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Argie's Wife
07-24-2009, 09:38 PM
You are invited...

WHAT: 23rd annual Summer Festival

WHEN: Saturday, July 25

WHERE: Taxiarchai Greek Orthodox Church, N. Main St., Laconia

Attending the event is free - you can buy food and shop the various booths there. There is a band in the afternoon and Greek-style dancing.

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A taste of culture at Greek Festival
Laconia:

By VICTORIA GUAY
vguay@citizen.com
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Those eager for the 23rd annual Summer Festival of the Taxiarchai Greek Orthodox Church coming up on Saturday did not imagine the smell of fresh-baked baklava wafting from the church's basement kitchen a few days ago.

A group of dedicated and culinarily-gifted church members were busy baking batches and batches of the sweet, nutty, honey-glazed pastry on Saturday in preparation for the Festival, of which food is a main ingredient.

Mary Garside, a church member, said she has always helped prepare food for the festival.

She was among 10 to 12 others who got up early on Saturday and spent the morning baking baklava.

Article can be read HERE (http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090721/GJNEWS02/707219941).