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January at Carolina Colours

Carolina Colours Admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:34:01 +0000

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!

Carolina Colours Admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:27:48 +0000

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

Carolina Colours Admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:21:23 +0000

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

Carolina Colours Admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:03:16 +0000

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

Carolina Colours Admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:46:26 +0000

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

Carolina Colours Admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:43:39 +0000

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!

Carolina Colours Admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:06:02 +0000

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’

Carolina Colours Admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:46:42 +0000

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

Carolina Colours Admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:13:28 +0000

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

Carolina Colours Admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:32:13 +0000

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