Adamant Community Club
The Laddies: Rich Atkinson, Bob Sassaman, Tom Wales, Bob Barrett
This Sunday, January 18!
A singalong of 1960s and 70s favorites led by The Laddies will be the free event at the Adamant Community Club’s “Winter Sunday” series on Sunday, January 18 at 3:00. The central Vermont-based Laddies are Bob Sassaman and Tom Wales on guitar, Bob Barrett on ukulele, and Rich Atkinson on piano and concertina. You can except to hear some of your favorite Beatles tunes, plus classics like “Mustang Sally” and Wooly Bully.” When The Laddies played at the Club last spring, we had a full house, with everyone enthusiastically joining in! The Community Club is at 1161 Martin Road, Adamant. The “Winter Sunday” series is supported by a generous grant from Vermont AARP.
Upcoming Events (all at 3:00 PM):
January 25 - Many Waters, original compositions by John Harrison
February 1 - Miriam Bernardo and Michael Chorney
February 8 - D. Davis & Marc Gwinn
February 15 - Professor Thea Abu El-Haj: “What is ‘scholasticide?”
February 22 - “Owls in Winter,” Ash Kerby-Miller, North Branch Nature Center
March 1 - “Spring is Coming!” Potluck brunch (11 AM)
The Adamant Community Club is located in the old town schoolhouse on Martin Road. It was an active school until 1962, when the town of Calais deeded it to a newly-formed local non-profit organization. In 2010, the Adamant Community Arts Center became the Club's offical 501(3) tax-exempt administrator.
Over the years many talented people have stepped in and added their particular expertise to keep it lively and in good condition.
It still has the slate blackboard, the portrait of George Washington, the huge windows for much needed light when electricity didn't exist in rural areas. Thanks to grants from the Division of Historic Preservation, the Vermont Arts Council Cultural Facilities program, and the Preservation Trust of Vermont, and donations from community members, the ACC is newly winterized, reroofed, and repainted.
It’s a wonderful performance venue — musicians who play here love the acoustics (and the fact that they are paid in money, not just sandwiches). Neighbors rent it for private parties or play readings, or retreats.
The Community Club has hosted community dinners, Co-op annual meetings, kids’ play groups, square dances, and has just generally been there as a space whenever someone needs a bigger living room.
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