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'A Day by the Bay' Home Tour Weekend
March 26-28, 2010
The Houston Symphony League Bay Area has held a tour of waterfront homes
since November 2000. The
upcoming event on March 26-28 marks our 10th project and we are delighted to
announce all four houses are on Galveston Bay
and the Pre-Tour Party will be held at a mansion on Todville Road.
This is HSLBA's
annual fund raiser to support our mission of music education:
musical programs in all CCISD elementary schools and
underwriting in part the Houston Symphony's "Sounds Like Fun"
free concert held locally in the summer.
A ticket for the
entire weekend -- Friday night party and Saturday/Sunday tour of four houses
-- is $75. Tour of houses only
is $20, or $15 in advance. The
party is festive and fun, with wine/beverages and heavy hors d'ouevres/cake,
in a beautiful waterfront setting, with, of course, lots of beautiful music.
Tickets will go on sale February 10, 2010.
Over one hundred
docents are needed to staff the four homes. Docents are asked to work one
shift of 2 1/2 hours. You do not have to be a
member of the League to participate.
For information
contact General Chair Dana Puddy 281-326-1817.
To volunteer as a docent call Diane McLaughlin 281-474-4932.
COME RIDE WITH US
The Houston Symphony League Bay Area hires a bus six times a year to
ride to Houston Symphony performances at Jones Hall.
For the 2009-2010 season we have chosen the Shell Favorite Master
Series. The dates are September
27, 2009; November 1, 2009; January 17, 2010; March 7, 20210; April 11,
2010; May 23, 2010. We ride both
private buses and Harris
County buses so one must
be 50 years and above.
You do not have to be a member of
the League to join us.
The bus leaves the Bay Area Park and Ride near Highway 3 at one
o’clock Sunday afternoons. It
drops us off in front of Jones Hall and picks us up after the concert.
We are back to the Bay Area Park and Ride by 5:30 – 6:00 pm depending
on the length of the concert.
The cost is $75.00 for six trips.
It is up to you to order your series tickets from the Houston
Symphony Box Office or there are senior tickets available at $12.50 to be
picked up the day of the Concert.
The riders are friendly music lovers.
We have a wonderful time and we hear beautiful music.
If you are interested please call Victoria Wendling, 281-554-7012.
LIKE TO SING?
COME JOIN OUR GROUP
If you like to sing, you will like singing with the Note-Ables.
We are a community service group of 26 singers who provide musical
programs for clubs & organizations, nursing & retirement homes, church
groups, and Rotary clubs among others.
We have performed at M.D. Anderson twice and will be performing again
this year at the Rotary International House for patients and their families;
three times at UTMB in Galveston; twice in Jones Hall lobby prior to the
symphony concert and will be there again this year (we get a county bus to
take us in for these performances); and twice for events sponsored by the
City of Nassau Bay.
We sing Broadway tunes, golden oldies, Christmas carols, Irish tunes,
patriotic tunes, including songs for all branches of service; folk songs and
some hymns.
Our Director is Carol Barwick, a retired teacher of choral music and
school choir director at
Seabrook
Intermediate
School.
She is a wonderful Director, loans of fun and great with audiences.
Sue Smith who is well known in the Houston Area for her musical
abilities is our piano accompanist.
We are sponsored by the Houston Symphony League Bay Area and we are a
group of singers, primarily from church choirs, who are interested in
community service. There are no
auditions – you want to join in the fun with us, you’re welcome whether or
not you are a member of the Symphony League – That is not a requirement!
If you are interested in joining or in coming to one of our rehearsals
and checking us out, please contact Jo Anne Mills at 281-286-3171 for
information. ou
