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| NEWSLETTER Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club July 26, 2006 The meeting was called to order by President Doug Dix. 25 Members in attendance. Invocation given by Kevin McCarville Guests: Would you believe we had one guest, Jennifer McCarville, daughter of Kevin McCarville, soon-to-be teacher in the Sioux City Heelan district and soon-to-be married (July 29)? Well, my friends, believe. The introduction given by her dad was so moving that it moved the club to sing two songs in almost? perfect harmony. Either by her facial expression or her inability to respond, it was deduced by the club that she wouldn’t need our musical services for her wedding. Fancy that! Birthdays: Charlene Boardman, alias Ma Breitbach Boardman, celebrates her birthday on July 27. Unfortunately, she was unable to attend today’s meeting and therefore missed a golden opportunity to hear the club sing again in almost? perfect harmony. Anniversaries: There were none Announcements: (1) Doug reminded everyone of the cleanup nights at the Kernels games coming up and to sign the sheet that was being passed around. Money raised off these three nights will fund pediatric kits. (2) Jeff Hollingsworth announced the upcoming interclub with Williamsburg on August 10 followed by golf. Ten people had signed up already. Phil Mickelson was a tentative registrant according to the latest info on MySpace.com. (3) Paul Anderson reminded everyone that tonight was the backpack stuffing with school supplies for Families Helping Families. It was being held at Trinity United Methodist Church on the corner of 3rd Ave. SW & 5th St. Reminder: Board meeting next Tuesday, August 1 at Bradley & Riley Law Firm at noon. Happy Bucks: Next week’s program: In Progress Speaker: John Anderson introduced Tim Hankewich, the new conductor for the CR Symphony. Tim comes to us from Kansas City. He gave a very interesting talk and really challenged the mental capacities of our members to stay with him during his presentation. More than once did I see confused looks on some of the faces of our members when Tim compared conducting to the culinary arts. These looks were the same type of looks one sees during Don Grimm’s word for the day quiz. In any event, Tim gave us a little background on what it takes to put together a performance, starting with the selection of the pieces, the planning and preparation and finally the presentation or the actual symphony. He is very impressed with the support for the arts that he’s seen in Cedar Rapids and the wonderful home for the symphony – the Paramount Theater. He stressed the importance of the downtown development to the long-term success of the symphony as people have other options along with attending the symphony, such as shopping or having dinner or drinks afterwards. He majored in piano but also played the trumpet in high school. However, a conductor needs at least some rudimentary knowledge of all instruments. In closing, he did say that our musical talent might not quite be up to par with what he is looking for in his concert series and recommended that we keep our day jobs or remain in retirement. Very nice presentation! Word for the day: Don Grimm baffled us once again with “encomium”: a formal or high-flown expression of praise; a eulogy, panegyric. In other words gang, let’s not expect an encomium for our singing. Fran – you get the encomium. Submitted - Would you believe that Dan Breitbach submitted this? Well, believe.
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| KIWANIS SPEAKER COORDINATORS: July 2006 - Jack Anderson August 2006 - Chuck Wehage September 2006 - Dave Gosch October 2006 - Joe Nolte November 2006- Bob Cenek Back
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