— by Collington Episcopal Life Care Community residents
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— by Collington Episcopal Life Care Community residents
The latest Collingtonian issue (May, 2012) is now available on the web:
Click here:
The Collingtonian,May, 2012.
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Welcome to Keeping Up with Collington:
This website is brought to you by Collington residents to provide up-to-the minute news and pictures of the life-style on our beautiful 125-acre campus.
We welcome relatives and friends of Collington folks, and hope this information will help you plan to make the most out of your visits to Collington.
Visit us often for the latest events and photos. We will update the events and activities list frequently.
Full details about Collington — how to become a resident and what we offer — can be found on the web site for the (Then click on your browser's "back" or "<" button to return to this web page.) — With thanks to the Collingtonian and the Collington Courier for their contributed material. — Number of visitors so far:
For information on Collington's Residents Association Activities Committees,
News:
Are you a bird-watcher ? Our 125-acre campus is a bird watcher's paradise; more than 150 species of birds have been spotted. And we have birders with impressive lists. Judith Shaw ranks No. 1. She recently joked that she was thinking of writing a book called "Birds I have Had Described to Me," after having heard a dozen reports of an albino sparrow on campus.
She hasn't spotted it yet, but she will. Count on it.
Collington has almost four miles of woodland trails and paved walkways: Collington provides residents with a network of walking possibilities: hikes through the woods, level walks, and paved walkways
for pedestrians, scooters and wheelchairs. In addition to the many kinds of birds here, Collington has at least a dozen kinds of four-footed creatures, including deer and foxes. A number of smaller creatures, such as bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, turtles and an occasional mantis also share our land.
Jane Engle's pictures:
Courtesy: Google Earth Here are today's activities and events, as published in the Collington Courier and seen on Collington's own TV Channel 972 or 995. (This is a running web show, with about 15 seconds per screen.) Click here:
Daily Collington events.
Then click on your "Back" button ("<") to return.
Upcoming Activities: — Events: Any questions, call Lynn Bernstein at x7312.
Bocce is an originally Italian game is roughly similar to lawn bowling.
nbsp;After a small ball, called a "pallino", is placed on the lawn, players compete to throw the larger bocce balls as close as possible to the pallino.
— Speakers: — Trips:
(Collington transportation provided upon advance request) Note: Please sign up for the trips you would like to go on in the Trip Book. You may look at the flyers that will be posted about the trips for more information.
— Music:
— Subscription Series Events for 2011-2012 Season: (Collington transportation provided upon advance request) Update: The sign-up sheets for these events are in the Trip Book. Please sign up for each date that you are attending. The shows are listed next to the dates, so if you have tickets, please make sure that they correspond with our transportation dates if you are going with us. — Kim Lake
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Theater:
(Click on the Theater's name for their website, then your "Back" button ("<") to return) — Click here to email web site suggestions or comments to the editor, Curt Bury —
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Collington Episcopal Life Care Community.
Also see:
Collington's Statement of Philosophy.
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Food for Thought —
January 2012
The lists of Trips, Music and Theaters have been newly updated:
Bob Elkin's Collington pictures:
(Click on the name or picture)
Collington Pictures
Here's what's below:
click on Activities Committees
Collington ~~ Miracle, Mission, Ministry A chronology of the creation of Collington, by Sally Bucklee (2005)
Bee pollinating
Butterfly perching
Hummingbird feeding
Turtle hiding
Mantis praying
And here's what Collington looks like from the air, including a small lake and surrounded by woods:
Drama Committee:
Bocce and Shuffleboard every Saturday:
at 11am on the lawn outside the Ivy Room.
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~ Romeo and Juliet - Opera ~ presented on Tuesday, May 8th
Nancie Kennedy
— former opera singer and now Board Member, Annapolis Opera, provided us with some background about Gounoud's Romeo and Juliet. She illustrated her talk with
DVD-excerpt music from this beautiful opera.
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(SSE: Subscription Series Event)
MAY/JUNE TRIPS
Wednesday, May 16th:
Hillwood Museum, Estate and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave NW, Washington, DC, leaving 10:00am and return at 2:30pm
Wednesday, May 23rd:
Wednesday, May 23rd: 3rd Annual Veterans Appreciation Ceremony, PG County Court House Lawn, 14735 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, leaving 8:30am
Sunday, May 27th:
(SSE) Washington National Opera, Werther, leaving 12:45pm
Wednesday, May 30th:
National Harbor, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD, leaving 11:00am and returning at 2:30pm
Wednesday, June 6th:
Arena Stage, The Music Man leaves at 11:00am
Wednesday, June 13th:
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, 1550 Anacostia Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20019 leaves at 10:00am and return around 2:00pm
Tuesday, June 19th:
Shakespeare Theatre at Lansburgh, The Servant of Two Masters, leaves at 6:30pm
Wednesday, June 20th:
National Cryptologic Museum, 9900 Colony Seven Road, Fort Meade MD 20701 leaves at 10:45am and return around 2:00pm
Wednesday, June 27th:
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Exhibit - Royalists to Romantics, 1250 New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20005 leaves at 10:30am and return around 2:00pm
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Arena Stage: (all Wednesdays at 12 Noon):
6/6/12; 7/11/12
Davies Concert Series:
Davies Concert Series (Sundays at 6:30PM)
National Symphony Orchestra: (Friday & Sunday Matinees)
Prince Georges Philharmonic: 2011-2012 Season Dates:
Shakespeare Theatre: (Tuesday evenings at 7:30PM):
6/19/12; 7/10/12
Washington Concert Opera (WCO):
Season complete
Washington National Opera (WNO):
(Sundays at 2PM):
5/27/12
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Arena Stage:
2011-2012 Season — Trouble in Mind
Shakespeare Theatre: The 2011-2012 Anniversary Season
Bowie Playhouse: The Bowie Playhouse is the home for three community theatre groups: