Summertime and the Winning is Easy at Leonardtown First Fridays

 

Start the evening off with dinner at one of our local restaurants, then come stroll around the Square singing along to perennial favorites from the ‘60’s through the 80’s.  Local Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll cover band GeeZer performs “Music for the Middle Aged” – songs from bands like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Santana, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Buffet, the Eagles – but with enough variety to please fans of all ages.  With Mickey Ramos on drums and vocals,  Dennis Logan handling vocals and keyboards, Pierre Thuot on bass, Frank Taylor and Robin Guyther on rhythm guitars and vocals, and Bob Schaller on lead guitar, the group will be just one of the activities of the evening.    

 

Another is the first-ever “Info Share on the Square”.  Visit information tables set up by LBA members  to help you discover that there is so much more to Leonardtown than just the Square!  Representatives from St. Mary’s Macaroni Kid, Craft Guild Shop, the Leonardtown Arts Center, Bella Music School, Nanny On Call and St. Mary’s Ryken High School will be on hand, giving out information and directions, so you can discover these local gems for yourself.

 

And while you’re in and around Town, stop by Port of Leonardtown Winery, Fuzzy Farmers Market, North End Gallery, or Fenwick’s Used Books and Music and purchase a couple raffle tickets.  Summertime Raffle chances go on sale June 1st and will be available through July.  The big drawing will be held at the August 3rd First Friday.  Tickets will be sold for $1 each or 12 tickets for $10.  Lucky winners will either receive gift cards from LBA businesses, or the Grand Prize – a gorgeous, hand-crafted coffee display table built by artisan carpenter Rob Seltzer of Herring Creek Furniture.  Herring Creek Furniture is located on Herring Creek just off the Potomac River in Valley Lee, MD.  Mr. Seltzer specializes in locally harvested lumber and reclaimed building materials and has been designing and building furniture for over 20 years.  His goal is to make sure each finished piece showcases the natural beauty of the selected wood and the reclaimed materials, including windows, doors and porch posts.   Visit the Herring Creek website gallery to get a taste of their craftsmanship and style:  www.herringcreekfurniture.com/galleryMain.html.  Seltzer’s handiwork can also be seen in the Port of Leonardtown winery tasting room!  Raffle prizes will be displayed on a rotating basis at local participating businesses.  Go to www.leonardtownfirstfridays.com for more information and the display schedule.  Many thanks to Herring Creek Furniture, Port of Leonardtown Winery, Good Earth Natural Foods, Big Larry’s Comic Book Café, Brewing Grounds, and Fenwick Street Used Books and Music for their generous prize donations.

 

The donations don’t stop there, however.  June 1st is a chance for you to give back – and it won’t cost anything.  Just bring your old cell phones and drop them off at Port of Leonardtown Winery on Route 5, or in Town at North End Gallery.  It’s that simple.  Hope Phones takes any phone, working or not, and erases all data through a certified and secure process. The phones are refurbished for sale or recycled safely. Hope Phones receives the value of each recycled phone to purchase new mobile technology for the field.  New phones are then distributed to countries all over the