Sampling of Wine & Verse
Are you a fan of Shakespeare, wine, and of promoting arts in the community….then please join the Cook Foundation, in conjunction with Shakespeare by the Sea, for a “Sampling of Wine and Verse” on Thursday, March 18th 2010 beginning at 7:00PM. The location for the event is 6894 Main Street, Main Street Center (near the library); doors will open at 6:30PM. The event is a seated wine tasting and will feature old world wines from Shakespeare’s time as well wines from today. Light hors d’oeuvres will be provided. Performers from the Shakespeare Company will perform various Shakespearean Sonnets while serving your wines & treats. Tickets are $20 and are available for purchase at 6894 Main Street or at BardbytheBay.biz using PayPal. For more information visit cookfoundation.info or call Jen Christman @ 804-695-0700. Sponsored by the Cook Foundation.
Post Event Press Release for Meet The Families
The Cook Foundation held their first event of the year last Thursday evening, March 4th, when select musicians with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra presented “Meet the Families”. Musicians explained how their instruments made an orchestral family. After the educational demonstration each musician played a short piece. After all four families (woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion) had been introduced they all played a short musical piece together. The FREE community event was well received and children of all ages loved the instrument petting zoo. Guests were allowed to have a “hands on” session with their favorite instrument form the demonstration. The Cook Foundation will host the Virginia Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 15, 2010. This event will be FREE as well. For more information concerning this event and others, please visit cookfoundation.info or call 804-695-0700. See Event Photos
Picture My World:
Main Street Trick or Treat:
Pumpkin Walk 2009
ChalkFest
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Photo Courtesy of Quinton Sheppard
Virginia Symphony Under the Stars Free Concert:
Saturday, May 30, 2009. For a special family cultural event, plan to attend this year's Virginia Symphony Under the Stars! Location: Walter Reed Way, Gloucester Main Street. Bring your lawnchair, blanket and picnic basket! Food and drink vendors will also be on site. Sponsored by: Cook Foundation & Main Street Preservation Trust.
If you are interested in helping sponsor this incredible community event, please call Jenny Crittenden,
Director @ 695-0700.
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It was through the vision of the Cook Foundation that the lamppost basket project began. The Cook Foundation wanted to make a visual impact to Gloucester Main Street that would make visitors feel welcome and residents feel proud. Mrs. Adrianne Joseph, President of the Cook Foundation, remembered as a child while visiting her grandmother in Victoria, British Colombia, seeing lamppost baskets filled with flowers bursting with color and the positive and warm feeling it invoked in her.
So, the Cook Foundation began the process of the preliminary planning and research for the lamppost basket project. After initial research and gaining approval from the County of Gloucester, the Cook Foundation approached the Main Street Preservation Trust with the idea of the first phase of the project.
The Main Street Preservation Trust embraced the project by generously funding the first 32 baskets from the historic Court Circle towards the traffic light at Route 14/Main Street. Tidewater Tropicals, a local nursery and landscape operation, was contracted for the planting and maintenance of the baskets. The lamppost basket project is in its 2nd year and we've added 8 new baskets this year.
The community is excited about the project and have shown their support by sponsoring baskets along Main Street. A plaque is on each basket indicating who has sponsored it.The following have contributed to the lamppost baskets: Main Street Preservation Trust, Dr. Timothy Leigh, DDS., Hogge Real Estate, Inc. in "Memory of E. Claiborne Hogge", Marguerite Heyworth in "Memory of Aubrey J. Ellis", Bangkok Noi Tai Restaurant, Gloucester Community Foundation, Friends of Kitty Wilson, Garden Club of Gloucester in "Memory of Ringy Pickett", "In Memory of Capt. William Masek, Jr. from his children", HOPE, Helping Other People's Enrichment, Inc., and "Thank you Edwin" from friends of Edwin Joseph. If you are interested in sponsoring a lamppost basket, please contact Jenny Crittenden @ 695-0700.
