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Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day. Have a Happy New Year's Eve and will see you on Jan. 2nd

Upcoming Speakers:
1/2    Gardner Bride...Flying Through the 20th Century    Diane Zimmerman
1/9    Collette Michaud... Children's Museum of the North Bay   
1/16    Janet Ryan.. Concord Coalition    
1/23    Mark Fainaru-Wada, author/journalist....An Inside Look at Doping in Professional Baseball   
1/30    Diane Zimmerman and Ed Power....Nut Tree Rotary Fly In Remembered 

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Pledge: Led by Forrest Frey

Thought of the Day:  presented by Tricia
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under the tree.

Guests:
Tricia Perkey introduced her daughter, Lauren
Dave introduced Ryan Golds from Springfield Place
John S. from the Novato Club was a visiting Rotarian
Tom Farrell, from the Sebastopol Club (he is also behind Cool Kids Camp)
Jo Ann introduced Robin Williams from her office
Jerry Besses was introduced by Russ
Forrest introduced his son-in-law, Paul Beringer.
Diane introduced her Superintendent for the Day, Emma. Emma introduced her Mom.

                                  Here are two photos of Dictionary receipients...thank you for your support!




Announcements:
Elly announced our fundraising program for Lend-a-Hand at Cinnabar on Jan. 6th.
Dawn also announced the Foundation Dinner and the Raffle which will be matched for the first 2 tickets purchased by a club member with foundation points.
Jerrie Patterson is engaging a Viewpoint Poll; if you have any suggestions for improving our newsletter please let Jerrie know.

Special Recognition:
Dave Johnson presented Linda P. with her Harold Alexander Gold Fellow Award – for contributing $600 to our scholarship foundation. Thanks Linda!

Thanks to Steve and Jennie Balich:
President Sally presented Steve and Jennie with $200 which will in turn be given to the Accordion Club of the Redwoods for the music scholarship program. A gift from the club was also presented to the Balich’s for their efforts in making our Oktoberfest a success.

Thanks!
A special thanks was given to both Sue Hussey and Jerrie Paterson for putting on a fabulous holiday party for our club. Thanks Sue and Jerrie!

Thank you to all who participated in the Holiday Party for the Children of Cots at Sunrise Senior Center: Tricia Perkey, Jo Ann Pozzi, Walt and Sue, Shiela, Libby, Elly, Jo Thornton, Jim and to Lane for donating the cake.

Fines:
John Burns celebrates 8 years in our club and pays the piper a few bucks.
Dawn’s daughter, Calista celebrated her 29th birthday  - Dawn served her Sally’s famous Tahoe Chicken recipe – and gave $29 to the foundation.
Phil’s son had a recent birthday but spent it not feeling well that day, nevertheless, Phill chipped in $12.
Lane confessed to having a daughter, well, a pooch that is, said puppy is now 5 years old. $5

Chuck update: Walt spoke with Loretta and Chuck is doing much better!

Raffle: no winner today – but there were 3 extra winners as Steve Balich donated 3 of his CDs to be raffled off.

Today’s Guest Speaker: Stanley Mouse.
Prior to Stanley speaking with the club today Linda P. gave a brief description from his Bio.  The following is his bio from his website:

MUSIC IS MORE THAN SOUND. IT IS FEELINGS, MEMORIES, IDEAS AND IMAGES. AND, NO ONE PUT A "FACE ON ROCK MUSIC" BETTER THAN STANLEY MOUSE. WORLD FAMOUS FOR HIS POSTERS AND ALBUM COVER ART.

 STANLEY IS SPECIFICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFINING THE "LOOK" OF SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS BANDS IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY, SUCH AS THE BEATLES, ERIC CLAPTON, JANIS JOPLIN, LED ZEPPELIN, JIMI HENDRIX, JOURNEY, THE STEVE MILLER BAND, AND OF COURSE, THE GRATEFUL DEAD.

RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE "BIG FIVE" AMERICAN POSTER ARTISTS, STANLEY'S ARTWORK HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN TRANSFORMING ART AND DESIGN IN MYRIAD AND INCALCULABLE WAYS. STANLEY MOUSE GREW UP IN DETROIT AND WAS, PREDICTABLY, A CAR "NUT". HIS EARLY ENDEAVORS IN ART INCLUDED A CLANDESTINE PAINTING OF THE LOCAL TEEN HANGOUT WHICH EARNED HIM A QUICK EXIT FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DECISION TO TURN TO ART TRAINING FULL TIME.

DURING HIS FORMATIVE ART SCHOOL YEARS HE BEGAN A LUCRATIVE T-SHIRT PAINTING BUSINESS RELATED TO THE HOT ROD AND CUSTOM CAR INDUSTRY CENTERED IN CALIFORNIA. HE DREW HIS INSPIRATIONS FROM SUCH INDUSTRY ICONS AS GEORGE BARRIS, "BIG DADDY" ROTH, RICK GRIFFIN (CREATOR OF MURPH THE SURF) AND OTHERS. WITH THE HELP OF HIS FAMILY HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AT CAR SHOWS AND STATE FAIRS AND PROSPERED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

IT WAS WHILE PAINTING T-SHIRTS AT MICHIGAN FAIR THAT STANLEY FIRST TURNED FROM CREATING "MONSTER CAR" SHIRTS TO IMAGES INSPIRED BY SUCH POP ACTS OF THE TIMES AS SMOKEY ROBINSON, THE TEMPTATIONS, THE SUPREMES, THE FOUR TOPS, MARVIN GAYE AND OTHER MOTOWN ACTS. HIS LIFELONG INTEREST IN RHYTHM AND BLUES MUSIC EXPLODED INTO THE CREATION OF MUSIC IMAGES UNLIKE ANY OF THAT HAD BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

IN THE EARLY 60'S THE LURE OF THE CALIFORNIA CULTURE CALLED AND STANLEY LANDED IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HE WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO THE EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY OF THE HAIGHT-ASHBURY SCENE. IMMERSED IN THE CULTURE AND MUSIC OF THE TIMES, STANLEY AND HIS COLLABORATOR ALTON KELLEY WERE COMMISSIONED TO CREATE MANY OF THE NOW CLASSIC POSTERS FOR THE AVALON BALLROOM AND FILLMORE AUDITORIUM. SINCE THIS WAS AN ERA BEFORE FM FREE FORM RADIO AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING OF ROCK DANCES, THESE POSTERS BECAME THE VEHICLE BY WHICH THE PHENOMENON OF ROCK CONCERT/DANCES GREW.

HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BILL GRAHAM AND CHET HELMS OF THE FILLMORE AND AVALON RESPECTIVELY LED MOUSE AND KELLEY TO NEW AREAS OF ARTISTIC EFFORT AND SUCCESS. ONE OF THEIR BIG BREAKTHROUGHS CAME WITH THE CREATION OF POSTER IMAGES FOR BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME THE JANIS JOPLIN SHOW. MOUSE'S WORK, UTILIZING MANY ASPECTS OF ART NOUVEAU STYLE AND THE INFLUENCE OF ALPHONSE MUCHA'S DISTINCTIVE DECORATIVE INVENTION AND SENSUOUS BEAUTY, REDEFINED THE ART OF POSTER. HE BECAME A MASTER OF POWERFUL YET PLAYFUL POSTER IMAGES.

MOUSE'S MOST FAMOUS WORK CAME FROM HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH KELLEY IN CREATING IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TOURING BAND EVER KNOWN. THEY INITIALLY PAID $50 TO PAINT THE POSTERS TO PROMOTE THE GROUP AT THE FILLMORE BUT BECAME, IN MANY WAYS, AS FAMOUS AS THE BAND THEY PROMOTED. THEIR COLLABORATION RESULTED IN THOUSANDS OF IMAGES INCLUDING THE TRADEMARK SKULL AND ROSES ICON WHICH WAS DESIGNED BASED ON AN EDMUND SULLIVAN ILLUSTRATION OF THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.

THE PAIR ALSO FOUNDED MONSTER COMPANY, THE FIRST TO PRODUCE T-SHIRTS USING FOUR-COLOR PROCESS PRINTING TO CREATE A NEW INDUSTRY-WEARABLE ART. AMONG THEIR FIRST SHIRTS WERE GRATEFUL DEAD IMAGES THAT SOLD QUICKLY TO AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED MARKET OF "DEAD HEADS". THEIR DESIGNS HAVE BECOME CLASSICS WITH A TIMELESS APPEAL FOR ALL GENERATIONS.
BY THE EARLY 80'S MOUSE HAD DECIDED TO EXPLORE HIS FINE ART IN NEW MEXICO, BUT THE GRATEFUL DEAD FAME FOLLOWED HIM. THE PUBLIC CONTINUED TO CLAMOR FOR MORE MOUSE IMAGES OF THE BAND AND THEIR MUSIC. ULTIMATELY HE RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCO TO CONTINUE HIS ASSOCIATION WITH ROCK MUSIC AND ITS VISUAL LEGACY.


Meeting Adjourned