Thought For the Day - "The most beautiful thing about life on earth is Classical Music," - Fred Hoyle in The Black Cloud.
Tax & Accounting Minute - Satoshi Nakamoto wrote an 8-page whitepaper in October 2018 that explained Blockchain. He owns the bitcoin key that would unlock a huge amount of money, but nobody knows who or where Satoshi is.
Sunshine Report by Lewie Donhost for March and April. Birthdays: Kim Walker, Bill Watson, Lew Wahl, and Sandi Sava. Anniversaries for the McBrides, the Walkers, and the Halls. We had an amazing chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. So good.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Dick Hall had to pay $5 because he helped the Carmichael club. He was watching their club meeting on Zoom from home, and their power went out, so he fetched an extension cord and drove to their meeting to save the day.
News - Please show up to the Oak Park Rotary House service project. Bring a pail and a garden rake and wear your gloves. We'll have helpers from the Point West club. Tim Hayes went to President Elect Training, so he gave us an update. Attendance was a recurring theme. It was suggested that we might find success bringing in members that want to do service projects, even if they aren't keen on weekly meetings. Next year's Rotary theme will be "The Magic of Rotary" because a child was so fascinated by the clean water that came out of the faucet after a filter was placed on it that he thought it was a magic trick.
Speaker - We were greatly honored to hear Ari Pelto, the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor for the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera. He was introduced by Executive Director Giuliano Kornberg. Mr. Pelto said that classical music has been his life and also his livelihood, and he notices that it follows the 4-way test. It tells the truth. It's fair to all. It builds goodwill and better friendships and is beneficial to all. Everyone responds to music innately, naturally. We respond in such a variety of ways. This is true for art generally, but for music particularly. We come and sit together and have a community experience, given to us by great geniuses. Even more than a sporting experience, as a group in a concert, everybody vibrates with a singular energy. It's a discrete moment in time that will never happen again - a singular experience. He likes that each town and symphony has its own personality. While he lives in Denver and travels the world leading music, he is enjoying getting to know the personality of the community and the musicians here in Sacramento. Our symphony is showing great signs of health. Six weeks ago, we had a complete sell-out of tickets. We have 64 players but invite more to come in order to manage the requirements of some of the pieces being performed. Ari was a violinist first. When he was 6, he wanted to play soccer and his mother said yes he could if he also took violin, and he was happy to do that. He always identified himself as a musician because his cousin just 1.5 years older, who he loved, was already a violinist. By the time he was a teen, Ari was practicing 5-6 hours a day, and before he could graduate from high school, he was tapped to attend the New England Conservatory of Music. Then he moved to Oberlin for more training. Unfortunately, he came down with psoriatic arthritis that affected his hands, even robbing him of his fingernails. The doctor said he needed to take a year off playing violin, and he couldn't imagine being without music that long. He picked up conducting, and it was even more natural to him than playing violin. It was an excellent change. Here in Sacramento, he enjoys the challenge of planning each music season. In the future with the Sacramento Philharmonic, he would like to conduct Mahler's 1st Symphony "Titan" and The Valkyrie by Wagner.
Raffle - Allison won the chocolate bar from Xocolotl.
Finished at 1:15
Attendance (24): Bob Deering, Lewie Donhost, Carroll Dudley, Jim Fritzsche, Betsy Gade, George Gomes, Hanns Haesslein, Dick Hall, Allison Hamaker, Tim Hayes, Kipp Johnson, David Jones, Jack Kimmel, Keith McBride, Maria Mengotti, Charley Rea, Amy Ruggles, Randy Smith, Lew Wahl, and guests Clarence Parkins, Ari Pelto, and Giuliano Kornberg.
Upcoming Events:
3/9 Oak Park Cleanup 9am at 4070 2nd Avenue. Bring a pail, gloves, and a garden rake. We'll have helpers from the Point West club.
3/12 Ettores tribe meets at 7am for breakfast. All are welcome.
3/13 CLUB ASSEMBLY. You must be present to vote. Please attend.
3/20 Mike Korpiel from Dignity Health
3/26 Ettores tribe meets at 7am for breakfast. All are welcome.
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