September 2009 Newsletter
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September 1, 2009
Dear Fellow WMC Members,
Here we are once again nearing the end of summer. Hopefully you’ve had some well deserved vacation time whether away or at home and are ready to embrace yet again another new year. As your president, I welcome you all back and, together with the other officers and board members look forward to working with all of you to make the Woodbridge Music Club the best it can be. Thanks to the help of several very dedicated members, our 2009-10 Season is ready to go.
We will begin the year Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (12975 Purcell Road, Manassas, VA 20112). The evening will begin with a warm welcome for our new members followed by a delightful hour of music performed by our very own membership. The program will include a variety of selections featuring the trumpet, violin, marimba, voice and organ. Afterwards, we will have a social hour so that we can get reacquainted with each other and get to know those who have recently joined us. Members are asked to bring some kind of goodies (appetizers, fruits, vegetables or desserts) for the tables. Jean Sevon, Deborah Chappell, and Susan Tury will be our hostess chairpersons this year. (They may be calling on you from time to time during the year to help with refreshments for the programs.) Please join us on the 19th to support your club in this season opener.
Yearbooks will be available for you before and after the program. Please take the yearbook with your name printed on the front cover. Peruse it at your leisure so that you don’t miss anything the club has to offer as the year goes by.
We have some wonderful Saturday evening concerts on the agenda for this season:
October 24 – Elaine Brady, piano and Sean Brady, piano
7:00 p.m. St.Paul United Methodist Church
November 14 – Allan Chan, Tenor
7:00 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church
January 23 – Classical FX Vocal Quartet
7:00 p.m. Westminster at Lake Ridge Retirement Center
February 6 – Attacca String Quartet
7:00 p.m. Westminster at Lake Ridge Retirement Center
March 20 – Leslie Bennett, voice
7:00 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church
April 17 – John Schroeder, trumpet and June Shuffett, piano
7:00 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church
May 8 – Donna Baldwin, piano
7:00 p.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church
We have scheduled several house concerts (Saturdays at Five) in which members perform for each other in a relaxed atmosphere. Please come play or just listen. Numerous Saturday afternoon performances for our “Christmas in Occoquan” series are listed in your yearbook. As the year progresses, information will be coming out about National Music Week concerts which takes place the first week in May.
For your students we have four Student Recitals, the NFMC festival, the Kiki Thomaidis Scholarship Competition and Winner’s recital, and the Senior Scholarship Competition.
I am proud to be the president of the Woodbridge Music Club, and I take our mission seriously – to promote the performance and education of music in our community. I urge all of you to encourage others to become members and join with us as we celebrate music in our community this year. Any and all information about our club can be found on our web site at www.WoodbridgeMusicClub.org.
I hope to see you on the evening of September 19.
Sincerely,
Elaine Brady, D.M.A.
President
Woodbridge Music Club