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FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE

COVER STORY

Executive Director’s Letter ................................ 7

Board & Staff .....................................................9

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony ............................ 11

Orchestra Personnel ...................................13

Chorus Rosters.............................................15

Program Notes ............................................17

Lower Town Arts & Music Festival ..................23

Beat Beethoven ...............................................28

Encore Series Performance:

Spring Youth Showcase ..............................31

Chorus and Fiddlers Rosters ...................... 33

Meet the Musicians ..........................................48

Sponsors .......................................................... 55

Donors .............................................................. 57

34 On Saturday, June 18, the Paducah

Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the growing popularity of craft beer with a new fundraising event, the PaBREWcah Beer Fest.

Going Big! The 2016–2017 Season Preview

24The Paducah Symphony Orchestra’s new season is taking some risks, challenging

audiences to grow through a more diverse lineup than the organization has ever presented before.

PSO Sponsors A Unique Team Building Experience

37The Symphony as a Business Model program invites sponsors and their employees

to experience how the orchestra compares to the workings of their business.

The Sound of Summer

40The fourth annual Summer Music Camp is scheduled for June 20-24, 2016, at

McCracken County High School, and features a new structure to help children and teens achieve their highest performance potential.

Around the World for Music

42Former Paducah Symphony Youth Orchestra cellist Allison Reed studies Mozart in

Salzburg, Austria in the trip of a lifetime.

Kuttawa Teen Out-Fiddles More Experienced Musicians

44Fiddlers Philharmonic concertmaster Kate Ward is passionate about performing

and is a recent finalist in the 2015 Grand Master Fiddler Championship.

CONTENTS

Many will recall the first performance in the Carson Center by the Paducah

Symphony Orchestra featured Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. On Saturday,

April 16, Maestro Ponti and the PSO will perform this masterpiece again,

featuring four fantastic vocal soloists and three choirs. To say this is a performance

you don’t want to miss would certainly be an understatement!

On Saturday, May 14, the Lower Town Arts & Music Festival will present the Paducah

Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Ponti. The program is listed

on page 23, and features fun and familiar music from several movies as well as a few

other crowd-pleasing favorites. The festival also features the PSO Fiddlers Philhar-

monic and Youth & Children’s Choruses at 10:00am on Saturday.

Speaking of our Fiddlers and our Children’s & Youth Choruses, we are pleased to

again present the Spring Youth Showcase concert at the Carson Center on Sunday,

May 15 at 3:00pm. It is always gratifying to see how these talented and dynamic

students have progressed over the year. I know you will enjoy reading in this issue

about fiddler Kate Ward, and former Youth Orchestra member Allison Reed about

their experiences and accomplishments. We are truly blessed with a talented group of

students!

As the end of the 2015-2016 Season draws near, things are in full swing for the Paducah

Symphony Orchestra as we plan for an exciting and busy summer as well as the

launch of another great season, which you will read about on page 24.

Lastly, the cover story for this issue of Score magazine is devoted to PaBREWcah Beer

Fest, the PSO’s newest fundraiser. Without telling too much of the story here, we are

excited to launch a unique festival in Paducah that will feature Dry Ground Brewery

and Paducah Beer Works, as well as several other craft breweries from around the

region. Even if you are not a beer enthusiast, we will need your help to make this

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Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, “music dramas”). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto

and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Weber and Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionized opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk (“total work of art”), by which he sought to synthesize the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama. Wagner realized these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).

His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. His advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centers, greatly inf luenced the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music.

Wagner had his own opera house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which embodied many novel design features. It was here that The Ring and Parsifal received their premieres and where his most important stage works continue to be performed in an annual festival. His thoughts on the relative contributions of music and drama in opera were to change again, and he reintroduced some traditional forms into his last few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg).

Until his final years, Wagner’s life was characterized by political exile, turbulent love affairs, poverty and repeated f light from his creditors. His controversial writings on music, drama and politics have attracted extensive comment in recent decades, especially where they express anti-Semitic sentiments. The effect of his ideas can be traced in many of the arts throughout the 20th century; their inf luence spread beyond composition into conducting, philosophy, literature, the visual arts and theatre.

Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolda) is an opera, or music drama, in three acts based largely on a Medieval German narrative with distinctly Arthurian sentiments. It was composed between 1857 and 1859, and premiered in Munich on June 10, 1865. Wagner applied the term Liebestod (German for “love death”) to both the work as a whole and as the title of the final, dramatic music. When used as a literary term, liebestod refers to the theme of erotic death, meaning the two lovers’ consummation of their love in death or after death.

The Prelude and Liebestod comprise the beginning and ending of the opera. The Prelude opens with the cellos softly playing four notes. The last note fades into an extraordinary chord played by oboes, bassoons, and English horn. This chord, the famous “Tristan chord,” sounds strange because it is an unresolved dissonance, an academic way of saying that it sounds like it’s leading to something. But because Wagner, at this point, withholds resolution, the chord is a beginning without an end. What follows is a lush orchestral work that charts the psychology of the opera, which itself explores the unexplainable, primal nature of love.

The chord returns during the course of the opera, but it is only resolved during the work’s final, ecstatic closing Liebestod. It is the culmination of the opera’s tragic events, set in motion when Tristan and Isolda drink a love potion. Tristan, though, has claimed Isolda on behalf of his lord, King Marke. When Marke discovers the lovers together, one of the king’s knights stabs Tristan, who returns to his fortress to die. Isolda has just arrived to find Tristan dead when the Liebestod begins. Her worldly surroundings fade away as she contemplates sinking unconscious into supreme bliss and finally consummating her love with Tristan in death.


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LA VALSE, POÈME CHORÉGRAPHIQUE JOSEPH-MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the

1920s and ‘30s, Ravel was internationally regarded as France’s greatest living composer.

Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France’s premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. After leaving the Conservatoire, Ravel found his own way as a composer, developing a style of great clarity, incorporating elements of Baroque, Neoclassicism and, in his later works, Jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, Boléro (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. He made some orchestral arrangements of other composers’ music, of which his 1922 version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is the best known.

Ravel’s father was an engineer and inventor, his mother was something of a free-thinker, a trait inherited by her elder son, who was always politically and socially progressive. He was born in the Basque country, but the family moved to Paris three months later, and there a younger son, Édouard, was born. Édouard was close to his father, and followed him into engineering. Maurice was particularly devoted to their mother, and her Basque-Spanish heritage was a strong influence on his music. Among his earliest memories were folk songs she sang to him. The household was not rich, but the family was comfortable, and the two boys had happy childhoods.

As a slow and painstaking worker, Ravel composed fewer pieces than many of his contemporaries. Among his works are pieces for piano, chamber music, two piano concertos, ballet music, two operas, and eight song cycles; he wrote no symphonies or religious works. Many of his works exist in two versions: first, a piano score and later, an orchestration.

Ravel made five attempts to win France’s most prestigious prize

for young composers, the Prix de Rome. Past winners included Berlioz, Gounod, Bizet, Massenet and Debussy. In 1900, Ravel was eliminated in the first round; in 1901, he won the second prize for the competition. In 1902 and 1903, he won nothing! According to the musicologist Paul Landormy, the judges suspected Ravel of making fun of them by submitting cantatas so academic as to seem like parodies. In 1905, Ravel, now thirty, competed for the last time, inadvertently causing a furor. He was eliminated in the first round, which even critics unsympathetic to his music denounced as unjustifiable.

La valse, poème chorégraphique was written by Ravel between February 1919 and 1920, and premiered in Paris on December 12, 1920. It was conceived as a ballet commissioned by Serge Diaghilev. But Diaghilev rejected it calling it “…a masterpiece…but not a ballet. It is a portrait of a ballet.” The “backhanded compliment” ended their friendship. The work went on to be staged by many other renowned choreographers, but is now most often heard as a concert work.

The work has been described as a tribute to the waltz as a musical genre, and its destruction, along with so many other cultural forms, in the wake of The Great War. However, Ravel himself stated “one should only see in it what the music expresses: an ascending progression of sonority, to which the stage comes along to add light and movement.”

The beginning starts quietly (the mist), with the rumbling of the double basses and the celli and harps subsequently joining. Silently and gradually, instruments play fragmented melodies, gradually building into a subdued tune on bassoons and violas. Eventually, the harps signal the beginning culmination of instruments into the graceful melody. Led by the violins, the orchestra erupts into the work’s principal waltz theme. A series of waltzes follow, each with its own character, alternating loud and soft sequences.

The piece’s second half employs every melody from the first section, re-introduced, although differently. Ravel altered each waltz theme with unexpected modulations and instrumentation (for example, where flutes had played previously, they are replaced by trumpets). As the Waltz begins to whirl and whirl unstoppably, Ravel once more breaks the momentum with a danse macabre and coda, ending the work on a final measure not in waltz-time, the only one in the entire piece.


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SYMPHONY NO. 9 OP. 125 | D-MINOR LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

Ludwig Van Beethoven (December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western music, he remains one of the most famous and inf luential of all composers. His compositions include

9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music, choral works (including the celebrated Missa solemnis), and songs.

Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne

and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann Van Beethoven and by Christian Gottlob Neefe. During his first 22 years in Bonn, Beethoven intended to study with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and befriended Joseph Haydn. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792, and began studying with Haydn, quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. In about 1800, his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. He gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from this period.

The Symphony No. 9 in D-minor, Op. 125 (also known as “The Choral”), is Beethoven’s final completed symphony. Finished in 1824, the symphony is one of classical music’s greatest and best-known works; among critics, it is almost universally considered Beethoven’s masterpiece. The first example of a major composer using voices in a symphony, the premiere of Symphony No. 9 involved the largest orchestra ever assembled by Beethoven, and required the combined efforts of the Kärntnertor house orchestra, The Vienna Music Society, along with a select group of capable amateurs. While

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no complete list of premiere performers exists, many of Vienna’s most elite instrumentalists and vocalists are known to have participated.

The first movement is in sonata form, and the mood is often stormy. The opening theme, played pianissimo over string tremolos, so much resembles the sound of an orchestra tuning, many commentators have suggested that was Beethoven’s inspiration—but from within that musical limbo emerges a theme of power and clarity that later drives the entire movement. At the outset of the recapitulation section, the theme returns fortissimo in D-major, rather than the opening’s D-minor.

The second movement, a scherzo and trio, begins in D-minor, with the introduction bearing a passing resemblance to the opening theme of the first movement. The movement is distinguished by Beethoven’s use of variable and intricate time signatures, as well as changes of key to C-major, then D-major. Beethoven also reversed the tempo relationships

of the conventional symphony of the time – slow second movement, faster third – to further confound critics of his non-standard forms.

The lyrical third movement in B-Flat major is in a loose variation form, with each pair of variations progressively elaborating the rhythm and melody. The different variations are separated by passages, the first in D-major, the second in G-major. The final variation is twice interrupted by episodes in which loud fanfares for the full orchestra are answered by octaves played by the first violins alone. A prominent horn solo is also featured.

The famous final choral movement’s text is based on the poem “Ode to Joy,” writer by Friedrich Schiller in 1785, with additions made by Beethoven. Four soloists and chorus join the orchestra for what is often described as a “symphony within a symphony,” and is considered Beethoven’s musical representation of Universal Brotherhood. Today it is one of the most played symphonies in the world.

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The 2016-2017 Season of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra is taking some risks, challenging audiences to grow through a more diverse lineup than the organization has ever presented before.

Artistic Director & Conductor Raffaele Ponti has chosen guests for the season that fit a little out of the norm, according to Executive Director Daniel Sene.

“Guest artists during a season are generally violinists and pianists, which are pretty standard,” said Sene. “Raffaele realizes that this is band country and we haven’t featured a clarinet or flute since he’s been here, so we are excited about the educational opportunities that can come out of having two fantastic guest artists who are able to connect with our local high schools and students who are studying those particular instruments.”

Take a look into the groundbreaking 2016-2017 Paducah Symphony Orchestra Season:

By Jamie Sears Rawlings


GOING BIG! THE PADUCAH SYMPHONY’S 2016–2017 SEASON PREVIEW


BEETHOVEN’S 5th PIANO CONCERTO

17 September 2016

7:30pm | Carson Center

WAGENAAR Cyano de Bergarac Overture

STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor)

Critics have called

American pianist

Thomas Pandolfi “a

standout among

today’s young

pianists,” and he will

join the Paducah

Symphony Orchestra

in the season opener

playing Beethoven’s

Piano Concerto No. 5

(Emperor), which has

not been played in Paducah in several years.

“This will be a great opener and I think it will

build a lot of energy for the season,” says

Sene. “Folks will really be entertained and

enjoy this concert.”

MENDELSSOHN, HANSON & DEBUSSY

15 October 2016 7:30pm | Carson Center

Max Crofton, tuba (2016 Young Artist Competition Winner)

BEETHOVEN Egmont: Overture

BROUGHTON Tuba Concerto

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.5

HANSON Merry Mount Suite

DEBUSSY La mer

The season’s second concert splashes things

around a bit with a “whole host of composers,”

according to Sene, and features the 2016

Young Artist Competition Winner, MSU student

Max Crofton on tuba. The show kicks off with

Beethoven and ends with Debussy’s Le mer

(French for “The Sea”), which Sene expects

will both challenge and reward the audience.

“This is a great gem of a piece, it’s fantastic —

very dramatic and flowing, impressionistic and

powerful,” says Sene.

Thomas Pandolfi, piano

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COPLAND, CLARINET, & BRAHMS

5 November 2016 7:30pm | Carson Center

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NAVARRO Clarinet Concerto No.2

BRAHMS Symphony No.3

For this performance,

Ponti reached back

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Franklin Cohen, the

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No.2, which Sene expects the audience to “just

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symphony from Brahms that the Paducah

Symphony has not performed in many years.

A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

10 December 2016 7:30pm | Carson Center

Paducah Symphony Orchestra & Choruses

A Paducah Christmas would not be complete

without the rousing Christmas Celebration

by the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. The

Symphony pulls out all the stops, bringing

in the Paducah Symphony Chorus, the PSO

Children’s Chorus and the PSO Youth Chorus

to combine around 200 voices with the

Orchestra, creating a memorable and unique

take on the Christmas classics featured.

MÁRQUEZ, FLUTE, & FRANCK

18 February 2017 7:30pm | Carson Center

MÁRQUEZ Danzón No.2

IBERT Flute Concerto

FRANCK Symphony in D minor

For this concert, the Paducah Symphony Orchestra has invited Eugenia Zuckerman, a true Renaissance voice in the modern arts community. Not only is Zuckerman an acclaimed and internationally known flutist, she is also an

award-winning novelist and an Emmy-winning broadcast journalist who has covered the arts for CBS Sunday Morning and other programs. Zuckerman will anchor a night that includes a

flute concerto and a “Latin dance” by Márquez.

BEETHOVEN’S 5th SYMPHONY

11 March 2017 7:30pm | Carson Center MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5

According to Sene, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony is arguably classical music’s most recognizable first opening theme, which Maestro Ponti felt paired nicely with Mendelssohn’s Scottish

Symphony.

BRAHMS’ REQUIEM

22 April 2017 | 7:30pm Carson Center

Paducah Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, invited choirs, and soloists

BRAHMS A German Requiem

The season caps off with a piece so big, it stands alone. Brahms’ Requiem, the 68-minute symphony, will feature the Symphony Chorus along with the Symphony Orchestra, additional invited choirs and a male and female soloist, amounting to an overwhelming 300 voices on stage at once. Sene promises that the season ending performance will be a “very powerful,

powerful piece.”

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MELANIE HORNE I Am LEEANN ASHBY Annabel Lee JONATHAN SHIPPEY Wind in the Pine arr. JAY BROEKER Banjo Sam JOSEPH M. MARTIN Song for the Unsung Hero MARY RODGERS arr. ANDY BECK “Shy” from Once Upon a Mattress arr. LINDA SPEVACEK A Patriotic Salute

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With the introduction of two micro-breweries, some might

say that Paducah has experienced a recent beverage renaissance. Not since the days before Prohibition has Paducah been home to so many fine craft beers brewed in the United States. This trend is not unique to western Kentucky, but rather is happening all over the country with over 900 beer festivals conducted each year. On Saturday, June 18, the Paducah Symphony Orchestra (PSO) will celebrate this resurgence of craft

beer with a new fundraising event, the PaBREWcah Beer Fest.

“This is not simply a PSO event. It’s a signature Paducah festival,” PSO Executive Director Daniel Sene says. We invite the community and our visitors to sample artisan beer crafted by some of the region’s top brew masters. Beer lovers can enjoy sampling beers that they’ve never tasted before right here in western Kentucky.”

Purchasing a ticket to PaBREWcah entitles festival goers to a com-memorative tasting glass and a card allowing them to sample a variety

of as many as 10 craft beers, some produced here in Paducah and others produced within the state or region.

“We wanted to find a way to celebrate the exciting, new things happening in our community, while also sup-porting the PSO and our educational outreach programs,” says Sene.

Local breweries are excited to be involved in helping raise money for the Paducah Symphony Orchestra and are thrilled that the art of craft beer is being recognized.

“Paducah is known for its artists. Brewing (beer) is an art, as well. I

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believe the Symphony wants to contribute to the community by bringing light to that fact,” Todd Blume, owner and brew master at Paducah Beer Werks says.

Brew masters are not the only ones looking forward to a local beer festival. Craft beer connoisseurs have been happy with the addition of local breweries to the community and believe that a beer festival could help to build more of an appreciation for craft beer in the region.

“The love of craft beer has expanded greatly in this area. From the earliest beer tastings at Roof Brothers, to Schlafly’s sponsorship of Oktoberfest at Maiden Alley Cinema and the only beer served at the Lower Town Arts & Music Festival, to the openings of Dry Ground Brewing Company and Paducah Beer Werks, the people in this area have shown that they are ready for craft beer and are thirsty for more,” Paducah resident Kenny Bussey says.

While the proceeds from the PaBREWcah Beer Fest will support PSO programming for adults and children, the event organizers and vendors believe that the festival will also enhance tourism to the region.

“Paducah is a draw,” says Blume. “We’re right in the center of the

Heartland. Everything converges here. There are so many people in the area who will enjoy this festival and now we’re bringing it to them. I’m happy to be a part of that.”

Community leaders have been thrilled with the addition of new businesses and creative ventures that entrepreneurs continue to bring to Paducah. PaBREWcah is a way to draw attention to the success stories that happen in this city every day.

“This festival adds another opportu-nity for a distinctive cultural experi-ence in our community,” Mayor Gayle Kaler says. “It’s a way for us to

engage our residents and visitors with something unique to our city and a way to support the Paducah Symphony Orchestra.”

PaBREWcah is scheduled for Sat-urday, June 18 from Noon to 5 p.m. Food will be available and live music will be featured. The event will be held in historic downtown Paducah in the parking lot near the corner of Broadway and North 2nd Street. Tickets can be purchased online at www.PaBREWcah.com, the PSO office located at 760 Broadway and additional retail locations in and around Paducah.

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Piccolos are outspoken and attention-seeking. Bassoons are modest. Trumpets are loud and dominant, demanding

to be heard. The harp is very popular and loved by all. Timpani are detail-oriented.

Despite all of the different personali-ties, these instruments combine to form a team that together often achieves great results.

This may sound familiar to those who work as a member of a team in their business. Businesses are

typically full of employees with different personalities, causing loud mouths and wallflowers to merge every day in an effort to solve problems and create solutions. This correlation serves as the basis for the Paducah Symphony Orchestra’s

“Symphony as a Business Model Training Program.”

An idea conceptualized by Maestro Raffaele Ponti, the program invites Symphony sponsors and their employees to experience how the orchestra compares to the workings of their business.

“In our orchestra, no one part is independent of one another,” said Executive Director Daniel Sene.

“The reality is that we have lots of different personalities working together here.”

Maestro Ponti has conducted two training programs thus far, working closely with Symphony sponsor Paducah Bank and their employees to illustrate effective teamwork and leadership strategies.

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Member, stressed that the program was unlike anything that his employ-ees had experienced before.

“Just as leaders are expected to influ-ence change and create strategies that align with culture and vision, adding the sense of tone and rhythm to the mix was an impactful way to experience how one’s role not only influences their part, but drives the range of emotion and certainly the outcome of the complete perfor-mance...or musical score. The event was more successful than expected. My team was engaged, thoughtful about the experience, and it unques-tionably created a heightened sense of awareness for everyone’s individual contributions as measured by the desired outcomes,” said Herndon.

Ahead of each program, which takes place during a Symphony rehearsal, participants are given information about the personalities of each instru-ment in the orchestra and invited to choose which they feel best repre-sents their personal work demeanor. During the program, they are placed,

at first, in the orchestra next to their chosen instrument.

This exercise emphasizes one of most important lessons that Maestro Ponti wants his participants to learn from the program — how a piece sounds from the perspective of one player in one section and how that compares to the piece in harmony from the audience’s perspective.

Herndon, who classified himself as a timpani, explained his experience as part of the orchestra as “a living il-lustration of how talented individual contributors can create something beautiful if they work together.”

For Herndon, the choice to add this to his company’s training was easy. “We are influenced by the arts throughout our wonderful city. We celebrate resources of creativity and are blessed with a successful Symphony. Why not integrate these strengths into the culture of our local businesses in a more purpose-ful manner?”

The “Symphony as a Business Model

Training Program,” which lasts approximately three hours, is avail-able to all Symphony Sponsors free of charge. According to Sene, it’s an important benefit that he hopes more sponsors will take advantage of.

He also believes it is an important way for the Symphony to connect with the people it serves. “We hope to provide relevance to their daily lives and show them that we are more than just the band,” said Sene.

Sene and the leadership of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra are keenly aware of the symbiosis between their organization and the community and businesses that support it. This program, they hope, is a way that they can give back.

“We want to show our sponsors that we are investing in their success as much as they are investing in ours,” said Sene.

Sponsors who are interested in partici-pating in the “Symphony as a Business Model Training Program” are encour-aged to call the Paducah Symphony Orchestra for more details.



Summer break isn’t just for pools and video games. It’s for music, too.

The Paducah Symphony Orchestra sponsors a

camp each year for rising fourth through 12th-grade students who want to hone their musical talents. The fourth annual Summer Music Camp is scheduled for June 20-24, 2016, at McCracken County High School, and it features a new structure to help children and teens achieve their highest performance potential.

The camp’s director, Steven Page,

says organizers designed the event to keep young musicians sharp during the year’s lazier months.

“Kids that learn a ton about their instruments or singing during the school year will get this one, pretty intensive week in the summer to put the stuff they learned during the year into practice, so they won’t get the summer slump,” he says.

Page also says this year’s new format will keep students and teachers better focused than in the past. Each student will participate in a main musical ensemble or choir and then attend break out sessions to focus

on electives such as improvisation, theory, composition, drum circle and more. In the past, students cycled in and out of focus areas and ensembles with more frequency and less cohesion.

This June, campers will put more energy into their main ensembles and choirs. “That’s going to allow those main groups to play a lot better, sing a lot better and do everything at a higher level,” Page says.

On June 24, parents will have the chance to hear those ensembles and choirs during a special showcase.

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Students from various schools, in-cluding home school groups, will stand together on the McCracken County High School stage and perform the music they will have perfected that week. Page says last year, campers played and sang for a packed audience. He hopes just as many local people will turn out this year to hear some of the area’s most talented young musicians.

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A love for classical music can take you any-where—all across your home state, and even around

the world. Allison Reed’s dedication to cello has been opening up oppor-tunities for her for the last seven years. Now a sophomore at the University of Louisville, Reed has been playing cello since the sixth grade at St. Mary Middle School.

Reed worked hard at her newfound talent, and in her sophomore year of high school she joined the Paducah Symphony Youth Orchestra, where she was co-principal, as well as principal in St. Mary’s orchestra. “I absolutely loved it,” Reed said of playing with the orchestras. “I loved meeting other kids who also enjoyed music.”

Cello was one of a variety of extracur-ricular activities Reed pursued in high

school. “You have to learn to manage your time. I balanced cello and horse-back riding,” she said. For Reed, the challenge was more than worthwhile. “It was a rewarding experience. It’s

kind of an emotional thing,” she said.

Reed followed her talent all over Kentucky. She performed with the All-State Symphonic

Orchestra in 2013 and 2014, and attended Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) for instrumental music in 2013. GSA gave Reed some insight into how to make music a part of her life for the long term. “It showed me that I can be passionate about music and devote myself to it in a certain way, even if I don’t choose to do it for a career,” she said.

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At GSA, Reed also found a network of like-minded musicians. “You develop a lot of close friends with these pro-grams, and you share what you love,” she said. These connections made the unknown a little more familiar when she went on to college at U of L.

Reed is a biology major with plans to become a dentist, but music is never far from her mind. She auditioned for a minor in music, and found a strong program and cello studio waiting for her at U of L.

Last summer, a study abroad program with the Kentucky Institute for International Studies offered her the trip of a lifetime. “I got to go where I always wanted to go, which was Salzburg, Austria,” she said. In Salzburg, Reed studied Mozart, and even had the chance to view original manuscripts. “I immersed myself in classical music, immersed myself in all of it,” she said.

Though college and later dental school will take up much of her time, Reed is sure that she will find time for her passion. “I definitely want to keep up with regular lessons, have my instrument in my home and enjoy playing, and maybe take up other instruments,” she said. Reed suggests that piano and guitar may be in her future.

For now, Reed stays connected to the Paducah arts scene, driving home often to attend PSO performances and show her support for local musi-cians. “I know there’s a lot of other kids from PYSO that have accom-plished so much, and they should be showcased,” she said.

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Before the Paducah Symphony Orchestra’s Fiddlers Philharmonic plays, a young girl stands up, violin in

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This is Kate Ward, the Fiddlers Philharmonic concertmaster and a recent finalist in the 2015 Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville, Tenn. She enjoys stand-ing on that stage, capitalizing on countless hours of preparation and practice.

“Performing is one of my favorite parts,” she says. “I love sharing my music with people.”

After only four and a half years of playing, this 13-year-old home-schooled student from Kuttawa

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“It’s really nerve-wracking, for sure, but you always look forward to the results to see how well you’ve done,” she says.

To prepare for that competition and others, perfectionist Kate says she practiced. Hard. She says her instructor, Clay Campbell of the Kentucky Opry in Draffenville, advises her to only practice on the days she eats. So, she spends one and a half to two hours of each busy day with her violin tucked securely under her chin. She also gets in a lot of weekend practice with the Philharmonic.


“It’s helped me be more confident, definitely,” she says. “It’s also a lot of fun. I look forward to Sundays every week.”

The Philharmonic’s conductor, Steve Schaffner, says Kate performs well with the more than 20 other high school students who play violin, viola, cello and bass in the ensemble. She possesses impressive technique, and she has the ability to channel her own, sweet personality into her music. Kate’s tenacity and hard work earned her the honor of concertmaster. Through that, Schaffner says, she helps lead the Philharmonic through a unique blend of music that has diversified the repertoire of all its musicians, including Kate.

“We grow lots of great fiddle players in our part of the world,” he says.

“Lots of times, these guys who begin as fiddlers or who are initially interested in fiddling transfer to different genres of popular music or classical music.”

The more she rehearses and performs with the Philharmonic, the more Kate is prepared for her competitions. Ever driven to achieve, the young musician says her ultimate goal is to compete in the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest and Festival in Weiser, Idaho. It’s the biggest competition in the nation, and her idol, Mark O’Connor, found success there. She dreams of doing the same.

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How did you first get

interested in performing

music?

My mother plays the clarinet. When

I was young we went to one of her

concerts and sat on the front row with

my sister. As I looked at that stage, I

knew that someday I wanted to be up

there.

What is your favorite piece of

music to play?

In the solo clarinet world I love to play

Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and

the Poulenc Clarinet Sonata. In the

orchestra repertoire I love Bernstein’s

“Candide”, and “Festive Overture” by

Shostakovich. I just finished performing

the Beethoven Trio Op. 11 and Brahms

Trio Op. 114 with cello and piano. It

was a joy to perform those two pieces of

chamber music.

What advice would you give to

aspiring musicians?

Follow your heart. Anything worth

doing in life is worth working for.

Who is your favorite

composer? Why?

I loved the music of Copland. The

widely spaced harmonies represent

the American landscape “from sea

to shining sea,” and brings to me a

strong feeling of patriotism and makes

me think of the possibilities that this

country offers.

What is your proudest musical

moment?

A recital to remember was when I

did my Master’s recital in Memphis

Tennessee at my home church. My mom

joined me to play the Mendelssohn’s

“Concertpiece No. 1” and my former

high school clarinet teacher was in the

audience. I will cherish the video that

was made of the performance.

Three things you would want

with you on a deserted island?

My husband, our dog, and our

Hohner melodicas.

Rebecca HillInstrument: Clarinet | Joined PSO: 1995| Hometown: Mahwah, NJ


The one word your best friend

would say to describe you?

Optimistic.

What was the last music you

listened to in your car?

I like to channel surf and listen to jazz,

classical, classic rock and current pop

music (so I keep up with the sound of

Top 40 radio).

Favorite indulgence?

Peanut M&Ms.

What do you do when you’re

not playing with the PSO?

I am the Clarinet Professor at

Lindenwood University and I teach a

class called Music in America. I am the

Single Reed Instructor at St. Charles

Community College and I teach two

classes. I also teach private lessons on

clarinet, saxophone, and beginning

piano in my music studio. I am the

principal clarinetist of the St. Louis

Philharmonic Orchestra and during

the summer I play with the Gateway

Symphony Orchestra in St. Louis. My

husband and I love to go fishing and

take out our jon boat and I love to take

our dog out for long walks.


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How did you first get interested in performing music?

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When I heard a recording of Maurice André playing Baroque music, I immediately

knew I wanted to play the trumpet. Thank God for my elder brother who assumed

the responsibility of learning my mom’s old clarinet.

What is your favorite piece of music to play?

Histoire du Soldat by Igor Stravinsky.

What advice would you give to aspiring musicians?

Seek a balance of learning, teaching and of making music.


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Who is your favorite

composer? Why?

Maurice Ravel — I love his clarity, precision and panache. On the other end of the spectrum, I thoroughly enjoy the raspy, discordant croonings of Tom Waits.

What is your proudest musical

moment?

The premiere performances of trumpet sonatas of my harmony teacher, Easley Blackwood of the University of Chicago, and of composer Wayne Lu, my oldest and dearest friend.

Three things you would want

with you on a deserted island?

Prescription sunglasses, the complete works of Shakespeare and a good dictionary.

The one word your best friend

would say to describe you?

Late.

What was the last music you

listened to your car?

Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners.

Favorite indulgence?

Single-malt scotch.

What do you do when you’re

not playing with the PSO?

I am a Professor of Music at the Univer-sity of Tennessee at Martin, teaching trumpet and jazz. I also enjoy racquet-ball, astronomy, chess, and painting.

Bonus: Anything else you

would like us to know

about you?

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contributions to support our programming and educational initiatives over the past 13 months, as of March 15, 2016.

SYMPHONIC CIRCLEMr. and Mrs. Bill Brown Ms. Nancy DuffMr. Bill FordMr. & Mrs. Steven GrinnellDr. & Mrs. Paul GrumleyDr. and Mrs. James GwinnMr. & Mrs. Ted HutchinsMrs. Mary Louise KatterjohnMs. Shirley Trail LanierMr. & Mrs. George McGourtyMr. & Mrs. James PetcoffMr. & Mrs. Eric SmallDr. and Mrs. Richard SmithMr. and Mrs. Roger TruittMs. Carol UllerichMr. and Mrs. Ken WheelerMr. and Mrs. John Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Williams, Sr.

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Anonymous (2)Baptist Health PaducahBill Ford InteriorsCarson-Myre FoundationCity of PaducahCommunity Foundation of West KentuckyIngram Barge CompanyKentucky Arts CouncilLourdes HospitalDr. & Mrs. Wally MontgomeryNational Endowment for the ArtsPaducah BankMr. & Mrs. Jerry PageThe Ronald McDonald FoundationMr. & Mrs. Roger TruittUnited Propane GasWells Fargo AdvisorsMr. & Mrs. John Williams, Sr.

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AnonymousAudibel Hearing CenterBB&T BankBlythe WhiteMr. & Mrs. Bill BrownCSI INC.Mr. & Mrs. Kevin DavisMr. & Mrs. Mark DesmondMr. & Mrs. Basil DrossosMs. Nancy DuffEdward JonesMr. & Mrs. Joe FramptonMrs. Robin GausebeckMr. & Mrs. Steven GrinnellHilliard LyonsHorizon Media GroupIndependence BankJackson Purchase Medical Associates

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James Marine, Inc.James Sanders NurseryMr. & Mrs. Malcolm JonesDrs. Shawn & Evelyn JonesMurray State UniversityMs. Allison & Dr. Pamela ReedRegions BankMr. & Mrs. John ShadleDr. & Mrs. Richard SmithStonehaven Nursery

Superior Care HomeUS BankMrs. Belinda WeitlaufMr. & Mrs. John Williams, Jr.

COUNCILOR $1,500-$2,499Mr. & Mrs. Joe BurkheadCoca-ColaFlooring AmericaMr. & Mrs. Charles Folsom

Freight HouseDr. & Mrs. Paul GrumleyDr. & Mrs. James GwinnISP ChemicalsDr. & Mrs. Keith KellyThe Lakes of PaducahMichelson’s JewelersMid-South ConstructionMr. & Mrs. Ed NarozniakMr. & Mrs. Richard PaxtonPeel & HollandMr. & Mrs. Richard RobertsWagner Wine and SpiritsWest Kentucky Community College Whitlow, Roberts, Houston, and StraubWPSD Local 6WSIL

GUARANTOR $1000-$1499Air ProductsBarkley Regional AirportDr. Sharron ButlerCaring People ServicesChip Wynn MotorsMr. Tom DeCillisDoncaster of PaducahMr. & Mrs. John EcksteinFolsom Puppet CompanyMr. & Mrs. Mardie HerndonMr. Richard HollandJudge & Mrs. William HowertonMrs. Frances HuntMr. & Mrs. Larry JarvisDr. & Mrs. Jeff JohnsonKentucky CaresKeuler, Kelly, Hutchins & Blankenship, LLP

AttorneysKiwanis Club of PaducahMr. & Mrs. H. E. KatterjohnMr. & Mrs. William KellumKentucky Oaks MallDr. & Mrs. David KruegerDrs. Carl & Polly LeBuhnMr. & Mrs. Bill Lentz, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James LongMcCracken County Public Library


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Mr. & Mrs. L.V. McGintyMr. & Mrs. George McGourtyMidtown MarketMilner & OrrJudge Shea Nickell& Dr. Carolyn WatsonPaducah Running & Cycling Co.Mr. & Mrs. Joe PowellDr. & Mrs. Timothy RanvalDr. & Mrs. Lowell RobertsMr. & Mrs. Richard RoofRotary Club of PaducahMr. & Mrs. Ken SchuppertSEVA FitnessDrs. Eric & Daniela ShieldsMr. Phillip StarksStone-LangSurgical Group of PaducahSymphony SupplyWellsprings InstituteMr. & Mrs. Ken Wheeler

BENEFACTOR $600-$999Adio ChiropracticMs. Pat Beadles Mr. & Mrs. Lars BlytheDr. & Mrs. Ted BorodofskyMs. Patricia BrockenboroughMr. & Mrs. James CarbonelChristian Fellowship SchoolComcastMr. & Mrs. David DentonMrs. Roy Gene DunnMrs. Mary DyerBrandi HarlessMrs. Leslie HeathMr. & Mrs. Clay HowertonThe Rev. & Mrs. George JaegerKalleo TechnologiesMr. & Mrs. Mark KeefDr. & Mrs. Ronald KelleyMr. & Mrs. Reece KingLake Place Bed & BreakfastLamon Furniture & AntiquesDr. & Mrs. Nicholas LopezMr. & Mrs. Kerry LynnMike Smith ToyotaDr. & Mrs. David MeyerMoore Real Estate GroupMr. & Mrs. Ronald MillerThe Ophthalmology GroupMr. & Mrs. James PetcoffMr. & Mrs. Michael ResnickMr. & Mrs. Fletcher SchrockMr. & Mrs. Jerry SevernsMr. & Mrs. Donald SwearingenStory Physical TherapyMrs. Marie TaylorMr. & Mrs. Robert TaylorRev. & Mrs. Tim TaylorDr. & Mrs. Daniel TkachMr. & Mrs. Robert TurokMrs. Caroline Yaffe

PATRON $300-$599Artisan Kitchen/ShandiesMr. & Mrs. Edward BachMs. Sheri Bailey

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competition,” Mickey says. “There are so many talented people in this community and the Symphony Sing-Off event is the perfect opportunity to see that showcased.” PSO always brings something a little more exciting to the event than the year before. The 2015 event promises to be no exception. In addition to being held at a new location, this year’s Symphony Sing-Off will also include an additional gem, a wine raffle. At an appointed time during the evening, audience members will be called upon to produce a twenty-dollar bill. Those who participate will receive one of the many wine bags, which will line the stage during the raffle. As participants open their bags they will each find one delectable bottle of wine. A couple of lucky individuals will receive a bag containing a bottle of wine valued at as much as $500. The more bottles purchased, the greater the chance to win one of these extraordinary fine wines. The Symphony Sing-Off helps to provide financial support to the many programs, which PSO presents throughout the year, including musical education and student performance groups, as well as a season of concerts performed under the musical direction of a world-renowned maestro. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., however this year’s event also includes a VIP pre-show dinner hosted at 6:00 p.m. on the Carson Center’s Main Stage. Tickets to the dinner, which includes priority seating for the performance, are $100. Show-only reserved seating tickets are $35, and can be purchased at www.paducahsymphony.org or 270.444.0065. n

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Bangs Family Charitable FundMr. Donald BeamanMr. & Mrs. Mark BensonMs. Crystal BlantonBikeworldBristol BroadcastingMr. & Mrs. James BoydDr. & Mrs. Jimmy CargillMr. & Mrs. Lewis CarrCeglinski Animal ClinicCFSBMs. Kim ChesterMr. & Mrs. Bernie CoyleMr. Charles CushmanDavis DrugsDr. & Mrs. C.K. DavisMr. & Mrs. Kevin DiamondRev. & Mrs. Paul DonnerMrs. Douglas EdwardsMr. & Mrs. Timm FairMs. Beverly FordMr. & Mrs. Randall FoxMs. Anita GaleGreen Turtle BayCommonwealth Yacht ClubDr. & Mrs. Edwin GroganMs. Karen Hammond & Mr. Britt AllgoodHancock’s of PaducahMr. David HarrisonHarmony RoadDoc & Judy HidegMr. & Mrs. Harold HopkinsDr. & Mrs. Brad HousmanMr. Anthony HunterDr. & Mrs. G. Grant Gehring, M.D.Dr. April JacksonMr. & Mrs. Othmar JacobsMr. & Mrs. Randy JanneJarrell Snipes FoundationJimmy JohnsMr. & Mrs. Brian KatzMrs. Jane KolbMr. Robert KupperDr. & Mrs. Mark LineberryMr. & Mrs. Jerry McElyaMr. & Mrs. Doug McKeeMs. Anne McNeillyMr. Gil McNicholsMr. & Mrs. Joseph MeredithL. A. Miller CPA, PSCMr. Ernest MitchellCharles & Sue MoffittMr. Thomas NallOrthopaedic InstitutePaducah FordPaducah RheumatologyPaducah SunMrs. Sara PenryPizza InnPosh AcademyMr. William PowersMr.& Mrs. Brandon Price, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Charles RanslerMr. & Mrs. John ReedMr. & Mrs. Richard ReedRene AdvertisingMr. & Mrs. Dan ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. Allan Rhodes


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Mr. & Mrs. Roberto Dos RemediosDr. Rob RobertsonMr. & Mrs. George ShawMs. Guadalupe ShemonskyMs. Angela SmithMr. & Mrs. Barry SmithTalbotsMr. & Mrs. Michael TaylorMr. & Mrs. C. Ashley ThurmanMr. & Mrs. Richard TrampeMs. Peggy TrippMr. & Mrs. Mike UnderwoodMr. & Mrs. John WellsDr. & Mrs. Gordon WilliamsDr. & Mrs. Charles WinklerDr. Patrick WithrowWKMSRev. Libby & Mr. Jim WadeMr. & Mrs. Robert WordenMrs. Shirley WrinkleMs. Virginia Young

SUPPORTER $150-$299Mr. & Mrs. Stan Allen Arkema, IncAtomic EventsBackwoods BBQBanterra BankBanks Grocery Dr. Sharon BartonMr. & Mrs. William BatesMs. Pam BenzingDr. & Mrs. Griffin BickingMs. Ann BossMr. & Mrs. William BurchMr. & Mrs. Michael CappockCash SaverClark DistributingMr. & Mrs. Richard ColtharpMs. Martha CopelandC-Plantdi Fratelli’sDoe’s Eat PlaceDry Ground BrewingDunkin DonutsMr. & Mrs. Mark EdwardsEtcetera CoffeehouseDawn & Barbara EvansMr. Art FeatherMr. Patrick FletcherMr. Donald FoxDr. & Mrs. Preston FiggeMr. Charles FischerFNBThe Grand Lodge on FifthDr. & Mrs. P. Tim HarrisDr. & Mrs. Robert HaughMr. & Mrs. Paul HaywoodMr. & Mrs. Robert HeadHeartland Rehabilitation ServicesHouse of GraceHultman Mr. & Mrs. Theodore HutchinsMr. Jesse JacobMr. & Mrs. Matt JohnsonJp’s Bar & GrillDr. & Mrs. John GrubbsMr. Kyle Katterjohn

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MEMBERS $50-$149Dr. & Mrs. Shaukat AliDr. & Mrs. Abram AllenMs. Nancy AngelMr. Carl AverittMs. Marie BaggettMr. James BanksMrs. Linda BaskinMr. & Mrs. Brian BellMs. Anne BidwellMr. & Mrs. Charles BlantonMs. Manda BlackwellBlewett Music StudioMr. Myron BimonteMr. & Mrs. Ken BougherMrs. Ellen Ruth BremerMr. Randy BridgesDr. & Mrs. William BriganceMrs. Melba CaseyMr. & Mrs. Timothy CauleyCommercial Door & Hardware/Atlas DoorCity Rockers PizzaMrs. Patty CoakleyMr. & Mrs. Phillip CountsMr. William CownieMr. & Mrs. Mark Curtis

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Mr. & Mrs. Art DeWeeseMr. & Mrs. Dennis DreyerMs. Beulah EdgingMrs. Russell EvansFlanary Veterinary Clinic, PLLCMr. & Mrs. Mike GentryRev. & Mrs. Kenneth GodshallMs. Kristi Hanson & Mr. Mark DonhamMs. Sally J. HardtMr. & Mrs. John HavlikMs. Lisa HolmMs. Ava Nell HornsbyMrs. Karen HowardMr. & Mrs. Chuck HulickMs. Karen JacksonMs. LaCretia JacksonDr. & Mrs. Carl JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Daryl JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Bob JohnstonMr. Chris JordanMr. & Mrs. Michael KarnesMs. Susan KasperMr. & Mrs. Dan KeyMr. & Mrs. William KitchenKrogerMr. & Mrs. Gerald LaGesseMr. Marshall LaskyD. Peter LaufDr. & Mrs. Brian LeaMr. & Mrs. Michael LegendreMr. & Mrs. Brad McElroyMr. Charles McGinnessDr. S.A.M. MenendezMrs. Sue MillerMs. Regina NuttDr. & Mrs. Ed O’NeillMr. & Mrs. Frank PaxtonMr. & Mrs. Chris PhillipsMs. Eunice PooreMr. Glenn PuertollanoMrs. Mariowen ReedDr. Maurice RobinsonMrs. Jane RutterDr. Nassir SaghafiMs. Donna SchwabDr. Rennie SkinnerDr. Mary Parker SmithMrs. Helen SimsMs. Beverly SolomonMs. Keli SpragueMrs. Predrag SredlDr. Dan StewartMs. Inez StinerMs. Lou Strickland-TylerMs. Carol SutherlandMr. Dwight SwannMs. Patricia TarentinoDr. Anthony TheileMs. Brenda ThompsonMr. John ThompsonMs. Melanie ThompsonMs. Judith WadleyMs. Jennifer WatkinsMs. Amy Watson ReeseMs. Lenora WebbMrs. Dottie WilliamsMr. Andrew WoodMr. & Mrs. Steven Ybarzabal

Ms. Velva YeomansDr. & Mrs. James Zellmer

IN HONOR OF…Mrs. Janis CromwellMr. & Mrs. Basil DrossosMr. & Mrs. Joseph PittardPaul & Juliette GrumleyJean Ellen PaulsonMr. Clay HowertonMr. & Mrs. Stan AllenMr. Joseph R. PabstLorna Pabst de AcostaMr. & Mrs. Richard Roof

Mr. & Mrs. Tom UllomMr. Judd UllomJohn & Sherry ShadleRev. Libby & Mr. Jim WadeDr. Richard SmithPaul & Juliette GrumleyDr. & Mrs. Wally Montgomery

IN MEMORY OF…Mrs. Ruby ArmstrongRoger & Jean TruittDr. David De VillezMrs. Sue De VillezMr. David De Villez II.

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