UPCOMING EVENTS

March 21, 2027 International Potluck Dinner

September 25, 2027 Newcomer Welcome Dinner

PAST EVENTS

2026 HALLOWEEN HOUSE DECORATING CONTEST

Thank you to all the residents who participated, especially those who decorated their yards for the delight of the community. The WINNERS of the 2026 contest are:

PEOPLE’S CHOICE, 8117 Hamilton Spring Road, “Yeehawlloween Wild West” (John & Cristin Hackel). This house was the favorite in the community vote.

Our judge’s panel included community members from all age groups and new and established residents. They rated each house on artistic quality, effort and scale, using a structured rubric. Thank you judges!

The top panel-scoring houses, apart from the People’s Choice awardee, are:

JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD, 8217 Hamilton Spring Ct, “Halloween Candy Land” (Madar/Schlinger Family). This house was the highest-rated by our panel of judges.

BEST HALLOWEEN DISPLAY, 8109 Lilly Stone Drive, “Rave in the Grave” (Sofia, Emory, Serafina and Angelica)

SCARIEST, 8 Park Overlook Ct, The Great Carderock Witch-In (Lierman Family)

BEST TRADITIONAL FALL DISPLAY, 8215 Lilly Stone Dr, Happy Fall-Oween ! (Zoey & Keegan)

ECO-HALLOWEEN

Our Environmental Chair, Francisco Gonzalez, viewed all the houses in the neighborhood. 

This award goes to a household that did not formally enter the contest, 8417 Fenway Road ("Help, Help", by Eric and Sharon Nothman), for its creative use of recyclable materials (bail of hay, hand-made sign, clothing, shoes, and lower limbs). Special Mention goes to the many other neighbors who used only recyclable materials, such as sheets or pumpkins.

Great food and new friends!

2026 Newcomer Welcome Dinner

The CSCA Events Committee has enormous gratitude for all the neighbors who made the 2026 annual Newcomer Welcome Dinner so special. One hundred four adults/teens plus 33 younger kids were registered!

MVPs: 

• The newcomers, who we can already tell are going to make great new friends and neighbors. Thirteen newcomer households were introduced! (A few are in the photo collage below.) Some newcomers even volunteered for the event! It was wonderful to get to know them. 
• Rob Gorman and Stefan Lobuglio for solving a last-minute table/chair crisis, along with helping in many other ways.
• The Carderock Village Gardening Interest Group, whose members came through amazingly and beautifully to brighten our tables with local greenery. Table bouquets were provided by members Alvina Long, Chris Cahn, Irene Fraiser, Kate Stanley, Pat Harris, Sue Eastman, and Rose Oshinsky. (See photos below and https://www.carderocksprings.net/carderock-village-you-already-belong.) And Village CONNECTS for offering rides for neighbors
• CSCA Membership Secretary Eckhart Richter and Treasurer Kote Lomidze who contributed both behind the scenes and at the event
• Volunteers Sue Eastman, Sharon Nothman, James Duran, Pam Albertson, Nicolas Argandona, Jessica Cooper, Laura Ard, Zosia Lee, Jill Baranick, Pat Harris, Christine and Leifur Tomasson, Mitt Mathavan, Katalin Roth, Charlie Heidlage, Lipika Dash, Karen Ringo, Mark Remijan, and Katherine Hubley who posted and retrieved yard signs, helped set up, staffed the registration table, decorated, took photos, introduced newcomer families, delivered leftovers to the fire station and the AMAZING number of people who cleaned up! Our SSL students were great. It was a huge undertaking and so many people stepped up.
• Mir Masud-Elias and Jamal Elias as emcees, hilarious and good-natured, as always 
• All the bakers and buyers who brought wonderful desserts
• Carderock residents who make us feel so lucky and proud every day to live here

From your CSCA Events Committee (Stephanie Land, Malinda Brent, Denise Beckles Durham, and Erica Hart)