North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA STATE DIRECTOR
Wayne Aiken
P.O. Box 30904
Raleigh, NC   27622
Phone/Fax:  (919) 602-8529
E-mail: waiken@atheists.org


Winter Solstice Celebration

December 21st, 2004
7:00pm - El Cerro Grande - Raleigh, NC

The Winter Solstice occurs this year on Tuesday, December 21nd at 7:41am EST. This is the point in the Earth's orbit with the shortest amount of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere, due to the planet's tilt relative to the plane of the solar orbit.

Join us for a celebration to observe this very real astronomical event which impacts our daily lives, as well as to look at the year gone by, talk with old friends and meet new ones. This year's Solstice Party will be in Raleigh:

    El Cerro Grande
    2549 S. Saunders Street
    Raleigh, NC 27603
    919-836-0807

    7:00pm

This restaurant is just south of I-40/I-440 Beltline, at the US 401/ South Saunders Street exit. This is along the southernmost section of the Beltline, which circles Raleigh, and is directly south of the downtown area.

From either direction along I-40, take the South Saunders Street exit, 298A or 298B. The restaurant is nearly within sight of the highway along Saunders Street. Go past the Sam's Club, and El Cerro Grande will be at the first stop light, across the intersection from a Fast Fare. Make a Left turn at the light, to enter the El Cerro Grande parking lot.

MapQuest Map

From the north, Take US1/Capital Blvd to Raleigh, go straight through the downtown district, which merges into Saunders Street. After you pass under the I-40/I-440 Beltline, look for El Cerro Grande on the left, just past the Sam's Club and a motel, at the first stop light past the highway exits.

From the south, take 70 West to Raleigh; take the Saunders Street split to the left, from 70 West/S. Wilmington Street. The restaurant will be on the right, about 3/4 mile past the split.

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General information about the Winter Solstice, and how it came to be celebrated. (with its relationship to Christmas)
http://www.equinox-and-solstice.com/html/winter_solstice.html

The U.S. Naval Observatory publishes a complete chart of when all Solstices and Equinoxes occur; these are in UTC - subtract 5 hours for Eastern Standard Time.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.html

Godless Americans March on Washington

November 2, 2002

Here are some GAMOW pictures from some of the North Carolina people:

http://htomc.dns2go.com/gamow/
http://www.angelfire.com/dc2/gamow02nov2002/GAM01.html
http://www.angelfire.com/dc2/gamow02nov2002/GAM02.html
http://www.angelfire.com/dc2/gamow02nov2002/GAM03.html

Winter Solstice 2002 Pictures

Atheist Viewpoint Schedule for North Carolina:

  • Chapel Hill: Channel 8, The People's Channel
       Thursday- 10:30pm
       Friday- 10:30am & 4:30pm
  • Charlotte: Channel 18, Time Warner Cable
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  • Durham: Channel 8 - Community Programming, Time Warner Cable
       Wednesday- 9:30am
       Begins on Wednesday, May 10
  • Greensboro: Channel 8, GCTV
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  • Raleigh: Channel 22, Time Warner Cable
       Friday - 9:00pm

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