COMMUNITY
DIGEST
In
TIDBITS FOR AND ABOUT
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
GILROY ELKS LODGE
OCTOBERFEST
On October 8th the Gilroy Elks Lodge turned into a
beer hall with music by Fellow Elk, Steve McGinnis
and the Internationals Band. Dinner was prepared by
Chef Dave Bozzo featuring bratwurst and sauerkraut
with sweet Bavarian mustard, German potato salad,
pretzel rolls with caraway salt, and apple strudel.
There was time for singing, dancing and even the
Alpine horns. About $12,000 in proceeds were
contributed to the Elks Scholarship Fund.
COMMUNITY OF GILROY
PORCHFEST GILROY
PorchFest Gilroy has been held on the third Saturday of September since its
inception in 2014. Barbara Bottini, Eileen Cuevas and Carol DeSantis along with
help from Chris Bevilacqua and Deby Dalcin make up the committee that has
produced this free musical event. These women obtain the signatures required
by the City of Gilroy from each resident along Hanna Street between Third and
Sixth Streets. In addition they contact specific homeowners for the use of their
porches, and send out requests for musicians via the website created for them
by Marty Anderson. This enjoyable event, funded by generous donations, finds
musicians and audience members alike returning year after year to partake of
the wide variety of music that includes a harpist, accordion players, rock and roll
bands, jazz singers, blues bands and even a mariachi group or two.
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017
gmhtoday.com
31