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First Selectman's Report - April 16, 2014

Posted on: April 18, 2014 - 1:54pm

First Selectman’s Report

April 16, 2014

Join the Friends of the Simsbury Library for Their Annual Author Luncheon Featuring Best-Selling Author Andre Dubus III – Wednesday, May 7

Please join the Friends of the Simsbury Library’s annual Author Luncheon featuring best-selling author Andre Dubus III.   Andre is the author of novels including The House of Sand and Fog (a finalist for the National Book Award), The Garden of Last Days and others, plus Townie, his memoir.  He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, The National Magazine Award for Fiction, two Pushcart Prizes, and is a 2012 recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature.  Andre will be sharing his latest book, Dirty Love, and you will have attend the luncheon if you want to know what it is about!

The luncheon and talk will be held at the Hopmeadow Country Club on 85 Firetown Road in Simsbury. The cost is $28 per person. After lunch, Andre will be signing books which will be available for purchase. Menu choices are listed on the reservation form. To reserve a seat, please call the Simsbury Library at (860) 658-7663, or get a printable reservation form the library web site at www.simsburylibrary.info. Please RSVP before April 30.  This is a wonderful event and I urge you all to attend.

Simsbury Resident Brigid Cazzetta to Compete in Annual Irish Dance World Championships in London on April 17

In 2012, we sent Sara Hendershot to the Olympics.  This year, we’re sending  Simsbury High School Senior Brigid Cazzetta to the annual Irish Dance World Championships in London - the Olympics of Irish dancing. The competition includes the best of the best from around the world, all competing for the world title. In the United States, the top 10 percent of championship level dancers from each region, such as New England or Mid-Atlantic region, are chosen to compete.  Brigid, who is 18, will be competing tomorrow and we want to wish her the very best.

This year at the New England Irish Dance Championships Brigid was ranked 11th and there were 12 world qualifiers. Tomorrow she will be competing in the ladies ages 17-18 category and will be competing against approximately 150 people.  No matter what happens tomorrow, we are proud of Brigid for making it to the World Championships and for her decision to attend UConn’s School of Nursing in the fall.  We look forward to celebrating with her upon her return from London.