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Greetings
from Sylvia
 Dear
Mu Phis,
Our
October Meeting was a special opportunity to visit with several members
whom we have not seen for a while, including
Susan Poelchau, who is back in Dallas after many years in
Germany. We enjoyed
the meeting to the fullest: Good
music, good fellowship and good food.
I
need to mention several items from.
The convention planning committee is busy and wants us to be
involved: By
contributing money, performing
in Outreach concerts (in Cincinnati), and/or
participating in an orchestra and chorus.
I will have the information at the November meeting.
Please
remember to keep a record of your SERV
hours. Make a note in a special place in your Calendar.
You can then add the hours when it is time to give me the
information for the report that goes to the International office (May).
Mu
Phi Epsilon has an accompanist award of $1,000, not limited by age,
financial need, or projects in the United States.
Deadline is March 1. Call
the president or get information at the meeting, if you are interested.
November
12 will be our annual Founders Day celebration at the home of Edie
Pfautsch. Ninety-nine
years! We will
recognize Dundee Dillard as a seventy-year member and Edie Pfautsch as a
sixty-year member.
Plan
to attend!
Sylvia Taylor Lerch
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Upcoming
Meetings
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November
Meeting
Edie
Pfautsch will host the November meeting at her home – 5302 Edmondson
Ave. – on November 12 at 7:30 pm. The program will be Mary Ann
Taylor, flute with Jerry Taylor, piano; Claudia Jameson, soprano with
Tena Hehn, piano; and Emily Priest, violin with Deborah Austin, Piano.
Co-hostesses are Phyllis Wilson, Melanie Priest, Mary Ann Taylor and Pat
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December Meeting
Put Monday, December 9th on your
calendar for our holiday party at Kay Newman’s. Rosalie Alexander and
Karen Glosserman will provide the Chanukah Music and Julie Schmitt and
Ellen Vanderslice the Christmas music. Co-hostesses are Ellen Stamelos,
Bea Carney, Becky Corley, Fran Pearson and Anne Stone.
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Remember
that if you cannot be a co-hostess for the time you are assigned, please
change with someone else. All co-hostesses are listed in the yearbook
(check your name!). Please give the first co-hostess listed the name of
your replacement.
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Calling
All Pianists:
If
you would like to perform in the Robert Schumann Scenes from
Childhood piano program in March, please call Pat Suitt to reserve
your selection.
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President
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Sylvia
Taylor Lerch
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Vice
President
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Pat Suitt
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Recording
Secretary
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Anne
Stone
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Corresponding
Secretary
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Katie
Freiberger
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Treasurer
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Sharon
Kraus
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Historian
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Cynthia
Wadley
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Steward
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Pat Hill
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Chaplain
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Tennie
Lengel
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Chorister
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Phyllis
Wilson
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Program
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Pat
Suitt
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Social
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Sadie
Rowe
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Library Concert
Series
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Edie
Pfautsch
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Finance
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Zelda Hantz
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Mu
Phi Epsilon Foundation
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Ruth
Reed
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Newsletter/Webmaster
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Mary
Williams
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Notification
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Julie
Schmitt
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Patrons
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Frances Stuart and Pat Hill
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Sunshine
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Bea Carney
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Yearbook
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Tena Hehn
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Mu
Chi Chapter Adviser
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Edie
Pfautsch
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Changes
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Cynthia
Wadley’s email address is incorrect in the yearbook. It is: danwadle@earthlink.net
Also,
please change the last 4 digits of the zip code for Dundee Dillard to:
75214-1849.
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Dues
Treasurer's
Last Call for Dues!
It is not too late to pay your dues.
We still have some who have not paid, and we would be glad to
update our international records to show you as a continuing member.
Call Sharon Kraus at home or work for more information.
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Concert
Series
By Edie Pfautsch,
Chairperson
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November
always signifies the close of the fall Sunday Concert Series. It ended
with a beautiful piano duo: Clarice Candamio and Marta Urrea. Note:
Clarice is a MΦE member and studied organ with Mildred Andrews at
U. of Oklahoma. Mildred, an impressive woman, was one of our national
officers and in charge of performers the year we held the convention
here. There was a small but enthusiastic audience for their program of
the Mozart Sonata in C major, Schubert's Fantasie in F minor,
D940 and Mendelssohn's Allegro Brilliante in A major Op.92.
Eat your hearts out, pianists.
Please
note the word “small" above. You all know the problem with
audience variation. We have been following the same formula for many
years. We let performers know that much (most) of their audience will
come from family, friends, students, whomever they get around to
informing. And Mary helps them with a card format for copying. Kay sends
out the publicity regularly. We try, in other words. For the past few
years we have had a total of about six regulars who show up for almost
all recitals. This year it is down to three plus occasional community
college students with their notebooks. Audiences this fall have ranged
from over 100 (very rare!) to under 20 (a very empty feeling).
So,
I am confirming what we have all been aware of for a long time. Dallas
does not know about us. So what do we do? Is it time to "think
outside the box?" And what would that mean? Let's all give it
thought.
Several
years ago I wrote letters to Olin Chism and Scot Cantrell suggesting
that this is a well-kept secret that could be highlighted in some way,
maybe by them. No response. Maybe Steve Blow. Tena Murdock includes the
programs on her website and has printed a nice flyer with the schedule
for all the branch libraries. Time to get out of the box? The fall
season was impressive despite having to deal with two very late
cancellations which we were able to solve with contacts from previous
programs: Deborah Austin and the Landefelds of the Suzuki Institute of
Dallas.
Let
me know your ideas, in or out of the box, to make our wonderful concert
presence known in Dallas. We begin again on February 2 with another
great lineup. Let there be an AUDIENCE!
All
concerts are at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Auditorium
1515
Young Street, Dallas TX
Sundays
at 3:00 PM
Concerts
are FREE and open to the public
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MΦE
Centennial Celebration
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Remember that the Mu Phi Epsilon 100th
year celebration is in Cincinnati, Ohio - August 6-12th, 2003. Please
contribute to a fund to help support it if you are able. Checks are
payable to: Mu Phi Epsilon Centennial Fund. Send to Mu Phi Epsilon, 4202
Atlantic Ave #202, Long Beach, CA 90807-2826.
Nancy Laine reports that there will be a
raffle to help raise funds for this event. Grand prize is a trip to the
convention, but there are other great prizes (Palm Pilot, digital
camera, etc.). You can purchase one ticket for $5 or five tickets for
$20. The upcoming Triange will have forms to mail in to Gerri Flynn, but
a note with a check would wold just as well.
Tip:
Nancy also says to look for a photo and a little blurb about Katie
Freiberger in the upcoming Triangle.
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Past
Meetings
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September:
Member of the Mu Chi (SMU) chapter and Epsilon Epsilon (TCU) Chapter
performed at the first meeting of the year, held at Martha Peak's home.
Thanks to these students and the co-hostesses.
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 October: Members attending the October meeting at Pat Suitt’s home
were privileged to hear a great program. Performing in an all Mu Phi
quartet were Kathleen Berry, flute, Gretchen Nichols, cello, Frances
Estes, oboe and Clarece Candamio, piano. They played the Teleman Trio
Sonata in C minor.
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 Fran
Pearson, soprano, was accompanied by Dan Hartman. She performed some
Puccini songs and Dvorak’s Song to His Father.
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See Meeting
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News
from Members
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Kathryn
Fouse has moved to Alabama, where she and her husband are on the
faculty at Sanford College.
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Dundee
Dillard has moved to a retirement home.
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Ruth
Rutherford has moved to Denton to be closer to her son, Paris.
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Karolyn
Hays Sailer, now of New Mexico, will help her parents celebrate
their 60th wedding anniversary on November 9th with a reception in
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Katherine
Freiberger’s house in Colorado burned down during the fires this
summer and she lost her two Steinways. She is moving to new places
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member Roxy Robbins Etheridge, now of Vancouver, B.C. visited
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Sandra
McMillen presented an in-service program for her school featuring
the "Mozart Effect." She illustrated how teachers can use
music for their own personal use to tap the power of the music, to
heal the body, strengthen the mind and unlock the creative spirit.
She cited examples using music therapy that she uses for herself and
to help adjust the mood of her students in creating a positive
teaching/learning environment. She included sample music and
resources for teachers to use. Many teachers have contacted
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District
South Central 2
By
Sandra McMillen, District Director
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Congratulations to Holly McNiel of Delta Pi Chapter at
Tarleton State University who has been named winner of the Mu Phi
Epsilon Senior Achievement Award for the South Central Province.
Beta Mu Chapter at Texas A&M-Commerce has been named
winner of the Chapter Service Award. They provided popsicles for
the University band after practice and for other activities during
the fall and spring semesters.
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Webpage
Check
out our new webpage at:
www.muphiepsilondallas.org
YOU
ARE HERE! BOOKMARK IT!
It's
not quite finished. You'll see some back issues and Convention pages added
in the near future. - but it's a start!
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Newsletters
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Thanks to all who contributed to this month’s
newsletter. Please e-mail,
call or mail information for the newsletter, including photos. (I will
scan and return them.) What are you doing musically, professionally,
personally? Who is ailing?
There
will not be a meeting or a newsletter in January, so the deadline for
the next newsletter is January 30.
Let
me know of any change of e-mail addresses or your ability to receive
Word attachments as I am e-mailing to those who have it. (Also give Tena
Hehn any changes for the yearbook.)
Thanks.
Mary
Williams
E-mail:
txtravel@flash.net
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