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Garrett Lakes Arts Festival will hold a fundraiser event, “Blues, Bling and Blue Jeans” on Friday, September 17, 2010 at Wisp Resort, McHenry, MD. Come for good food, fun and dancing with the Bobby Nicholas Band. The evening begins at 6:00 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres (cash bar) followed by a sit down dinner at 7:00 p.m. in the McHenry House Lodge. The cost is $75 per person. Reservations must be made by the September 10 deadline. Call the GLAF office at 301-387-3082 or order tickets online at http://www.artsandentertainment.org
Garrett Lakes Arts Festival (GLAF) is pleased to announce that orchestral music will return to Garrett County with The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, July 17 and 18, 2009. Conductor, Lawrence Loh, will kick off the weekend, Friday at 7:30 p.m. with a lively pops concert, “An Evening of Movie Classics,” featuring music by Hollywood composers John Williams and Henry Mancini. Conductor, Andrés Cárdenes, will lead the orchestra in a program of classical repertoire Saturday, July 18, which also begins at 7:30 p.m. The classical program “Rhapsody in Blue” will include Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, with piano soloist Jon Kimura Parker; and Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (Reformation). Tickets for each concert are $35 for adults, $5 for students, and free for children five years and younger (tickets are required). Tickets can be ordered online at http://www.artsandentertainment.org or by calling the GLAF office at (301) 387-3082.
According to Skip Case, executive Director of Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, “Pittsburgh Symphony is a true world-class orchestra. Garrett Lakes Arts Festival and the Deep Creek Lake community embraced the world-class orchestra with grateful enthusiasm, at its local debut at the Wisp Resort in 2007. We are truly looking forward to their return in ‘09. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra prides itself in artistic excellence, a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians.” Event sponsors for the symphony performances include Margaret Kaiser, M.D. and Eric Tribbey, Ed King and Doug McClive, M&T Bank Charitable Foundation, Jim O’Connell, Dr. Charles Walch (and Melissa, Nicole, & Maria). Sponsor Partners for the PSO performances are David A. Burdock Funeral Home, Coldwell Banker Deep Creek Realty, David and Irene Eyer, Bill and Bonnie Fedde, Judy and Jan Finkel, Albert W. Getty, D.D.S., P.C., Iris and Peter Halmos Private Foundation, Robert and Marcene Huebner, Tom and Kathy Johnson, H. Stanley Lambert III, M.D., Barbara Leighton, M.D., Herbert H. Leighton, M.D., Paul and Willetta Mateer, Cherie S. Myers, Edward WS and Jeanne H. Neff, Rickie Rubenstein and Ben Leaderman, Lew Wheeler and Debi McDonnell, and Chuck and Becky Zellefrow.
Season Sponsors of Garrett Lakes Arts Festival are First United Trust and Investments, Garrett County Chamber of Commerce, Property Owners’ Association of Deep Creek Lake and Wisp Resort. This performance is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. In addition, large gifts and grants have been given by the Audrey and Howard Naylor Family Trust, The Garrett County Arts Council and The Maryland State Arts Council. For tickets and information about the program visit www.artsandentertainment.org or call the Garrett Lakes Arts Festival office at (301) 387-3082.
Garrett Lakes Arts Festival is pleased to announce its new supporters who believe in the arts, and in the mission of this organization. Please share your appreciation with them whenever you have the opportunity.
Many thanks to the Property Owners’ Association of Deep Creek Lake, Inc. with their generous contribution of $5,000. We are happy to include them as one of our 2009 Season Sponsors. We also are pleased to announce that Albert W. Getty, D.D.S., P.C. is a new corporate sponsor at the $1,000 level.
I also want to take this opportunity to thank The Garrett Community Concert Band. They will be performing gratis this year at the Independence Day Concert. This donation is kind is most appreciated.
And most of all thanks to all of YOU who have made contributions to GLAF. Your support is crucial to the survival of this organization. We can’t do it without you. Just a reminder that ticket sales are brisk for the trip to the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra on October 9. Space is limited so reserve your seat now.
Skip Case, Executive Director
A Capitol Opening Night Dream
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
and the Reopening of Capitol Music Hall
Wheeling, WV
Friday, October 9, 8PM
We have planned a bus trip to Wheeling, West Virginia on Friday, October 9, so we can all be a part of the 80th Anniversary of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra and the reopening of the beautiful Capitol Music Hall. It should be a wonderful evening! We hope that you will join us!
The Oct. 9 concert by the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Andre Ralph Smith, featuring cellist Zuill Bailey. The works include Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Stravinsky: The Firebird; and Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme. The cost is$50 per person which includes your ticket to the performance, reception after the concert with the conductor, and bus transportation. Further details will be sent to you. Register ON-LINE or call the GLAF office at 301-387-3082.
Planning for the PSO
Pictured: Row 1 (l-r) Moe Turrentine, Chair; Michael Bielski, COO of the Pittsburgh Symphony; Carolyn Deverse, Program Chair. Row 2 (l-r) Skip Case, Executive Director; Willetta Mateer, Fundraising Chair; Lynn Grimm, board member; Jim O’Connell, Treasurer.
When I started with GLAF, Michael Bielski, COO, of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra told me, “There are many ups and downs in the arts business”. Truer words were never spoken. Recently we received generous donations from The Audrey and Howard Naylor Trust and the GFWC Civic Club of Oakland, Inc. Our most sincere appreciation goes out to these donors. A few days after learning of these gifts we were crushed when we got the news that our re-submission for the PennPAT grant was rejected by a very slim margin. Even though our situation is better than it was in January, we are still under funded. Our volunteer grant writers are looking for new sources but again we need your help. Willetta Mateer, Fundraising Chairman, has set a goal to raise $15,000 by July 1st. Please give what you can so we can keep these wonderful programs coming.
Skip Case, GLAF Executive Director
In our January issue of the “Spotlight” newsletter, I made a plea to the community to contribute $20,000 to offset part of the budget shortfall that was mentioned in that newsletter. Some of you have increased your donations, one donor lifted a restriction on the use of his donation, and new contributors have joined us. I’m happy to announce, we’ve met our $20,000 goal, and I’m very grateful to those of you that made it happen. We’re not out of the woods yet, but I think we are getting close to the edge of the forest. As I’ve told our board of directors, we still have much work to do this year in all areas of the business. We have to increase ticket sales, hold successful fundraisers, and make solicitations for donations. Thanks to those of you who responded to our plea, we’ve crossed the first hurdle.
I am pleased to report that the Art Raffle Fundraiser was a great success. Thanks to the generous contribution of a beautiful watercolor by Robert Yonke we were able to raise $1,910 for GLAF. The painting was won by Robert Starliper of Hagerstown. Thanks to all the people who contributed their time and money to this project.
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