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Posted by Administrator on June 16th, 2006 — Posted in Announcement

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2008 Annual Holy Ghost Festa

Posted by Kelly Lawrence on April 28th, 2008 — Posted in Announcement

Friday, May 2^nd

7:30 pm Recitation of the Rosary

9:00 pm Noite de Fados com o Seguintes

Saturday, May 3^rd

6:00 pm Recitation of the Rosary

7:00 pm Cacoila Dinner

9:00 pm Presentation of the Queens and Dance

Sunday, May 4^th

9:30 am Parade procession from the S.E.S. Hall

10:45 am Portuguese Mass at St. Joseph’s Church

1:30 pm Sopas with Auction to follow

8:00 pm Dinner of Sopas followed by a Dance

with live music by Sem Duvida

For additional information please contact:

Frank & Shirley Lourence – 2008 Festa President – (916) 683-2582

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2008 Crab Feed

Posted by Stephen Lawrence Jr. on January 8th, 2008 — Posted in Uncategorized

Our annual Crab Feed will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2008 with both an early and a late feeding.

Early Feeding:

• No-Host Cocktails 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Dinner 5:00 p.m.
• Dance 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• Donation $30.00
  

Late Feeding

• No-Host Cocktails 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Dinner 7:30 p.m.
• Dance 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• Donation $35.00
  

 

S.E.S. Hall

10428 E. Stockton Blvd.

Elk Grove, CA 

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New Year’s Eve Party 2007

Posted by aduarte on December 26th, 2007 — Posted in Announcement

Open bar starts at 6:00pm. Dinner at 7:00pm.

New York Steak & Scampi Dinner Includes:

Soup, Salad, Drinks, Dinner and Midnight Buffet

 

Music by Fisher DJ

 

Adults: $35

Children (6-12): $15

 

Tickets and Information:

Antoinette Duarte

(916) 684-2234

(916) 825-6650

 

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2007 Portuguese Heritage Day in Elk Grove

Posted by Steve Lawrence Sr. on October 6th, 2007 — Posted in Announcement

The Elk Grove Society of the Holy Ghost (S.E.S.) hosted their first Portuguese Heritage Day celebration on September 29th 2007 at their hall at 10428 E. Stockton Blvd. The day started off with a parade of animals led by an old horse drawn milk wagon followed by several donkeys carrying milk cans. Behind them were 4 teams of beautiful, large red and white oxen pulling replica’s of wooden carts with wooden wheels. As the parade approached the hall, you could hear the noisy squeak from the wheels rubbing on the wood axles. The carts were all decorated in the theme of a “Vindima” (grape harvest), they were carrying wine barrels, an old wine press, harvest baskets and old wooden farm implements all associated with the old country and the way of life hundreds of years ago.

After the parade, grapes that had been picked the day before were place into 2 small wood barrels. The first grape stompers were the 2007 Festa Queen Jamie Farr and her side maids Melissa Wegner and Raelynn Dittrich. Before they were allowed into the barrels, their feet had to be washed and dried by an attendant. Next anyone who wanted to help smash and mush the grapes took turns in the barrels. There were young and old alike getting their feet washed only to get them stained with grape juice. While this was going on, a few musicians had gathered and started playing and singing some old “vindima” songs. It was fun to watch!

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40th Annual Elk Grove Festa of 2007

Posted by Stephen Lawrence Jr. on May 16th, 2007 — Posted in Uncategorized

Come Join Us For Our Elk Grove S.E.S. Council #76 Festa Committee’s
40th Annual
Holy Spirit Festa

Saturday May 19th, Sunday May 20th, and Monday May 21st, 2007

S.E.S. Hall, 10427 E. Stockton Blvd, Elk Grove and Praca Sao Joao at Thornton

Saturday Night:
6:30 PM Recitation of the Holy Rosary
7:30 PM Cacoila Dinner
9:00 PM Presentation of the Queens and Dance

Sunday:
9:00 AM Festa Parade Procession to St. Joseph Parish
11:00 AM Portuguese Mass by Fr. Eduindo Silviera
1:30 PM Sopas served to Parade participants and Guests
2:30 PM Live Auction
8:00 PM Dinner of Sopas followed by a Dance with live music by Progresso

Monday Night:
7:30 PM Bloodless Bull Fights at the Praca Sao Joao, Thornton

Donations appreciated!
Please send to Elk Grove S.E.S. Festa Committee, c/o Kelly Lawrence, Secretary
973 Colson Way, Galt, CA 95632

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2006 Sacramento Festa

Posted by Administrator on October 20th, 2006 — Posted in Uncategorized

Jonathan and Joshua marching in the Sacramento Festa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Carol, Steve and Michael Lawrence. Frank and Shirley Lourence. Sacramento Festa - 2006.

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2006 Thornton Festa

Posted by Stephen Lawrence Jr. on October 16th, 2006 — Posted in Announcement

 

The 2006 Thornton Festa weekend kicked off with a bang this year when George Rocha got Jerry Springer and his dancing partner Kym Johnson to stop by for a visit. The TV star and his partner are currently perfoming on ABC’s "Dancing With The Stars" dance competition (Tues/Wed Nights). Their dance this week is the Paso Doble, which is the "Dance of the Matador". He decided to do his homework and came to a real bullfight here in Thornton, CA.

 

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2006 Pismo Beach Festa

Posted by Stephen Lawrence Jr. on August 25th, 2006 — Posted in Announcement

The 2006 Pismo Beach Festa was held on August 19-20, 2006. The weather was beautiful and so was the parade. Now I know why there are so many people that make the trip to Pismo for this festa!

The parade was highlighted by a large variety of gown colors including pink, blue, red, cocoa, and yellow.

This was the first time I had been to the Pismo hall and I was impressed by the large number of people and the large capacity of the outdoor hall area. This new building must hold 1000 people.

The sopas was great, although I am not presonally a big fan of serving the bread and meat together in the same pan, as it tends to get a little messy trying to fish out the bread.

The parade route started at the pier, and ended at the St. Anthony’s church. The hall is down the road from the church about 2 miles. There was plenty of overflow parking at the hall.
 

If you have not attended this festa I would highly recommend it, and make it a nice weekend vacation. 

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