Celebrating their 16th year 
          

Gathering 2007
Updated Schedule

Friday, June 1, 2007
 

    10 am - 4 pm   

What: On your own visit the A. C. Todd Cornish Studies Collection
Where: Doris Foley Library for Historical Research, North Pine Street (across from the Court House)
Nevada City
 
4 - 5 pm What: "Nevada City: Queen of the Northern Mines," a panel discussion featuring local authors on the role of the Cornish in the development of this picturesque Sierra town.
Where: Penzance Room, City Hall, Broad St., Nevada City
 
6:30 - 9:30 pm What: Cornish Pub Night (no host), pub menu, sing-along with the voices of the Grass Valley Male Voice Choir

Where: Grass Valley Elks Club, corner Main & School Streets (across from the Holbrooke Hotel)

Early Evening What: Gathering Registration

Where: Grass Valley Elks Club
 

Saturday, June 2, 2007

  Breakfast at your hotel or B & B
 
9:00 am What: St. Piran Festival -- public event co-hosted by Grass Valley Downtown Association
           Flag Salute, greetings of Mayors, Town Crier, announcements, Pasty Olympics

Where: City Hall Parking Lot, corner of Main & S. Auburn Streets, Grass Valley
 

11:30 am What: Pasty Luncheon, catered by the Empire Mine State Park Association
           Presentation of preliminary plans for the 2009 North American Gathering of Cornish Cousins in Nevada County.

Where: Club House, Empire Mine State Park   Empire Street, Grass Valley
                 

1:00 pm What: On your own with a free pass to ALL the Nevada County Museums: tour the Empire Mine State Park and/or the North Star Mining Museum in Grass Valley or the Nevada County Railroad museum in Nevada City, or seven other historical sites; or shop on Mill and Main Streets in Grass Valley or Broad and Commercial Streets in Nevada City.
 
4:00 pm What: Annual General Meeting of the California Cornish Cousins

Where: Ball Room, Grass Valley Elks Club

6:30 pm What: No host social hour

Where: Banquet Room, Grass Valley Elks Club
 

7:00 pm What: Banquet Dinner, featuring the Grass Valley Male Voice Choir and Keynote speaker David Watkinson

Where: Grass Valley Elks Club
   

Sunday, June 3, 2007

9:00 am What: Traditional Methodist Worship -- Cornish Style

Where: Nevada City United Methodist Church, Broad Street, Nevada City
 
10:30 am What: Wrap-up Planning meeting for 2009 and CCC Board Meeting

Where: Nevada City United Methodist Church Hall


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