Flannel Formal: A Toast to 35 Years of Land & Legacy
- Margot Resto
- Oct 8
- 2 min read
Join us on Saturday, November 8th from 3-6pm for the 9th Annual Flannel Formal, the well-known and loved celebration of land conservation held this year at the Cellar House Farm in Pocomoke City, Maryland. You will love this venue and its rich history: legends of privateering, ghosts, underground tunnels and a murder mystery, inviting intrigue and curiosity to all who enter. We can’t wait for you to see the place!
This year we are commemorating our 35th Anniversary by honoring one of our founders, King Burnett, with the esteemed Stephen N. Parker Conservation Legacy Award. This award is presented annually to recognize a landowner or conservation practitioner for their contributions to private land conservation on the Lower Eastern Shore. Burnett has been a lifelong champion of land conservation, serving in multiple organizations, and was essential to the solidarity of the Delmarva Peninsula environmentalist movement. Past recipients include Charles “Buddy” Jenkins, Larry Leese, John B. Long, Hugh Cropper IV, and Ann G. Carlson.
You’re invited to wear your favorite flannel, dressy or casual, to celebrate the season. This year’s musical entertainment will come to you via the accomplished Baltimore/DC/Annapolis act, the Seth Mitchell Band, performing a variety of originals and covers of Bluegrass and Americana, along with other genres, sure to please all palates and get toes tappin’. Find out more and listen here: Seth Mitchell Music.
Come hang with old friends and find new ones while you enjoy the many delicacies offered, including an array of artisan charcuterie, oysters on the half shell, and Pit & Pub BBQ with all the fixings, including delicious vegetarian options. Also included in the ticket price is our open bar, serving fine wines, craft beers (including a custom brew created for Flannel Formal), a signature cocktail, a George’s Mixes Bloody Mary Bar, and non-alcoholic selections. Try your hand at yard games, chat and get cozy by the fire pits, and bid on silent auction items such as dinner party packages, lodging getaways, golf rounds, sporting clay rounds, a ballgame package, a boat trip, jewelry, fine art, and more!
Tickets are $100 per person until 10/31, and $125 per person after 10/31 and at the door. Purchase tickets HERE OR at the Lower Shore Land Trust website, call 443-234-5587, or email mresto@LSLT.org.
