Celebrating their 13th year           

2004 Gathering of the California Cornish Cousins
Nevada City, California
May  21, 22, 23, 2004
Schedule
(Subject to minor modifications)
Location: Nevada City Elks Lodge

Friday Afternoon, May 21:
  4:00 - 6 :00 PM  Mayor's Reception at the Nevada City Hall
 
Friday Evening, May 21:

6:00 PM  Registration Opens at the Elks Lodge (Joe, Maureen, and Tamara Roberts)
7:00 PM: No host bar and the Gathering of the Cousins at the Nevada County Elks Lodge
8:00 PM: Program: Introduction to Gathering 2004 (Robin Roberts)
                              Introductory remarks by Yowann Byghan and Susan Witterick
                              A Short History of the California Cornish Cousins (Robin Roberts)
Saturday, May 22:
 7:00 AM  Buffet Breakfast at the Elks Lodge (For Full Registration Attendees only--no others admitted)
 8:00 AM  Morning Program ("No Breakfast" Registrants will be admitted at 8:00 AM)
                    - Schedule for the Day (Robin Roberts)
                    - The Cornish Identity in 21st Century America  (Susan Witterick)               

 9:00 AM  Choices I:
                   - Self-Guided Tour of selected Nevada County historical and cultural sites
                   - Visit local bookstores to pick-up a book to donate to the A. C. Todd Collection
                   - Visit the Foley Historical Library to see the A. C. Todd Cornish Studies Collection
                   - Tentative: Pasty cooking demonstration by Robyn Hearn-Houts (time and place TBA)

12:00 PM  Pasty lunch at the Elks Lodge (included in the Gathering registration)
                   - The Cornish Language and Other Cornish Tidbits  (Yowann Byghan)
                   - A Look at Cornish Folk Dances (Robyn Hearn-Houts)

 2:00 PM    Choices II:
                   - Connecting the Cousins: (Hosted by Joe & Maureen Roberts and Robert Hailer)
                          A Sharing of Genealogical interests, methods, sources, and software
                   - Singing Cornish folksongs with Yowann and company
                   - More self-guided Tours of Selected Nevada County Sites 
 4:00 PM     - Official Nevada County Dedication Ceremony for the A. C. Todd Collection at the Foley Library
                         (Hosted by: Steve Fjeldsted, Nevada County Librarian)
Saturday Evening, May 22:
  5:30 PM  Annual Business Meeting including the Annual Elections and a ceremony celebrating the creation of the A. C.
                    Todd Cornish Studies Collection (Elks Lodge)
  6:30 PM  Annual Gathering Banquet (Elks Lodge)
  7:30 PM  Evening program (Elks Lodge)
                     Keynote Presentation by Yowann Byghan
                     Traditional Naturalization Ceremony by Gage McKinney
                     The singing of Trelawny led by The "Cousin Jack Orchestra"
 
Sunday Morning: May 23:
 7:00 AM  Buffet Breakfast at the Elks Lodge (For Full Registration Attendees only--no others admitted)
                  [Tentative: Board of Directors Meeting during Breakfast]

 8:00 AM  Morning Program ("No Breakfast" Registrants will be admitted at 8:00 AM)
                  Cornish and Celtic Music (Richard Cook)

10:00 AM Motel Check-out and dispersal of the Cousins.