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NEWSLETTER

arts and first hand involvement with music making.

Were it not for funds supplied from the private sector, many public school music programs would cease to

exist at all. Through your great efforts in selling tickets, because of businesses and individuals that purchase

ads in our programs and those who donate services and gifts for our silent auctions, and the generous

donations of our friends and supporters, we are able to accommodate grant requests from South Bay public

schools, offer grants to our three local colleges to help supply their needs, give school children the

opportunity to hear live concerts by professional artists and through the generous donations of our Patrons,

award scholarships to outstanding college music students. All our recipients are extremely grateful for the

help we are providing. Let’s keep it up as we celebrate the success of February’s Musical Mosaic and rev up

for Musica Primavera coming on May 12.

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President’s Message

Another marvelous Musical Mosaic is

now behind us and we are looking forward

to our next exciting fund raiser: Musica

Primavera. These outstanding events are

great sources of revenue for our chapter by

presenting high quality music to the

community which showcase accomplished

artists. The funds that come in are so

dearly needed by the projects we support.

Music programs continue to be eliminated

through the ever increasing cuts to public

education; college students are struggling

in their efforts to pursue their education

amid higher tuition and other cost of living

increases; schools at all levels suffer from

deficiencies in equipment, insufficient

staffing, overburdened teachers; students

are deprived of adequate exposure to the

48

years!

A ♪-able

Achievement

CALENDAR

March 15th

Musical Mosaic Grant Application

Deadline Send to: Pat Harpole

5602 Riviera Way, Torrance 90505

March 20th – 10 AM

Board Meeting

March 24th – 3 PM

GENERAL MEETING with Program:

Choral Singers from South High,

Torrance

Liz Turner, Director

Home of Lenita McCallum Hostesses: Joanne Satterburg and Mary Feyk

May 5th – 8:30AM to 2PM

Scholarship Auditions

at Harbor College

May 12th – 5:30PM Musica Primavera

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President’s message cont.

Before we look entirely to our future events,

we must once again express our deep and

sincere appreciation to Jan Bunker for the

excellent work she has done as chair of

Musical Mosaic. A virtual bouquet of red

roses we gratefully extend to you, Jan! Jan’s

husband, Gordon, also deserves huge praise

and thanks for his assistance particularly with

the flyers, mailing and programs. Jan will be

stepping down as chair and therefore we will

be searching for someone who is willing to

take on this very important position.

However, true to her style, Jan is busily

preparing descriptions and directions for

accomplishing each of the tasks and is

suggesting additional sub-chairs for some of

them, so the overall job will not be as large.

Please contact me if you would like to be on

the team, continuing the tradition of great

Musical Mosaics.

Our Nominating Committee is at work to

prepare a slate of officers for next year.

Please try to say “Yes!” when you are invited

to assume a role of leadership. I can assure

you that it is a pleasure to serve on the board

and to work with some of the most dedicated,

dear people to be found anywhere!

Thanks to all of you for your prayers and

thoughts in support of Maurice. His wife,

Rosemary, is grateful to report that he has

been released from the hospital and is home

resting and recovering amazingly well. He is

not ready to receive visitors yet, but evidently

has re-gained his humor and spunk. We’ll be

so happy when he is able to resume his

normal activities.

My deep appreciation to each of you for your

efforts in living and promoting music,

friendship and harmony!

Darlene

Ole! Musica Primavera is just around

the corner. Our theme this year is centered

on Spanish food, decor and wines. We

will be featuring a Flamenco guitarist and

dancer. First of all, make sure the date (May

12th

) is on your calendar. Then be thinking

about how you could help out. Here are

some suggestions.

For decor we are looking for

a) wrought iron candle holders or other

items,

b) fringed shawls and scarves

c) Brightly colored tiles or table cloths and

d) items that could be used to give a

Spanish Flair.

We will need help with food preparation,

serving and set up and clean up. Contact

Pat Maki for more information on how you

might help out.

We need good items for the Silent Auction.

Consumables seem to be more in favor than

items to take home (excepting wine,

maybe). Contact Lenita if you have

anything like a condo for a weekend, tickets

for some event, gift baskets or items that

you know have sold well in the past. We

will take most items but those mentioned

above seem to be more favored. Consider

offering a service of some kind.

We hope to continue our success from past

years and with your help we will do it.

Lenita McCallum and Pat Maki,

co-chairs

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♫ Help wanted

International Convention needs volunteers. Please contact International President Rosemary Ames if you’re interested in working for the convention and/or having any ideas.

The Musicological Research Contest and the Marian Bowker Davidson Collaborative Pianist Award are now open to receive applications. All the necessary information is online on the Mu Phi website.

Plans are underway for the District Conference which is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 20, 2012 at CSU Dominguez Hills. Anyone who would like to assist should contact our District Director, Ruth Cuccia.

Jan Bunker for her outstanding work as our Musical Mosaic chair these past three years. The programs have been magnificent and the audiences have been extremely appreciative.

Pearl Kim for being a major source of income for the Musical Mosaic by her success in obtaining donations and in selling tickets.

Betty Jo Mayer, a friend of Mu Phi and generous supporter of our Musical Mosaics, recently passed away. We honor her memory and are grateful for her generosity.

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Calendar

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David

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for

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48

years

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A e -able

Achievem

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Them

e for

the

Year

Help us to

build our

Palos

Verdes/Sou

th Bay

compositio

n note by

note over

the next

year by

using the

note values

and rests

outlined

below.

Keep track

of your

notes in the

yearbook

on Page

_____. At

the end of

the year the

member

with the

highest

note value

of notes

will receive

an award!

The person

with the

largest

number of

grace notes

will also

receive an

award.