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January at Carolina Colours

January is another busy month at Carolina Colours.  Contact Ken Gerhardt for time and details, but Yoga is scheduled  each Momday at 9 am, and each Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 am.  Duplicate bridge is scheduled each Thursday afternoon at 12:30.  Our Member’s Dinner is each Friday evening, with the bar opening at 5 and dinner served about 6:30.  Evening Bunco is at 7  on January 10 and 26, and on most Monday afternoons at 1.

There are new activities for the community starting this month.  A quilting class will begin at 9 am on January 13, and will again meet at that time on January 20 and 27.   Steve Schaffer will speak on the Battle of New Bern at 5 pm on January 13, preceding our Members Dinner.   Our normal knitting group will meet January 11 at 2 pm, and again at that time on January 25.

Special events include a prive Landscaping lunch and event all day on January 12th, a private party the evening of January 19, and a Bridal Show on January 22.  Finally, a thank you breakfast for our golf course Pride Volunteers will be held at 9:30 on January 30.

January is a slow golf month, but our normal Tuesday morning LGA and Wednesday morning MGA games go on.  Please sign up in advance in the pro shop.  And remember, times are reserved for ladies on Thursday mornings and for men on Friday mornings, make your own game or sign up in the pro shop if you don’t have a 4some.

New Year’s Eve Celebration!

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Nearly 100 Carolina Colours residents and their guests turned out for the first annual New Year’s Eve party at the Pavilion.  With dancing preceding and following a sumptous multi-course meal prepared by Chef Katherine, many a resident felt sore muscles Sunday morning as a reminder of the good time had the previous evening.

New Custom Home

Congratulations to Louis and Roseanne Humphrey, from Durham, NC.  They are retiring to Carolina Colours, and they are the most recent property owners to have house plans approved for construction.  Mike Maher, their builder, indicates that construction on lot 2, Waterleaf, will begin the first week in January.  This is the second home to go under construction in Waterleaf, the newest neighborhood addition to Carolina Colours.  Occupancy is expected by the end of summer.

Christmas at Carolina Colours

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Thanks to the many volunteers who got all our community wreaths and decorations ready for display, and to those hearty souls who climbed the ladders throughout the community to hang and display them.  As has been the case for years, Carolina Colours looks great at Christmas, thanks to a lot of labor and love.

The community Christmas party at our Pavilion had over 100 members in attendance.  Featuring a great meal by Chef Katherine and a coastal Christmas decoration motif, thanks to the social committee, everyone had a great time.  The Christmas gift exchange and “stealing” , as is the case every year, brought a lot of laughs, and gave everyone a chance to savor their wine.

On to our New Year’s party upcoming, as we will end the year in style!

Friday Evening Breakfast

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Chef Katherine turned the normal Friday night members meal at the Carolina Colours Pavilion into an elaborate breakfast recently.  The food, including the home made  pastries, drew raves.  And those electing to attend in pajamas were the evenings entertainment!

The event was so popular, we can start looking at some Sunday brunches in 2012.

Books and More

Please remember that the Carolina Colours “loaner” library located in the Pavlion continues to grow, with a very eclectic selection of books: fiction, sci-fi, non-fiction and biographies abound.  Due to space limitations, we are unable to put on the shelves duplicates, and some books are rotated in and out of circulation.  Thanks to those that continue to donate; more than 20 books a week are being borrowed by our owners.

Also remember that we have an extensive magazine collection, and many puzzles.  Magazines and puzzles are located (along with some audio books) on the table beside the bookshelves.   Enjoy!

As an aside, (although not in our library yet), I strongly recommend the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny, for those that like detective fiction.  The writing is excellent, and the characters memorable.  Perhaps the best series of its genre I have come across in years.

Ken Kirkman

What A Group!

Fortunately, Carolina Colours has good elevation and drainage.  Therefore, our recent storm visit resulted in no flooding, no injuries, and minimal home damage.  It did, however, leave a lot of debris from trees over roads, yards and the golf course.   In large part because of unrecruited volunteer efforts by a large number of residents, all roads were made passable by the day following the storm, all driveways were cleared within about another day, and most amazingly, the golf course was open for play in a week.  None of this could have been accomplished without the dozens of volunteers who worked, with a smile, to help their neigbhors.   It was truly amazing to see how quickly Carolina Colours was back to normal.   While none of us ever smile when we pay property taxes, we also saw another benefit to being within the New Bern City limits, and the city staff is already working to haul of debris, big and little, where in may communities the citizens have to pay for such service after a storm.

I cannot thank our residents enough.  Our sense of community, as is does so often, shone through.

Ken Kirkman

Annual Pig-pickin’

The annual Carolina Colours pig-pickin’ on Sunday evening, July 17, was, as usual, well attended.  About 110 residents came to the Pavilion for pig, cooked on site, as well as chicken and all the sides.  Attendees brought appetizers and desserts, more food than one can imagine.  After dinner, many played horsehoes, bocce ball and other games, while spectators cheered them on.  Photos from the event will be in our next community newsletter.

July at Carolina Colours

July is another busy month at the Carolina Colours Pavilion.  Activities for the second half of the month include the following:

July 11, 18, 25: Yoga from 8:30 to 9:00 am

July 12, 19, 26: 9:00 am.  Ladies Golf Association play

July 13, 14, 20,21,26,27,28: Yoga from 8:30 to 9:30 am

July 13, 27: Knitting from 2-4 pm

July 13, 20, 27 at 7:30 am: Mens golf association play

July 14, 21: Duplicate bridge from 12:30 to 4:30 pm

July 21: Social bridge from 12:30 -4:30

July 17: Member’s annual pig pickin

July 22, 29: Members drinks and dinner in the Tap Room at 5:00

July 23 at 6 pm: Wedding and Reception

July 27 at noon: Neuse Board of Realtors meeting

July 30: Wedding and Reception

Carolina Colours June Events

The following events are scheduled for the Carolina Colours Pavilion and Golf Club in June:

June 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.   Yoga

June 6, 13, 20, 27 from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.  Yoga

June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 7:30 a.m.  Mens Golf Association events

June 3, 10, 17, 24 at 5:00 p.m.  Member bar and dinner events

June 4 at 4 p.m.  Wedding and reception.

June 5 at 1 p.m.  Habitat for Humanity charity golf tournament

June 5 at 6 p.m.  Temple Baptist Church dinner

June 7.  Brice’s Crossing Association meeting.

June 10 at 2:30.  Nine and Dine golf event.

June 14 at 6 p.m.  Private dinner party.

June 14 abd 23 at 7 p.m.  Bunco

June 16 at 1 p.m.  Social bridge

June 18: Wedding and reception.

June 19: Father’s day golf event.

June 24: private event in ballroom

June 29 at 11:30 a.m. Neuse Board of Realtors meeting in ballroom

June 2 at 7:30 a.m.  Rotary Club breakfast

June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 at 12:30 p.m.  Duplicate bridge

June 2, 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 8 a.m.  Ladies Golf Association events

May Events at Carolina Colours

May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Yoga at the Pavilion, 9:00 am to 9:30 am and 5:30 pm to 6 pm

May 5, 12, 19, 16:  Yoga at the Pavilion, 8:30 am to 9:30 am

May 3, 10, 17,,24, 31: Ladies Golf Association playday

May 4, 11, 18, 25: Mens Golf Association playday

May 5, 12, 19, 26: Duplicate bridge at the Pavilion, noon to 4:30

May 6, 13, 20 27: Members dinner at the Pavilion, bar opens at 5

May 10, 26: Bunco at the Pavilion, 7 pm

May 12: Bunco seminar at the Pavilion, 4 pm to 5 pm

May 12: Lions Club dinner at the Pavilion

May 13: Nine and Dine, shotgun start at 2:30

May 14: Wedding and Reception at the Pavlion

May 14-15: Member-member golf tournament

May 19: Social Bridge at the Pavilion, 1 pm to 5 pm; CCC meeting, 8 am to 4 pm; full swing golf seminar by Pete Dunham, PGA pro, 4 pm to 5 pm

May 21: Wedding and reception at the Pavilion

May 22: Mixed couples member golf event, tee times start at noon

May 25: Neuse Board of Realtors luncheon at the Pavilion

May 27: Wedding and reception at the Pavilion

Oh, What a Night!!!

February 12th was a fabulous night for young (and older) lovers.  The Carolina Colours Social Committee hosted the 3rd annual Valentine’s Day Dinner and Dance.  More than 50 residents and guests partied late into the night.  The evening started with a “Guess WHo” contest,  Couples were tagged on their backs with names of famous couples.  By asking questions, the couple sought to determine their new identity.   All had a great time.

Chef Katherine prepared a great menu, with hors d’oeuvres passed during the cocktail hour, followed by a 4 course sit down meal.  Salad, caviar parfait, beef tenderloin, roasted asparagus, potatoes and a chocolote mousse dessert, made for great eating.

Chuck Kolb provided 4 hours of non-stop music, with dancing from dinner until midnight.  Who knew that the Carolina Colours contingent had such rhythm and stamina, with a great variety of music played and danced to.  The highllight was a special performance of “YMCA” by our our own Carolina Colours Village People–a show not to be soon forgotten.  With the success of this event, more dinner dances will certainly be in the offing.

Special thanks to all the social committee, Betty Orsega and Kathy Zimmerman for centrpiece decorations, Chef Katherine for a great meal, Ken Gerhardt for coordinating everything, Kitty and Paul for decorating the ballroom, and all our neighbors who attended and made the event a great success.

Special 2011 Social Events

All Carolina Colours property owners are reminded to mark on their calendar the following special Pavilion events for 2011.  All are being organized by the Carolina Colours Socail Committe, and these are but a few of the many events planned, or to be planned, in addition to the normal Friday evening gathering and the many golf events.

Friday, March 4: Mardi Gras party

Friday, March 11: St Patrick’s Day dinner

Sunday, April 24: Easter Egg hunt

Friday, June 10: Seafood picnic by Jerry T and friends

Sunday, July 17: Annual Pig Pickin’

Friday, October 14 -Sunday, Oct 16: annual appreciation weekend

Friday, December 2: Christmas Party

Saturday, December 31, New Year’s Eve Dinner/Dance

See you there!

Pavilion Activites at Carolina Colours

March activities at the Carolina Colours Pavilion include the following:

March 3, 7, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28 and 31: Yoga for our members; alternately 8:30 and  9:00 am.

March 7, 14, 21 and 28: Yoga for members, 5:30 pm.

March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31: Duplicate bridge, noon.

March 4: Mardi Gras dinner for members.

March 8 and 24: Bunco for members, 7:00 pm.

March 11: St. Patrick’s dinner for members.

March 17: Social bridge for members, 1:00 pm.

March 18 and 25: Members Friday night cocktails and dinner.

March 30: Neuse Board of Realtors luncheon.

We look forward to seeing our members at these and other community activities during March.

The Wreaths Come Down…Thanks

Thanks to the coordination of Mike Wilson and the great community response, all 217 wreaths that were hung along the Carolina Colours streets were removed and boxed up in one morning!  Planned as a two morning task, the 33 volunteers, working in teams, removed the wreaths from their Christmas homes and boxed them for storage in record time, letting the many more that had volunteered for Saturday morning off the hook.  Many of these same volunteers both helped purchase the wreaths, and install them, before Christmas.   All of us at Carolina Colours enjoyed their beauty through the  holidays, and we all certainly appreciate the time and effort put in by so many to make our community a great place to live over the holidays (and the rest of the year, for that matter).