Welcome to the Gold Trail Grange and Coloma-Lotus Community Hall

The state issued a Stay Home Order on March 19th that is still in effect without a known expiration. The events scheduled on the April calendar are non-essential per the California Department of Public Health Guidance for gathering. Accordingly, the hall  is closed for the month of April or until the Stay Home order is lifted if that occurs first. Please stay safe, practice social distancing and take protective measures. Also, check in on your neighbors, friends, loved ones, and anyone who can use a friendly phone call in this time of isolation. We look forward to gathering again when it is safe to do so. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CDPHGuidanceforthePreventionofCOVID19TransmissionforGatherings.aspx  See our Facebook page for events: www.facebook.com/goldtrailgrange/ Potluck Socials are at 5:30pm on the fourth (sometimes third) Sunday of the month. Everyone is welcome. Bring a dish to share, a beverage, and your own place setting if you can. If you can't, please come anyway! Also, we collect food each month for our local food bank. Please bring nonperishables as well as fresh produce for our neighbors who need them. Upcoming 2020 Sunday potlucks starting at 5:30pm - The March potluck is cancelled. - April 26 - Cancelled. We have awarded Scholarships to local graduating high school students and will provide a write-up of that soon. Business meetings are 7pm the second Wednesday of the month. Please come to share your ideas about Grange activities, projects, and building maintenance. Upcoming 2020 Wednesday meetings starting at 7pm - April 8 - Cancelled - May 13 See our calendar for other dates The Gold Trail Grange and Coloma-Lotus Community Hall encourages families and neighbors to band together to promote the economic and civic well-being of the community and agriculture.  We are committed to fostering education and promoting social events - including film fests, live music and dance - to help build community in the Coloma-Lotus Valley.  Contra dances are held the fourth Saturday of the month, except January. Fun for all ages with live music! Just $8 per dancer, with a maximum of $35 per family. Refreshments too! Free lesson at 6:30pm, and the dance starts at 7pm: - March 28  - DECADE DANCE CONTRA (come dressed up in your favorite decade - 40's, 50's, 60's, roaring 20's, 1880s, etc) - April 25 - Cancelled - May 23 - SPRING FORMAL CONTRA (dress up for contra) El Dorado Quilt Trail is at the Gold Trail Grange The Quilt Trail Project, part of the El Dorado County Farm Trails, has a panel at our Gold Trail Grange! This is the "Star Shadow" quilt painted  by Julie Castro. Check it out when you come to our next event, or drive northerly through Coloma. Most of our  activities are in the Grange Hall at 319 Highway 49, in the center of Coloma. The hall, built in 1926 as a community gathering place, is a venue for a wide variety of presentations and forums. Groups and individuals may rent the building, which has hosted everything from exercise classes to wedding receptions, memorials and birthdays. Each month the Gold Trail Grange has a business meeting and also sponsors community gatherings on a vast range of topics, from meteorites and native plants to League of Women Voters election information and Coloma history. Periodically, the Grange sponsors dances, with live music one of the attractions. The dances are part of a long-standing tradition; early-day Grange treasury reports enumerated expenses for food, orchestras and even floor wax. At one time the “Gold Pannies,” a can-can group made up of local women, entertained at fundraisers. The Grange is located along the beautiful South Fork of the American River that roars or meanders through the heart of the Coloma Lotus Valley, depending on the season. Our Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/goldtrailgrange/ Please share our events!  For more information, please contact us.