Our guest speaker this week was Taina Lorenz. Taina is the musical director for the Cosmopolitan Music Society.  (http://www.cosmopolitanmusic.org/ )

Taina was a very interesting speaker. She talked about the history and mission of the Cosmopolitan Music Society.

It is the oldest Music Society in Edmonton (over 50  years) and it’s mission is to “make music lovers into music makers”.

She told us about the Edmonton School Boys band (formed in the 1940s and still performing).

The Cosmopolitan Society has a number of bands, for all levels of musicians, and they perform at a variety of venues. There feature event is the annual “Lest We Forget” concert that they perform for our veterans and military members each year. I had the privilege of attending one of those concerts with my mother a few years ago. It was a great evening.

The Society will also be hosting a band fest in Borden Park in July.

Taina was an enthusiastic speaker and her passion for making music and bringing people to the joys of making music was infectious.

Thank You Taina!

 

News and Gossip for the week of May 14, 2017

 

1) Kylie announced that our Winemaker Dinner was a complete success. Again the Club and our sponsored charity the McKay Archives and Museum enjoyed a great evening of food by Chef Paul Shuffeld - Workshop Eatery and South AfricianWines from Spier. The event netted $14,000 dollars. The money will be split 60/40 between the Archives Museum and the Mozambique school project. The success of the event was driven by Cindy Davis passion for the Museum and the great of gathering gift card donations and the sale of tickets. Three cheers to Cindy and the committee. Another round of applause for David Keam who not only delivered 500 wine glasses for the event he and his daughter polished each one. Big thank to David and the Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel.

 

2) Pat thanked the club for the support they gave his daughters grade five class by voting on the one minute video the students made for the Canada Energy Contest. Sara's class won second place and $500.00. She plans to take the class to the Space Science Center requested the club help by paying the $168 yellow bus fee. Sara teaches at Glendale School which is an identified Apple School. Everything that is done to support this school aids in providing each student with a better chance of success.