Pyramid 56ers

Well it is hard to believe that it is already June and half the year has come and gone. It seems like yesterday we were having our Holiday Open Houses and enjoying that special time of year.

The April meeting started off with some great news as we had a special guest arrive at the home of Ralph and Alinda Norris’s in Taylor . Nancy Herrmann arrived with Russ and Jayne and announced she is moving back to Atoka sometime in June and will be back with us full time. We had a great time seeing all the work Ralph and Alinda had put into their new home and it looks great. Alinda is now able to display most of her village pieces and is still working on adding more. Thanks for a great meal and a wonderful meeting. After the meeting several of us attended the Double Decker Art Festival in Oxford . We had a great time looking at all the booths and enjoying all the people watching.

The June Meeting will be at the home of Pat Malone’s on Saturday June 18^th at Noon . We will be having a make-n-take with street signs for your Villages. You can read more about it in the article below.

To the left of this column you can see the people who have volunteered to host one of our meetings for the year. We appreciate you volunteering your home and allowing us to fellowship with you.

The club enjoyed having the raffle last year, which the money raised went to pay for the supplies for the display at Kirby Pines, so we elected to hold another one this year. This year we will be using the funds to pay for the supplies for another display. You can read more about that in the newsletter. The tickets will be $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00 we will sell tickets at each meeting.

We received some special gifts from Department 56 to use as we see fit for our club. We will use some of the accessories in the new City Display we are setting up. I want to send a Special Thanks to Melinda at Department 56 as well as the NCC for providing us with these pieces.

See you at Pat Malone’s on June 18^th!

Jeffery

Mark Your Calendars:

June Meeting: August Meeting: October Meeting: December Meeting:

Pat Malone’s Gerald and Barbara Frazier’s Road Trip Jeffery’s & Don & Mary Collier’s

Sat. June 18^th, Noon Annual Picnic & Display Prep Details to follow Saturday Dec. 3^rd, 4:30 p.m.

Make-n-take Street Signs Open house at Jeffery’s and then

move to the Collier’s for Holiday Dinner and Gift Exchange

New Memorial Display Set Up:

In honor of Jim Shull, Jim’s family and George Moore have donated several Christmas in the City Houses for use in setting up another display like we did at Kirby Pines last year. It was quite fitting since this was one of Jim’s favorite Villages. The club voted to build another display and we are in the process of locating another venue in which to showcase it. If you would like to donate any pieces to the display please feel free to do so. We have several houses but we desperately need accessories and people. Barbara sent out a list of what we have and we would like for you to bring it to the June Meeting. We also need a donation of trees of any style. We will be helping to build the foam work and layout at Barb and Gerald’s in August. I have drawn up plans for the table and we will create one like we did last year.

This is a great opportunity for us to showcase our club and to have an opportunity to share the love we have for our villages with others at a very special time of year and to honor Jim’s memory.

Club Raffle

Club Foam Cutter:

This is a reminder that the club has purchased a foam cutter for those that are interested in using it please email and we can get it to you for your use in setting up your displays.

NCC Corner… by Barbara Frazier

The National Council of 56 Clubs (NCC) is an umbrella organization for independently organized and operated collector clubs throughout the United States and Canada . The purpose of the NCC is to promote Department 56 member clubs, cultivate cooperation among member clubs, facilitate the exchange of information between member clubs, assist in the formation of new clubs, and stimulate the presentation of collector events and gatherings.

Gatherings:

2011:

The only 2011 Gathering is the Happy Trails to Arizona Gathering and will be September 29th- October 2^nd, 2011 . If you would like more information please visit the gathering website: www.southwestvillagers.com

2012: My Kind of Town Chicago:

Gathering to be held in Rosemont , IL
September 21 - 23, 2012

The only gathering in 2012 will be in the fall in Chicago . It is still in the works and will be but on by several of the Illinois Village Clubs.

They will send out more details as they emerge.

Election of Officers for 2012-2013

The President of the NCC has declared the new officers of the NCC.

You can see our new officers at the NCC website.

The NCC website is a great source of information so be sure to check it out at the following link.

NCC website www.ncc56.com

Collectors Corner of Department 56: www.department56.com

Pyramid 56ers on Facebook:

Join us on Facebook. The club has set up a Facebook Page. The page includes information about the club, how we got started and other topics. We will be making regular updates as events occur. We already have a few fans and, if you would like, you can post pictures of your displays.

Door Prize Winners:

April Meeting

Construction lights: Alinda Norris

Thomas Granary: Barbara Frazier

The Ice Man Waiteth: Nancy Herrmann

Rocky Mountain Wildlife: Gerald Frazier

Pennsylvania Dutch Farm House: Ralph Norris

Department 56 Mid-year Introductions:

Department 56 has introduced their new Mid-year introductions:

There are many great new items including the always popular Gift Sets for each of the major villages. They also have introduced several new village lines; The Jim Shore Heartwood Creek, Peanuts and the Grinch. The even introduced a special piece honoring the Royal Wedding. Samples are featured below but you can also view them at www.Department56.com.

Peanuts Grinch Royal Wedding Jim Shore

New Village Blog:

http://www.christmasvillagefun.blogspot.com/

I just wanted to let you know that there is a new Department 56 blog that is quite interesting. It talks about of lot of things and there are a lot of interesting stories and articles about so many things related to village collecting.

Please be sure to check it out.

Membership

Update…

Please try to keep your membership information up to date. If you have any changes, please contact Alinda with your name, current address, email, phone number, Birthday, Anniversary, and the villages that you collect.

Thanks!!

Still looking for New Members:

We are still looking for new members to join our club.

If you have any friends or family that might be interested in joining please let them know about our club.