79th Season Annual Members Meeting & Picnic

The 79th Season Annual Members Meeting & Picnic will be held Saturday, June 24, 2017 at the home of Lynette Garlan.

To Attend

  • Pittsburgh Savoyards members, participants, and their guests are invited to attend. You must be a member in good standing to participate in the election (see below).
  • Please bring a dish to share.
  • Please RSVP here, including what dish you plan to bring.

Schedule

  • 2 pm: Gathering and socializing
  • 3 pm: Board Meeting (member attendance optional)
  • 4 pm: Annual General Meeting, including the Election of 
Board of Trustees members and officers.
  • Onward to evening: Munchies & Covered Dish Picnic. Bring a bathing suit if you’d like to try out the hot tub!

Membership

Not a member, or not sure if you’re a member? Any participant (e.g. cast, crew, orchestra, volunteers) can become a member by paying their annual dues of $5. These may be paid on location of the meeting itself, before the meeting officially starts at 4 pm.

For questions about membership, please contact our Membership Coordinator, Eric Starbuck, at membership@pittsburghsavoyards.org.

Nominations and Elections

We will hold an election to fill 5 of the 11 Board of Trustees seats, and to elect this year’s board President and Vice President. Nominations may be sent to secretary@pittsburghsavoyards.org, or be made at the meeting itself. Nominator and Nominees must be members in good standing, and of course Nominees must accept their nomination to be eligible. Members in good standing of the 79th Season (2016-2017) can vote at the meeting, or contact secretary@pittsburghsavoyards.org for an absentee ballot.

Directions

NOTE: Google or a GPS will not get you all the way there as they don’t know to go up Watson Street. Please read the directions below.

GPS

Because the house is on a private road, GPS will not reliably take you all the way to the house. Instead, program the GPS to Watson St and Fawcett St, Coraopolis, PA 15108, USA, and then once you are there:

  1. Turn left on Fluffy Gravy Lane (from Watson St). Look for stop sign that says private drive.
  2. At the top of the private drive, turn right. House is the first house on the right.
  3. Pull into driveway (all the way down please) or park on the right side of the street. If parking gets tight, please park down on Watson Street and walk up.

FROM THE EAST:

  1. Take Parkway East inbound to Parkway West ( across Fort Pitt Bridge, go thru FT Pitt Tunnel)
  2. Continue til you get to the 79 North exit
  3. (right after R. Farms exit – exit is all the way on the right)
  4. Take the Neville Island Exit (#65). Turn left at the stop sign and follow the road to the end of the island (Island Sports Center) and then follow the road across the bridge. At the next light, turn right (you are in Coraopolis).
  5. Go one block and turn left at Montour Street (Montour Hotel is on corner).
  6. Go two blocks and turn right on State Street
  7. Go down State Street to Watson St (almost at the end); turn left on Watson
  8. Go to top of Watson Street and turn left on Fluffy Gravy Lane (look for stop sign that says private drive)
  9. At the top of the private drive, turn right. House is the first house on the right.
  10. Pull into driveway (all the way down please) or park on the right side of the street. If parking gets tight, please park down on Watson Street and walk up.

From West /South

  1. Get on I-79 headed North.
  2. Take the Neville Island Exit (#65). Turn left at the stop sign and follow the road to the end of the island (Island Sports Center) and then follow the road across the bridge. At the next light, turn right (you are in Coraopolis).
  3. Go one block and turn left at Montour Street (Montour Hotel is on corner).
  4. Go two blocks and turn right on State Street
  5. Go down State Street to Watson St (almost at the end); turn left on Watson
  6. Go to top of Watson Street and turn left on Fluffy Gravy Lane (look for stop sign that says private drive)
  7. At the top of the private drive, turn right. House is the first house on the right.
  8. Pull into driveway (all the way down please) or park on the right side of the street. If parking gets tight, please park down on Watson Street and walk up.

Also, you can take either route 51 or route 65 north to Coraopolis and avoid the Parkways but follow the above instructions once you get to State and Watson Streets.