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NEWSLETTER

Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club

December 13, 2006

The meeting was called to order by President Chuck Wehage.     28  Members in attendance.

Guests:    None

Birthdays:   None

Anniversaries:   None 

Announcements:    1. Meeting next week at Witwer Center in downtown Cedar Rapids.

2. Joe Nolte, Jody Nolte and Kelly Allen led (and I use that term loosely) us in rendition of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer that was a lot of fun.

3. Pam Landon and Jody Nolte were installed as new members.  Two great new additions to the club roster

Happy Bucks:   Happy Bucks:  Ron Sundermann knows Pam Landon’s husband Wes and spoke highly of him, John Anderson loved the Rudolph song so much he told a terrible joke, Kevin McCarville praised Pam Landon’s ablilities as a CPA, Joe Nolte was happy to have Jody Nolte join the club, Paul Anderson enjoyed seeing the New Horizons Band play with John Schweitzer as a member of the band, John Schweitzer said it was fun time, and Dick Boardman gave a buck in honor of Pam and Jody joining the club.

Next week’s program: Upcoming Programs:  Witwer Center on the 20th.  Janet Blackledge holding a club reception on January 3, 2006 at her home as Elmcrest will be closed

Speaker:   Bob Hatala, a member of the Opera Board, introduced Daniel Kleinknecht, the director of the Cedar Rapids Opera.  Daniel spoke of how an opera helps a community stand out as being extraordinary which as a part of a vital arts program helps a community grow.   In January the company will perform the Rossini's Barber of Seville on the 12th and 14th.  The company also offers a summer program, this year staging Donizetti's Elixir of Love and Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.  All performances include English surtitles (projected above the stage) will be displayed to make the experience more enjoyable for all.  The Opera has a growing endowment to better secure the future of Opera in Cedar Rapids. 

Tickets can be purchased at the Theatre Cedar Rapids box office and he thought they were $35 and $50 per ticket.  You can visit the Opera company's web site at www.cr-opera.org

Word for the day:   Insouciance – Carelessness, indifference, unconcern.  No one defined it at the meeting.

Submitted:   Doug Dix

 KIWANIS SPEAKER COORDINATORS:
December 2006 - Bob Hatala
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