Shingle Springs Community Center

The Reign of the Rose – August 2012

Posted By sscc on July 31, 2012

Mary Ann Harper, El Dorado Rose – 2011, agreed to share her reign with our Center. Each month, Mary Ann offered us a look at what was happening as a result of her special status.

Final Report to Shingle Springs Community Center – August 2012

This past year has been a whirlwind of activities –

As the El Dorado Rose, it began with the pleasure and honor of:

Congratulating winners of the Studebaker Wheelbarrow Races @ 2011 Co Fair
I was able to be a part of:
- 27 Special Events,
- 19 Chamber of Commerce mixers,
- 17 combined Ribbon Cuttings / Grand Openings / Open House Ceremonies,
  - Which included:
  - Cowboys & Cornbread Festival in Camino
  - Historical R.R. Celebration in El Dorado
  - Mt Demo 160^th year celebration
  - Pollock Pines 4^th of July parade
  - Opening ceremonies of the California State Fair
  - 150^th Celebration of the Placerville Episcopal Church
  - Shingle Springs Community Center’s 60^th anniversary Celebration
  - Pollock Pines’ Neighborhood Night Out
  - Greeting the Skagit in downtown Latrobe as it arrived from Folsom
  - Speaking of the Rose Program at the Clarksville Historical Society
  - Speaking of local history at a ladies luncheon in Cameron Park
  - Participating in the Butterfly Concert at the Co Fairgrounds
  - Lighting of the P’Ville Christmas Tree
  - Riding in the P’Ville Christmas Parade
  - Clarksville “Historical Days” Celebration
  - Ag Expo / 4H Round-up / Chili cook-off @ the El Dorado Co Fairgrounds
  - Ground breaking ceremony for the El Dorado Roses’ Adopt-a-spot @ fairgrounds
  - Wagon Train in Pollock Pines, Camino & through Down Town Placerville – which arrived way too late for me to participate in Placerville Hardware’s 160^th anniversary celebration
  - Participating in the opening ceremony of the El Dorado County Fair
  - And, the placement of a marker at the Fausel House by the Daughters of the American Revolution this afternoon