NOTE: For reservation requirements and cancellation information, please see Meetings information at the bottom of this page.
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019, 11:00 a.m.
General Meeting & Luncheon
Location: Rockwall County Library Community Room
Lunch cost: $20
Program: Book review by Ruth Sears: The Catcher was a Spy. Ruth will share the story of Moe Berg, a major league baseball player, linguist, spy, and American hero.
Reservations are required and close at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 1st.
To register online and pay with a credit card, please complete the registration form online (click here), then click the Submit button at the end of the form to access PayPal.
To make a reservation and pay at the door, email Leigh Plagens at cplagens65@aol.com or call (972) 771-8976.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
General Meeting & Luncheon
Location: Rockwall County Library Community Room
Lunch cost: $20
Program: Love Songs by Jackie Payne. Jackie tells the story behind many popular and well-known love songs, such as details of how and why a song was written–and then accompanies herself on the keyboard as she sings those beautiful love songs.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
General Meeting & Luncheon
Location: Rockwall County Library Community Room
Lunch cost: $20
Program: When Dallas turned 150 years old, Rose-Mary Rumbley celebrated the occasion by writing The Unauthorized History of Dallas. She tells her stories of Dallas landmarks and personalities with humor and a wit that only Rose-Mary can achieve.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
General Meeting & Luncheon
Location: Rockwall County Library Community Room
Lunch cost: $20
Program: Patriotic Songs by Dave Tanner. Dave tells the courageous, humorous, and incredible stories behind heart-stirring patriotic songs from Yankee Doodle to God Bless America, with many stops in between. Get to know the composers and their times, while discovering the common thread that unites these wonderful tunes: “American ends in I can.”
Prior Events
Tuesday, September 10th, 2019, 11:00 a.m.
General Meeting & Luncheon
Program: Dave Lieber, author of AMON! The Ultimate Texan: The Amon Carter Story..
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Meetings
Friends meets regularly five times each year – September, October, February, April and May, in addition to special events. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held in the Community Room of the Rockwall County Library, 1215 E. Yellow Jacket Lane, Rockwall, Texas 75087.
All meetings and special events are open to the community but reservations are required.
- A $20 luncheon reservation includes meeting, program and buffet luncheon.
- To attend the meeting and program only (but not the luncheon), reservations are still required but at no charge.
Unless a luncheon reservation is cancelled by 5:00 pm Tuesday the week prior to meeting date, payment is required.