Was ist St. Martin eigentlich ?

What is St. Martin all about ?

First of all, the St. Martin's procession and celebration will take place on Thursday, the 11th of November at 6pm.
It will be in the Sunset Creek neighborhood in Chapel Hill.
We will meet and start our procession in the yard of 103 Michael's Way. There is a parking facility right at the entrance of the subdivision. Don't worry- we'll put up a big sign to guide you. Please, don't drive into the subdivision as it will hinder the procession and endanger the children.

Please, bring along lanterns and lantern sticks!
Should you need some, here's great website for you:
https://www.germanplaza.com/productcart/pc/viewCat_h.asp?idCategory=106

The other thing we'd like to ask you to bring is hot chocolate for the children to drink.

CarolinaKinder will supply the mulled wine and the 'Weckmänner" (sweet little dough boys).

We have the horse, the saint and the music, now we need some bakers!

If you have time to help us bake some of these sweet little treats, please, send me an e-mail jdmac2@nc.rr.com. We have the recipe.

We also need volunteers to help pour hot chocolate, mulled wine and hand out the dough boys. Please, contact me if you can help.
CarolinaKinder is a volunteer organization for all of us. it's so much easier if lots of hands help!

Now the fun really starts:
You can find some St. Martin explanations and lantern making tips in english:

http://www.billanookps.vic.edu.au/German/Festival/Activities7lanternmaking.html
The CarolinaKinder website from last year can give a lot of info. It will be in the same place, we will just start a bit later:

http://carolinakinder.org/stmartin.htm
You can even read up about our adventure from last year in the paper:

http://www.chapelhillnews.com/snapshots/v-printer/story/948573p-6774825c.html

Here are some sites with lantern-making tips:
http://www.kidsweb.de/basteln/laterne.htm
http://www.kinderbasteleien.de/ordner/laternen/bastelnlaternen.html
(some of these are really unusual)
How about getting together in play groups or with friends for some crafts?

The main songs and notes are on this website,it's probably worth printing them out and bringing them along:
http://www.martin-von-tours.de/lieder/index.html
If you know more songs, let me know. I'd need them with notes, though, to pass on to our musician!

Phew, that's all for now.
Enjoy the crafts and I'll see you on the 11th of November.

All the best,
Jackie