Dear Members,
Happy November! The CM registration is now closed. If you found any mistakes in the registration, please contact Sandely Miller before November 15. It is the deadline for making any corrections. With the first step of CM done, we can now focus on preparing the students with their repertoire.
Our first and the only Fundraiser event of the year, Masquerade concert, received a revenue of $1260. Thank you to the following studios for participating: Baik, Brener, L. Chang, Choi, Eckstein, Edgar, Field, Li, Ling, Lu, Miller, Nojima, Ono, and Tseng. A special thank you to Ana Marie and Andreas Eckstein for all the preparation, from the venue setting to the cute goody bags; it really marked an unforgettable event for the students. In addition, we would like to thank our venue chair, Kevin Kao, for helping Andreas the day before the concert and staying through the entire event. Also, I’d like to extend our appreciation to our MSSL students: Christina Tran and Erin Kliewer, from Laura Chang’s studio, for helping at the Check-In table. Despite all the careful planning, the enrollment for this year’s Masquerade Concert declined. It is disappointing because it also means that we are short of our fund raising goal. Our branch may be forced to cancel some of our events next year. The board welcomes any suggestions on how to increase the enrollment; please help keeping our branch events going.
A very successful Romantic Showcase occurred over the weekend. We had a strong festival team: Naoko Ono for contacting judges and overseeing the whole event; Willie Chen for scheduling and running the event; Felix Chang for certificate and medals; Andreas Eckstein for program and venue set-up; Kevin Kao for venue set-up. The judges were pleased with the organization by our festival team and they also gave high remarks to our students’ performances. We appreciated the teachers who helped with Check-In and announcing the event programs: Nan Wan Baik, Laura Chang, Charla Edgar and Emily Hung. The result will be announced and posted on our website shortly.
The Classical Festival is coming up in a week and I would like to give a hearty thanks in advance to Laura Chang, for her hard work in organizing this event. Please note that according to the Festival guideline, teachers are obligated to help at the festival. The work assignment is based on the numbers of students you enroll. 1-3 performance entries =1 recital, 4-6 entries=2 recitals, and 7-10 entries=3 recitals. I’d like to remind you that there is a non-involvement fee of $50 for each recital if a teacher cannot work when they’re asked.
The Second MSSL recital will be held on November 17th at 2pm at Inn at the Park ( 10 Marquette, Irvine, Ca 92612). The registration deadline is Saturday, November 9th. Please send the application to Victoria Park, South Coast branch MSSL advisor.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone! You’ll be hearing from me in January, 2014. Until then, the MTAC South Coast board wishes you all a blessed and fulfilled holiday season!
Sincerely,
Melody Lu