Programme – Mid Winter Soiree

Altrusa Club of Taradale & Napier
Present a

MID WINTER
SOIREE

An elegant social occasion with an interesting programme of music by Hawke’s Bay’s favourite musicians, in support of Books in Homes.

Sunday, June 30th
Tom McDonald Cellar
Church Road Winery

3.30pm – Partake of mulled wine, or juice, plus sweet treats

PROGRAMME

BAGATELLEN Op 47   Anton Dvorak
Allegretto Scherzando; Tempo di Minuetto
Allegretto Scherzando; Canon; Poco allegro

Gretchen Anderson and Amanda Cooper – Violins
Sarah Bryant – Cello
Adrienne van Drimmelen – Piano

ARIAS from Le Nozze di Figaro   Mozart
Porgi Amor
Sull Aria
Non so piu cosa son

Jo Morrel, Phoebe Ayers, Jenny Nimon

LE CYGNE from The Carnival of the Animals   Saint-Saens

Daniel Stabler – Double Bass

THREE FOLK SONGS Op 19   John McCabe
Johnny has gone for a soldier – American
Hush-a-ba, Birdie, Croon, Croon – Scottish
John Peel – English

Lucy Hemara – Soprano
Frances Morgan – Clarinet
Freya Hodgson – Piano

IL EST DOUX, IL EST BON from Hérodiade   Massenet Berlioz
L’ILE INCONNUE from Nuits d’ete

Vicki Vaughn – Soprano

FANTASIE   Gabriel Faure

Selection from LES CHANTS DE NECTAIRE – CHARLES KOECHLIN
La Claire Forét (The bright forest)
Gaité du matin ensoleillé (Gaiety of a sunlit morning)
Tityre remercie les Dieux (Tityre thanks the Gods)
Le Chevrier (The Goatherd)
Le Rire Vainqueur (The Conquering Laughter)

Dana Parkhill – Flute

LES ETOILES   Melody Gardot
BABY I’M A FOOL

Jane Pierard – Vocal
Harry Wilson – Guitar

SEPTET FOR TRUMPET, STRINGS and PIANO Op 65   Saint-Saens
Preambulé; Menuet; Interméde; Gavotte et Final

Gretchen Anderson and Jose McGovern [McGoverne] – Violins
Amanda Cooper – Viola
Elizabeth McDougal – Cello
Daniel Stabler – Double Bass
Paul Hendy – Trumpet
Adrienne van Drimmelen – Piano

Accompanists – Adrienne van Drimmelen and Freya Hodgson
Stage Manager – David Harris

Thanks To:
The performers who have given their time and talents for this programme.
The management and staff at Church Road for their assistance.
Michael de Vries for his help with the graphics for the flyers and posters.
Maxims for help with the programme.
Ian Appleton for moving and tuning the piano.

ALTRUSA CLUB OF TARADALE AND NAPIER

ALTRUSA International Leading to a Better Community”

Who Are We
We are an international organisation of women who volunteer our energies and expertise for community service and at the same time gather socially for fun and education.

We are working on…

Books in Homes
We have committed ourselves to sponsoring Marewa School in its involvement with the “Books in Homes” scheme for twelve years.

Music Scholarship
We support young local musicians with an annual donation at the Young Musician of the Year Competition.

We are proud of:
The many and varied community projects we have undertaken during the history of our club.

These include:

The complete refurbishment of the Multiple Sclerosis House and garden in Onekawa
The funding of a young man to Anakiwa Outward Bound course
Sponsoring the training of a Guide Dog for the Foundation for the Blind
Providing Apnoea monitors for the Special Care Baby Unit at the hospital
Providing emergency bleepers for the Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade

How we did it

Celebrity dinners
Garden competitions
Trivial pursuit nights
Cooking demonstrations
Gala movie nights
Various catering events

Our Organisation

The club meets once a month on the 2nd Tuesday. We have our business meeting, dinner and a guest speaker all in the one evening. Committees meet to work on projects outside of this monthly meeting.
We have a Board of Directors, and a strong committee system which allows members to be involved in projects and decisions.