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The Town Crier “The Voice of the Bay View Association“ Volume 21 – Issue 9 Friday, July 26, 2013 Bay View, Michigan 49770 “SWIM, BIKE, RUN” This Week’s 50 Participate in 5th Annual Youth Triathlon Speaker: Dr. Michael Kazin: July 29 - August 2 The American Experience Forum will feature by Dr. Michael Kazin. The theme for his lectures this week is: The Ideas and Politics of Progressive-Era America. Michael Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University and co-editor of Dissent, a magazine of politics and culture which began pub- The 5th Annual Bay View Youth Triathlon brought out 50 adventurous See RELIGION AND LIFE on page 3 for com- young people to complete a 50-yard lake swim, 1.5-mile off-road bike plete schedule. ride and a 0.5-mile cross-country run. Participants ranged in age from 5 years (and 364 days) to 14 years. Seven competitors have participated in all five triathlons and seven competitors doubled the distances this year. Congratulations to all! For complete race results, see page 6. Meet the Get Ready to Travel Down Candidates the Mighty Mississippi with Six candidates are running for Huck Finn! three available seats on the Bay View Board of Trustees. Big River: A Tony-award win- The top three vote getters will ning musical based on Mark be elected to three-year terms. All Bay View members have been mailed Twain’s classic novel, featur- information sheets filled out by the ing bluegrass and country candidates. To further assist you in style music. July 26 and 27 casting your vote, as well as get to know each candidate a little better, at 8:00 p.m. in John M. Hall we asked each of them to write a brief Auditorium. More about Big biography and position statement. Pictured above: Pearl Scott, Philip River on page 2. See CANDIDATES on page 8. McClellan, and Nick Davis (L to R) Photo: John Agria www.bayviewassociation.org Page 2 The Town Crier Friday, July 26, 2013 Behind the Scenes: Bay View is “Pure Michigan” Sarah Stone, Falstaff This Sunday, July 28, at 8 p.m. poser who resides in Ann Arbor and in John M. Hall Auditorium, the Bay is one of the driving forces in clas- Stage Director, on View Music Festival will produce an sical art song and chamber music August 1 entire concert entitled Pure Michigan, repertoire. Other features will include The final Behind the Scenes ses- honoring composers, performing art- the Offertory from An American sion this summer will feature Sarah ists, and themes from the Great Lakes Hymn Requiem, whose text is by the Stone, Stage Director for the opera State. late Wesley Hager, former Bay View production Falstaff. Like its namesake tourism cam- Association president. For those more Meet at Evelyn Hall paign, the performance highlights competition-oriented, the concert will Porch on Thursday, the contributions of Michiganders to premiere a fight song medley from August 1 at 11:30 the music industry over the last fifty notable Michigan universities and a a.m. to hear Sarah’s years. Repertoire varies from classical well-known spiritual that is part of spirited opera pre- to pops and will include music tied to the Sphinx Competition, a Detroit- view. based contest for minority musicians. such as Stevie Wonder, Peter, Paul and Sarah Stone Mary, and graduates of Interlochen. Familiar and unique songs and musi- cal tributes to the Great Lakes state (pictured at right) The show opens with a tribute abound throughout the concert, pro- returns to the Bay View Music Festival to longtime faculty member Dudley viding an educational and entertain- after directing two sold out evenings Vernor, who composed the Sweetheart ing journey into the musical history of Titanic, last summer. Praised for of Sigma Chi. Following, several songs of Michigan. her sense of timing, the Petoskey of William Bolcom, a living com- News Review claims “Stone’s direc- tion is so tight, the action never slows BIG RIVER down through smoothly changing Continued form page 1 scenes… It doesn’t get any better than When it was released, Big River along the way are hilarious, suspense- this” (Mary Jane Doerr). garnered twelve Tony Awards, includ- ful and heartwarming, bringing to Ms. Stone apprenticed with the ing best musical. On Friday and life your favorite characters from the Indiana University Opera Ballet studio Saturday night, July 26 and 27, the Bay novel-the Widow Douglas and her under renowned scenic artist David View Music Festival will produce this stern sister, Miss Watson; the uproari- Higgins and Director of Opera pro- delightful, cautionary tale on the his- ous King and Duke, who may or may ductions, Tim Stebbins. At IU she toric stage of John M. Hall Auditorium not be as harmless as they seem; was also commissioned with writing at 8:00 p.m. The plot is simple and Huck's partner in crime, Tom Sawyer, an adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s follows the book read by millions and their rowdy gang of pals; Huck's The Mikado, set in a Nissan Factory over the years since Twain wrote The drunken father, the sinister Pap Finn; in Tennessee, for the undergraduate Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Twain's the lovely Mary Jane Wilkes and her opera workshop. Performance credits timeless classic sweeps us down the trusting family. Propelled by an award include Kentucky Opera, Louisville mighty Mississippi as the irrepress- winning score from Roger Miller, the Ballet, Indiana University Opera ible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, a king of country music, this jaunty Theater, and Tanglewood Music slave, escape to freedom at the mouth journey provides a brilliantly theatri- Center under the direction of Colin of the Ohio River. Their adventures cal celebration of pure Americana. Graham, Vince Liotta and Michael TICKET SALES Ehrman among others. Hailing from Friday Saturday England, Sarah was raised in São Call: 800-595-4849 or go online Paulo, Brazil, where she had a career at bayviewfestival.tix.com. The Bay as a professional soccer player and View Box Office is open 9:30 - Noon sports commentator before relocating Monday through Saturday and one to the United States to pursue musical hour prior to concerts. studies. Scan the QR Code of your nightly choice below to order tickets online. www.bayviewassociation.org Friday, July 26, 2013 The Town Crier Page 3 Invaders in the Bay View Woods! On Tuesday, July 30th, our expert tem, new species have appeared that will last about one hour. Please meet guide Burt Atkinson will lead the are now making a permanent home Burt at the entrance to the Gateway last Woods Walk of the season and in the woods. Burt will include in his Trail, Knapp Avenue, at 1 p.m. on describe the invasive species now presentation both ecological and his- the 30th. There is always something present in the Bay View woods. As torical facts about these changes to the new to see and learn in your Bay View changes have occurred in the ecosys- plant life of the woods. This easy walk woods! Religion and Life Continued from page 1 lication in 1954. His main interest including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Horowitz and has two adult children, is the history of politics and social an NEH Fellowship, the Herbert Maia and Danny, and one adorable movements in the United States. Gutman Award from the University of but undisciplined dog, Zoe. A regular columnist for The New Illinois Press, and the Distinguished Lecture Titles: Achievement in Research Award from Republic On-Line and a frequent con- 1. Who Were the Progressives? Georgetown University. His books tributor to The New York Times, The What Did They Believe? American Prospect, The Nation, and include A Godly Hero: The Life of 2. The Rise and Fall of the Prohibition Democracy, he is also a well-known William Jennings Bryan; Bryan was a Movement author and editor-in-chief of The frequent visitor to Bay View and this Princeton Encyclopedia of American is his definitive biography. 3. The Passion of William Jennings Political History. Kazin is currently at work on a Bryan Kazin has lectured widely in the history of the American movement 4. Was World War I a Good War? United States, Europe, and Japan against the First World War, to be The American Debate and Its and has received various honors, published by Simon and Schuster. Legacy Michael Kazin is married to Dr. Beth Chamber Music Showpieces - August 31 When over 70 students every year come to study chamber music at the Bay View Music Festival, they expect not just to be taught, but to find exam- ples of the repertoire they are study- ing. The program Chamber Music Showpieces on Wednesday, July 31 at 8 p.m. in John M. Hall Auditorium, will offer students and audience alike the opportunity to experience three bold showpieces from the repertoire. The most notable and familiar will It’s not everyday that a student can meet and have a one-on-one chat be Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. with the author of his summer reading assignment, but that is just what 5 in D major, which audiences will Bay View resident Matthew Kirkwood was able to do this week. Gary instantly recognize for its heavy use Schmidt, guest lecturer and author of The Wednesday Wars a Newbury in weddings, ceremonies, and on the award winner, sat down with young Kirkwood on his Bay View porch. We don’t know, but imagine Matthew’s final book report may have a See CHAMBER MUSIC on page 5.