Circus Sideshows - Rebecca Davenport

Circus Sideshows was the title of the presentation given by Rebecca Davenport on March 14, 2017. 

Rebecca spoke on history and culture of the circus midway sideshows, and her sideshow inspired artwork.  She also showed a brief video on the history of sideshows and barkers.

An audio recording of her presentation and the accompanying video soundtrack may be heard here - it runs about 35 minutes, and may take a moment to load.

 

Meeting Minutes - February, 2017

Sage Society

February 14, 2017

OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

MINUTES

Sage Members in Attendance:

                                                                                   

Jerry Stocks, Outgoing President

Stuart Heath, President Elect

Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian

Kathryn Brown, Member-at-Large

Claudia Cornett

Rebecca Davenport

Patsy Deer

Diane Gallagher

Barbara Hathaway

Carol Lauvray

Julie Schmidt

Andrea Sisino

Melba Thomas

Martha Weeks

Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member

Members Absent:

Donna Armer, Vice President

Nimmie Huber

Carla Marsh

Carolyn Witkosfsky

                                                           

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm.

The minutes of the Annual meeting held on January 10, 2017 were approved by charter members.

Updated by-laws were approved by charter members.

New members were introduced and the group enjoyed participating in ice breakers.

Questions regarding general membership were asked and discussed.

The membership roster was passed around for corrections and additions.

Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

March 14^th                  Rebecca Davenport                Sideshows

April 11^th                    Carol Lauvray                        Reconstruction in Beaufort

May 9^th                       Geni Flowers                         History of Beaufort College

September 12^th           Martha Weeks                        Slavery

October 10^th               

November 14^th                   

TBD                            Donna Armer                          Mosaics

2018

February 13^th

March 13^th

April 10^th

May 8^th

September 11^th           Nimmie Huber                        TBA

October 9^th                  Carla Marsh                            TBA

November 13^th

The Sage Society blog can be found at: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on Tuesday, March 14^th at 4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB Sandstone building.) 

The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:15.

Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary

February 28, 2017