Local Limelight | June 2008
Annapolis
Annapolis Opera enthusiasts gathered to enjoy Pasta & Puccini on April 11 and 13 at the Loews Annapolis Hotel and were treated to wonderful music and delicious food as they celebrated the 35th season of the local opera company. Talented lyric tenor Cody Austin, soprano Colleen Daly, baritone Eric T. Dubin, and soprano Corinne Winters accompanied by musical director and conductor Ronald J. Gretz sang favorites that include O sole mio by Eduardo di Capua, Questo amor by Puccini, and Addio del passato by Verdi. Board President Leah Solat announced to the audience that this would likely be the last Pasta & Puccini performance, as the Annapolis Opera Company makes new plans for the 2009 season. In order to accommodate a larger audience for a selection of romantic favorites they’ll be presenting Romantic Divas and Amorous Dons at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Visit their
website
to learn more about next season’s schedule.
Former County Councilwoman Barbara Samorajzyk and Stan Samorajzyk
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Honorary Trustee Anne Marie Musterman and Powell “Jay” Musterman
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About 120 friends and alumni of St. John’s College recently attended “A Night to Remember” on the college campus. The event raised $40,000 for a need-based scholarship fund honoring Jeffrey Bishop, a long-serving vice president of the college who died July 2007. Sponsored by The Friends of St. John’s College, the event began with a champagne reception, followed by a dinner catered by Ken’s Creative Kitchen. Hillard Donner, of Mills Fine Wine and Spirits, presented a donation to the college equal to $1 for every bottle of Sanglier Volant—a wine produced by Mr. Bishop’s vineyard in France— sold by Mills. Friends of St. John’s have raised $1 million in gifts to the college’s $125 million capital campaign. Sponsors of the dinner include Mills, Wine Cellars of Annapolis, G& G Outfitters, Ken’s Creative Kitchen, and SMARTBOX.
Christopher Nelson, left, St. John’s College president, and Hillard Donner.
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Joan Vinson, left, and Esther Slaff.
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From left, Maria Baker, Susan Bishop and Joyce Olin.
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Joy Shaver, left, member of the college’s Board of Visitors and Governors, and Tony Spencer, member of the Board of the Friends of St. John’s College.
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The London Town Foundation held its first annual spring benefit, Rediscovering London Town, at the Visitors Center at Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater. More than 200 people attended the event, which featured a silent auction, food and drink, and music provided by the Londontowne Symphony. The benefit raised $23,000 in support of the mission, operation, and programs of Historic London Town and Gardens.
From left, event co-chairmen Maureen Konschnik and Honora Bender, with auction committee co-chairmen Penny Chalkley and Margi Maynard.
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From left, Victoria and Bernard Lerch with Lois and Ward Brockett.
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Michael and Anne Pace with Grit Bastians and Robert Jackson.
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From left, Donna Ware, executive director, Historic London Town and Gardens; Betsy Kirkpatrick-Howat; Del. Virginia Clagett; and William Murray.
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On March 8, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra hosted its annual gala, “The Maestro's Ball,” at Loews Annapolis Hotel. Guests, 195 in all, enjoyed an elegant evening with an open bar, four-course seated dinner, and dancing to the live sounds of Mood Swings Big Band. The event generated estimated net proceeds of $42,000 for the ASO’s artistic and education outreach programs in the Annapolis region. Serving as 2008 Honorary Chairs for the gala were United States Congressman John Sarbanes and wife, Dina Sarbanes. ASO President R. Lee Streby planned and managed the event as 2008 Gala Chairman.
Photos by Dimitri Fotos
From left, ASO President and Maestro’s Ball Chairman Lee Streby with sponsors Sherrie and Sid Beckstead of Liljenquist & Beckstead Jewelers.
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From left, Jeremy and Julie Parks of Annapolis with Chris and Mary Francis Isakov, also of Annapolis.
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From left, ASO Trustee Peter Martino of Annapolis, ASO Vice Chairman for Finance John Goldthwait and wife Sandra Goldthwait of Arnold, and architect Gary Martinez of Washington, D.C.
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Bill and Rose Irvin of Baltimore with ASO Trustee Harley Flack of Pasadena.
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From left, U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes and wife Dina Sarbanes with Anne Potter, Chairman of the ASO Board of Trustees and José-Luis Novo, ASO Music Director.
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Eastern Shore
Trinity Cathedral Spring Art Fling/ EASTON
Trinity Cathedral Easton held its Spring Art Fling in March at the Talbot County Historical Society Auditorium in Easton. The auction raised funds for the parish Outreach programs.
L-R Karen Parker, Liz Connelly, Benjie Manley and Laura Schneider (all of Easton) at the Trinity Cathedral Spring Art Fling.
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Peggy and Rob Begor of Oxford at the Trinity Cathedral Spring Art Fling
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The Rock Hall Expo is an annual business event held in Kent County that enable local businesses to interact.
Ed Kurowski, President of Gratitude Yachting Center; Douglas Edwards, President and Owner of Lankford Bay Marina; and Rock Hall's Mayor Jay Jacobs
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Director of the Rock Hall Museum Bill Betts and his staff.
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Tom and Skye Pardini of Sauced on Main
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Chesapeake Chamber Music / EASTON
More than 500 people attended the Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition on March 29 at the Avalon Theatre in Easton, sponsored by the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival. The $10,000 Gold Medal and Audience Choice Award went to the Credo Quartet of Russia. The $5,000 Silver Medal went to the Attacca Quartet of New York. Credo Quartet will be performing during the Festival to be held June 6-8 and June 13–15 on the Shore.
Rush Moody, Jr., left, of Trappe, president of Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival, and board member; and Patricia Barbis, festival vice president, of St. Michaels, at Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition in Easton.
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Donald Buxton, left, of Royal Oak, executive director of Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival, and Arnold Lerman, of Oxford, co-chairman of the chamber competition and board member, at the competition reception at Avalon Theatre in Easton.
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Svetlana Ushakova, wife of the Russian Ambassador to the United States, celebrates the success of the Russian Credo Quartet at a PNC-hosted concert and luncheon at the Academy Art Museum in Easton. From left, Bonnie Stein, Executive Vice President, and Holly Buffinton, Regional Managing Director, PNC Wealth Management; Mrs. Ushakova and Irina Khortonen, Assistant Cultural Attaché, Russian Embassy; and Patricia Barbis, Vice President, Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival.
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St. Patrick’s Day/CENTREVILLE
Whether you were Irish or not, there was enough fun music and green beer at Doc’s Riverside Grille on Chesterfield Avenue to send neighbors to the Town Council meeting requesting new noise ordinance language. Seriously.
Centrevillain George Sigler celebrates his Irish roots with some young local town residents, who perhaps enjoyed green Shirley Temples?
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Can you guess how many green beers are hidden in this photo?
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Minimum Wage, the lead singer dressed in a traditional kilt, played everything from Irish saloon tunes to a slow jam version of Billie Jean by Michael Jackson.
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Artist Reception/CAMBRIDGE
The Artist Reception for Paul Lockhart at the Joie de Vivre Gallery in Cambridge. Left to right: Joy Staniforth, Patti Webster, Paul Lockhart, David Harp, Delegate Addie Eckhardt and Kayla Walsh.
Brownies Giving Cookies/EASTON
Members of Easton Brownie Troop #855 visited The Memorial Hospital at Easton to deliver a basket full of Easter gifts. Their cards, books and Girl Scout cookies were given to children hospitalized at Memorial Hospital. The Brownie troop is led by Terri Kearns and co-led by Michelle Clark.
Pictured are (left to right), seated in front, Ruby Grant, Alexis Clark, Kaylee Whitby, Lili Tibbitt and Lorna Cole; seated in middle, Eve Van Horn, Kayla Kearns, Sophie Molloy and Jahdeja Baines; standing, Pediatrics Unit Secretary Denise McElwain with nurses Connie Collins, RN, and Jan Smith, RN. Unavailable for the photo was Brownie Gloria Young.
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All-Shore Band
In April on the Eastern Shore each year there is an All-Shore band festival, featuring musical talents of middle schoolers from all over the shore, who compete to be able to join the All-Shore band.
Pictured are the band members of Centreville Middle School who made it into the All-Shore band. Missing from the photo (because she took it) is Band Director Heather Fullerton, who is also President of the Eastern Shore Band Directors Association.
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