Tea

GREENCASTLE, Pa. - Allison-Antrim Museum will host its third annual afternoon tea at the barn from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 2. Tea will be served in the center two bays of the reconstructed 1860s barn. Along with several choices of tea, tea cookies and sweet treats will be served. Reservations are required for seatings beginning on the hour at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. It is not required, but those attending are invited to wear their best Sunday afternoon tea clothes. Vintage clothing or reproductions from any era will also be appropriate.

Freedom Valley Chorus held a tea June 9 at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Chambersburg. The event included a four-course tea served on antique china, silent and Chinese auction items, and entertainment by the chorus, which is a chapter of Sweet Adelines, International.  Proceeds from the event will go to purchase music and education materials for the chorus. The chorus also donated $500 to Breast Cancer Awareness - Cumberland Valley, and $250 to the church where it hosted the event.  Tea committee chairwoman Elaine Gerwig told attendees that BCA-CV was chosen as a recipient since a number of members of the chorus and their family members have been affected by breast cancer.  The chorus is a group of 25 women who sing four-part a capella harmony.

Hagerstown residents Valerie Jardine and her husband, Carl Jardine, have a tea party Monday afternoon with their granddaughter Natalie Jardine of Germantown, Md., at Hagerstown's City Park.

See also : Tea anyone? Tea is thought to have been discovered more than 5,000 years ago by the Chinese emperor Shen Nong. While out campaigning, he had servants boil some water, knowing that boiling drinking water could prevent sickness. Some leaves blew into his cup, he left them there, tasted the brew, and the history of tea began, according to Liz Thompson. cont. from lifestyle Dutch traders brought tea to Europe in 1610, and when Charles II was restored to the British throne in 1660 from exile in Holland, he already had a fondness for tea. Tea and teapots were among the valuable items in his Portuguese wife Catherine's dowry, said Thompson, showing off a bit of her Florida State University degree in international relations and minor in European history.

Benjamin Art Gallery owners Clifford Springer and Eugene Sappington, along with Rebecca Pearl, extend a warm appreciation to Vincent Groh, who purchased the second original painting in the Hagerstown Series, "Tea on Prospect Street. " The gallery released limited-edition prints of "Tea on Prospect Street" in November and teamed with the nonprofit Women's Club by donating a portion of the proceeds from each print. "Tea on Prospect Street" is Pearl's second painting of Hagerstown and provides a historic view looking north on Prospect Street.

Name of business: Spirit of the Lotus Tea Company Owners: John & Siming Macpherson Address: 223 N. Prospect St., No. 106 Opening date: June 22, 2007 Products and services: More than 250 gourmet loose-leaf teas from China, India, Japan, Taiwan, South Africa and South America. Also carry herbal tisanes and blends and a variety of teawares and accessories. "We can create gift baskets and packages in a wide variety of styles, filled with all kinds of goodies.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The Franklin County (Pa.) Young Republicans, Franklin County Republican Women and the Franklin County Republican Committee will hold a TEA (Taxed Enough Already) event Saturday starting at 10 a.m. in front of the Franklin County Courthouse. This event will be used to voice dissatisfaction with government, and everyone is encouraged to bring posters and signs. There will be contest to win $100 for the best sign, according to a news release. Call Steve Brenize, event coordinator, for additional information at 717-360-0565.

GREENCASTLE, Pa. -- They come in pewter, clay, china, glass and copper from as far away as Japan and Germany. Now, though, these collectibles aren't overseas, but rather in Greencastle and under glass in the latest exhibit at the Allison-Antrim Museum. "Basically, our exhibit is focused on tea and tea sets," said Evan Zimmerman, a docent at the museum. Only about 10 people visited the exhibit on Sunday, the first of two open houses to see it. Zimmerman, who is a 10th-grader at Greencastle-Antrim High School, attributed the turnout to overcast skies threatening rain.

Borders Books, Music and Café at The Centre at Hagerstown will host summer activities for book-lovers and coffee and tea fans. Here are the events scheduled for June: · Today, 7 p.m. - Coffee tasting and seminar · Saturday, June 14, 2 p.m. - Teen Book Club discusses "Wake" · Tuesday, June 17, 7 p.m. - Tea Tasting and Seminar · Thursday, June 19, 7 p.m. - Stephenie Meyer discussion group · Saturday, June...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Women in search of upscale, lightly used clothing and accessories suitable for work or casual wear can find them at a new downtown thrift shop while at the same time giving a helping hand to other women. Dress to a Tea opened earlier this month at 17 W. King St. with an inventory of brand-name women's suits, blazers, blouses and tailored slacks in all sizes donated by professional women in the community. Proceeds from sales will benefit The House of Grace at 307 Lincoln Way East, a Christian life skills, education and mentoring program in Chambersburg.

Hagerstown Tea Party supporters gathered at the Beaver Creek Country Club on Thursday night to hear Del. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, talk about the recently concluded session of the Maryland General Assembly and a drive to collect petitions to challenge the repeal of the death penalty through a referendum in the 2014 elections. Parrott said at the gathering - a general meeting of the Hagerstown Tea Party attended by about 20 people - that he was extremely disappointed with passage of measures such as the increase in the state gasoline tax and the gun-control bill, which was signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday.

Well, this would explain my $25,000 tax bill. Looks like I picked the wrong year to start up a right-wing militia group. I called it “Tim's Teas,” and well, who knew? I swear, we were simply a “social welfare” organization - a strictly nonpartisan 501 something-something, which should have qualified us for tax-exempt status. Sure, we marched on Washington a few times with posters of Obama in a Hitler mustache, but hey, who didn't? Now, it turns out the IRS was flagging any group with conservative-sounding buzzwords like “tea,” or “patriot,” or “9/12” or “Rove,” and making their lives a living nightmare.

1. Comedy that's  'Dy-no-mite' Make Me Laugh Comedy Tour will host two shows Saturday, May 18, at Fraternal Order of Eagles, 18 N. Locust St., downtown Hagerstown. The shows will feature Jimmie Walker and C.J. Burney, hosted by Chad Beadle. Two shows: doors open at 5:30  p.m., show at 7 p.m.; and doors open at 8:30 p.m., show at 9:30 p.m. $20. For information, call 240-367-5052 or charge online at www.makemelaughchad.com . 2. Tour & tea A walking tour of southwest to northeast Shepherds-town.

Enjoying sips of teas such as ginger-peach and tasty treats like mango-curry chicken salad rounds and blackberry tarts, several Tri-State area mothers enjoyed a Mother's Day tea Sunday at Sereni-Tea Room in Funkstown. “Just a special event that I could bring her to ... where we could share a nice meal and ... just get out with our families and enjoy the day,” said Boonsboro resident Joanie Costlow. Ranota Marcotte said she opened the tearoom in October after her husband saw that the small cottage-type shop on Funkstown's East Baltimore Street was available for rent.

The Conococheague Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, held the annual DAR Good Citizens awards ceremony and tea March 13 at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown. Conococheague Chapter Regent Jo Ann Schuchman welcomed all in attendance. Five high school seniors from Washington County Public Schools were honored as DAR Good Citizens. Selection was based on demonstrated qualities of leadership, patriotism, dependability and service. Information reviewed included academic achievement, letters of recommendation, and written responses to an assigned essay.

The Freedom Valley Chorus of Sweet Adelines International will serve its second annual fundraising tea, “A Spoonful of Musical-i-TEA,” on Saturday, June, 8, at noon at St. Paul United Methodist Church at 750 Norland Ave. in Chambersburg. Guests will be treated to a full four-course afternoon tea served on antique china and sweet harmonies provided by the a capella chorus. There also will be a variety of baskets available by Chinese auction to add to the fundraising effort, according to a news release.

The Larkin Tea Co. is sponsoring a competition to find the best knitted, crocheted or felted wool tea cozy. The pattern does not have to be an original creation. It can be something previously made, and you can enter more than once. Photos will be posted on the company's website, and whoever receives the most votes will win. The winner will receive a selection of Larkin Tea Co. teas, plus tea-related gifts. All participants will receive a package of Larkin tea and a free one-year online/digital subscription to The Tea House Times.

When most people think of tea rooms, they might envision dainty sandwiches and finger foods, a light meal with light conversation. So when Jewel Rosenberry opened a tea room in the dining room of her rural St. Thomas-area home, she wanted to change that image. "I told (my husband), if I'm going to do this, I want people to get full," she said, while sitting near the fireplace of her business, Annie's Country's Fixins'. And Rosenberry strives to do just that, by, in addition to serving tea, providing a four-course meal to those who come to her tea room.

The Women's Club will hold its annual fall bargain sale Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the club, 31 S. Prospect St. in Hagerstown.  Gently used clothing and other items will be available for purchase.  The club provides low-cost housing in the community and also a place for members to meet.   Basket bingo On Sunday, Oct. 14, Habitat for Humanity's Women Build program will host its second annual Longaberger basket bingo at The Improved Order of Red Men Tribe 84. Doors open at 11 a.m., lunch will be served at noon and bingo begins at 1 p.m.  Tickets cost $25, which includes lunch and 25 games.

 “I wish the parents in Franklin County would stop whining about the dress code for their children. Had they been doing their job all along, it wouldn't be necessary for the schools to tell their children how to dress.” - Chambersburg, Pa. “To repeal Obamacare, to save Medicare and Social Security, vote Republican. Our country is running out of money. The few workers we have left cannot seed the programs. A financial disaster is awaiting all of us if we continue in this same old way.” - Boonsboro “To the Hagerstown caller wanting to know if we wanted to blame President Obama for the Kennedy assassination: We couldn't do that.