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ARTS COMMITTEE
MEETING NOTES
June 5 , 2008
1. Discussed Stage Dedication: Format will be
introduction of the Community Band and announcements about Petals and Palate
Garden Tour by Dawn Schaefer Stumpf. After the 3rd song, we will
pause the concert for the official stage dedication. Laura Hood Beckman
will invite Ken and Muriel to the microphone and say a few words she will also
be acknowledging the generosity of the Harper Family foundation and Morgan
Family Foundation who's significant contributions allowed the stage to be paid
for well in advance of the plan. both Ken and Muriel will have a chance
to say a few words. The concert will resume.
Ken is anticipating that he will need 32 chairs for the band
members. We need to watch the weather.
A press release has been put in the paper. Invitations
were sent to Ken, his children, Muriel, her children and Jim's sister.
PTO will be selling refreshments at the concerts this summer.
2. The Concert Series will be dedicated in memory of Sr.
Aggie on June 27th. We will discuss the format further at our next
meeting June 19th at 6:30 p.m.
3. The Petals and Palate Garden Tour is underway.
The letters have gone out to the garden owners:
Bonnie and Ed Kelly, Karen
and Morris Paumen, Annie and Neil Korhonen, Sharon Gammel, Kay and Ron Brown
and Fairhaven Farm. Posters are available to pick up and post.
They are at The Snooty Fox Gallery. Members should be placing the
posters where you placed the concert posters. Please make sure to
collect your donated items for the Chance Baskets.
4. It was decided by a vote of those present at the
meeting to approve $300 to pay toward a Film License and $75 toward promotion
of a Film Series that will begin in the fall and run throughout the year.
The film's will be shown in the High School Auditorium. This will be
tri-sponsored with PTO and Community Ed.
5. We discussed the need to move forward on other
auditorium performance opportunities. Susan Hankerson volunteered to
contact the director from Dassel/Cokato Arts to see if she will come to our
July meeting. It was decided that we will meet on Thursday July
17th at 6:30 p.m. This will allow us to debrief the Petals and
Palate Garden Tour and start focus on the Art Crawl.
6. Holiday Home Tour Homes that are confirmed are:
Charlene Schaefer, Nancy Habel, Rosemary Bauer, Tom Macgregor (did I remember
his name correctly?) and who am I forgetting Susan and Carol? I have had
discussions with Beryl Geisinger and Joanne Smith.
7. OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY JUNE 19TH AT
6;30 P.M. Please mark your calendars.
It will be held at Snooty Fox Gallery.
8.. Promote and sell Garden Tour Tickets.
Respectfully Submitted,
Laura Hood Beckman