Thank-you Notes: 9/26/24 BOG Remarks
Since our last report provided at the monthly Board of Governors meeting on August 22nd we continued to see a rich roster of unique events and programs hosted once again by volunteers dedicated to making Black Point such a richly rewarding place.
Among them:
Dozens of participant teams squared off in the Battle of the Beaches Cornhole Tournament hosted here at Black Point on August 24th, with teams from Crescent and Attawan beaches enjoying our hospitality, including the grilled lunches and beverages served.
On that same morning, also on our Clubhouse grounds, we hosted the Beach Wide Tag Sale that provided all Association Members with the chance to offer those attic and basement treasures for the benefit of other smart shoppers.
Then on August 29th the first-ever Dad/Mom Joke Nite featured the fearless and very funny talents of 7 local jokesters in a hilarious program that also included a pasta dinner served up by a clutch of kitchen volunteers.
And two days later the 3rd annual Cardboard Boat Race impressed the several hundred spectators lined between the piers on the Main Beach on Saturday, August 31st. A new Junior Navigators’ class and the usual open competition class impressed everyone with the ingenuity and skillful engineering of their boat-building abilities, as well as the tenacity and perseverance of their drives to finish first at the finish line….or just to finish at all.
Also on August 31st, the Black Point Market hosted a free music and beer-tasting event on the store’s front lawn and decks, followed on September 7th by the Mud Fish & Funk Weed band, comprised entirely of Black Point musicians. Those performance were followed by keyboardist Leslie Candish on September 14th. And the BP Market concert series wrapped up its season on Saturday, September 21st with a return of the Bosco Brothers’ Band.
The Women’s Club also announced its roster of Fall 2024 events, to include Craft Mornings, Dominoes Train Nights, Morning Walks, Evening Hip Hops, and many more events throughout the fall and winter seasons.
We saw the final season matches on the Bocce Court on September 6th, ending a season of fun on Fridays, followed by the Bocce Banquet on September 13th.
And most recently, the Autumnal Equinox on the Main Beach on September 22nd provided a fitting sendoff to the summer’s end, celebrated by neighbors from throughout Black Point.
In last month’s thank-you notes I shared an observation regarding the stacking and racking of tables and chairs that always takes place after meetings and events held at the Clubhouse, always done by the many hands of volunteers making light work of the task. And I’m reminded now of another neighborly custom that takes place here every Monday. For residents who return to their homes late on Sundays, somehow their trash bins, placed street side that night before, always find their way back to their garages or back decks or lawns on those Mondays. I know a retired cardiac surgeon who bought a home on East Shore last year, relocating here from Madison, and he told me that he knew he had found just the right home when he learned that perfect strangers had taken in his trash receptacles on one of those Mondays.
And in closing, special thanks also to the Black Pointer team that produced and delivered door-to-door the weekly newsletter that kept us all connected all summer long.
And finally, thanks to Jim Allen for his longstanding service among our Wrecking Crew leaders. Jim is retiring from that role to focus on his duties as Commissioner with the East Lyme Harbor Management & Shellfish Commission.
It has been a summer of making fond memories…and promises to make next summer even better. There is a very special ethos embodied in this Black Point community. For that, coming from all of you Black Pointers, thanks for all that you all do.
Jim Schepker
Board of Governors Chair
