BOOK SALE DONATIONS END AUGUST 30TH

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS & SUPPORT!!!
BUT NO MORE BOOK DONATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED
AFTER AUGUST 30TH.

LAPTOPS FOR LOAN AT KVL

The Katonah Village Library is proud to announce a new program, Laptops for Loan, made possible through a grant offered by Senator Vincent Leibell. Library Director Van Kozelka is “very thankful to Senator Leibell for funds that we could use to get laptops. I think they will be a very useful addition to the services that the library can supply to our patrons.”

Adult patrons (age 16 and over) with a valid library card and in good standing may borrow a laptop for use within the library for a period up to 1 ½ hours per day. A form of identification with the patron’s photograph is also required to reserve the laptop. There is no charge for this service.

For further information, please contact the library at 914-232-3508.

UPCOMING FALL EVENTS AT KVL

“The Bestseller – An Evening with John Grisham”
A Gala to benefit the Katonah Village Library

Friday, October 24

7:30 – midnight

at the Salem Golf Club

Cocktails, Dinner, Silent & Live Auctions

Tickets cost $195 and must be purchased before the event at the Katonah Village Library.

Tickets for a special pre-benefit cocktail party with Mr. Grisham are available.

ANNUAL BOOK SALE

October 17 through 25

During library hours

at the Katonah Village Library

The Katonah Village Library will hold its annual book sale starting October 17 with preview night for members only. The sale opens to the public on October 18 and books will be marked down beginning October 22.

MEET THE AUTHOR FRANK STRAUSS

The Katonah Village Library is pleased to present Frank Strauss on Wednesday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m as part of our Meet the Author series. Mr. Strauss will talk about his new book, Dawn of a Dynasty, in which he describes one of the most memorable seasons in the history of Yankee Stadium. After the talk there will be a book-signing.

The Yankee’s 1947 season was their 45th season and is considered the start of their second great dynasty. Led by Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio, the New York Yankees won the World Series in a close-fought 7-game series with the Brooklyn Dodgers and also won the American League Pennant by 12 games over the Detroit Tigers. This dream team included returning World War II veterans such as Phil Rizzuto and Tommy Henrich, and rookies Yogi Berra, Bobby Brown and Frank Shea.

Mr. Strauss has written this book from his memories as a 12-year old fan living in Brooklyn at the time and shares with the reader what it was like in the baseball days of yore when only a few, specifically fourteen, night games were played, pitchers pitched for the whole game, there were no designated hitters, players stayed with a team unless traded (unlike free agency) and it only cost 60 cents to watch a double-header in the right bleachers. Mr. Strauss also tells about the day he met Babe Ruth. Mr. Strauss’ website has much more information about the book and can be reached at www.1947yankees.com.

This program is free and open to the public.

For further information, please contact the library at 914-232-3508.

MORRIS DANCERS TO APPEAR AT KVL

The Katonah Village Library is pleased to present American Travelling Morrice, a Morris Dancing group, on August 19 at 4:30 on our plaza.

The American Travelling Morrice dance group has chosen our area for their annual dancing tour for the first time in their 33 years of touring. The Travelling Morrice consists of Morris men from all over the country, including more than a few dancers of international fame in the field.

The merry jingling of bells and the resounding clashing of sticks will soon waft through
the summer air at the Katonah Library. The dancing is vigorous, colorful and great fun to watch. "There is nothing quite like the Morris dancers", says New York City resident James Walker, organizer of this year's tour. "The music of fiddles and melodeons, the sound of the bells on the dancers' legs and the bright colors flashing in the sun create an unusual spectacle which catches people by surprise. Suddenly there appears this incredibly energetic and exciting situation right in
the middle of the day! It is worth it to come out and watch".

This performance is free and open to the public. However, the dancers are quick to point out the time-honored Morris custom of passing the hat, enabling the spectators to participate in the tradition and, as they put it, "partake in the Morris luck".

While the origins of the Morris dance tradition are lost in history, the centuries-old custom first noted down in 1458 apparently evolved as a ritual designed to shake off the dark and gloom of winter and celebrate the coming of spring, bringing luck and fertility to participants and audience alike.

Most of the dances are performed by six men at a time, with either sticks or handkerchiefs in hand. The dancers are recognized by their distinctive outfits or "kits," consisting traditionally of white trousers and shirts set off by multi-colored ribbons, bells and gaily decorated hats. Accompanying each Morris team is at least one musician who performs lively English folk melodies on accordion, concertina, fiddle, or pipe and tabor (drum), as well as a mascot or Fool, who frisks about good-naturedly taunting and baiting the dancers and entertaining the crowd.

For further information, please contact the library at 914-232-3508.