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Where is the Music for Giving Recital?
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Find out what Matters in Rochester...
Welcome to Rochester Main Street's weekly e-mail update. This newsletter contains information with downtown happenings and upcoming events.
If you are a business or non-profit in our community that would like to contribute to this weekly update, please contact Mike Provost at director@rochestermainstreet.org |  |
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Question of the Week Contest!
This week's question:
Where will the Music For Giving Recital be held? |
| Find the answer to the weekly question in this newsletter! Simply email the correct answer to director@rochestermainstreet.org. A weekly winner will be drawn from all correct answers and will be qualified for our quarterly drawing. The quarterly drawing winner will receive new Rochester Main Street Gift Certificates, valued at $50. These certificates can be redeemed at participating Rochester businesses! Entries must be received no later than the Monday following the date of the Main Street Matters newsletter. Weekly winners will be announced in each subsequent Main Street Matters and the first quarterly winner will be drawn on Wednesday, June 30th.
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Congratulations to Roger Galuska! |
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Roger was the winner of last week's subject line question in the Main Street Matters email. He correctly answered that the new downtown walking tour "If These Rocks Could Talk: Stories of the Granite State", will debut on June 4. His name will now be entered into a quarterly drawing for $50 in Rochester Gift Certificates! Don't miss out your chance to enter...just answer the question (answer found in the Main street Matters articles) and email us for a chance to win!
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| Rochester Shoe Festival to debut on June 12
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PLEASE! |
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Main Street volunteers are busy with final preparations for the first Shoe festival, scheduled for Saturday, June 12, 11-3 in the heart of downtown. Underwritten by Spaulding Composites, Inc, the festival is a family fun event celebrating Rochester's heritage as a shoe manufacturing community. The day will start with a 5K family fun run/walk, hosted by the Rochester Recreation Department. The event will start at 11:00 am from the triangle at South Main Street. For more information, contact the Recreation Department directly at www.rochesterrec.com Those attending the event will be able to partake of many shoe themed activities, such as an "Ugliest Sneaker Contest" sponsored by Bootleggers Footwear, where the winner will receive a $100 gift certificate. Prince charming will be on hand for ladies to try on a glass slipper, courtesy of MetroCast, and men may try their expertise in the high heel race sponsored by Holy Rosary Credit Union. A Shoe Fly contest and giant Shoe Scramble will round out the activities. Local businesses and restaurants will be holding interactive activities and offering specials also. A child's trackless train ride and a bounce house will keep children occupied while mom and dad enjoy the food and entertainment at Factory Court, Corinne's School of Dance and onstage at the Square. Lee Raceway has promised to send a few cars , weather permitting, and many local organizations will be on hand with information and demonstrations.. Sponsoring partners include Profile Bank and Northeastern Nonwovens, Inc helping with the costs of producing the event. Organizers are still accepting buskers, booths and are looking for volunteers to help with activities and logistics. For more information, please call the Rochester Main Street Office at 603-330-3208 or email director@rochestermainstreet.org. Vendor registrations are online at www.rochestermainstreet.org . It is hoped that the shoe trees may bloom in time for the festival. |
| Rochester Main Street Calendar of Events |
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Friday, June 4-Rock Out (unveiling Art Esprit artwork) gathering at Factory Court, 5-7 pm
Saturday, June 5- Family Fun Day Benefits Juvenile Diabetes Research at Rochester Fairgrounds ,10:00 am -4:30 pm
Saturday, June 5- Music For Giving Recital, June 5, First Church Congregational at 7:00pm
Saturday, June 5- Granite State Choral Society Concert, Methodist Church, 7:00pm
Saturday, June 5- Rock Sculptures, Rock Stories, Rock Clues, see www.artesprit.org
Tuesday, June 8- Rochester Chamber Golf Tournament & Clambake
Thursday, June 10- Rochester Historical Society, Growing Up Franco-American, 7:00pm
Saturday, June 12- First Annual Shoe Festival, 5k Fun Run, downtown, 11:00 am to 3:00pm
Saturday, June 12- First United Methodist Church Yard Sale, 8-2
Saturday, June 26- Frisbie Summerfest, Staff Parking Lot, 8:00 am - 4:00pm
Saturday, July 17- Cruisin' 60-Car Show, Rochester Historic Museum, 11:00 am -2:00pm, Hanson Street
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Chamber Business After Hours at artstream, June 3rd, 5-7pm |
| artstream and Art Esprit will co-host the June Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours at the artstream Studio and gallery on North Main Street. Networking, door prizes, refreshments and fun are on hand as we begin to celebrate the new downtown walking tour "If These Rocks Could Talk: Stories of the Granite State".
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Art Espirit Introduces "If These Rocks Could Talk: Stories of Granite State," June 4th |
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Art Esprit Introduces "If These Rocks Could Talk: Stories of the Granite State", June 4th
Art Esprit will be launching our new downtown walking tour on June 4th. 20 Sculptures - 20 Poems
A Temporary Public Art Exhibition, on view June 4th to October 17th as a Downtown Walking Tour in
Rochester, NH. For more information contact ART ESPRIT: www.artesprit.org info@artesprit.org .
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| Family Fun Fair Day on June 5th to Raise Funds for Juvenile Diabetes
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Local Business Owner Alex Cavellero is hosting a Family Fun Fair Day to Benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research at the Rochester Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 5th from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. In addition to fun and entertainment activities such as a jumping house, kid's tractor pull, sack race, penny hunt and other carnival games are on tap. All net proceeds will go to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Donations and help is being sought. If you or your company would like to participate, please contact Alexander Cavellero at cavelleroandson@metrocast.net or call 603-396-1386.
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| "The British Are Coming!" Granite State Choral Society Features "Two Rochesters" in concert, June 5th |
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GSCS and director Seth Hurd welcomes our friends from the Rochester Choral Society and their music director and featured organist, Roger Sayer, from Rochester, England. We will collaborate in a joint concert with the choir from the First United Methodist Church,Kevin G. Lindsay, Music Director.The program will include the Requiem in d minor, Op 48 by Gabriel Fauré, the Coronation Anthems by G.F. Handel and traditional spirituals. First United Methodist Church, 7:00pm. Tickets are $12 at door, $10 in advance. Advance tickets available at Care Pharmacy or from any Choral Society Member.
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| Sidewalk Talk June 8th Features MicroCredit-NH at Fat Tony's, 8am |
| Rochester Main Street's Sidewalk Talk, a monthly merchant forum for downtown featuring speakers, networking and items of interest to downtown merchants will be held on Tuesday, June 8 at 8:00 am at Fat Tony's Italian Grill at 61 North Main Street. Gary Chabot, regional representative of Micro Credit- NH will be the speakert. Micro Credit-NH works with the self-employed and small businesses that have up to five employees-known as microenterprise owners. They make up 87% of all small businesses in NH and are one of the most powerful economic engines in the state. Micro credit-NH provides loans, business training and networking opportunities to develop strong businesses and increase incomes. They are the only statewide provider of both loans and business training. Micro Credit-NH is a program of the NH Community Loan Fund.
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36th Annual Rochester Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament & Clambake, June 8th |
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The Rochester Country Club will be the host site for a 9:00 am shotgun start. The $130 fee includes a clambake dinner from Fosters Downeast Clambake . Call the Chamber at 332-5080 for more information or to register. Sponsorships are still available.
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| Growing Up Franco-American (with no patent leather shoes!), Rochester Historical Society, June 10th |
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On Thursday, June 10, at 7:00 PM Lorraine Masure will present "Growing Up Franco-American (with no patent leather shoes)" at the Rochester Historical Society on Hanson Street. A first-generation immigrant, Masure will describe what it was like for agrarian folk who bravely left their people and their homes in search of a more secure life. Their immersion into a different culture resulted in times of both struggle and joy. Masure will escort her audience through various settings of home, work, church, school, and town hall along the cultural nuances of her childhood that often resulted in an Old World upbringing that seems light years away - even to her today. "I think all seniors, especially those whose parents have a French heritage, will see themselves in my stories. And young people will be amazed at what life was like for us. It's informative, and now, as I look back, some of it's pretty funny, too," Masure said.
All are invited to attend. Admission is free and refreshments will follow the meeting. For more information, please call the Rochester Historical Society at 330-3099 or e-mail rochesterhistorical@metrocast.net.
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| First United Methodist Church Yard Sale, Saturday June 12th |
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The first United Methodist Church will host it's yard sale at 34 South Main Street on Saturday, June 12 from 8:00 am until 2:00pm. They will also be serving Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Sausage Subs & Beans for lunch.
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| Join Bridging the Gaps in wishing the Rochester Senior Class of 2010 a Safe and Drug Free Graduation! |
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For ONLY $10 - local businesses, community groups and/or non-profits can participate in a full page ad in the Rochester Times to "Wish Graduating Seniors of Spaulding High School a Safe and Drug Free Graduation." Open to the first 21 groups to respond. You will receive a 3.75 inch x 2 inch rectangle for your company or group to send your wishes to graduating seniors. You can either design your own ad or send your logo and any other information you want in the space and we will design it for you. All designs MUST promote an alcohol & drug free message to seniors. The ad will appear in the June 17th edition of the Rochester Times. Submit designs to: Jennie Seyer O'Connell at joconnell@hscstrafford.org. PDF, EPS or jpeg preferred.
Send payment to Bridging the Gaps Coalition Attn: Jennie Seyer O'Connell, PO Box 321 Rochester, NH 03867. Make checks payable to: Health and Safety Council of Strafford County. All checks and ad designs MUST be received no later than Friday June 11th at 12 (NOON) Please include company/group name, address, a contact name and phone number/e-mail with your design & payment. For questions: please call Jennie at 330.7160
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| Rochester Economic Development Department/Rochester Main Street To Offer Business Welcome Bags |
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The Rochester Economic Development Office has purchased a quantity of re-usuable shopping bags with the downtown logo on them to use to hold information welcoming new businesses to downtown Rochester. This is a chance for local businesses to provide a "welcome coupon", dining establishments to offer sample menus, and local organizations to provide information on their services. The Main Street Program will be inserting their information brochure, annual report, annual events calendar and an invitation to attend the monthly Sidewalk Talks, held the second Tuesday of each month at locations throughout the downtown. There is no charge for this opportunity, and businesses wishing to take advantage of this should provide 100 items. Items may be dropped off at the Rochester Main Street Office at 18 South Main Street, Suite 2B or at the Rochester Community Development Office located in the Community Center on Wakefield Street
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| If you have any questions regarding the content of this newsletter or any upcoming events, please contact Mike Provost at (603) 330-3208 or director@rochestermainstreet.org | |
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