After a few days' recovery, we've finally made it through the photos from Cheverly Day! Even with the rain, we definitely had a great time. Photos from the Cicada Crunch 5k and events throughout Cheverly Day are on flickr...CHVProm photos are coming very soon!
Friday, May 24, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Fireworks!
What a weekend! We're still recovering and photos will come out soon! For now, we wanted to share some fireworks -- they really are spectacular.
Thank you all again for a wonderful Cheverly Day 2013!
Thank you all again for a wonderful Cheverly Day 2013!
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Thank you, Cheverly!
What a day -- thank you to all who made it possible! And thank YOU for sharing this special celebration with us. We had a great time and hope you did, too. Photos and more to come soon, but now it's time for a rest. Hope you all have sweet dreams of Cheverly Day 2013.
Who's getting ready for fireworks?
Who's excited for fireworks? We are! Fireworks begin at 9pm, right after the Mayor's Speech & the National Anthem!
Cicada Crunch Results
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 2013 Cicada Crunch 5K Race/2K Fun Walk this morning!
Overall Male
1. William Gallagher 17:37:3
2. David Orne 17:37:6
3. John Latini 20:11
Overall Female
1. Jillian Kramer 19:37
2. Mikaela Lyons 23:32
3. Caitlin Caldwell 24:19
Master Male
1. Elliott Hamilton 20:29
2. M. Casey 23:13
3. Daniel Shenk-Evans 23:23
Master Female
1. Phillipa Gasnier 26:53
2. Barbara Michelman 27:54
3. Amanda Mercer 28:17
Happy Cheverly Day!
It's finally here...Cheverly Day! There may be a few raindrops, but we won't let that stop a great day of fun. Kick things off at Cheverly Community Market starting at 8am -- if you aren't running in the Cicada Crunch, cheer on the runners at the finish line (near the Community Center)! We have a full day of entertainment and great activities in store....
HAPPY CHEVERLY DAY!
Friday, May 17, 2013
Proud to Announce Cheverly's Annual Volunteer Award Winners
This statement was just released by the Town of Cheverly and Mayor Mike Callahan. We are proud to bring it to you. Congratulations to these fine winners!
Cheverly Recognizes Annual
Volunteer Award Winners
As Mayor it is my
honor and privilege to recognize, with consultation from the Town Council, two
citizens or Community Groups whose efforts epitomize the spirit of volunteerism
here in the Town of Cheverly. Volunteerism is the life blood of Cheverly.
While the Town
Government provides great Public Safety and Public Works services it is our
volunteer organizations that makes Cheverly a great place to live. For example;
we are only halfway through May and already volunteer organizations have:
started the Tee-Ball Season, hosted the Weekday Nursery Truck Touch, hosted the
Cheverly Plant Sale, and kicked off the Community Market Season.
What better day to
honor this year’s award winners than on Cheverly Day, where volunteers from the
Community Market and the Cheverly Day Committee have combined their effort to
have one spectacular day.
This year’s winners
are:
Mayor’s Award - Volunteer
of the Year: Steve Brennan and Legion Post #108
Steve Brennan has
led the American Legion’s efforts to create a bond between the Legion and
Cheverly residents. In doing so, Steve has provided Cheverly residents
with numerous opportunities to gather together and meet their neighbors. Cinco
de Mayo, Halfway to St Paddy’s, the Chili Cook-off, a Beach Party and Movie
Night are just a few of the events the Legion opened its doors and invited the
community to join in.
For fostering
community spirit, Steve Brennan is Cheverly’s Volunteer of the Year.
Jack Wheat Award:
Progressive Cheverly
While some may see
Progressive Cheverly as a political organization, it is clearly much more than
that. One service that Progressive Cheverly provides all Cheverly
residents are valuable forums on many different topics of interest. Of
particular value are forums with candidates for elected office and elected
officials.
A BIG thank you!
On this final day before Cheverly Day 2013, we extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who has worked diligently throughout the year -- and especially in the final days -- leading up to the biggest celebration in town. You are the reason that the largest annual community event goes forward every year and the reason that people keep coming back. We are indebted to each and every one of you. Special thanks to David Thorpe, who chairs the Cheverly Day Committee and does an amazing job, and to Mike Callahan, who rallies great volunteers each and every year.
We're looking forward to seeing everyone tonight at CHVProm, tomorrow morning at Cheverly Community Market and Cicada Crunch, and throughout the day for a Cheverly-size, Homegrown in Cheverly celebration.
We're looking forward to seeing everyone tonight at CHVProm, tomorrow morning at Cheverly Community Market and Cicada Crunch, and throughout the day for a Cheverly-size, Homegrown in Cheverly celebration.
Happy Cheverly Day Eve!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Countdown to Cheverly Day: Two days to go!!!
Wow -- we can't believe that Saturday is nearly here. At this time tomorrow, the Community Center will be a flurry of preparation for CHVProm. Honestly, we don't know where the time has gone. Let's continue our countdown...
TWO DAYS TO GO!
Today, we want to say a very special thank you to Bruce Mitchell and celebrate the years of sound engineering work he's done for Cheverly Day. Bruce has worked tirelessly to make every entertainer onstage sound their very best in all sorts of conditions. We are deeply grateful for his art and expertise. This Saturday, please be sure to shoot Bruce a thumbs up or a whispered thanks -- he'll be busy working his magic, so don't disturb him, but a sign of your appreciation can't hurt!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
CHVProm Thanks Sponsors and Donors
Are you getting excited for CHVProm this Friday night? We certainly are! The dancing, the music, the food, the people... It really is the best, biggest party in town. The CHVProm Committee thanks its wonderful sponsors and donors for their contributions to CHVProm 2013!
- Cheverly Swim & Racquet Club, Cheverly Pool Board (Cheverly Pool August membership)
- Kelly Fisher, Wildflower Yoga (three yoga sessions)
- Teresa Williams, Touch As Art (one message therapy session)
- Landover Liquor and the team Song, Alex, and Raul (liquor and beer)
- Seth B. Zirkle, Esq. of Wyatt & Weber, P.A. Attorneys at Law of Annapolis, MD (Comprehensive Estate Planning Consultation and Last Will & Testament Package)
- St. Ambrose Men's Club (four tickets to the 2014 Spaghetti Dinner)
- St. Ambrose Men's Club (one Greens fee to the St. Ambrose Golf Tournament)
- Paivi and Gary Spoon - Gary Spoon, Certified Public Accountant (Standard 2013 tax preparation)
- John McGuirk of John J. McGuirk & Associates, Inc. (four tickets to a University of Maryland Men's Basketball game)
- Cheverly Garden Club
- Cookies to Cocktails - Liz Esposito (cake)
- ChvList
Three Days to Go! A special message from the Mayor
A
Cheverly Day Message from Mayor Mike Callahan
Oh
My Gosh!! Quick -- call the
Mayor! Something has to be done! Clearly,
someone really messed up and mistakenly scheduled both Cheverly Day and Cheverly Community
Market on May 18th.
Wait a minute,
calm down, relax, and take a deep breath!
You mean to
tell me this was done intentionally?
The leaders of these two great
Cheverly traditions decided to get together and create one simply fabulous day! Not since Peanut Butter and Jelly, Ham and Cheese, Horse and Carriage, or the Fluffernutter (oh, forget the Fluffernutter) has anyone had an idea
great as this.
Just imagine, activity in Town park
from dawn to dusk:
Market Vendors, Cicada Crunch 5K (with real cicadas), Music in the Park, a
Midway, Laser Tag, Community Tables, Softball, 3 on 3
Basketball, and, of
course, the
Fireworks. Only a fireworks display could climax a day like that.
So
please come out to Town Park and help your friends and neighbors celebrate Cheverly’s
82nd Birthday. The children will love the midway, the teens will
love the laser tag, and everyone will love the music and fireworks.
Stop by the Community Market in the
morning and pick up the makings for a picnic lunch or stop by one of the
delicious food vendors – but come spend the day.
On behalf of all of the great
volunteers who organize Cheverly Day and Cheverly Community Market, welcome
to the best day of the year!!
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Volunteer Opportunity: The Midway Needs Assistants!
They need a few smart teens to help with games -- please contact Pat Nelson (301-908-4138) if you have a teen to spare for a few hours on Saturday. Kids will get community service hours and always seem to have fun on both sides of the games, playing them and running them!
Four days to go -- community organizations at Cheverly Day!
With just four -- FOUR -- days to go until the big day, we're celebrating the community organizations that will be on hand for an afternoon of fun in the upper parking lot this Cheverly Day! Get a (temporary) tattoo, make poppies, learn about bees and Cheverly in the future, get a balloon animal or a pin...fun awaits! Do you know what "geocaching" is? Find out on Cheverly Day and get ready for a great adventure.
The full lineup is on our website -- we'll see you at Cheverly Day!
Monday, May 13, 2013
Countdown to Cheverly Day: The Cicadas
public domain image via WPClipArt |
However, we're here to celebrate Cheverly Day, and one very special thing about this area is the occasional influx of cicadas that coincides with Cheverly Day. So here it is: we're celebrating cicadas. Our annual 5k race/2k fun walk takes its name from the 17-year brood...you may really be stomping on them at this year's Cicada Crunch, too!
Brood II should be hatching any day now, so we'll say that chances are very good that you'll come face to face with a few this Saturday. Some watchers, such as ABC 7's Lauren Ricketts, are predicting a smaller-than-normal hatching in the close-in DC suburbs. Entomologist Michael Raupp from the University of Maryland agrees. He a wonderful cicada map for our region that puts the nearest emergence of Brood II in Calvert, St. Mary’s, Fairfax, Fauquier, and Prince William Counties. Professor Raupp's website Bug Of The Week, shows "the blue/purple color 'II" are the locations that are mostly likely to be severely impacted by the cicadas this year"
map via ABC 7 |
You can keep track of hatching here. And The Washington Post has published very interesting, helpful advice, too.
We also like The Atlantic Wire's take on our airborne friends. Among their suggestions, go to the beach (though definitely not this weekend!), have fun, and keep a little healthy perspective. After all,
Okay. We've mustered as much healthy enthusiasm as we can. We're trying. Really, we are. Yay, cicadas!Cicadas aren't dangerous at all. They don't bite or sting. They are here to make babies! The males just fly around from tree to tree, playing their love songs in the hopes of wooing a lady with whom to make babies. Four-hundred of them at a time. Maybe more. So, yeah, not exactly cuddly, but still.But, really, if you think about it, bugs are everywhere all the time. "The density of cockroaches in Manhattan is far greater than the density of cicadas," Cooley assured us. "There are several million per acre, probably — they just aren't all noisy and flying around." That's obviously disgusting as well, but he's right: Roaches are all around us, all day. And, well, we hate to say it, but there will actually be way more cicadas lurching around at the end of the summer, once the mommy cicadas lay their eggs. And you won't even notice the babies! The little ones are so tiny that they don't even fly around, and they certainly don't sing super-loud sex music.Also, it's time to stop being so selfish. Cicadas will be great for the environment. "It's going to be a tremendous boom year for anything that can eat cicada," Cooley explained. From pigeons to ants, the animals around Brood II are going to feast. So there's that.
(A big thank you to Glen Barton for suggesting this post!)
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Countdown to Cheverly Day: The CHVProm Photo Booth
At this time next week, we'll all be recovering from a very fun Cheverly Day 2013... There are so many quirky traditions of Cheverly Day -- mostly brought about by necessity. After all, CHVProm became the amazing DIY event that it is today because a group of "concerned" citizens did not want to let the dance die when funding became an issue.
One of our favorite CHVProm traditions is the photo booth, most ably manned by Susan & Joseph Pruden. Every year, the Prudens set up a mini-studio right in the middle of CHVProm.
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
Joseph & Susan Pruden, via flickr |
We love watching the groups, pairs, and the occasional solo subject do their thing in front of the camera.
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
Seeing groups of friends and neighbors...
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
some friends who are still in Cheverly, some who have moved on...
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
new friends and old, all together again.
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
Watching wonderful relationships that stand the test of time...
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
and sharing intimate moments that a camera picks up...
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
we're so lucky that Susan & Joseph share these memories with us.
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
Happy Cheverly Day 2013 Week!!
image by Susan & Joseph Pruden via Flickr |
For many images of CHVProm over the years, visit flickr.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
One week from today...
It's nearly here...Cheverly Day 2013 is just one week away! We're looking at forecasts that call for beautiful weather next weekend -- sunny and highs in the upper 60s. Here's the full schedule of events...this also appears in the May 2013 Cheverly Town Newsletter.
We'll keep counting down this week, and we have lots of fun things to share this week...keep an eye on the blog for all things Cheverly Day 2013!
We'll keep counting down this week, and we have lots of fun things to share this week...keep an eye on the blog for all things Cheverly Day 2013!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Eight days to go and the countdown continues!
Can you believe it? Just eight days until the biggest celebration of the year in this town...Cheverly Day!
Today, we're very happy to bring you the Cicada Crunch T-Shirt for 2013. Thanks to Glen Barton for putting these together. Racing next Saturday morning? Make sure to wear your shirt for the rest of Cheverly Day -- we all want to congratulate the runners!There's still time to register...visit our website for registration links, maps, and all the details.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Countdown to Cheverly Day: Into the Single Digits
Even though it's raining now, the weather today really put us in the mood for next Saturday -- just 9 days away -- and all the fantastic music we'll enjoy at Cheverly Day! This evening, we complete our "New Bands Mini Countdown" with Sin Miedo, a classic salsa band. Take a listen: Sin Miedo performing "Son de Cuba" at Artisphere...
Sin Miedo is a ten piece band- one trumpet, one trombone, one sax, timbales, conga, bongo, piano, Bass and two lead singers.
Led by French pianist Didier Prossaird, Sin Miedo has been performing in the DC-Baltimore area for the past 10 years, collaborating with salsa greats Tito Allen and Frankie Vasquez, touring the US and abroad with the Washington Ballet, performing in music halls at Gala Theater and providing Salsa music for the hottest dance nights in the Capital.
The repertoire of the band includes original music with Spanish and French lyrics and the Salsa classics of the 70’s to today’s latest hits as well as Latin jazz.
Remember, you can see the full Cheverly Day entertainment schedule on our website...we'll be dancing on the hill in just nine days!
Sin Miedo is a ten piece band- one trumpet, one trombone, one sax, timbales, conga, bongo, piano, Bass and two lead singers.
Led by French pianist Didier Prossaird, Sin Miedo has been performing in the DC-Baltimore area for the past 10 years, collaborating with salsa greats Tito Allen and Frankie Vasquez, touring the US and abroad with the Washington Ballet, performing in music halls at Gala Theater and providing Salsa music for the hottest dance nights in the Capital.
The repertoire of the band includes original music with Spanish and French lyrics and the Salsa classics of the 70’s to today’s latest hits as well as Latin jazz.
Remember, you can see the full Cheverly Day entertainment schedule on our website...we'll be dancing on the hill in just nine days!
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