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 April 2006 The snow has melted away and the early spring flowers are finally coming up! One of the Gravestone Girl's favorite times of year! Spring means we have the opportunity to get out in the cemeteries again! Curious? Would you like to spend your morning rubbing gravestones? Everyone sometime in their life has probably done a gravestone rubbing. Many have left behind a mark of their presence through improper techniques. Others have left unsatisfied with their result and still others long to go back to do it again. Tissue paper and hard crayons are out! The Gravestone Girls will teach you an unusual technique for getting the best rubbing impressions while ensuring preservation of the old gravestones. Supplies are provided for a $5 material fee-but you have to bring your own nylons! That's right-pantyhose! Nothing special, just an old pair that still has its feet. It sounds strange now, but what you'll come home with will be suitable for framing and makes a great conversation piece! 
Marlborough has a rich historical legacy literally buried behind the Walker Building in The Olde Burial Ground. Many of Marlborough's founding fathers are there and their gravestones have great stories to tell about life in the 1700 and 1800s! Join us there and bring home a piece of history and a new perspective of olde Marlborough!
We are now teaching our ever popular Gravestone Rubbing class through Worcester NiteLife. The Worcester NiteLife class will be held Saturday, April 29th from 9:00am - 12:00pm. You can sign up for the class through the Worcester NiteLife website. We also offer private classes. Private classes offer more time for questions and help with your rubbing! You'll get our complete attention! Email The Gravestone Girls for more information. Memento Mori! Brenda, Maggie & MelissaThe Gravestone Girls - A Special Thank You! The Gravestone Girls hit the road on March 25 to The Connecticut Gravestone Network's Annual Symposium in East Hartford, CT. This is the third year The Gravestone Girls have participated in this wonderful event, both as a vendor and as a student, hearing the fascinating cemetery and gravestone history presenters CGN brings out each year. The event's coordinator and CGN President, Ruthie Brown, always does an unbelievable job of coordinating all the vendors, providing interesting speakers with unique content and she even sees to it everyone gets fed! Her Herculean efforts have motivated and mobilized the cemetery conservation and education movement in Connecticut over the years. An original Gravestone Girl and always a pleasure to work with! |
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