[IOCA] Winter Fun Weekend at MHC Mar 4-6!
Adam Wishneusky
adam at adambox.org
Sat Feb 12 14:37:03 CST 2005
* * * WINTER FUN WEEKEND AT MOUNT HOLYOKE! * * *
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We hope that you will join us this March for Mount Holyoke College
Outing
Club's annual contra and winter fun weekend IOCA event!
This year's contra will take place 8-10pm on Friday, March 4 in the
Great Room
of Blanchard Campus Center. We will join lots of other contra-lovin’
MHC and 5-
College students. Outdoor events and a super cool multimedia
presentation will
follow on Saturday morning and early afternoon. For those of you coming
from
afar, there is the option to spend Friday night on campus or at our
cabin.
Here is a tentative schedule:
DINNER
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We’re planning on lasagna and/or spaghetti, so if anyone in your group
has
special dietary needs, please let us know. Location TBA. 5:30 pm Friday
evening
on the Mount Holyoke Campus. We'll meet up and warm up, play a round
of cards
or Cranium, and get ready for....
CONTRA DANCING!!!
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Did you know college outing clubs kept contra dancing alive in Western
Massachusetts? Our caller, Allison First, LOVES playing for college
audiences! She and a few other musicians will provide the tunes for
two hours
of dancing in the Great Room of Blanchard Campus Center. This is a
bigger space
with better sound equipment than we have had in previous years. There’s
plenty
of room to spread out and get your dance on! 8-10pm, Friday evening.
OVERNIGHT
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It's a 3-mile drive to our cabin at the base of Mount Holyoke. We can
sleep about 20 people there. Alternatively, some of our members are
willing to house people in the dorms for Friday night only. Or you
could pitch
a tent. Regardless, bring a sleeping bag and pad.
DAY TRIPS on Saturday morning
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Hiking!!!
Leaving in the afternoon from Wilder Hall. Hike our beloved Mount
Holyoke (aka
Skinner Mountain). May require snowshoes depending on the conditions.
This is
an intermediate hike and will last about 2 hours. Lead by Emily Welch.
Backcountry Skiing/Sledding/Snowshoeing/etc!!!!
Departure time variable, leaving from Wilder Hall. Hike/ski/snowboard
around
our upper lake and other near-campus trails. It's ungroomed, but
snow-cover is
good. Or, take a sled ride down Prospect Hill. Or travel a little
further to
the State Reservation for mild cross-country skiing/snowshoeing trails
or ice
skating/hockey/broomball on the pond. You're left to your own devices
to get
up the hill. Bring your own equipment if you have it, please! Courtney
Moore
will lead a bunch of folks who want to explore the trails on campus.
Snowball fight!!!
Whomever, whenever. Watch your back the entire weekend for attackers!
Ally
Neher will fire the first shot.
LECTURE and PRESENTATION by Dave Anderson on Saturday afternoon
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In the early afternoon, come hear professional photographer/mountain
guide/adventurer Dave Anderson give a talk and multimedia presentation
about
his travels! This guy gets paid to be an adventurer and gave an amazing
presentation of “The Long Walk” at MHC last year.
This is from Dave’s site:
“Three friends and I spent this past fall retracing the amazing journey
of Slavomir Rawicz, chronicled in the book the The Long Walk.
The Long Walk is a true story of a remarkable trek to freedom. In 1941
Rawicz escaped from a Soviet labor camp in Siberia with six fellow
prisoners. They spent a year walking over 4,000 miles of the most
forbidding terrain on Earth, through the desolate Siberian tundra, the
great Gobi desert, and over the Himalayas. Rawicz and his compatriots
had no map, compass or supplies, only a fierce determination to
survive.
We accomplished all the goals of our expedition.
-Retraced the route of Slavomir Rawicz
-Provided medical supplies to remote communities along the journey.
-Documented the changes to the environment and local people over the
last 60 years, through photos and film.
The expedition was a once in a lifetime experience. My presentation
examines a part of the world that has gone through a tremendous
transformation since Rawicz made his escape. The economic, political,
environmental, religious and social character of Russia, Mongolia,
China, Tibet and India has changed considerably in the last 60 years. I
was able to capture many these changes on film and video. My show is
an adventure that brings the past and the present together and gives
hope to the future.”
COOL, huh?
Visit http://www.elevations.info/ and http://www.thelongwalk2004.com/
to learn
more information about this guy whose job we all want.
COST
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$16 for the whole weekend! Trips, dancing, one dinner and one
breakfast!
Please get money in by Wednesday, February 23. We will also have
merchandise
for sale at the dance, so bring some extra cash is you’re into that. We
would
looooove to sell you an MHOC Nalgene bottle, embroidered patch or a
t-shirt.
RSVP
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To RSVP for this event, please email Emily Welch
(ecwelch at mtholyoke.edu).
Please specify the number and names of individuals in your group, a
contact
phone number, and your preferences for sleeping arrangements (e.g. –
Will you
need a Moho host, or would you like to sleep in the cabin? Do you know
someone
here you’d like to host you?). Also let us know how many people are
planning
on doing which Saturday afternoon event. If you have questions or need
more
info, please email Emily Welch at ecwelch at mtholyoke.edu.
Then, send in your money to reserve your spots. Mail your money (checks
made
out to Mount Holyoke Outing Club, please) to Michelle Moon/MHC/2711
Blanchard
Campus Center/South Hadley, MA 01075
DIRECTIONS
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From the East/South/West: get off the Mass Pike and onto Interstate 91
going North. Take exit 16 (Route 202; South Hadley/Holyoke). Follow
202
going east through the city of Holyoke. You will cross the Connecticut
River and come to a rotary. Get off onto 202 heading toward South
Hadley. Take the exit for 116 north soon after (the second South Hadley
exit). Drive north on Route 116 for 2-3 miles until our lovely campus
comes
into view. Keep driving past it and turn right through the gates.
Abbey Chapel
will be on your left. Blanchard Campus Center will be visible straight
ahead
after you make the next right.
From the North: Take Interstate 91 going south and exit 16 toward
Holyoke/South Hadley. Follow Route 202 and the directions above.
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