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Winter Solstice Celebration V
December 21st, 2003
5:30pm - Golden Corral - Greensboro, NC
The Winter Solstice occurs this year on Sunday, December 22nd at 2:04am EST.
This is the point in the Earth's orbit with the shortest amount of sunlight
in the Northern Hemisphere, due to the planet's tilt relative to the plane
of the solar orbit.
Join us for a celebration to observe this very real astronomical event
which impacts our daily lives, as well as to look at the year gone by,
talk with old friends and meet new oness. This year's Solstice Party
will be hosted by the Piedmont Freethought Association, on Sunday,
December 21st- we have a reserved room at the Golden Corral in
Greensboro, NC, at the Wendover Road location:
Golden Corral
4404 Landview Dr.
Greensboro, NC 27407
336-294-8443
5:30pm
Directions for those to the East of Greensboro:
Take I-40 West to the Wendover Ave. exit (mile number 214).
At the light, turn left. At the second set of lights (next
to the Courtyard by Marriott hotel), turn right. The
Wendover St. exit is approx. 5 miles east of the I-40/I-85 split.
For those to the West of Greensboro:
Take I-40 East to the Wendover Ave. exit (use exit number
214-A). At the light, turn right. At the first light after
turning (next to the Courtyard by Marriott hotel), turn right.
Once you're in the restaurant complex, turn left at the
first crossroad. Golden Corral is to the right, about 100
yards along the road.
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Here's an interesting webpage detailing various Solstice traditions and
celebrations throughout history and around the world:
http://www.hermes3.net/dec403.htm
The U.S. Naval Observatory publishes a complete chart of when all
Solstices and Equinoxes occur; these are in UTC - subtract 5 hours
for Eastern Standard Time.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.html
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Thanks to the hosts for this year's Solstice Celebration, the
Piedmont Freethought Association:
http://www.piedmontfreethoughtassociation.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PFAGroup/
Next meeting will be at the Unitarian Church in Greensboro, NC
on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004.
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Wayne Aiken "You can BE what
PO Box 30904 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~aiken/ you WON'T!!"
Raleigh, NC 27622 AIM: slackx42 --"Bob"
(919) 954-5956
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