| November 27, 2002
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Happy Thanksgiving ! |
Share your literary talents with your fellow "Pittsburians" - All Ages Welcome ! In keeping with the characteristics of a General Store, it is our hope that this newsletter can expand to showcase the literary talents of our local community. Please submit any poems, comic strips, short stories, commentaries, etc. that you would like to share to info@thegeneralstorecafe.com . Literary pieces will be included on the newsletter and future website. Come in and Experience Our Local Specialty Food Items for Sale!
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We are Closed Thursday, But we Open Friday the 29th at 6:00 pm (extra early) ! The General Store Café will be closed this Thursday, November 28, and during the day on Friday, November 29th, in celebration of Thanksgiving (our fantastic staff needs some time off to recouperate after some very hectic weeks). We re-open for dinner on Friday night, November 29th a little earlier than usual at 6:00pm. Please come join us for some great food and outstanding music (Milagro Saints folk/soul band). Bring your out-of-town relatives to experience Pittsboro at its best experience! Constructing a new floor! Tile Artist Sally Erickson ( highlighted in our last newsletter, which you can read online by clicking here ) is taking over the "back-room" where the merchandise is currently located - and will spend four days this week creating another great tile floor for the people of Pittsboro to enjoy. So please excuse the construction dust while this improvement takes place! We will send pictures out in an upcoming newsletter as soon as the new artwork is in place! Shop till you Drop - the Antique Dealers' Holiday Open House with refreshments November 29th and 30th The Pittsboro Merchants Association and the Pittsboro Antique Dealer Association are sponsoring a Holiday Open House November 29 and November 30. All merchants will be open, serving holiday goodies. Yum!!! While you do your antique shopping, be sure to stop by for some hot cider in front of Nationwide Insurance! Chatham Studio Tour: December 7 and 8, 14 and 15 Come and enjoy the artwork of our renowned Chatham County artists as well as the students of Chatham County schools. The tour is for two weekends this year December 7 & 8 and 14 & 15. A reception is being held this Friday, December 6 from 7-9 at CCCC, Pittsboro Campus, to kick off the 10th Anniversary of the Chatham Studio Tour. More info in upcoming newsletters. The Holiday Season is Coming - Sell Your Artwork on Consignment ! With the holiday season just around the corner, the General Store Café would like to sell locally crafted specialty items. Our mantle and new hutch are ready to display your artwork! Please stop in and talk with Joyce or Vance about selling your items on consignment or email them at joyce@thegeneralstorecafe.com or vance@thegeneralstorecafe.com . |
| Friday, November 29 - Milagro Saints (Soul/folk/jam band) "It’s the dance between Ineson’s earthy vocals and Bowden’s heavenly echo that gives the group its signature stamp, along with the folky textures and catchy melodies augmented by Lee Kirby on keyboards and harmonica." Seth Rogovoy, The BeatAfter three years of molting and morphing, their second CD release, "Midnight America"(Moon Caravan Records) is about to be released. With more of the double vocal of Stephen Ineson and Joyce Bowden, and the weavings of Ineson's acoustic rhythm guitar, Bowden's Rickenbacker and Lee Kirby's keyboard and harmonica lines, "Midnight America" has a moaning core of blue-eyed Delta Soul buried underneath mostly pop sensibilities. There are standout performances by Richard Bowden on fiddle(One More Cup of Coffee), and Scott DeMattos on Fretless Bass (Invisible Child). They've added members Royden Saah on stand-up bass and Peele Wimberley (formerly of The Connells) on drums. www.MilagroSaints.com Saturday, November 30 - Shabda Shruti (New Age World Music and percussive improvisation) SHABDA SHRUTI redefines new age music with its eclectic blend of percussion, woodwind, and string instruments. Truly a cross-cultural blend, the band focuses on strong underlying rhythms of conga and bass drums, xylodrums, didgeridoos and a plethora of other percussion instruments. Melodic lines are laid over the percussion with cello, fiddle, guitar, bouzouki, and Native American and bamboo flutes. Each of the six members of SHABDA SHRUTI plays a number of instruments, bringing distinct musical influences to the mix – Celtic reels, African rhythms, and Native American harmonic lines and chants. | ||
| The Pilgrims and America's First Thanksgiving The Pilgrims, who celebrated the first thanksgiving in America in 1621, had much to be thankful for. After enduring an arduous journey across the sea, settling a new land, and surviving a frightfully cold winter, the pilgrims, with the help of their Indian neighbors, had survived the year with enough to eat. Out of the 110 who began the journey to the New World, the 50 or so who survived had much to celebrate. The pilgrims owed their salvation to the hospitality of the neighboring Indians who taught the pilgrims much about survival in this strange, new land. An Abnaki Indian by the name of Samoset, welcomed the pilgrims in their own tongue, which he learned from the captains of fishing boats that sailed off the coast. He introduced the pilgrims to Squanto who learned English from his travels to England and Spain. Squanto's importance to the Pilgrims was enormous and it can be said that they would not have survived without his help. It was Squanto who taught the Pilgrims how to tap the maple trees for sap. He taught them which plants were poisonous and which had medicinal powers. He taught them how to plant the Indian corn by heaping the earth into low mounds with several seeds and fish in each mound. He shared with them how decaying fish fertilizes the corn. He also taught them to plant other crops with the corn. The harvest in October was very successful and the Pilgrims found themselves with enough food to put away for the winter. There was corn, fruits and vegetables, fish to be packed in salt, and meat to be cured over smoky fires. The Pilgrims had beaten the odds. They built homes in the wilderness, they raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long coming winter, and they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. Their Governor, William Bradford, proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that was to be shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native American Indians. The celebration lasted three days. They played games, ran races, marched and played drums. The Indians demonstrated their skills with the bow and arrow and the Pilgrims demonstrated their musket skills. The custom of an annually celebrated thanksgiving, held after the harvest, continued through the years. During the American Revolution (late 1770's) a day of national thanksgiving was suggested by the Continental Congress. In 1817 New York State had adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday. http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/story.htm | ||
| Daily Specials!!! We
are now featuring daily lunch and dinner specials. Please stop by see what
is available as the menu will be changing day-to-day while we try out new and
exciting flavors.
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| How are we doing? The General Store Café appreciates any feedback, suggestions or comments you may have as to how we can fulfill your expectations. Suggestion cards will be available at the counter within a week, or you can send them via email to info@thegeneralstorecafe.com . Your comments are important, please allow 24-48 hours to receive a response. The final word! BREAKFAST & LUNCH : The café is open Mon-Friday 7:30 am - 3:00 pm (lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm) and on Saturday 9:00 am - 2:30 pm. DINNER & MUSIC : We reopen Thursday - Saturday nights serving dinner from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm, with live music from 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm. Sunday we rest. (special opening hours: 6:00pm on Friday the 29th!) If you wish to discontinue receiving these weekly emails, than please just send it back and say remove. Thanks | ||
