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• August Happy Hour at 7 Corners Pub

  • When
    08/17/2017
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    7 Corners Pub in Falls Church

  August Happy Hour 7 Corners Pub
  

  Date & Time: Thursday, August 17, 5:30 – 8:30 PM
  Leader: Bob Sobun, 703-503-3294
  Location & Directions: 7 Corners Pub
  (was Public House No. 7)
  6315 Leesburg Pike (Seven Corners), Falls Church, VA  22044
  703-942-6383
  http://www.sevencornerspub.com/

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• Virginia Beach - Labor Day Weekend Trip

  • Start
    09/01/2017
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    09/04/2017
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Schooner Inn in Virginia Beach
  • Registered
    8 registrants

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  The Annual SCWDC & FSC Virginia Beach Labor Day Weekend Trip!

  September 1–4, 2017

  Bands have been announced!!
  

  New Beachfront Upscale Location!!

  
  

  Read down for details and price.
  

  This is the trip of the year with non-stop entertainment and music! If the sun, surf, beaches and volleyball are your thing, we’ve got it. If you want to participate in a Half-Marathon, it’s right here! If Happy Hour, dancing, and big name live music until the late hours of the evening do it for you, we’ve got that too. You can have it all!

  Join SCWDC and FSC (Frederick Ski Club) for this great  Labor Day Trip. We’ll depart from Northern Virginia by bus on Friday, September 1 at 10 AM, drive to Virginia Beach, and spend the next three days partying at the Schooner Inn. (http://schoonerinnvb.com) This is a beach front upscale location less than 3 blocks away from the 5^th Street Stage - the main venue throughout the Virginia Beach Music Festival.
  
  Check the website: http://www.beachstreetusa.com/festivals/american-music-festival  for updates on this year’s lineup.  After days of sun, nights of music, lots of great food, and more fun than those crows can count, we’ll get back on the bus  Monday afternoon, September 4, and return to our Northern Virginia point of departure.

  The prices for the trip is $525 - New Beachfront Upscale Location Guest add $50. Seating on the bus is limited so sign up early to reserve you seat.

  The price is per person based on double occupancy and includes bus transportation, snacks and beverages on the bus, lodging for 3 nights, and an SCWDC/FSC Happy Hour every evening at the hotel. Concert pin not included
  

  $250 deposit due at signup:  remainder due August 1, 2017.

  Click here to get VA Beach trip application/flyer
  

  To Sign Up Contact:

  Sally Shafor at (571) 436-2035 (C) or sally.shafor@cox.net

  Or Geoffrey Pennoyer at (202) 702-6044 (C) or cometjeff.gp@gmail.com

  Or Pete Campbell at (703) 532-7776 (W) or pcampbell@scwdc.org

  
  Pay by Credit Card

   Or mail any check payments payable to SCWDC  to:

  Pete Campbell, 2513 N Kenilworth St., Arlington, VA 22207

  
  

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• Opera in the Outfield

  • When
    09/23/2017
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Nationals Park, 1500 S. Capitol St SE, Washington, DC
  • Registered
    Nobody

  
  

  Opera in the Outfield

  What?  Opera in the Outfield
  When?  Saturday, Sept.23
  What Opera?  Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
  What Outfield?  Nationals Park  (sit in the outfield or in the stands)
  What Cost?  FREE
  Best way to Nats Park--Metro

  Contact: John Alishouse jaliishouse@yahoo.com

  Aida is being performed at the Kennedy Center and is being sent live to Nats Park
  

  A captive Ethiopian princess (Aida) is being held captive by the Egyptians as they prepare to invade Ethiopia.  Aida and the Egyptian commander (Radames) falI in love.  What's a princess to do?  Betray her lover and tip off her countrymen or betray her country and not reveal the route the Egyptian Army is taking. It all unfolds to GLORIOUS MUSIC.
  

  Reserved seating for groups of 10 or more;  possibly meet for dinner, activities at  Nats Park before the opera;  watch SCWDC website and/or the SkiGram for more details.

  Location & Directions: Nationals Park: Metro is the quickest and easiest way to Nationals Park. It's the way to go to the ballgame. Take the Green Line to the Navy Yard station. The Navy Yard station is just a half a block away and will accommodate 24,000 passengers an hour.
  

  Transferring to the Green Line is easy. There are three main transfer stations to the Green Line:  Gallery Place/Chinatown; L'Enfant Plaza; or Fort Totten.  Free parking at Metro Stations on Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays.

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• Crabfeast

  • When
    10/08/2017
  •  
    1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Carderock Recreation Area Picnic Grounds

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  Sunday, October 8 (1-6pm)

   Cost:  $45 members; $50 non-members; $20 for non-crab eaters.  Children 12 and under FREE when accompanied by an adult; $20 for young adults 13-18.
  Cancellation Fee — $5.00 (no cancellations after September 23)

  LOCATION:   Carderock Recreation Area, about one mile Northwest (outside) of the beltway on the Clara Barton Parkway, just across the American Legion Bridge in Maryland.

  Join other ski club friends for an afternoon of fun, delicious Chesapeake Blue crabs (while they last), cold beer and more. If crab is not your thing, there will also be fried chicken, corn-on-the-cob, cole slaw, potato salad and other snacks. We will also provide wine and soda. If the weather is not so beautiful, come anyway, as we will be under a large covered pavilion.  

  NOTE:  ADVANCE RESERVATIONS FOR THIS EVENT ARE REQUIRED. THERE WILL BE NO ADMISSIONS AT THE DOOR.

  For more information, or to volunteer to help, call Pete Campbell at 703-532-7776 (W) , or pcampbell@scwdc.org

  
  

  Directions: http://scandinavian-dc.org/Picnic-Directions2.pdf

  1. From I-495 in Virginia, take Exit 41 (Carderock/Glen Echo) toward Great Falls/Carderock onto the Clara Barton Parkway, immediately after crossing the American Legion Bridge

  1a. From Maryland, take Exit 41 onto the Clara Barton Parkway toward Great Falls/Carderock

  2. Merge onto the Clara Barton Pkwy and continue 1 mile to the Carderock exit.  The sign says Naval Surface War Center on the right and Carderock Park on the left.

  3. Take the Carderock exit and at the stop sign, turn left to cross over the Clara Barton Pkwy. Follow the road until you reach a second stop sign.

  4. Turn left for parking lot “A”  and the restrooms. (The pavilion is located between parking lot "A" and "B".)

  
  

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