a gallery where she paints, writes, gardens ... and frequently exhibits her watercolors, collages and mixed water media paintings. | ||||
| June 19 - 2:30 p.m. | Francis X. Driscoll, Photographer. Reception at the Pratt Museum at 2:30. "Images of the Northern Catskills" - Exhibit in the Pratt Museum Reading Room |
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| You
can now not only attend our Museum Dinners - you can also buy the
Zadock Pratt Museum Dinners Cookbook ! It includes 1979-2000 dinners and has room for updates. |
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| June 19 - July 31 |
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Francis X. Driscoll, Photographer, will exhibit his "Images of the Northern Catskills", in the Pratt Museum Reading Room |
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| July 24, 1999 | Home,
Garden, Church and Quilt Tour - hosted by The Friends of the Pratt Museum. 19 stops - homes and gardens, a church, museum and free ice-cream cone. 1 - 5 p.m. Tickets were $10 each (children under 16 free), at the Museum prior to the tour.
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July 25, 1999 |
Silent Auction
- The Friends
held another Silent Auction all day Sunday July 25. Last year's auction was a
great success and great fun for everyone, with great items sold, including antiques, local
supplies and services. This year's was even better. Local
businesses have been very generous in contributing to the Silent
Auction. This year, a week in villa in Jamaica, with a pool was sold, a lawyer's bookcase, a garden water fountain, and many gift certificates for local services. We also had a Friends of Pratt Museum Bake sale. |
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| August
7, 1999 2:00 p.m. |
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QUILT
LECTURE.
As part of the quilt exhibit, we presented a free lecture on Historic Quilts
given by Muriel Pons of Prattsville and Pauline Lawrence of Ashland. A child's quilt was started by a lady who was one hundred years old at that point. She never completed it, but today it is a finished example of the School House design. You will learn how that happened from Pauline Lawrence, who started quilting herself when she was five. The Brown Goose quilt, pieced in the mid 1800's, handed down through the generations, and lost for several years, has been found and given to the Zadock Pratt Museum by the inheritors. In faded ink, many names on it remind us of families in Delaware, Schoharie and Greene counties. For whom was this quilt made ? The answer to that questions and other mysteries will be attempted by Muriel Pons. |
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24, 1999 - end August |
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| August 21, 1999 | 3rd Annual Museum Summer dinner by the
waterfalls was attended by 60 people. If you missed this
year's, the please book early for next year's summer dinner. This one
has become a major event. Make new friends
and meet old friends, enjoy great food, in superb setting. The
sights and sounds of the river make this an evening you don't want to
miss. This year, we had a special treat for dinner guests: Rich Bala entertained us with folksongs of the Hudson Valley Region from late 18th and the 19th Centuries. - 1979 to present was published
this year. E-mail
us, or buy one at the dinner. |
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| September 11, 1999 | 2nd
Annual Progressive Dinner
The Friends of the Zadock Pratt Museum hosted ts second annual
Progressive Dinner. This year, the theme was Hawaiian:
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| September 12, 1999 |  |
John (Ivan) Balura Paintings Exhibit - opening reception 2-4 p.m. in the Pratt Museum Bank Room | |||
| September 12, 1999 - Columbus Day |  |
John
(Ivan) Balura Paintings - Nature studies, landscapes and animal studies
strikingly executed in oils, and watercolor, comprise the bulk of Balura's
work, although he still delights in pencil and ink, still lifes and
sketches of favorite places.
The Catskill Mountains, Acadia National Park in Maine, and the New England Coast, long a source of subject and inspiration for artists, are Balura's current challenge, as he seeks to capture anew their sweeping grandeur as well as the intimate detail of their natural beauty. |
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| September 12, 1999 - Columbus Day | "Music
Alone Shall Live"
- Exhibit of 100+ years old musical
instruments from the Pratt Museum collection:
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| September 24-25-26 | Prattsville Carnival, sponsored by the Prattsville Chamber of Commerce. Many different rides for children. Food judging. Baked goods. Vegetable judging - bring your own to the competition. | ||||
| October 23, 1999 | Pratt Museum Fall Candlelight Dinner.
"Mystery in the Moonlight" Dinner this year. You must
book
early - this year's museum dinners are very popular ! - 1979 to present was published
this year. E-mail
us, or buy one at the dinner. |
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| November
16, 1999 till Christmas Monday - Friday 1 - 4 p.m. plus the HolidayWeekend |
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Friends
of the Zadock Pratt Museum will open the Museum Christmas Shop -
November 15
The Museum Shop will be open
Tuesday-Friday, 1 - 4 p.m. plus the Holiday weekend.
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| Friday,
December 10 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec11 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec 12 1-6 p.m. |
Annual
Museum Holiday Program. The
Friends of the Zadock Pratt Museum in Prattsville invite you to their
"Country Friends Christmas Open House". Although
wonderful entertainment will be provided and refreshments served,
there is no charge to the public to attend. Of course, a good
will offering to support the Museum is always appreciated and
membership for 2000 will be available. Every room of the museum will be decorated with trees by the elementary students from the Gilboa-Conesville Central School and the creative talents of museum members and friends. Christmas carols will be sung on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and Santa Claus will make a special visit from 2 - 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday to all good children (so you better be there). There will also be entertainment throughout the weekend to delight all ages. In addition to all the fun, the new Museum Gift Shop will be open. this endeavor to raise funds for the Zadock Pratt Museum has created an opportunity for shoppers to buy unique gifts which have been selected carefully and will be specially wrapped for you. How can you miss this opportunity ? The Museum Gift Shop will be open Tuesdays through Fridays 1 - 4 p.m. November 16 to Christmas week. Please use the side entrance to the Museum, next to the Post Office. |
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| Please review what we did in recent years. It will give you a good idea of what the Museum does each year and you will want to join us for our upcoming events. 1998 ... 1999 ... 2000 ... 2001 ... 2002 and our 2003 events and plan a trip here. | |||||
