Subject: October NAC NEWS Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:25:51 -0400 From: PatBond Northport Arts Coalition News October 2, 2002 We were overwhelmed by the success of our September 11th meeting. Many in the audience came over afterward and thanked the board personally for creating this evening. It was so gratifying to hear thanks especially when you are a volunteer. And we’d like to thank Jackie Rose for her participation in "Happenings on Main Street." Welcome to those new to our e-mail list who signed up at Cow Harbor Day. We hope we can add you to our membership list, which is growing by the minute. Welcome to our new members: Sherri Pavone, Phil Sparacino, Martha Trachtenberg, Audra Morrica, Steve Bennet, Frank Zinghini, Kathleen Lukachinski, Joe and Ellie Perlman,and Tom and Karen Gellert. Let me know if I misspelled your name. We meet again on Wednesday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m., due to the generosity of the Northport Library and the contributions of our members. NAC TO THE FUTURE – YES, WE PLAN TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE INSPIRED IDEAS, PROGRAMS, AND DREAMS OF OUR GROWING ORGANIZATION. We plan a round table discussion and are open to new ideas and ways to carry them out. Let’s brainstorm, dream, and imagine. Artists and art lovers will be there. The NAC Board and other invited guests will join us. Contact Isabella at VIVALDI222@aol.com for details. We will also have our elections. If you are a member of NAC you may vote for our slate: Co-Chair: Isabella Johnson; Treasurer: Bruce Johnson; Secretary Pat Bond; Board Members: Jeff Bennett; Jennie Hair; and Charlotte Koons. Please come and vote for us! We are very happy to invite you to Do-ing Music on Friday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m., the second of NAC’S extremely successful Do-ing Music chanber music concerts which will take place at the Northport Library. Among the wonderful music highlighted will include a cellist playing a Brahms Sonata with piano, a Schumann Fantasy for clarinet and piano, a flute and guitar duo, a string sextet, as well as violin and viola ensembles. Venues the artists performing have appeared in include Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood, as well as the Amsterdam Philharmonic. Don’t miss this free, world-class entertainment right in your own backyard. Everytime I attend a NAC event, I’m amazed and thrilled that we’re blessed with such wonderful local talent! And grateful to the NAC membership which makes it possible. The Second Annual BLACK AND WHITE BALL! WHERE? At the Posey Dance Studio, 57 Main Street . WHEN? Saturday, October 26th at 8:00 p.m. WHO? Dancers, fortunetellers, actors, singers and fun seekers. HOW MUCH? $10.00 WHY? Fun and fundraising. Refreshments will be served. Frankly, I don’t know how we can do it! For tickets or reservations call Charlotte Koons at 261-8590 Upcoming and Ongoing: "Artists Celebrate Northport" art exhibit at the Village courtroom will run until December 14th. Drop in and enjoy local artists work. November 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Library :"Glenn Baldwin and Friends of Jazz" an instrumental sextet of mostly local musicians presenting songs by: Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Thelonius Monk and others . The Huntington Cabaret Singers will be auditioning singers for a February show. Please send pre audition audio or video tapes and performing experience to L. Ray, 163 Nassau Rd., Huntington, N.Y. 11743 by October 3rd. Open Call to Artists: North Shore Art Guild. Delivery October 27 between 3-7pm. For prospectus: send SASE to North Shore Art Guild, P. O. Box 497, Miller Place, NY 11764 or e-mail: Northshoreartguild@hotmail.com. "Claim Your Wednesday" NAC Presents events and gatherings at the Northport Library every second week of the month. The Community Room consists of a spacious room complete with stage, piano, and a seating capacity of 200. A NAC member who is interested in organizing a performance and/or artistic event on a Wednesday evening may contact Isabella. (261-2387) or e-mail vivaldi222@aol.com Come join NAC. Just send $15 for the year to Isabella Johnson, P. O. Box 508, Northport, NY 11768 Pat Bond - pbond@suffolk.lib.ny.us