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Ragtime 2010

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RAGTIME FESTIVAL 2010 - The first ragtime festival was recently held at the Pioneer Florida Museum. Here are some of the local organizers: from left, Dot Wood; Virginia Blake, ragtime concert coordinator; John Royen, ragtime and jazz pianist from New Orleans; Sue Ann Howard; Dade City Commissioner Camile Hernandez; and Carol Cruz.

 

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John Royen, ragtime and jazz pianist

 
Garden Club 3rd Cooking School

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Pictured:  Brian Olson, General Manager of Jim Browne Citrus Chrysler- Jeep – Dodge and Sam Rhineberger, General Manager of Patriot Chevrolet, both located in Dade City, co-sponsors of the Dade City Garden Club demonstration dinner class on April 15, 2010.

Dade City Garden Club
Cooking School Demonstration Dinner –
“Café Habana – A Cuban Dining Experience”

The Dade City Garden Club is pleased to announce that the third cooking school event of the year will be offered on April 15, 2010 and will feature local guest chef, Vickie West.  The dinner will begin at 6pm in the gourmet kitchen of Sonny’s Appliances, in Dade City.  The cooking school will be co-sponsored by Jim Browne Citrus Chrysler – Jeep – Dodge, 12020 U.S. Hwy 301, Dade City and Patriot Chevrolet, 10741 U.S. Hwy 301, Dade City.

The preparation for each course of the meal will be demonstrated and then served to participants.  Seating is limited to 48 guests and tickets are $45.00 and must be reserved by calling (352) 567-6841.

The guest chef for the evening will be Vickie West, a local caterer with many years of experience.  The menu will include an appetizer of shrimp served with a special Tejano style dipping sauce followed by the main course which will include black bean soup with marinated rice, mixed greens salad with vinaigrette dressing, roast pork tenderloin and Cuban bread.  The dessert course will be Tres Leche cake. The appetizer will be paired with sangria and a wine will be served to complement the entrée and dessert with coffee and water also available.

The two previous cooking schools were very successful with delicious meals and a sold out crowd.  All proceeds from the events are being used to fund capital outlay projects at the Garden Club building located on 5th Street . The Garden Club dining events will eventually be expanded into an annual "Taste of Dade City” celebration.

 
Ragtime Coming to Dade City! - March 12 & 13

Ragtime’s Coming to Dade City!
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The first annual Dade City Equestrian Parade and Ragtime Festival, an event sponsored by the City of Dade City Youth Council and the Pioneer Florida Museum, will occur Friday and Saturday  March 12 and 13.  An Evening of Ragtime concert will take place in the Mabel Jordan Barn at the museum, one mile north of Dade City on Highway 301 at 7 PM on Friday.  Headliner for this concert will be John Royen, renowned ragtime and jazz pianist out of New Orleans.  He will be joined by a ragtime ensemble out of Orlando.

Advance tickets for the concert are $15 and are available at the museum (352-567-0262).

Saturday March 13, will see an Equestrian Parade of horses and horse drawn carts and carriages through Downtown Historic Dade City, leading the crowds to Agnes Lamb Park on Meridian Avenue.  At the park there will be live ragtime music, dance exhibitions by Sally Blackwood dance students, vendors, including barbeque and old fashioned smoked mullet by On Q Smokehouse Grill, as well as many family activities, such as Magic by Keith Fleming, and balloons by Tony the Balloon Guy.

Sharing these festive days in downtown Dade City will be A Plant Affair, featuring a Patriotic Standard Flower Show by the Dade City Garden Club, located at 13630 5th Street in Dade City. The preview gala and awards ceremony for this event will take place from 5-6:30 PM on Friday, with tickets available from members or at the door.  On Saturday from 10 AM to 3 PM the public is invited to enjoy a Woodland Walk through the botanical gardens, a Gardener’s Bazaar plant sale, and the convenience of a trolley back and forth between Ragtime at Agnes Lamb Park and the Garden Center festivities.

 
Boom - Good Time Music! at Osceola
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JBOOM will be playing the historic Osceola Tavern Saturday, Jan 30th, from 8pm to midnight. BOOM is a collection of long-time Dade Citians and Zephyrhillians, including Dennis Alfonso, Jennifer Frazier, Debbie Wilkins, Bud Grudnik, and Rich Parisi.  They play an eclectic and exciting mix of rock, blues, and alternative.
 
Cooking School Jan21st

Dade City Garden Club Sponsors Cooking Schools

The Garden Club has two more cooking schools planned in it's series of
three events. The first school, The Flavors of Italy, was very
successful and everyone enjoyed Chef Bob Parrinello 's food and wine
pairings.

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Allen Altman, Farm Bureau Insurance, and Laura Johnson,
Co-Chairman of the Second Cooking School


Our two remaining "cooking school" events will also be held at Sonny's
Appliances in Dade City. The preparation for each course of the meal
will be demonstrated and then served to the participants. Seating
will be limited to 48 ticket holders. The menu will also include
wines especially paired for each course.

The next cooking events will be:

January 21, 2010 – The demonstration meal will have a Cajun/Low Country
theme and will be demonstrated by the owner of Malie Kaylai’s Café in
Brooksville, Larie Hensley and her two sons. Mallie Kyla’s is a two time
winner of the Southern Living Reader’s Choice Award for the Best Small Town
Restaurant and was recently featured in a Channel 10 News Flavor segment.
After each course is demonstrated, guests will enjoy eating each course
which will be paired with an appropriate wine. The sponsors will be Allen
Altman of Farm Bureau Insurance, Wilton Simpson of Simpson Environmental
Services, Inc., and Dr. Mili Patel, DMD, of Smile Design Dentistry.

The menu will be:

Bayou Gumbo

Cajun Shrimp and Grits

Heart of Palm Salad

Rosemary Crostini

Praline Ice Cream Pie with warm Carmel Pecan Sauce

Paired Wines, New Orleans Milk Punch and coffee

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Mili Patel, DMD, of Smile Design Dentistry,
and Pat Carver, Co- Chairman of the Second Cooking School.

April 15, 2010 - Theme yet to be decided, but related to Spring/early
summer./ The meal will be demonstrated and served by caterer Vicki West,
of Dade City. The sponsor for this event will be Jim Brown of Jim Brown
Citrus Chrysler and Jim Brown Chevrolet.


Tickets are on sale for $45.00 each and may be obtained by calling (352)
567-6841. The dinner starts at 6:00 p.m. and will be held in Sonny’s
Appliance Center gourmet kitchen on U.S. 301 in Dade City.

 
Kwanzaa Celebration in Dade City

Kwanzaa Celebration in Dade City

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF EAST PASCO COUNTY, INC

2009 KWANZAA CELEBRATION

SCHEDULE OF African American CULTURAL EVENTS

 
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