Fourth of July parade, 1928 Old Canterbury/Plainfield bridge in winter, c.1920 Canterbury Green looking to the northeast, c.1950 Setting the Rochambeau Memorial March marker, May 2006 The Willoughby house at the intersection of Routes 14 & 169, c.1930 Walter Papuga at his Westminster Hill Store, c.1960 Preserving the Cleaveland Cemetery gate, 1976 The Asa Bacon Homestead, c.1900 Recess at the Green School, c. early 1900s Carpenter's hoops ready for delivery, c.1920s Calvary Chapel, c.1940s Butts Bridge under construction, 1936 Near Old RT 14 Quinebaug Bridge, c.1912 Arthur Bennett's sawmill, c.1920 Charles Barstow with buggy, c. early 1900s John Warner Barber print of Canterbury Green, 1835 Jonathan Wheeler House -- built 1760 Dr. Helen Baldwin & family, c.1945 The Flood of August 1955
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Event Details
     
Friday, January 8th 2010 at 7:00 PM, business session first, followed by program
 
Location: Community Room of the Canterbury Town Hall - 1 Municipal Drive, Canterbury, CT  
   
Musician Rick Spencer Presents "The Music of Henry Clay Work"
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Rick SpencerWe are delighted to welcome back multi-talented Rick Spencer, this time for "Connecticut's Songwriter: The Music of Henry Clay Work." Join us for this opportunity to enjoy some of the most interesting and engaging songs by one of the most important and popular songwriters of the Civil War era. Henry Clay Work, along with Stephen Foster, Daniel D. Emmett and a handful of others, wrote melodies that are still familiar today. They were the great "pop" hits of the '50s, '60s, and '70s (1850s, '60s, and '70s that is.)

Work was born and died in Connecticut. His songs "Marching Through Georgia," "Grandfather's Clock," "The Ship That Never Returned," and others helped to form the soundtrack of the period. This program will include an exploration of how popular art forms reflect the cultural spirit of their times.

This is the society's annual meeting at which the board of directors will be elected. All are welcome to attend, but voting privileges extend only to members whose dues are currently paid up.

For more about the gifted and highly entertaining Rick Spencer, see http://www.catfeather.com/bios.htm.

Free and open to the public. Bring a friend and linger over refreshments to make new friends.

 

 
Cliff Williams with saw rig, c.1920s The Prudence Crandall House, c. early 1900s First Congregational Church, December 1963 First Congregational Church fire, December 1963 Ford (Fort) Ned remains, 2002 Frink & Wright Store, c.1930 Canterbury Grange, c. 1920s Teacher Happie K. Tracy, c. 1950s Fly rod maker Hiram Hawes, c. 1920s Henry Larkham & friend, c. 1900s Canterbury Plains, c. early 1900s Statue of Moses Cleaveland in Cleveland, Ohio Bennett's skunk farm on Graff Road, c.1920s

 

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