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By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Golf will be on the minds of the young and old tomorrow, March 17, at the Federated Church when the Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group hosts an 18-hole mini-golf tournament in downtown Edgartown, at the South Summer street church and at the South Water street parish house.
The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5 each or $15 per family (if 4 or more). There will be refreshments.
Equinox at the Tipi
Although there wasn’t much of a winter this year, that’s no reason not to celebrate the end of the season, or rather take note of the fact that the seasonal change has begun.
On Tuesday, March 20, starting at 7 p.m. the folks at Sassafras are holding a vernal equinox ceremony in their tipi in Aquinnah. The ceremony includes giving thanks, lighting a big fire by friction, songs and music, a release, expressing intentions for the good of our families, communities, our Island and beyond.
Salsa Patrick’s Day
If celebrating with the leprechauns isn’t your cup of Guinness try a different slice of Saint Patrick’s day with a Salsa party at Junior’s Harbor Cafe (at the Shell Gas Station building on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven, across the Net Result).
The dance party is for all levels, expert to clubfoot, to those who just like to watch. There will be music, Brazilian food, and plenty of swaying hips. The buffet dinner begins at 7 p.m. and the calorie burning dance fever starts at 8 p.m.
Many decades ago I brought home a yellow lab puppy and named him after a fishing port in Oban, Scotland. I had read an article about Oban in National Geographic and learned also that there is a scotch brewery by this name there. Being a lover of scotch, the choice of name was easy.
Tops at Tennis Center
Last weekend, the Vineyard Tennis Center enjoyed its membership championships. Doubles teams competed in men’s, women’s, and mixed to claim boasting rights as the best team in the club.
Sally Anderson and Mary Breslauer kept their first seed reputation intact besting Cathy Lattanzi and Kelly Hess 6-3, 6-2 in the finals.
The Men’s doubles draw was captured by veterans Doug Cooper and Paul Adler as they outlasted Skip Dostal and Steve Mussel 6-2, 6-4.
Health Care Movie Leads Film Festival
Tonight, March 16, at 6 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival gets under way with an opening reception. Try out the comfy couches, sample food prepared by Chris Fischer of Beetlebung Farm and get ready for a weekend of the year’s best documentary and feature films, many of which cannot be seen anywhere else.