A Gathering of LDotters
Program of Events
June 13-15, 2008; Townsend, Tennessee
Friday, June 13th:
6:00-9:00:
--Introductions
--Socializing
--Pamphlet: ''The Humor of LDotters''
--Dinner (garden salad, chicken with cranberry/orange sauce, marinated pork loin, creamy mashed potato with roast garlic, sweet potato casserole, mixed vegetables, and chocolate cake.)
--Door prizes (including a copy of Jonah Goldberg's book Liberal Fascism, a copy of the New York Times from the late 1860's, a Lucianne.com insulated mug, an ancient Roman coin, and a homemade quilt.)
--Featured speaker: Don Surber (columnist for the Charleston Daily Mail and blogger extraordinaire)
Saturday, June 14th:
9:00-9:15--Introductions and socializing
9:15-9:45--Political Activism: LDotters and the Upcoming Elections
--[Do we as a group want to select a close Congressional race and target it with radio commercials or other efforts?] (moderated by Engraved-on-His-hands)
10:00-11:00--classes
--HTML coding and website publishing (taught by Pinchem)
--quiltmaking (taught by the wife of Engraved-on-His-hands)
11:00-11:45--Time for visiting the museum or for socializing
11:45-1:00--Lunch
1:00-1:20--Political Activism--Part II
1:20-1:35--Message from cap MarineTet68
1:35-1:50--Break
1:50-2:30--''The Front Line in the Culture War'' (Engraved-on-His-hands)
2:30-2:45--Message from WeenerDog
2:45-3:00--Conclusion and Cleanup
3:00 onward--transition to Cades Cove (tour the Cove or gather at the campground pavillion; box ''lunches'' for supper)
Sunday, June 15th:
1:00--Picnic lunch and informal gathering (for anyone remaining who wishes to come--either at Cades Cove or at the home of Engraved-on-His-hands) [Site to be determined, in part, by the number of people remaining and by weather predictions.]
