Mad Town Talls

Mad Town Talls is an affiliate of Tall Clubs International located in and around Madison, Wisconsin

 

 

MTT DUES!  $25 if you wish to get the newsletter only emailed to you.  $30 for a mailed paper copy.  Check made out to Mad Town Talls and mailed to:

Mad Town Talls

Lynn VerHelst

616 S. Page St

Stoughton, WI 53589

 

 

The Madison Tall Club scholarship contact is Kevin Martin.  Please send e-mails to carol_and_Kevin@mchsi.com  (carol_and_kevin@mchsi.com)

For scholarship information, please refer to the TCI website - http://www.tall.org/scholarships.cfm?CFID=285369&CFTOKEN=63574718 

Note that Madison Tall Club is not sponsoring a local scholarship program or fund at this time.

The Madtown candidate for 2009 TCI scholarships has been selected, and he is Craig Yoerger. 

 

Activities

We'll try anything.

Among our favorite activities are dancing, Friday fish fries, parties, attending concerts, camping, socializing with other tall clubs, getting tattoos, dusting refrigerator tops.

 

Calendar

Here's what we officially have planned for the future. However, be sure to check our voice mail (608-829-2969).  We may have other things that we do more or less on the spur of the moment that didn't make it to the calendar.

You can also contact us via electronic mail at madtowntalls@tall.org.

 

 

 

July

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 

Sunday

 

 

1

2

3

4

Fireworks

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Art Fair

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Dodgeville

Blues Fest

26

27

28

29

30

31

Door

Aug 1

County

2

Trip


 

July 4 – Fireworks Somewhere

Ginger will be back in the area for the 4th, so we are going to coordinate a gathering – be it Stoughton, Janesville, Monona or ??. If you are free, call or email Wanda for an update.

 

July 12 – Art Fair on the Square – Madison

1:00 – Meet in front of WI Veteran’s Museum, 30 W Mifflin, corner of State St and Capital Square

This is one of the best and largest art, sculpture, pottery, photography, & jewelry fairs in the country.

http://www.mmoca.org/events/artfair/

5:00 – Himal Chuli Nepalese restaurant, 318 State St

(608) 251-9225 Indian & Asian cuisine, simply savory flavors!

 

July 25 – Dodgeville Blues Fest

1:00-10:30 Downtown behind Court House

Five blues bands for a relaxing day with good music, good food, good tall friends from Madison & Milwaukee. Bring lawn chair - NO carry-ins. http://www.dodgevillebluesfest.com/

 

July 31-Aug 2 – Door County Trip

Donna has invited us to spend a weekend at their family home on the water outside of Gills Rock. Everyone needs to provide their own food & beverages for breakfast, lunch and snacks. We will dine out for supper, if you prefer to do this.

Hopefully, we will find a fish boil, a tradition in Door County.  Please bring your own sheets, pillowcase, towels & lawn chair. We plan to visit Washington Island and whatever anyone wants to see while there. The area features lighthouses, wineries, specialty shops and unique restaurants. Tentative plans are to leave Friday at 8am and return Sunday PM. We will carpool. Milwaukee Talls are also invited, so RSVP ASAP to Pat or Wanda as space is limited. 

 

Pat, Cell (608) 206-6825 or Wanda, Cell (608) 219-8480

 

 

 

August

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 

Sunday

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

House

Party

23

24

25

26

27

28

Hot Air

29

Balloon

30

Rally

31

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

July 31-Aug 2 – Door County Trip
(see the July calendar notes)
 
August 22 – Summer Picnic at Tim & Wanda’s

W3131 Cty EE, Monticello (608) 219-8480

4:00 Partying begins
6:00 Potluck Dinner

This is an annual gathering at Tim & Wanda’s for all friends and neighbors and especially their Tall Friends. Main course: Wanda’s famous Sloppy Joes. Please bring a dish to pass & beverage of your choice. A lawn chair wouldn’t hurt, either.

7:00 Packers on the big TV.
 
August 28 – Hot Air Balloon Rally, Wisconsin Rapids

Camping, Cabins, Paddling, Tubing Event organized by the Milwaukee Tall Club

please see the flyer at http://tallclubmilwaukee.org/flyers.htm

Cabins & camping at Point Bluff Resort, Wisconsin Dells.

Resort outfits canoeing, kayaking & tubing. Balloon Rally is in Wisconsin Rapids. All participants to arrange own lodging, food, beverages & gear. Contact is Larry at (262) 565-8926 or Lkucharek@wi.rr.com

 

 

September

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 

Sunday

 

1

2

3

4

5

Taste of

Madison

6

Pioneer

Village

&

Drive-In

7

8

9

10

11

12

Boat Tour

In Milw.

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Oktoberfest

In Glendale

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

 

 

 

 


 

September 5 – Taste of Madison – Capital Sq.

3:00 – Meet in front of W Veteran’s Museum, 30 W.  Mifflin / State Street on Capital Square

Graze around the square sampling choices from over 200 menu items from 67 participating restaurants. Live music from four stages. http://www.madisonfestivals.com/taste/

 

September 6 – Revolutionary War Reenactment at Pioneer Village, Saukville

1:00 – 4880 Highway I in the Town of Saukville With Tall Club of Milwaukee, Pioneer Village contains 20 restored and authentically furnished houses, barns &

outbuildings. Admission $8-10 adults, $6-8 seniors. Bring lawn chair. Call or email for more details.

5:00 – Dinner at Wayne’s Drive-In, Grafton

An authentic 1950’s style drive-in with fabulous burgers, brats, fries, & root beer floats. At Five Corners intersection: Hwy 60, Washington Ave, Hwy NN, west of Grafton

 

September 12 – Brewery Boat Tour / Milw River

1:00 – Milwaukee Ale House233 N Water St

Between E Buffalo and E Chicago, Parking 225 E Chicago.

2:00 Boat departs and you visit Lakefront brewery & Rock Bottom Brewery. 5:00 Boat returns. $28 - Pre-purchased tickets are required. No refunds. Includes 3 breweries & boat ride. Call (414) 283-9999 Mondo Brothers Boat Co. RSVP

Pat or Wanda.

 

September 20 – Oktoberfest in Glendale
12:00 – Old Heidelberg Park

This is the most authentic Oktoberfest in Wisconsin! Join your tall friends for a very relaxing afternoon listening to a band from Germany and savoring the fine German cuisine, which includes a pig roast, brats and grilled chicken

12:00 Packers vs Cincinnati Bengals on movie-size screen

 

 

Please RSVP if you plan to attend by the Wednesday prior to the event to either Pat or Wanda. It gives us an idea of how many chairs to save or who to expect. If you do RSVP, but plans change & you can’t attend, please send a courtesy email or call to cancel. If you forget to RSVP, please come anyway.

Pat, Cell (608) 206-6825, patwish1@aol.com

Wanda, Cell (608) 219-8480, WJWilkinson@KW.com

Need more information, try the contact person or call:     Pat Davidovich, 608-206-6825.

 

Newsletters

Click the link to view an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the newsletter.   Newsletters from 2002 to 2007 are in the Archive

Newsletters from 2008

2008 Jan Feb News.pdf    2008 March April News.pdf  

2008 May June  News.pdf    2008 July Aug  News.pdf   

2008 Sept Oct  News.pdf    2008 Nov Dec News.pdf 

Newsletters from 2009

2009 Jan Feb News.pdf    2009 March April News.pdf 

2009 May June News.pdf 

2009 July-Sept News.pdf

 

Group photos from Chicago weekends:

  • In 1998, we sent some birds to Chicago and won best group costume.

·         In 1999, MadTown Talls repeated again.  See the Smurfs.

·         In 2000, again as The Green Bay Packers.

·         In 2001, again as Keystone Cops

·         In 2002, again as the Mad Cows

·         In 2003 we won the best group costume in Chicago with the Burma Shave signs. 

·         In 2004, again as Oscar Meyers wieners

·         In 2005, again as GODs R US

·         In 2006, the streak was over.  Oh well, we’ll start a new streak next year.

·         In 2007, we got back on the winning track as Elvis impersonators #2

 

 

 (Site updated by Kevin Martin on June 27, 2009)