Medway & Millis November 2018

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FRIENDS
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aged attendees to dress for the
occasion, and many decked out
in fancy attire, including elegant
fascinators. Professional photographer
Audrey Anderson provided
a photo booth, and Twist
Bakery even donated a wedding
cake the exact flavor profile as the
Royal Wedding cake, vanilla cake
with lemon curd filling, drizzled
with elderflower syrup with raspberry
compote and elderflower
butter cream. Best of all, guests
could take photos on a red carpet
with a cutout of Queen Elizabeth
courtesy of Diane Hubbard.
Sandra Elaine Scott, president
of the Friends of the Millis Public
Library, says she’s still receiving
inquiries and feedback about
the Royal Wedding Event.
“In fact, today I got an email
from a woman who attended
the event,” says Scott, who said
the woman had inquired about
whether the Friends were doing
an event around a lesser publicized
upcoming royal wedding.
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“That same woman, at the end
of the event, she came up and
thanked me,” says Scott.
Scott says she also received
great local press coverage from
the Metrowest Daily News. The
photographer who came, she
said, had researched all the different
events taking place in the
area related to the Royal Wedding,
and chose the Millis event
because it sounded “different and
cool,” says Scott.
The event drew different kinds
of people and comfortably filled
up the Roche Bros. Community
Room with about 50 people at
6 a.m. One trustee brought her
daughter and daughter’s two
friends, sure that they’d talk
about the event years from now.
“We even gave little favors,”
says Scott. “Twist donated cookies
to put in the favors, and
Trustee Wendy Barry gave us
little things she’d gotten in London,
little cool things and tea.”
Paul’s Flowers even got into the
mix, donating a crown as a raffle.
“A lot of time and planning
went into it,” says Tolson, who
adds that planning for the tea
began in February, months before
it took place.
“I had visions of grandeur!”
laughs Scott. She adds that the
Friends group pulled the gala off
without a hitch.
“Before and after, it was just
so much fun. Getting up at 4 and
just to be made and dressed at
that hour of the morning. There
were so many helpers the night
before to put the favors together,
to set the tables, for the hors
d’oeuvres,” says Scott. “Some of
the Friends, people who had zero
interest in the wedding, said they
would come at the end. They
came in like locust – at nine
stripped the room down!
Scott explains that, in addition
to the plaque, the Massachusetts
award came with a stipend of
$300 for the Millis friends’ group,
and it also awarded $200 to the
library.
“Our “friendraiser” was more
of a community builder – something
fun to do, but now we can
say that it was a fundraiser,” says
Scott.
The Friends of the Millis Public
Library is an integral part of
the community programming at
the library, says Tolson.
“The truth is, the library has a
set budget, and everything that’s
not in that budget, we turn to
the Friends. We don’t have any
money in our budget for programming
and museum passes,”
says Tolson.
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On Saturday, October 20th, 2018, Massachusetts Friends of Libraries
awarded the Friends of the Millis Public Library its Donna Forand
Fantastic Friends Award for 2018 for its special event Royal Wedding
Tea. Shown with “Queen Elizabeth,” from left, are Massachusetts
Friends of Libraries President Alice Welch, Millis Friends’ President
Sandra Elaine Scott, and Millis Friends’ Treasurer Meghan Gavaghan.
November Events at
the Millis Public Library
• Saturday, November 3rd, 10-11:30 a.m., “Not for Publication”
Personal Writing Workshop presented by Evelyn Zepf
• Thursday, November 8th, 6-8 p.m., Norfolk County Registrar
of Deeds Presentation from 6-8 p.m.
• Thursday, November 15th, 7-8 p.m., The Brad Ellenberg Jazz
Quintet
• Silver Screen Matinees, Fridays at 1 p.m. in the Roche Bros.
Community Room. Free popcorn and snacks! (library closed
November 23)
All programs are held in the Roche Bros. Community Room in
the Library which is located at 961 Main Street. Please call (508)
376-8282 for more information.
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