CHRISTMAS-TIME SINGO

Name: CHRISTMAS-TIME SINGO
Start: 2024-11-24T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-24T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 48 Pleasant St, Ludlow, VT, United States, Vermont 05149

Schedule

Sun Nov 24 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

48 Pleasant St, Ludlow, VT, United States, Vermont 05149 | Ludlow, VT

The community is invited to kick off the Christmas Season with a festive night of holiday-themed SINGO, featuring live music by Ludlow musician Sammy Blanchette, on Sunday, Nov. 24, from 6:30-8 PM at the United Church of Ludlow.
Christmas-Time SINGO will be called by popular SINGO host Jane McGarry, and funds raised will be used to purchase disaster kits to be stored at the United Church, which has committed itself to becoming a community Disaster Hub.
SINGO is a musical variation of Bingo that uses songs instead of numbers to fill playing cards. It’s fun for all ages, everybody sings along, and winners get prizes in each of three rounds. McGarry runs SINGO Bingo games at Off the Rails, Black Line Tavern (Magic Mountain), and other New England venues. Blanchette, a.k.a. Sammy B, will perform the songs live on his guitar at this special event, mixing in some Christmas songs to add a holiday twist to a fun event that usually offers recorded music.
SINGO Cards at the fundraiser will cost $10 apiece, with every dollar raised going to the purchase of disaster kit materials.
Learn more about SINGO at https://www.playsingo.com/. Sammy Blanchette is online at https://www.sammyblanchette.net/.
Over the years, the United Church has become a community gathering place in Ludlow, hosting concerts, events, dinners, game nights, and meetings of local non-profit organizations, including Black River Good Neighbor Services’ Memory Café to support people with dementia. The first live SINGO event was held in May 2024 to raise funds for the restoration of the United Church’s historical bell. It was so successful that the church plans to hold several per year, with all proceeds going to identified charities.
The United Church has recently taken on the project of becoming a Disaster Hub for Ludlow, to help the community become better equipped for future disasters such as the July 2023 flood. The church will be purchasing and storing disaster relief materials, which include clean-up tools, masks, hygiene kits, first aid kits, food, sump pumps, and drinking water. Learn more about the United Church of Christ’s Disaster Response Resources at https://www.ucc.org/disaster_index/disaster_resources/.

Anyone wishing to donate to the Disaster Kits project is invited to mail a check made out to “United Church of Ludlow” with the memo “Disaster Relief,” and mail it to Bill Kneebone, Receiver of Offerings, at P.O. Box 12, Ludlow, VT 05149.”