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Upcoming Events Calendar
To view upcoming event details click on "Calendar of Upcoming Events!" which will give you members' birthdays and event dates including information on each along with some interesting facts about the holidays. Some events listed are not group events but are there for you to enjoy. You may even want to ask a fellow member if they would enjoy attending with you. Look below for detailed information on major and re-occurring monthly events. Some of our event invitations are set up on Evite.com which makes it easier to invite groups and have RSVP's included automatically. If you wish to use this system for your invitations to an event go to their site and set up an account. It is that easy. As always, you may contact us with any questions about the events. Our members have their own "Members Only" section in which they can access our photo gallery, member roster information, monthly calendar, newsletter and more. If you have an event you would like to see posted please check the calendar for submission deadlines.
Weekly/Monthly Events
Bingo at the Hippo
Every Wednesday from 8:30-11:30 PM enjoy playing Bingo at the Hippo, located at 1 Eager Street. Prime Timers will will be playing once a month, so check calendar for exact date. Early Bird games start at 8:30 and your Mother plays free on all regular games! Proceeds to benefit the GLCCB and AIDS Action Baltimore. To learn more about the oldest gay bar in Baltimore or Gay Bingo call 410-547-0069 or visit: Club Hippo. Check the "Calendar of Upcoming Events!" for exact dates. Baltimore Prime Timers as a group will play bingo at the Hippo usually on the last Wedensday of the month.
Board Meeting
As required by the bylaws a board meeting must be held each month. We usually have the board meeting right after the "Brunch Bunch" at Eichenkranz. This makes it easier for all, including general members which are encourage to attend. We may as well have the meetings at officer's homes in lieu of the brunch meetings, so always check the listing below. All board members should attend unless they are exempted by the president before the meeting with a reasonable cause. We do understand that things come up from time to time which prevent attending, but remember these were scheduled in advance. Please check the bylaws for rules governing the board meeting if you have any questions.
Bowling League Team
Starting again in September there will be a bowilng league team. The location will be at the AMF Ritchie Lanes on Thursday night on the Out and About Bowling league for the fall/winter league in Glen Burnie. The league lasts for 32 weeks, excluding hoilidays. The AMF Ritchie Lanes is located at 6608 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. The best thing about being on a league team is the fun in which you have. If you want to learn more about Baltimore's Largest GLBT Bowling Organization click Out & About Bowling League. If you are interested in joing this league and representing Prime Timers of Baltimore please let us know by emailing .
Brunch Bunch
This is a very popular event and a great way to get together on a Saturday morning. Brunch is for those who enjoy a relaxed time with good food and lots of conversation. We meet for brunch on the second Saturday of each month at 11 AM. We are currently visiting Eichenkranz so please refer to the "Calendar of Upcoming Events!" for the exact address. As always you can contact us for more information at .
Dining Out
On the first Saturday of each month usually at 6 PM unless otherwise indicated, you may join us for dinner. The restaurant choices are varied and decided by our Dining Coordinator. Members may access the "Calendar of Upcoming Events!" for restaurant and time. Restaurants are chosen on the basis of quality of food and service along with easy accessibility of parking. Non-members are welcome to have dinner with us, but should email Richard S. at or call him directly. Most of the restaurants require reservations, so always RSVP unless otherwise indicated on calendar.
First Fridays'
First Fridays'events will be any event held on just that the first Friday of any month. Currently, we have an event called "Summer Sounds" at Belvedere Square in Towson. It is a free music festival which occurs each Friday in the summer months until September 17. Enjoy live music from 6-9 PM. Music genres include: Soul/funk, Blues, Jazz, Latin, Rock-n-Roll, Soca/Samba, Beach, Country, party music, and Zydeco. Located at 540 East Belvedere at Northern Parkway, a variety of food nd drinks available from restaurants at the square. The great thng about this event is that is it lasts all summer long so the rain date can be the following Friday.
To see the full summer schedule of performers or to learn more about this summer long event call 410-464-9773 or check out their website at Belvedere Square Summer Sounds. The selections for our First Fridays events are listed below. If you have an event for after September let us know. You may share the hosting with someone else in the group. You can contact any Board Member for more information or to volunteer to host a "First Friday" event. If you have suggestions on a certain venue or idea please send them to . We would like to attain a full time host if possible but, your suggestions on venues are even more important.
Mixer Night
Each month we have a "Mixer Night" for greeting old and new friends alike. Mixers are designed for our single members, but couples are always welcome to attend. These socials are held at " Mixers," located at 6037 Belair Road, "The Quest," located at 3607 Fleet St. or perhaps an out of town venue such as PW's located at 9855 Washington Blvd in Laurel, each starting at 8 PM. Even if you're not a member stop by and say hello, play a game of pool or one of the other games available. Parking is free and readily available. So check out the "Calendar of Upcoming Events".
Monthly Social
Second Sunday of the Month. We have our monthly social and potluck dinner at St. Mark's Church at 1900 St. Paul Street. Socials begin at 6 PM with a guest speaker or other activity. This is followed by the short business meeting to announce upcoming events and business. Then, we adjourn to enjoy our potluck dinner or cookout and social hour. First time guests are welcome and free to attend. So please come and visit with us, enjoy the entertainment and good food. For more information email us at . Please remember we are not affiliated with any religious organization.
Note: Suggestions for what to bring for social & dinner listed above are by last name initials. First time visitors and guests do not need to bring foods items.
Movie Night
Movie Night is hosted by members Bob and Russ. It will be held once a month. The dates may vary from time to time so be sure to check out the calendar. Their address is listed in the roster or you may email them at the address listed below. Here is some information they would like for you to know. They can seat up to 12 people, so please RSVP to them.
They will supply popcorn as they have a theatre popcorn maker in their recreation room which is in the basement. If you want to bring other snacks please do. They also have a full bar with beer, but you may bring your favorite beverage if you like. Parking is not much of a problem but they suggest we carpool if possible. The movies will chosen by consenus of ones attending. You will have a one choice out of three. They also want you to know they have two cats in case anyone has allergies to felines. For questions specific to this event please send email to Bob & Russ at .
Nudism Group
This is a very popular with our "Social Nudism" members. The group meets on the second Saturday of the month except for holidays at one of our member's homes or maybe an outing to one of the nude hotspots. The group may have a potluck dinner, dessert or maybe board games. Larger gatherings may meet at a gay friendly venue. We encourage other Prime Timer Chapter members to attend, but you must contact the coordinator in advance to make your reservation and receive up to date location information. Non-member guests are welcome but must be accompanied by a Prime Timer member. Members and Non-members must agree to abide by the Rules of Etiquette established for this nudism group. If your interested in joining us, hosting this popular event or just want to learn more contact us at . Please be aware these meeting dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances so always check the "Calendar of Upcoming Events!".
Photography Group
Do you have an interest in joining our Prime Timer Photography Group which will meet semi-regularly for discussion and photo meet-ups (going to a place to take photos)? This is great way to improve your photography skills and share with others in the group your photographic work. If you would like to participate please follow the directions below.
To get started, I am asking everyone who is interested in the group to open an account on Flickr.com. It's easy, free and private for just Prime Timer members. There will be several benefits to being on Flickr. We can all post photos to share with each other. Each of us can also join other groups that interest us if you like. We can start a discussion (or notifications, etc.) in the group that each of us can follow without having to resort to sorting through emails. There are several ways to organize our individual group (or groups - we can have several). In fact once you sign up, you can form your own interest group(s). John K. started our private Prime Timer Photography Group. Let me know once you open your account and I will invite you to join the Prime Timer Photography group. You can contact me through Flickr mail or at . Let John K. know if you have any questions.
Video Game Night
Our newsest event for those who enjoy video gaming and need challenging opponents. Bob and Russ are hosting this event at 7 PM. The scheduled dates are posted on the Members' Only calendar and the Calendar of Upcoming Events!
If you are not a video game player come on by anyway to socialize. Bob and Russ will provide snacks, soda, beer, and our fully stocked bar for cocktails of course you may bring your own snacks and drinks if you wish. We suggest that you carpool if possible. We have 2 cats (which will be kept upstairs) in case any of you have allergies. They do ask that you RSVP 3 days before the event as space is limited. For more information you may phone or email them at .
Special Events
Maryland Renaissance Faire 2010
It is Renaissance Festival time again! The Maryland Renaissance Festival runs for nine weekends from August 28th thru October 24th plus Labor Day (Sept 6th), and is a recreation of a 16th century English village. Our village is named Revel Grove, and is set on a beautiful 25-acre wooded site with 85 acres of free parking. The village consists of craft and food booths, five pubs, ten major stages, a Jousting Arena and more! Every day is a Festival Day in Revel Grove, in honor of a visit by Henry VIII and his Royal Court. As such, the village will have entertainment, crafts, food, and frivolity fit for a king!
The gates open at 10:00 am, but you'll want to start the day with the King's Welcome outside the front gate at 9:45am. Once inside the gates, you may want to check your program for a listing of all the shows, but part of the fun of our Renaissance Festival is taking your time to stroll through the lanes and let the experience unfold before you. Villagers, street performers and courtiers of King Henry VIII populate Revel Grove. Character interaction with patrons is the cornerstone of a visit to the Renaissance Festival, adding significantly to the entertainment value. Enjoy the close-up entertainment from a strolling musician, mingle with a mime, or listen to court gossip from a noble Lady - you're part of the show at Revel Grove. Our performers all wear a ribboned badge, to distinguish them from costumed patrons.
Performers from far and wide entertain on the Festival's many stages, while the streets and woods are filled with characters to amuse and delight. Watch authentic jousting in full armor, listen to music and choral groups, thrill at jugglers, magicians, and comely wenches. Sample the feast of foods the Festival has to offer, including succulent Steak-on-a-Stake, massive smoked turkey legs, cool Italian ices, tasty meat pies, sweet desserts, barbequed pork pockets, Knave sandwiches, and fried cheeses. Quench your thirst with ales, mead, soft drinks, lemonade, iced tea, and assorted wines, or bottled water. So grab a turkey leg, quaff a mug of ale and step back in time to where fun begins!
Included below is a discount coupon that is valid THE FIRST THREE WEEKENDS of the festival, as well as Labor Day. Note that on Labor Day, September 6th, seniors (those aged 62+) are admitted to the faire for FREE (a $15 value). However, any non-seniors who may be accompanying them may use the discount coupon and SAVE $4 off the regular admission price. And even better, one coupon is good for everyone in your party! So click discount coupon and save!
So you see, you have no excuse for not visiting the festival and partaking of all the fun and merriment. Will we see you there? Do not forget to wear those kilts when you come to the festival, too!
One of our members, Ed Davis, is frequently at the faire (throughout the entire nine weekends) and will act as your guide if you so desire, able to provide recommendations for stage acts not to be missed, noteworthy craft vendors, and favorite food and beverage vendors. Let Ed know in advance when you plan to attend. Meet him under one of the several trees which line the parade field, between the ticket booths and the parking area. For additional information (special weekend events, directions, etc.) please visit Rennaisance Faire.
Dinner with Prime Timers, DC at Windows on September 15
Please join us for cocktails and dinner with the DC chapter every two to three months. The next dinner will be on Wednesday, September 15 at "Windows" at 6:30 PM. This restaurant has good food, reasonable prices, specials and parking available on the street. We will take public transportation (DC Metro) over to DC either from Greenbelt or New Carrollton. You may drive your own car if needed to one of the metro stations or to the restaurant. The restaurant is approximately three blocks from the Red Line Station at Dupont Circle. Windows Restaurant is located at 1637 17th Street, NW. If interested please contact George M. by phone only. The DC group is happy to see us as we are to be there. We hope you can join us.
Museum in DC Trip, September 26
Join us for on a Sunday day trip to DC to tour as many museums we can get to. The group will leave Baltimore around 9 AM in a carpool and take the metro subway to DC from one of the stations at Greenbelt or New Carrollton. Tour the museums and monuments, have lunch at one of the restaurants, then return to the metro station at about 5 PM. The times are approximate. If you are interested in this trip to DC please use the sign-up sheet at the meeting in September or email us with your RSVP at DC Museum Tour. Signing up is necessary to organize carpooling. Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes.
Day Trip to Gettysburg, PA, October 2
This day trip will include lunch on Saturday and maybe an early dinner. We will carpool the 60 miles for a hour and a half drive to Gettysburg at 8 AM, Saturday morning. We will tour sites such as: site of the Gettysburg address, Pickett's Charge, see Abraham Lincoln and General Robert E. Lee, Devil's Den and some of the 75 museums in the area. Even tour downtown Gettysburg seeing over 100 buildings restored to their historic renaissance or attend the Apple Harvest Festival nearby in Biglersville. If you would like to go please use sign-up sheet at September's general meeting or email us your RSVP to Day Trip to Gettysburg Tour so we can set up carpooling arrangements. I also have found some motels in Gettysburg and in Hanover, PA. You will be contacted with info when you sign up. If you have any questions please ask us.
10th Annual Oktoberfest on October 10
Join your hosts Doug and Anthony at their 10th Annual Oktoberfest at their home on October 10 at 3 PM. This wonderful event will be in lieu of our regular social/meeting at St. Mark's. Enjoy good food and conversation with fellow members. Doug and Anthony said, "they will supply the wursts you bring the rest." In other words, anything that compliments the German theme. If you need suggestions just call or email them at .
Members may bring a guest for a $10. donation to the club or a covered dish for each. So get out your lederhosen and tyroleans, and dress for the occasion. Parking is on the access road across from their home or any adjacent street. Please check your directory for location address, email and phone numbers. You must RSVP by October 8 to them so they have an accurate count of participants.
Toby's Dinner Theatre Production of "CATS", November 7
Broadway's award winning production of Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Cats". Based on T.S.Elliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", which contains no spoken dialogue, CATS revolves around the antics of such feline characters as Old Deuteronomy, Jennnyanddots, and Rumpelteaser. Probably the most famous cat is Grizzabella who sings the hit song "Memory" before she ascends to cats' heaven at plays end. Although TS Eliot died in 1965, he received a posthumous Tony Award 18 years later for his unwitting contributions to the score.
This production at Toby's is on November 7 at 7 PM with a buffet dinner starting at 5:15 PM. To view Buffet dinner items click Toby's Dinner Buffet. We will offering this to you at a great price of $ 40. per member or $45. for non-members if payment is made by check, cash or money order please use the payment form by clicking on Toby's Dinner & Cats Reservation Form. You must at least pay one-half of the entire ticket purchase by the date listed on the reservation form. Regular ticket price is $50.50 per person for the Sunday evening performance, So you save money by being a member. You may also use Paypal with a $1.50. surcharge per ticket. For Members : $41.50 and Non-Members : $46.50. To use Paypal please click on Event & Dues Payment Page and log in with ID and password. You will not have to fill out a reservation form if you use Paypal since the ticket must be paid in full.
If you may be interested in joining the group on this entertaining event and need more information about payment or the event itself please email Cats.
9 Night Cruise on Celebrity from Baltimore, February 5-14, 2011
Do you want to go to a warmer climate and sunshine next winter, just to get away from the snow like 2010? Then join us for a 9 night cruise on Celebrity's Mercury sailing from Baltimore on February 5, 2011. In addition, with a minimum of 16 full fare passengers Accent On Travel will make arrangements for a private cocktail party for Prime Timers on board ship.
We are currently holding 24, 14 staterooms for Prime Timers group; a total of 48, 28 potential passengers. Other stateroom categories may be booked upon request and based upon availability and current pricing at the time of the request. The number of staterooms left unbooked will be updated as necessary.
Rates are based upon double occupancy. To receive these rates you must inform the travel agent you are with Prime Timers of Baltimore along with the name of your stateroom roommate or you may be placed with someone else. Please note that rates include port charges, government taxes and fees. Single rates are double base rate but with only one person port charges and taxes. You may email us for the single rate for each stateroom category. Not included in the rates are optional trip protection and pre-paid gratuities. Please note that the cruise line reserves the right to access a fuel surcharge of $10. per night in the event that oil prices increase.
There are not any alternate specialty dining rooms on this ship. Currently the group is slated for "MY TIME" dining. This means everyone can go to dinner when they wish. If anyone wants to do a set Main Early Dining (6:00pm) or Late Dining (8:00pm). The travel agent can request it for you. The great thing about "MY TIME" dining is that you are not constrained by a set time when dining and you are not seated with the same people every night (unless you want to be) so passengers are free to dine with whomever they wish when they wish. As you make your reservation, the agent will ask your dining preferences. To view deck plans and various places on the ship listed above click Mercury Deck and Venues.
On all cruises there are gratuities and service charges which are charged to your credit card on file with the cruise ship. These are nominal charges. To view these charges for the cruise visit Ship Gratuities and Service Charges. We have done some research for you on beverage packages while on the ship. These are a great value if plan to drink more than the basic cost of each package. Of course, servers will not serve you alcohol if they deem you are inebriated to a certain point instead they will serve you non-alcoholic beverages. The prices are subject to change check with the agent at time of booking. This list is only for your reference for the actual information on packages go to the Celebrity cruise site.
DEPOSITS and FINAL PAYMENT:
A $450.00 deposit is due at the time a passenger books. We accept personal checks, money orders,credit cards and cash. Final deposit is due in house at "Accent On Travel" no later than November 3, 2010. A VALID US PASSPORT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PASSENGERS. So be sure to get one as soon as possible if you do not have one which is valid. As well be sure to email the Baltimore chapter coordinator Montie at
Info@ptbalto.org to place your names on the cruise reservation list. The agent will need to confirm chapter association before booking your cruise. To download a reservation form for mailing to the travel agent click Cruise Reservation Form. If you have any questions or require additional information or requests please do not hesitate to contact us or the travel agency.
2011 Prime Timers International Convention
The 2011 International Convention will be held in Palm Springs, California on November 3-6. To visit the host hotel site to learn more about the hotel click Riviera Resort & Spa. We will have more information about the convention when as it becomes available from the Palm Springs Chapter.
Hosts/Coordinators Needed for Activities
We need members to plan new types of events! Please click on the event names below if you are interested in attending, assisting or planning these events! If you have an idea for an activity or event let us know. We can help you set it up. Remember, it is "ALL" members responsibility to help out by volunteering to make the organization enjoyable for everyone. This is what makes us a social group.
Mailing Address for Dues & Prepaid Events.
You may pay for a listed pre-pay event or dues by cash, check , money order or by Pay-pal. For instructions for Pay-pal click on Paypal Schedule. Mail your appropriate payment amounts according to the information for the event to the following postal address:
Prime Timers of Baltimore
P.O. Box 22122
Baltimore, Maryland 21203