New to and Not New to Salem Oregon

The commission's Chair, Kirsten Straus, will lead a public walking tour in downtown Salem. The tour will highlight interesting facts and architecture about buildings that are, or were, downtown. To join the tour, meet at the site of the former town hall, located at the southwest corner of Chemeketa Street and High Street, at 6:00 p.m.

Possibly Irish is a fun energetic danceable band! Chemeketa Cellars keeps the wine flowing and food carts will be serving it up!

Grab your favorite Chinese takeout and bringing it to the park to either enjoy your own or to share family style! I will bring serving spoons, paper plates, plasticware, napkins, cups, and water. After we eat, we can meander through the Deepwood Estate gardens and see what’s in bloom!

Join us for potluck and an exhilarating cornhole tournament!! Never played? Not to worry, it's easy to learn. Cheerleaders are more than welcome too!

Location:
Bushes pasture park SE corner near Leffelle St. SE and Summer St. SE. Parking along Leffelle.

Potluck Details:
Bring your favorite dish to share and whatever you are drinking (PLEASE be aware this is a public park; therefore, NO ALCOHOL is permitted, but no one will be monitoring what's in your cup). I will provide paper plates, plasticware, napkins, plastic cups, and water.

YES, you can still attend, even if you don't want to play. If you are just watching, you do not need to pay $5, but if you feel like supporting our fabulous meetup group, donations are appreciated (Meetup charges nearly $200 every six months, and donations help keep our group going).

Tournament Details:
If you are concerned about official regulations, this is not the tournament for you. We will have the boards closer together and go by the rules as outlined in the 3 minute video linked below. We will keep it fair by drawing teams from a hat; that way, everyone has a fair chance. If you have cornhole boards and bags and are willing to bring them or let us borrow them for the event, please let me know.
We will have a $5 cash buy-in (per person), a 50/50 split with the meetup group. Half goes to the ultimate winner, and half goes to the Meetup group as a donation. Once we determine the winning 2 person team, they will then compete against each other to determine the ultimate winner! We will go over the rules before we start playing as a group; that way, everyone will know exactly what to expect (please also watch the short video linked below).

Depending on how many boards we end up with, we might need more Judges. Judges will be stationed at each set of boards to score the games. The Judges will handle all disputes that might occur (please remember this is supposed to be a friendly competition). Judges will have the final say.


Link to Cornhole rules. We will play by basic rules, so ignore the “variations” at the end of the video, also, we will have the boards closer than 27 feet mentioned in the video:

https://youtu.be/qPoXX1z_gMU?si=KdA6k3y5xmSlu_Ke