GJ SYMPHONY GUILD NOTES

Fall 2018
Girlfriend Time
Lunch Bunch will meet next at the Grille at
Redlands Mesa Golf Club on Oct. 11. Call or e-
mail Cathy Zippert 245-9215 or
cathyzippert@yahoo.com. She needs to call in
the exact count by Oct. 9 for lunch.
Don’t forget about Just for Fun when there’s a
movie or some other outing you’d like to make
with friends. Give Cecilia Spangler a call at
243-7733 and she’ll get an email out for others
who might want to join in the fun.
Rehearsal Schedule
See and hear the process of
music making at one of the
Tuesday (usually) evening
orchestra rehearsals. The big
classroom in CMU’s
Performing Arts Center allows for an upfront
and personal experience. Plus you’ll see a lot
more of Charles’ facial expressions than of his
back during a concert.
Rehearsals run from 7 – 9:30 pm. Just follow the
music when you get to the Moss Performing
Arts Center. Parking is free in the garage after
6 pm. Subject to change, the schedule is –
A Guild Thank You
Orchestra members enjoyed a special post-
rehearsal lunch put on by Guild members on
Saturday, Sept. 22. Toni Heiden-Moran opened
her office at 7th and Rood for a surprise lunch
and serenade for orchestra members and family
after their morning rehearsal. The theme was
“Thanks for the Melodies,” with lyrics adapted
from “Thanks for the Memories” by Susan
Hanson.
Thanks for the melodies!
Of concerts in the park, the Avalon at dark
Of chamber music, special guests and songs
so like a lark…
How lovely it is,
Oh…thanks for the melodies!
Of candlelight and wine at Soirees oh so
fine,
Of strings and winds and drums that boom
And brass so bold it fills the room
How lovely it is.
You all have filled our souls each year in
such a special way…
That now our Junction Symphony Guild
just wants to say…
OH…THANKS FOR THE MELODIES!

Oct. 16 – “Brahms and Cello”

Dec. 11 – “A Grand Valley Christmas”
Jan. 11, 2019 – “GJSO at the Movies”
Feb. 5 – “Mozart 40”
Feb. 26 – “Beethoven Triple”
March 5 and 7 – Western Colorado
Chorale Masterworks Concert
April 2 – “Metamorphosis”
April 30 – “Haydn and Hanson”
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Member Notes
Publicity Chair Cindy Rhodes has been doing a
bang-up job. These two photos appeared in the
“You Saw It” page of the Sentinel under the
heading “IN FOCUS: Grand Junction Symphony
Guild in action at Evening Under the Stars
concert.”
Pat Heath and Susan Hanson were busy serving
brats while…
Sarah Catlin and Paula King took a break.
Maestro Charles Latshaw is also Professor
Latshaw. Charles will hold a New Dimensions
class tiled “Orchestra Conductors and What
They Do: Demystifying the Maestro.” Class
attendees will also have an opportunity to sit in
on a rehearsal for the Oct. 20-21 concerts.
Fall 2018
Barbara Meysenburg is facing a diagnosis of
brain cancer with her usual “tough old broad”
attitude. We know she’s a fighter and will not
go gentle into that good night. Let’s keep her
and her family in our thoughts and prayers. Post
on her Facebook page. Send her a card, email,
funny joke or note to let her know we care and
to ask if there is anything we can do to help.
Looking far ahead, mark your 2019 calendar for
May 8. Pianist Linda Jenks will play “A Little
Noon Music” at the First United Methodist
Church, 522 White Ave.
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark,
than alone in the light
― Helen Keller
New Member
Profile
Mica Quint is Colorado
born and raised. She
grew up in Montrose,
finished high school in
Cedaredge, and went
to Colorado School of
Mines in Golden for two years before
graduating from Mesa State here in Grand
Junction.
With a degree in accounting Mica did taxes for
about six years while her husband Merrite
worked in the oil industry and traveled often.
When tax season hours became too much, she
focused her energies on her boys Sawyer and
Garrett, until the younger one was in 1st grade.
When Merrite changed careers to real estate,
he found just about the best assistant possible:
Mica now works with him at Bray Real Estate.
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Their sons, now 16 and 8, keep her busy as well.

Sawyer plays football and baseball, and sings in
two choirs at church. Sawyer is a brown belt in
karate. Mica adds that they enjoy boating with
a Lake Powell vacation at least once every
summer.

With all that, Mica still finds time to sing in the

choir at First Presbyterian Church and says she’s
really excited to be a Guild member.

2018 – 2019 GJ Symphony Guild Officers

President – Sheryl Fitzgerald,

243-6006, buttolph@bresnan.net
Vice-President – Torie Holloran,
(703) 587-4780,
Vholloran54@gmail.com
Secretary—Sandy Peterson,
(303) 653-1941, sjp.88@outlook.com
Treasurer – Lynne O’Connell,
(510) 798-2527,
lynneoc0131@gmail.com
Events Coordinator – Janet Shaffer,
549-4189, bluelakes1@msn.com
Membership Coordinator – Dee
Humfeld, 263-8989,
humfeldbox@juno.com
President Advisor – Barbara Burgeson,
270-9975, burgy4@gmail.com
Board meetings are generally once a month.
If you have something you’d like discussed
at a general meeting, contact Sheryl
Fitzgerald so it can be put on the agenda.
Sheryl Fitzgerald presented Kelly Anderson
with an oversized check for $25,000 at our
October meeting.
Holidays Made Easy
Alberta Husch is again
taking orders for Butter
Braid pastries. She will bring samples to the
October general meeting for those who’ve
never had them. These frozen yeast pastries will
fill your home with delicious aromas when
baked. Stash some away and you’ll always be
ready for company during the holidays. For
each $13 pastry the Guild earns $5.20. Place
orders with Alberta by Oct. 24, and they will be
available for pick-up at The Art Center on
Nov. 1.

Decorate your home with the beautiful

Guild membership - 78
poinsettias from Orchard Mesa Greenhouse.
Just buy coupons from Chris McGee for $16
each and take them to the green house Dec. 3 -
7. The Guild earns a portion from each sale. Last
year’s proceeds were $2,229.
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Shop the Art Center Guild’s table at the Art
Center’s annual Art and Crafts Fair, Nov. 17-19.
Nine fellow Symphony Guild members
contribute baked goods and handicrafts.
Carolyn White has been taking orders for her
embroidered tea towels ($12). You can see
them at her Facebook page Carolyn White.
Match-Up Answers
Fabulous Finds
For an effortless dinner party
contact Stephanie Reece of
The Full Table. Stephanie is a
personal chef who does both in-home dinner
parties and cooking classes. She’ll work with
you to plan the menu, and then you just sit back
and relax. Her food is both classy and
affordable. Photos on her Facebook page merit
being called “foodporn.” Give her a call at 261-
3690 or email her at
stephanie@thefulltable.menu.
Pencil in on your calendar these
upcoming Guild and Symphony
events.
BOB Party, October 7
Viennese Ball, Nov. 10
Cup of Cheer, Dec. 2
Candlelight Dinner, Dec. 6
Sinners & Saint Nick, Dec. 21
Fall 2018
Letter from Sarah
Catlin
Hard to believe, Sarah
Catlin has retired and is moving away from us.
She will be sorely missed for her quiet energy,
enthusiasm and smiling presence. Her new
address is in the membership directory, and
Sarah says anyone in the Tucson area will be a
welcome guest. Here is her goodbye to fellow
Guild members.
Hello, Lovely Ladies of the Symphony Guild,
It has been a wonderful three years with the Guild
(thank you Susan H. for the introduction), and then
you entrusted me with the responsibility of being
president! It has been lovely getting to know you all
and working for you. Thank you for the opportunity
to bring my talents to the table and for working with
me. This last year we changed the bylaws which was
a huge challenge, but we did it together! Again,
thank you for your support.
I am off to Arizona and am so excited about the
future and what it might bring. Retirement is not
easy for someone like me who has worked all her life,
but it is a welcome change to move forward and to
meet new friends. I am going to a retirement
community, and I understand there is a wonderful
orchestra in Tucson so I will be getting my music “fix”
and will hold dear the memories I have of the GJ
Symphony, the wonderful musicians and programs
set up by Charles that are memorable.
Please know that I will always hold dear the
camaraderie and friendship in the Guild. Be gentle
with yourselves and others. Life is short and love
heals.
I love you all,
Sarah Catlin
Greek Proverb: A society grows when old men plant
trees for shade that they know they will never sit
under.
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You can check out passes

Fall Music in Town
Take a mid-day music break with classical music
at 12:15 pm the second Wednesday of each
month through May at the First United
Methodist Church, 522 White Ave. Each “Little
Noon Music” concert lasts 30-40 minutes.
Concerts are free, but donations are welcome.
Upcoming are –
Oct. 10, Judd Berry on trumpet and
Martha Sandford-Heyns on organ
Nov. 14, Susan Ellinger on piano
Dec. 12, Alisha Bean on violin with an
accompanying pianist
from the Central Library
for The Art Center,
Museums of Western
Colorado, Western
Colorado Botanical
Gardens and Colorado National Monument.
Each is good for admission for six people (seven
for the Art Center and a carload for the
Monument). Even if you have memberships in
these organizations, you may want to borrow a
pass when you have visitors from out of town.

When you have something

you’d like to share—happy
news or sad, an upcoming
event, a local “find,” a photo
memory, whatever--please
drop a line to Carolyn White at
cswhite60614@yahoo.com or call her at
549-0439.

Symphony Match-Up
Draw lines between associated pairs.

1. Western Colorado Jazz Orchestra Carnegie Foundation

2. Sinners & Santa Dr. Monte Atkinson
3. Ukulele $25,000 Challenge Grant
4. Viennese Ball 2018 Maestro Charles Latshaw
5. Link Up: The Orchestra Rocks Cross Orchards Historic Farm
6. Brian Krinke Two Rivers Winery and Chateau
7. Dave and Mary Wood Fund Greg Karly
8. Western Colorado Chorale Two Rivers Convention Center
9. Oktoberfest CMU Recital Hall
10. Young Artist Competition Finals Concertmaster