- Date
- 2003-01-12
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitymusiceducationcelebration
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
A grant-backed Youth Consortium program revived the Beaver Island House Party tradition on January 12, 2003. The program also funded school art and enrichment, adult evening classes, and broader community activities; the first party, hosted at the Bluebird with local musicians, drew 37 people.
Evidence limits
The report describes the first event and planned program, not the grant’s full budget or later series.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “House Parties on the road again.”Reports Cindy Ricksgers and the Youth Consortium using a grant for House Parties, Winter Wednesdays, school enrichment, and community programs; the first party at the Bluebird drew 37 people. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the February 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A Youth Consortium grant revives Beaver Island House Parties on January 12, 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-youth-consortium-house-party-january-12-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “House Parties on the road again.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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