Brothers – Time to get your barbecues ready, break out the rub and hone those rib cooking skills, As you can see Native Sons have gone to the Pro’s to make sure we have the best in trophy’s.(thank you Nancy Foster DiBella) , for our 1st Annual Raceway Rib Cook-off trophy. Saturday June 25th out at our Gate 7 Campsite Does your parlor got what it takes to compete.
Need more information contact Pat – [email protected]
Because brother Dean Zellers was elected Grand President for the 2015/16 term Sonoma parlor #111 was the host for this year’s 5 day convention. This year’s Grand Parlor had two hundred and twenty delegates and an equal number of spouses and guest that participated in a week that was a mixture of fun events, visiting with old friends, and the work of three long business sessions that included the disposition of 33 resolutions. There were also three workshops that covered Marketing, Parlor Bookkeeping, and Officer training.
On the fun and entertainment side Grand President Zellers had an invitation only party for 120 of the VIP’s and their quests of hand crafted hor d’oeuvres and refreshments where the stuffed potatoes with asiago cheese and bacon ended up being the hit of the party (thank You Barbie Hoffmann) , the delegates and their guests attended a formal banquet with introduction of all Grand Officers and their wives, a picnic and Chicken Barbecue (held at the Petaluma Adobe Historical park) for over 350 members and guests, a play day of golf, trap shooting, bowling, horseshoes, Hospitality room that each visiting parlor from all over California setup to promote their candidate for Grand Parlor, and raffle off grand prizes. Most hospitality rooms included samplings of food varying from snacks and deserts to a bowl of great award winning Abalone Chowder (thank you George Adams Napa #62).
Hosting a 5 day convention is not an easy task, and after listening to the many wonderful positive comments from the visiting delegates (especially the “best BBQ in years” comment) a Huge Thank You is seriously in order to all the brothers from Sonoma 111 that made this great event possible, there is no way to do this without your unquestioning Friendship Loyalty and Charity.
Congratulations to our local brothers Dean Zellers, Ron Brocco and David Yarborough for obtaining their new Grand Officer positions at this year’s 139th Grand Parlor at the Double Tree hotel in Rohnert Park. After a year as our Grand President Dean Zellers will now be the Native Sons Junior Past Grand President, brother Ron Brocco will move from the Grand Marshall post to a Grand Trustee, and brother David Yarborough is moving into the Grand Outside Sentinel from the Grand Historian. Each one of these new positions carries with it a full year of duties and travels that guarantees to keep their calendar full. Thank you for representing our Sonoma 111 parlor so proudly.
Welcome Brothers to 2017 Race Season: We are working with SONOMA RACEWAY.
We are USHERS; we will be helping people find seats and giving them directions to where things are. We must be willing to smile and solve issues in all sections of the track for NASCAR; both days are about 8 hour shifts. Please wear Black or Khaki pants and comfortable shoes. We are being provided with Blue-Sonoma Raceway collared shirts, hats, Lunch and free camping.
WE are asking you to commit your parlor to bring us 6 volunteers, One Manager and 5 Volunteers over 18 years of age. We need help June 23rd thru June 25th. Yes you can bring more but that is the minimum that we are requesting from you for both days. I will need managers to do a few hours of training at the track prior to season. But I need your help in getting this contract back to us ASAP. Those Parlors who commit now and get this back to Chairman Dean Zellers will get Highest priority and first pick of the usher positions.
The weekend begins Friday with a private reception from 5-8 p.m. at the world famous Sutter Creek Provisions in the historic Soracco building (78 Main St), with specialty beers, appetizers and live music.
Saturday will include tours of the Old Sutter Creek Firehouse and Museum, the Monteverde Store and Museum and Miners Bend Park which is under construction with the help of a grant from the Native Sons Historical Preservation Foundation.
There will also be an initiation Saturday afternoon at Amador Parlor’s hall, followed by a dedication of the historic Allen Home in Sutter Creek. In the evening, there’ll be cocktails and a steak dinner at the parlor at 5:30. Dinner price is $25 per person.
For all the details and to download the flyer Go Here
Every year Sonoma #111 of the Native Sons, helps carry the flags on opening day for the Sonoma Girls Softball League. And we are in need of 5-10 more volunteers to help with this flag ceremony.
We will need to be available by 8:30 am at Field of Dreams (Fazzio Field) and the ceremonies will begin promptly at 9:00 am, usually lasting 30 minutes or so.
Please contact Gino Simoni at [email protected] or Dean Zellers at [email protected] and you can find more information about Sonoma Girls Softball here
Sonoma #111 once again put on a great dinner, serving over 330 steaks, 125 lbs of Jumbo Prawns, salad, salad, salad, hundreds of slices of cheese cake, and lots of wonderful Sonoma valley wine. Our annual surf and turf dinner has been a Sonoma Valley event looked forward to and sold out every year since we started in 2003.
If you joined us on Saturday, January 10 for Sonoma 111 13th annual Surf and Turf dinner than you enjoyed a perfectly cooked 16oz Rib Eye steak and Jumbo Shrimp dinner, 50/50 Raffle with tons of prizes, 50 foot table of Silent Auction items, and great music.
The Annual Grand President’s dinner presented by the San Francisco parlors and Past Presidents Assembly #1 honoring Grand President Dean Zellers will be held at the United Irish Cultural Center at 2700 45th Avenue (corner of 45th and Sloat) in San Francisco on Saturday, April 9th.
No-host cocktails are at 4 p.m., with dinner at 5. Dinner includes salad, choice of entrée (Roast Leg of Lamb or Grilled Salmon), bread, coffee and tea and dessert.
Price is $40 per person. Send checks, payable to “San Francisco Assembly #1,” to Robert Fletcher, 1284 Skyline Drive, Daly City, CA 94015. Reservations are required.
Reservation deadline is April 6.