Julie LW sent on June 14 2021
Dance Community Picnic, this Sat, June 19
Hi all- Hey, it is time for another picnic! We’ll gather at Lake Lansing North this Saturday, June 19. Michigan’s Covid case numbers are heading down, down. Nice to hear the CDC has said vaccinated folks can gather without masks. It looks like Saturday is going to be a nice day and comfortably warm temps.
The combined dance committees (Ten Pound Fiddle and Looking Glass Music and Arts) decided to have some gatherings- not dances- in the upcoming warm months. Just a chance to gather- outside - and see each other again.
Who- Members of the Dance/Folk Communities
What- a safe, outdoor gathering. The most recent CDC guidelines say a vaccinated individual does not have to mask at an outside event - unless it is “crowded”. I’d suggest bringing a mask and using it as needed. Don’t assume everyone will be vaccinated- and, if you are not feeling well that day, please stay home and take care of yourself.
We can social distance - together- just not too close.
We all like music, so bring instruments if you like. We have asked Fred Johnson and Tana Denning to entertain us from 5 to 6 but others may choose to play or jam throughout the day.
Where - North Lake Lansing park
The address- for GPS users is - 6260 East Lake Drive, Haslett, MI -
We have reserved the Sandhill Picnic Shelter
This is an Ingham County Park. There is a $3 fee (per car) for Ingham County residents, and a $5 fee for non-residents.
** If you want to support Ingham County Parks, you can buy a full season pass for $32 *. *
more info at – http://parks.ingham.org
One could walk or bike in, but there really isn’t a nearby (and outside the park) safe place to leave your car (walking would be tricky too- no sidewalk on the road to the park).
When -Saturday, June 19 from 3:00pm (ish) until 7:30pm. We have the shelter reserved from 12 noon on, so you could arrive earlier if you want to. We have to be clear of the park by sunset - which at this point if just after 9! I love these long days.
What’s happening?– hiking, talking, eating, music, socially distanced games, hand sanitizer, spending time with people you like and haven’t seen much in the past year
What to bring - After our survey last month, we would like to try doing a potluck. No pressure though - you are welcome to bring your own food and not food to share. We’ll make sure we have hand sanitizer at the beginning of the line. As far as food to bring goes- make sure you can keep your food appropriately hot or cold.
PLEASE bring your own plate, utensils and something to drink.
Note that there are grills at the park- If you’d like to grill, please bring EVERYTHING you would need - charcoal, something to light it with, utensils, cooler with ice for meat, condiments, buns.
Note – beer and wine are allowed in this park- no hard stuff, please.
In addition to food, I know I’ll be bringing a Hat, Sunscreen, a water container and a camp chair. There are picnic tables of course, but it may be useful to have your own chair you can move around.
Also bring Bug spray/stuff– the entrance to the park is through a rather wet area, so if the weather has been warm enough, there will be mosquitoes- this is Michigan, there are a lot of mosquitoes in the warmer months.
I hope you can make it and the weather cooperates - the forecast is looking pretty nice - even if we can’t dance, it would be nice to see your smiling faces. Since we have a shelter so we can go rain or shine
Please let me know if you have questions. I’ll make a point of checking this email account, consistently, in the few days before the event.
(Meant to get this out earlier, but the end of last week got busy. We finally were able to have a Memorial for my Mom- who died in early April of 2020. Much of last week was spent on details for that event)
See ya,
Julie LW