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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).

Golf Course Grand Opening

The Grand Opening of the full 18 hole Carolina Colours Golf Course took place Saturday, October 16, with about 70 members and property owners playing a highly contested scramble.  While the quality of golf ranged from excellent to the other extreme,  there was unanimous praise for the newly opened back 9 of the course.  With terrain changes and winding bridges over Brice Creek, the heavily wooded site is uniqely beautiful for the New Bern and central North Carolina coastal region.  And with limited public play available, all the golfers in our region have an opportunity to experience a memorable playing experience.

Our winners on Saturday were:

1st place:   Gale and Marilyn Biers; Karl and Sandra Berberich

2nd place:  Mike and Mary Ann Downs; John Gonzales; Luigi Montesano

3rd place:   Ray and Kathaleen Smith; John and Nancy Filipow

Closest to pin on par three  nos 2 and 12:   Larry Wolf and Jim McGraw

Drive closest to the line on no 7:   Peter Koines

Congratulations!

Owner Apprecition Weekend

The fourth annual Carolina Colours Property Owner Appreciation Weekend was held October 15 and 16.   Around 150 owners attended our Saturday night Barbeque at the Pavilion, our biggest turnout ever.  Our normal Friday night dinner attracted nearly 100, also a record Friday turnout.

Local merchants contributed about 50 exceptionally nice door prizes, so a large number of our owners headed home with their hands full.  The highlight of the weekend was the grand opening of the back 9 of our championship golf course, but our social committee had also put togeher a number of New Bern activities for the non-golfers in the crowd.

It is always a lot of fun to have owners planning to build in the future mingle with those already living in Carolina Colours, as friendships are made even before a home is constructed.  With a number of our home site owners using the weekend to meet with builders, the number of constructed homes will continue to increase.

Thanks to all those property owners who attended and participated!

First Hole In One!

Member Chris Babich recorded the first hole in one on the newly opened Carolina Colours Golf Course on Sunday, August 29.  Using her Ping Rhapsody eight iron on the 112 yard 6th hole, a a well struck shot resulted in her Nike ball finding the bottom of the cup.   All of your members offer congratulations to Chris, one of our members enjoying play at Carolina Colours several days each week.

Carolina Colours Community Newsletter – August 2010

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Hot off the Press!  Carolina Colours, New Bern, NC, community newsletter…  Enjoy Colourful Happenings, the monthly Carolina Colours community newsletter. The newsletter reports gatherings and happenings in the New Bern NC community during the month.  Learn about how Carolina Colours neighbors live, work and play. Colourful Happenings newsletter content includes info on people, social, golfing, dining, recreational, charitable, historical, cultural events, holiday get-togethers and simply everyday life.

View Second Annual Carolina Colours Pig Pickin’

View Second Annual Carolina Colours Pig Pick’n

For those of you who are not from North Carolina, a pig pickin’ is a type of party or gathering held primarily in the Carolinas which involves the barbecuing of a whole hog (source:Wikipedia).  Up North, we called them “pig roasts” where they generally consist of digging a big hole, lots of firewood, and lots of guys who stayed up all night drinking and tending to the pig.  Depending on the size of the pig, this method took a good 18 hours or so before you could enjoy the meal.  Thankfully, the good folks of North Carolina know how to do a pig pickin’ the right way–that means, you contact a local butcher who cooks the pig at his place and delivers it on a trailer, complete with all the “fixins” (bakd beans, cole slaw, potato salad and rolls).

On Saturday, July 10th, Carolina Colours residents hosted our 2nd annual Pig Pickin’ at our Social Pavilion.  Special thanks to Mary Ann Ohsol and Diane Barnett for leading the charge, and the rest of the Social Committee for assisting.

It’s a good thing we held it indoors this year since Mother Nature decided to “crash” the party with thunder and lots of rain.  More than 120 Carolina Colours residents, property owners, friends and family members joined us for a fabulous party.  Attendees brought  a variety of delicious appetizers and desserts to complement the pig.  The Southern hospitality has definitely spread throughout our community.

Although the games were essentially rained out, we did manage to hold a “putting contest” on our practice putting green.  We also held an impromptu game of Bocce Ball in the ballroom.

Great fun was had by all! We are looking forward to more events planned for the the remainder of 2010,  Check the website peridically for a listing of upcoming events.

Mary Ellen Dorsey, Co-Chair of the Social Committee

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July 2010 Calendar

More Friday Winners

During the month of June, our community Friday night golf contests continued.  In succession, a closest to the pin putting contest, a sand shot, a 3 hole putting contest and a chipping contest were contested.   As usual, the set ups were not easy.  Winners  (listed in the same sequence as events) were John Filipow (2’5″) ; John again for the men, and Chris Babich for the women (with Chris the overall winner at 2’6′); Jason Wilson (even par); and Dave Stoll (5’9″).  The members are clearly honing their skills in anticipation of the opening of the front 9 for members only on July 29.

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust

The developer of Carolina Colours is honored to be a sponsor of the North Carolina Land Trust.  For those not familar with the organization, it is a non-profit that, working coorperatively with land owners, purchases lands or easements in eastern North Carolina that are important for habitat, recreation or environmental purposes, or even small farming operations, using money provided by donors, governmental agencies and private grants.

Those of us in Carolina Colours should be pleased that the Land Trust recently proteced 135 acres in our county of Craven, which is adjacent to 163 acres previously protected.  These acquistions help to protect the headwaters of Anderson Creek, and to provide a buffer around the Cherry Point military base.  This tract is also near th Land Trust’s Magnolia Farm Preserve, and the Croatan National Forest.

The Land Trust has now protected 45,388 acres in North Carolina!  Carolina Colours is pleased to donate a membership in the Land Trust to each purchaser of developer owned property in Carolina Colours, adding to the 2110 household members of the organization.  We hope that our owners elect to continue their membership long into the future, as the special nature of eastern North Carolina is enhanced with each new acre protected.  For more information, visit www.coastallandtrust.org.