Newsletter for August 29, 2007  
JOG reporting..JPB editing..RTC shooting

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coming soon:

9/5    Shawna DeGrange    A working ranch experience offering a slice of 1800s California    
9/12    Janice Lever    A former missionary's perspective on Uganda's people and culture       
9/19    Grant Livingston    Perspectives of living in Brazil and the Amazon       
9/26    Club members    Craft Talks

Pledge: Lead by Forrest Frey Today’s Greeter: Linda.

Thought of the Day: Presented by Linda P.:

The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart, this you will build your life by, this you will become. James Allen

Today's Guests:

Kristin and Nina Shuman, today’s speakers, introduced by Elly Lichenstein

Duane Wilkins, introduced by Julie Restad.

Terry Bryant introduced her beau Stu.

Shadi introduced her sister Chari.

Deni introduced Christine Leonard.

Brian Lane, of the Windsor Club was introduced by Ron Johns.

Sara, of Wells Fargo Bank was introduced by Jo Ann Pozzi.

                                                           Johns Strong’s guest and assistant, Renee

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

• Rowtary on the River – Friday thru Sunday September 7,8,9
• Rotary Walks on Saturday September 8 – 8:30 AM
• Shiela Announced 2^nd Friday Night at Adobe Winery – Sept 14 5 – 7 PM

Kudos:  Lane’s husband was so taken by Lane’s recap of last week’s speaker,

Global Partners for Development's assistance projects, that he immediately

went to their gift catalog and sponsored some goats and pics – Lane 

expressed how both of them really appreciate Rotary – and we appreciate them!

Today's Fines:

Liz celebrated daughter’s birthday and granddaughter’s as well an kicked in a cool $20.

Jo Ann celebrated 27^th Anniversary with Natale which promoted another cool $20.

Pamela celebrated her recent birthday by donating blood and encouraged all to do the same – you guessed it: a cool $20!

Shadi’s Sister: Chari gave us a few minutes and spoke about her recent 8 years in Mexico. She has just returned after spending time in Guadalajara working with children with special needs; she also managed to publish 2 books and articles in several journals.

ROWDY Awards: For the unsung Rotary hero - - the winners are:

Deni Gross – our Princess of Printing

                                    John Burns – who has helped expand our advertising

                                   Jerrie Patterson – for all her work in graphics and art

     Cool Kids Camps Heroes: 

                             John Strong, Sheila Bride, Pamela Tuft, Libby FitzGerald

Today’s Raffle: Dave Johnson picked - but no winner!

Today’s Guest Speaker: Elly Lichenstein, Nina Shuman, Kristen

Today we Elly gave us a brief history of Cinnabar and Nina Shuman, the music director, and Kristen, and actor and singer treated us to an Aria from The Consul, an opera opening in October.

In the summer of 1970, Marvin and Jan Klebe bought a vintage 1908 2 room schoolhouse located on the outskirts of Petaluma.  A successful baritone who had sung with the San Francisco Opera and had been featured at the Spoleto Festival of  Two Worlds, Marvin had become disenchanted with the grand opera scene:  there was too little rehearsal and innovation, and no regard for the needs of a family. "It was empty for me," Klebe recalled, "too traditional, very regimented.  You had five days to rehearse and then perform."  So the international opera singer turned his hand to carpentry and, with the help of his four sons, transformed the old building into a theater.

Klebe's goal was to create a performance space for the local community to collaborate and experiment.   He invited artists from other disciplines to join him at the red schoolhouse. Dancer Ann Woodhead's Mercury Moving Company, Marvin's Cinnabar Opera Theater, and the experimental Quicksilver Theater Company led by Richard Blake, were Cinnabar's first resident companies.  Each group inspired and taught the others.  Says Woodhead, "It was a really open, exciting and fluid situation, a chance to perform new and original works with a stable group of people."  Other companies and performance artists have since established residencies.  In 1974, Cinnabar Arts Corporation received its nonprofit status.

Elly joined Cinnabar in 1975 (and lived in both a tree house and bus!) she is now the Artisic Director. Elly told us of the many Youth and educational programs available at Cinnabar in addition to their fine professional productions. Please visit their website for more detailed history and information on their programs and shows: http://www.cinnabartheater.org/

Meeting Adjourned