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OLLI
E-News
#44-10 of November 19, 2010
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Issue #44-10 of Nov 19, 2010
REMINDER
ABOUT PAYMENT OPTIONS
From the executive director
IT WON'T BE LONG
BEFORE OLLI members have the opportunity of
viewing our winter 2011 catalog and confronting that most wonderful of
problems – how to choose from such an array of great courses and
activities. Many members, except for those paying the introductory
rate, also consider payment options.
Regardless of membership type, members may pay
the full amount due via check or Mastercard or VISA credit/debit card.
Some members choose to use our monthly installment payment plan, which
adds a processing fee to the annual dues and then divides the total
amount into 12 equal payments. This plan is great for budgeting
purposes. Once your application is approved by the OLLI office and the
credit card company, you don't have to remember anything – the payment
is automatically charged to your credit/debit card. Regular monthly
payments associated with each option are as follows:
- Members who
are renewing their annual memberships and new members
paying dues for annual membership – Full dues: $350 annual/$32 monthly; Loudoun-Only: $200
annual/$19 monthly
- Returning
introductory members who are continuing for the subsequent three terms
– Balance
of full dues, $250/$30 monthly
for nine months
Applications for the monthly installment plan
are available in OLLI offices or can be downloaded from the OLLI Web
site's home page (click "DocStore" in the Quick Links table at left,
then click "Forms & Other Docs").
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BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
Directors hear member views at Loudoun
 By Rod Zumbro,
OLLI E-News
Editor
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET AT LOUDOUN
on Friday, November
12. More than 30
OLLI members were in attendance. President Manuel Pablo moderated the
meeting, during which many attendees expressed their views about the
dues level for Loudoun members and alternative
OLLI membership options with different dues structures.
To resolve the immediate matter of Loudoun dues for
2011, the Board postponed discussion of
several resolutions, including a proposal for three different OLLI
membership options/dues structures. OLLI membership options and dues
structures will be discussed during a 2011 Board retreat.
Loudoun-only
dues.
After considerable debate, the Board rescinded its October decision
that raised Loudoun-only membership dues from $150 to $250 in 2011 and,
in its place, the Board approved
Loudoun-only dues of
$200 for 2011 ... specifically "for those OLLI members (eligible
members): who are Loudoun County residents (with a Loudoun County ZIP
Code) at the time of their 2011 annual registration (includes current
OLLI members or new OLLI members) or who paid Loudoun only dues for
their 2010 annual registration in any 2010 term, regardless of their
address." The resolution does not address the level of Loudoun dues
beyond 2011.
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There will be no Board meeting in December.
The next Board meeting is scheduled for
Friday, January 21 at 10:00 at Tallwood.
All OLLI members are
invited to attend meetings of the Board.
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PROFILE
Resource
group co-chair
Abbie Edwards
By Nancy Scheeler, OLLI E-News
Staff Writer
ABBIE EDWARDS, OLLI VOLUNTEER, moves
quickly. She signed up to take her first two OLLI classes in September
2001, but in January 2002 she was teaching a basic photography class at
OLLI. "Retirement is a time to start expanding your brain," she
observes. She soon mastered new subjects to teach: world religions,
evolution, great books and philosophy. Abbie continues to teach OLLI
classes in these areas as well as to take 9-10 classes each session.
Abbie served on the Board of Directors from
2003 to 2008 while simultaneously serving as Reston Coordinator. During
a staff transition in 2006, she lined up the Reston classes and
conducted liaison meetings with Reston OLLI members. It was a "lot of
hard work," she admits, but she is "proud of my accomplishments during
that time."
Currently, Abbie co-chairs the Humanities and
Social Sciences Resource Group with Bob Lawshe. The two are developing
a new curriculum that will offer a broad view of what was happening
both inside and outside Europe in the year 1610. The curriculum views
this epoch from a variety of perspectives—politics, societies, art,
music and science—in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
In addition to her work at OLLI, Abbie has
co-directed the Sprint Triathlon for the past four years and the Reston
Triathlon for 14 years. She is secretary of the Fairfax Committee of
100 Board, a group that explores the current and future challenges
facing Fairfax County. Abbie is also active in the Reston/Herndon
branch of the American Association of University Women and the
Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston.
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Abbie holds
a B.A. and an M.A. in Arts Education. She and her husband David have
lived in Reston since 1967, where they raised their four children.
Abbie turned her photography hobby into a business, and her photographs
appear in such books as Fairfax
County in Virginia: A Pictorial History. She taught photography,
art and computer graphics at Herndon High School from 1989 to 2000,
when she retired. Abbie and her husband have eight grandchildren and
one great grandchild. They have traveled extensively in Europe, Central
Africa, China, Tibet, New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador and Alaska.
SPECIAL
RESTON CLASS
"Meet the Artists" features unique
performers
THE DELIGHTFUL SIX-YEAR-OLD VIOLINIST
in the photos is Peter
Dorosheff, whom OLLI
members attending the "Meet the Artists" class in Reston had an
opportunity to hear play a Bach minuet on a miniature violin. During
the final two class sessions this fall, fortunate attendees heard
Monika Chamasyan, Peter’s mother, and her sister, Marina Chamasyan,
play spectacular violin and piano duos. These two professional
musicians come from Armenia and have performed at Carnegie Hall
together.
During the first session, they played
little-heard piano and violin sonatas by Haydn; during the second
session they played a very dramatic sonata by Armenian composer Arno
Babadjanyan. Monika also told the story of her violin, made by an
Armenian violinmaker, and brought to the U.S. by her parents when
they, too, came to this country last year. Not only was it a great
treat to hear these excellent musicians and meet members of their
musical family, but to have them interact with OLLI members, describing
what constitutes the distinctive sound of Armenian music and answering
lots of audience questions.
The sisters have offered to come back to a
future session of "Meet the Artists," a marvelous series of musical
performances and musical lectures coordinated by Rosemary McDonald. She
has been scheduling these over the last year or two in the sanctuary of
the Washington Plaza Baptist Church at Lake Anne in Reston. Watch for
future offerings; the space has a baby grand piano, good acoustics,
plenty of room and padded pews!
-- Article and photos courtesy of Carol Henderson, OLLI member.
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HISTORY CLUB MEETING
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Wed, Dec 1, at 10:00 – Vietnam Before 1954
 
WHILE
OLLI GOES ON VACATION, the History Club marches on. At Tallwood
on Wednesday, December 1 at 10:00 (note time change between terms),
OLLI instructor Jim Hubbard will discuss "Vietnam Before 1954: Two
Recent Books."
Despite the massive bibliography regarding
what Americans refer to as the Vietnam War, the United States was a
relative latecomer to modern Vietnamese history. Two books recently
published in English, Stein Tonnesson's Vietnam 1946: How the War Began and
Pierre Brocheux and Daniel Hemery's Indochina:
An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954, explore Vietnamese history
and in particular French-Vietnamese interaction before 1954. Jim will
attempt to summarize what the authors have to say and ponder its
relevance to Americans' concerns.
OLLI members are invited; bring a guest.
Submitted
by Bob Persell, History Club Coordinator.
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Selected by the OLLI Photography Club
"Little
Pigeon River," by Rita
Leake.
THIS
MONTH'S
PHOTO
may be viewed in various sizes at this
page.
To view other photos by
members of the OLLI Photography Club, visit the Club's Web site.
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OLLI
BULLETIN BOARD
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image to view
the Bulletin Board
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members and staff only
-- share, donate, buy, sell, trade, inform, request, or assist others
in our community via the OLLI Bulletin Board. Read the rules and view
the Bulletin Board at this
Web page. Email your desired postings to Barbara at bwk4413@gmail.com. Note:
There is now a link to the Bulletin Board near the top of each issue,
directly under the banner image.
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OLLI
SPIRITWEAR
Click
above image to visit the store
Order sweatshirts, shirts, caps and tote bags with the OLLI/Mason logo
at any time directly from the vendor for delivery to your home. Use this Web site;
click on "OLLI-GMU Store" to see the pictures, then click on each item
to see more details. Note: the
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LETTERS
TO
THE
EDITOR
A forum for members to voice their views
on OLLI matters
WE ARE HAPPY TO
PUBLISH your brief letters about OLLI and, if
a response seems appropriate, we will include an OLLI response from the
executive director or the applicable officer or committee
chair in the same issue. Submit your letter via email to the editor or
submit it as a "letter to the editor" via
the online
suggestion
box or the suggestion box in the Tallwood Social Room.
To be published in a given Friday's issue, the editor must receive the
letter no later than 7:00 pm on Monday so that any applicable OLLI
response can also be published. Letters can be published
anonymously, but you must include your name and email address or phone
number so we can verify that you are an OLLI member.
The late Rome Lotsberg's contributions to
our Institute
Dear
Editor:
It was with sadness that I noted the passing of Rome Lotsberg in the
November 5 edition of OLLI E-News.
The article accurately detailed Rome's contribution to OLLI as the
coordinator of the very popular Foreign Affairs courses. However,
it failed to mention Rome's other significant contribution to OLLI –
his role in our becoming part of the Osher network and the beneficiary
of the Osher Foundation's financial generosity.
Rome routinely took his Foreign Affairs
speakers to lunch (at his own expense) after their lecture. On one of
these occasions in late 2003, he was lunching with Alan Heil, a former
deputy director of the Voice of America. Mr. Heil told Rome about a
foundation recently formed by Bernard Osher that awarded grants to
lifelong learning institutes affiliated with universities. Alan said
that a friend and former colleague, Mary Bitterman, was president of
the Osher Foundation.
Rome shared this story with staff member Carol
Ferrera,
OLLI's program coordinator at the time, who passed the contact
information
on to the Development Committee. The rest is history, and we have Rome
to thank for his contribution to it.
-- Eileen Duggan, OLLI member and Development Committee Chair, 2002-2007
Editor's note. The following links
are provided for those interested.
– OLLI E-News obituary of
Rome Lotsberg
– Washington
Post obituary
of Rome Lotsberg
POET'S CORNER
Selected by the OLLI Poetry
Workshop
Starry
Night
Not Vincent van Gogh who witnessed his roiling firmament
from an asylum window in Saint-Remy,
I was happily en route from Colorado Springs
to a vacation cabin in the mountains.
The night sky was a pitch black felt
filled with hundreds of radiantly embroidered stars.
Instantly I made a fervent oath to
forever remember the heaven's astonishing beauty
so breathtaking that speech was gone.
And I slip this cloth from my memory drawer
to use when the universe crashes in on me from every side.
I close my eyes and unroll the fabric to recollect that starry sight
and enfold myself in a lustrous blanket
that keeps me sane and warm
'til the world turns right again.
Paulette Lichtman-Panzer |
MASON ARTS AND
MUSIC
Upcoming performances, Nov 19 - Dec 5
 By Jan Bohall, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
FOR TICKETS, call
1-888-945-2408 (phone orders are handled by
tickets.com) or visit the Center for the Arts Box Office, Tue-Sat,
10:00-5:00. More info on tickets at the CFA tickets page.
The Mason
Players
Studio Series
Something
to Hide
by Leslie Sands
Directed by Baron Pugh
Fri, Sat, Nov 19, 20, 8:00
Sat, Sun, Nov 20, 21, 2:00
This British thriller and murder mystery is set at a house in the
English countryside where Howard, a writer, is visited each weekend by
his wife, Karen, and joined during the week by Julie, his mistress.
Julie tells Howard that she is pregnant and as he reacts to this, she
dashes to the car for cigarettes—and is run over and killed by Karen as
she arrives. So the complications begin.
Admission: $8 seniors/students, $12 other adults
Black Box Theater (Lower
level of Performing Arts Bldg, next to TheaterSpace. From Level 2 of
Parking Deck take the bridge. Enter first door on the left and follow
hallway; go through gray doors and down stairs.)
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Aquila Theatre
A
Midsummer Night's Dream
Fri, Nov 19, 8:00
This acclaimed British/American touring company will perform an
imaginative interpretation of Shakespeare's timeless and beloved
comedy. The drama examines universal themes of love, passion and
frustration, while exploring the heart of an enchanted forest, the
injustice of the Athenian court and the political strife of the Fairy
Kingdom.
Admission: $34, $26, $17
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a pre-performance artistic lecture
on Grand Tier III.
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Mason
Saxophone Ensemble
Sat,
Nov 20, 3:00
Rescheduled
for Mon, Nov 22, 8:00
Admission: Free, non-ticketed
Harris Theatre
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Ann Marie
White Senior Voice Recital
Sat, Nov 20, 7:00
St. George's United Methodist Church
4910 Ox Road, Fairfax
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Fairfax
Symphony Orchestra
Eckert Preu, conductor
Timothy Fain, violin
Sat, Nov 20, 8:00
The
orchestra will perform Rossini's Overture to La Cenerentola, American composer
John Adams' Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3. The guest
conductor, a native of Germany, is presently music director of both the
Spokane Symphony and the Stamford Symphony.
Admission: $55, $45, $35, $25 Limited student tickets available.
Note:
Students
ages 6-18 may purchase tickets at $5 per concert at the door, through
the Student Passport
Club.
Concert Hall
Come at 7:00 for a pre-performance discussion on Grand Tier III.
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New Orleans
Nights
with Allen Toussaint, Nicholas Payton,
and the Joe Krown Trio
Sun, Nov 21, 7:00
New
Orleans Nights brings together three jazz legends. Toussaint has been
praised for his seminal influence on the music of New Orleans, has been
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received a Grammy
Trustee Award. Payton, the trumpeter, has
received a Grammy Award. The Joe Krown Trio is described by offbeat
Magazine as "a killer combination between three of New Orleans
greatest
players." (See videos at this CFA page.)
Family friendly: Youth grade 12 and under, half price with an adult
Concert Hall
Come at 6:15 for a pre-performance discussion on Grand Tier III.
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 Chanticleer
A
Chanticleer Christmas
Sat, Nov 27, 8:00
Noted for flawless technique, this chorus of 12 men's voices is a
tradition at the Center for the Arts. This season Grammy-winning
Chanticleer features traditional carols, sacred works and holiday
favorites. (See details and video on this CFA page.)
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a pre-performance artistic discussion by Matt Oltman,
music director, on Grand Tier III.
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Mason Lab Band
Tue, Nov 30, 8:00
Admission: Free, non-ticketed
de Laski Performing Arts Building, Room 3001
Mason Percussion & Composition Workshop
Concert
Thu, Dec 2, 8:00
Admission: Free, non-ticketed
de Laski Performing Arts Building, Room 3001
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Virginia Opera
Cosi
fan tutte
Fri, Dec 3, 8:00
Sun, Dec 5, 2:00
Mozart's beloved opera asks the age-old question, "Are all women
alike?" First performed in Vienna in 1790, this opera tells the story
of two sisters in Naples whose soldier fiancés make a wager with
a cynical bachelor to test the women's love and fidelity. They disguise
themselves and attempt to seduce the sisters, in an ironic look at the
foibles of love. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. ( Click here
for full info on this opera at the Virginia Opera Web site.)
Sun, $98, $80, $48
Concert Hall
Come 45 minutes before curtain time for a pre-performance artistic
lecture on Grand Tier III.
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Mason Opera
with Chamber Orchestra
Amahl
and the Night
Visitor
Fri, Sat, Dec 3, 4, 8:00
Sat, Dec 3, 3:00
This is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an English
libretto. The setting is near Bethlehem during the first century. Amahl
is a boy about 12 years old with a permanent injury, who is known to
tell tall tales. He tells his mother of an amazing star "as big as a
window" over their roof. A knock at the door brings the Magi, and
Amahl's adventure begins.
Admission: $15 seniors/students, $20 other adults
Limited free Mason student tickets available
Limited student tickets available on Nov 23
Harris Theatre
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Turtle Island
Quartet
with Cyrus Chestnut and Mike Marshall
Sat, Dec 3, 8:00
The
quartet came together only five years ago and began integrating jazz
improvisation and rhythms into chamber music. Pianist Cyrus Chestnut,
who Time calls "the best jazz
pianist of his generation," and mandolinist Mike Marshall, known for
his incredible technique and versatility, will join the four musicians
to perform classic jazz and Americana as well as some holiday favorites.
Admission: $44, $36, $22
Concert Hall
Come at 7:15 for a pre-performance artistic discussion on Grand Tier
III.
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Ceremony of
Carols
featuring Mason’s Combined Choirs
Sun, Dec 5, 7:00
Admission: Free, non-ticketed
de Laski Performing Arts Building, Room 3001
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MASON
HIGHLIGHTS
Other Mason events, next three weeks
 By Helen Ackerman, OLLI
E-News Staff Writer
- Visiting
Writers Series:
Peter Klappert. Poet Peter Klappert is a former professor and cofounder
of the graduate creative writing program at Mason. Wed, Dec 1, 7:00.
Research I, Room 163. Free.
- Workshop Concert: Percussion and
Composition. Thu, Dec 2, 8:00. Performing Arts Building, Room 3001.
Free.
- Brown Bag Lunch: University
Professor of Economics Peter Boettke discusses the state of the
economy. Prof. Boettke opposes government intervention in markets and
decries federal spending to prop up demand during times of crisis. Fri,
Dec 3, 12:00 to 1:00. Mason Hall, D1. Free.
- The Vision Series: Associate
Professor of Environmental Science and Policy Allison Macfarlane
discusses the topic "Is Nuclear Energy the Answer to a
Carbon-Constrained World?" As one of the few currently reliable
producers of carbon-free baseload electrical power, nuclear energy has
the potential to be a partial solution to mitigate impending climate
change. Details. Mon, Dec 6,
7:00. Center for the Arts, Concert Hall. Free; tickets
required.
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COMING
ATTRACTIONS
Upcoming non-class events at
OLLI
THE
FOLLOWING LIST covering the next two weeks is extracted for your
convenience from the master calendar maintained by the office, with
direct Web links added when available. OLLI members are welcome at all
Board, committee and resource group meetings. For more activities
specifically related to the Loudoun
site, see Roberta Sherman's Loudoun
Notes (a pdf document, updated
periodically when classes are in session ... the last one until the
winter term is dated November 12).
Note:
The below list is accurate as of mid-week but for the very latest
information, please see Upcoming
Non-Class Events to view the real-time OLLI online
calendar maintained by
the office.
Fri Nov
19 10am
Recorder Consort - TA-2
10:30am Loudoun Classic Fiction
Book Club - Cascades Library, Loudoun
11am Homer Group - Annex
Sat Nov 20 12:30pm OLLI Personal
Computer User
Group - TA-1
Mon Nov 22 OLLI Office Closed until Mon Nov 29
Tue Nov 23 10:30am
Knitting
and
Needlework
Club
-
Lake
Anne
Coffee
Shop
Tue Nov 30 10:30am
Knitting
and
Needlework
Club
-
Lake
Anne
Coffee
Shop
Wed Dec 1
9:30am
Conversational Spanish Club - Annex
9:30am Memoir Writing Club -
Cottage
10am History
Club - TA-1
10am Bridge Club - TA-3
10am Investment Forum - TA-2
Thu Dec 2 10am Art Club - Loudoun
Fri Dec 3 10am Recorder Consort - TA-2
11:30am OLLI Holiday Luncheon -
International Country Club
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KEY CONTACT
INFORMATION
How to contact OLLI
HERE
IS A READY REFERENCE on how to contact OLLI.
For email
addresses and phone numbers not listed below, please consult the online
Membership Directory (log in to Member
Portal).
About OLLI E-News
and the
member/volunteers who
produce it
Rod
Zumbro
Editor |
Barbara Kyriakakis
Associate
Editor |
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Review Team: Gordon
Canyock,
Barbara Kyriakakis, John West
Database
Manager: Barbara
Kyriakakis
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- About
this newsletter.
OLLI's
weekly newsletter, OLLI
E-News,
is
emailed
to
current
OLLI
members
with
email
addresses
on
Fridays.
When
classes
are
in
session, printed copies of this newsletter are distributed in
classrooms. Comments,
suggestions or complaints? Please contact Editor Rod
Zumbro or Communications Committee Chair Gordon
Canyock.
- Submissions. We
encourage members
to submit news items, articles and photos for this newsletter. The deadline
to
the editor is 7:00 pm Wed (7:00 pm Mon for letters to the
editor
for which an
OLLI response is appropriate) for that
week's issue; submissions
earlier in
the week are strongly encouraged and greatly appreciated.
Please
limit
articles to about 250 words. Submit material via email to Editor Rod
Zumbro
(email rzumbro@gmu.edu).
- Read the latest
issue early. The
new weekly issue of OLLI
E-News
is posted to the OLLI Web site Thursday evening. Read it by visiting http://www.olli.gmu.edu/pubs.htm#enews,
where
you
will
find
a
list
of
the
last
12
issues;
click
the
latest issue listed.
- Viewing or searching past
issues. Your options for finding items in past issues of OLLI E-News
include viewing the last
12
issues; searching the
content of
ALL issues for any word or words; and searching
our
archive of all past issues by date or issue number.
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Updated:
November 19, 2010
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George Mason University. Materials in this publication subject to
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purposes as long as credit is given to OLLI-Mason.
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Mason University, 4210 Roberts Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032-1028
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