PROGRAM: December 19, 2017: JAN BITTICK-“SLO WIND ORCHESTRA”
Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting at 12:40 PM by circulating the minutes of a recent board meeting and the treasurer’ s report, which shows a favorable balance sheet as we about to start the new year. He thanked those who volunteered their time last Saturday for the Fort Hope Foster Care Homes that included the following members: Anya Stanley, Paul Holden and Scott Astrosky. He then called on Paul Holden who again circulated the sign-up sheet for the Paul Harris raffle
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ashlea Boyer announced that next week December 26 we will be dark and our next meeting on January 2, 2018, which will relate to the importance of flu shots. There will be someone to administer them for those who have not had a flu shot for this season. Paul Holden requested volunteers for the Highway cleanup on the second Saturday of January 6. Tommy Thompson is doing well with his radiation treatments. Anya Stanley suggested that we invite any of the Thomas fire evacuees still staying at the Pismo Beach Lighthouse be invited to our next meeting. Pres. Jeff asked members to say what they found to be special during the first half of our Club’s Rotary year.
FINES
Pres. Jeff had Kari Ziegler spin the wheel for obtaining an Orbitz recommendation for her Comfort Market Restaurant menu. She did not have to pay a fine after she spun the wheel. Karen Zappia was asked to pay a $40 spin-the-wheel fine for her Club Med Martinique vacation. In January 2, Pres. Jeff will add to the members’ invoice one half of their pledge minus the sum of their fines to date.
PROGRAM: JAN BITTICK-“SLO WIND ORCHESTRA”
Ashlea Boyer introduced Jan whose love is classical music. She is currently the Executive Director of the SLO Wind Orchestra, which is not to be confused with the San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra. The Wind Orchestra, which was started in 1999, is the first Community Program offered by Cuesta College. It is not a regular college course, but allows talented musicians to audition for a spot on the orchestra, which is entirely made up of 55 volunteer professional musicians. They put on 4 concerts a year at Cuesta. The next concert is March 24 entitled “Viva la France” and the final concert is on June 3 featuring Americana music. In addition to these concerts, they have put on a children’s concert for the last two seasons. In this year’s concert, they bussed in 800 5th graders to 2 concerts, which features pieces that the children have already been exposed to such as the theme from Star Wars. She showed a brief video of this concert that showed the students engaging with the musicians after the concert. They chose them since the public school first offers 5th graders to take up an instrument that is usually provided by the school. They are always looking for donations to support this worthwhile endeavor.
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY BY MARC MUND
“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. Merry everything and happy always.”
PROGRAM: December 19, 2017: JAN BITTICK-“SLO WIND ORCHESTRA”
Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting at 12:40 PM by circulating the minutes of a recent board meeting and the treasurer’ s report, which shows a favorable balance sheet as we about to start the new year. He thanked those who volunteered their time last Saturday for the Fort Hope Foster Care Homes that included the following members: Anya Stanley, Paul Holden and Scott Astrosky. He then called on Paul Holden who again circulated the sign-up sheet for the Paul Harris raffle
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ashlea Boyer announced that next week December 26 we will be dark and our next meeting on January 2, 2018, which will relate to the importance of flu shots. There will be someone to administer them for those who have not had a flu shot for this season. Paul Holden requested volunteers for the Highway cleanup on the second Saturday of January 6. Tommy Thompson is doing well with his radiation treatments. Anya Stanley suggested that we invite any of the Thomas fire evacuees still staying at the Pismo Beach Lighthouse be invited to our next meeting. Pres. Jeff asked members to say what they found to be special during the first half of our Club’s Rotary year.
FINES
Pres. Jeff had Kari Ziegler spin the wheel for obtaining an Orbitz recommendation for her Comfort Market Restaurant menu. She did not have to pay a fine after she spun the wheel. Karen Zappia was asked to pay a $40 spin-the-wheel fine for her Club Med Martinique vacation. In January 2, Pres. Jeff will add to the members’ invoice one half of their pledge minus the sum of their fines to date.
PROGRAM: JAN BITTICK-“SLO WIND ORCHESTRA”
Ashlea Boyer introduced Jan whose love is classical music. She is currently the Executive Director of the SLO Wind Orchestra, which is not to be confused with the San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra. The Wind Orchestra, which was started in 1999, is the first Community Program offered by Cuesta College. It is not a regular college course, but allows talented musicians to audition for a spot on the orchestra, which is entirely made up of 55 volunteer professional musicians. They put on 4 concerts a year at Cuesta. The next concert is March 24 entitled “Viva la France” and the final concert is on June 3 featuring Americana music. In addition to these concerts, they have put on a children’s concert for the last two seasons. In this year’s concert, they bussed in 800 5th graders to 2 concerts, which features pieces that the children have already been exposed to such as the theme from Star Wars. She showed a brief video of this concert that showed the students engaging with the musicians after the concert. They chose them since the public school first offers 5th graders to take up an instrument that is usually provided by the school. They are always looking for donations to support this worthwhile endeavor.
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY BY MARC MUND
“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. Merry everything and happy always.”