March/April 2021

FROM THE PRESIDENT Jonathan H. Katz, Esq. | Hill Wallack, LLP [email protected] “I’ve never been too good with names, but I remember faces.” -It’s a Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads By the time you are reading this, you “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter PCAM tossed it out as a potential will know that the name in a Small Town.” It’s the tenth song name along with a few others. I “Pennsylvania & Delaware Valley on the band’s second album. I assume immediately liked it. It felt to me a Chapter” is no more. After much most casual fans did not actually little like the name of CAI’s deliberation, consultation, and know that was the song’s name. And Heartland chapter, which covers consternation, the board has chosen that’s because the name is a sort of a parts of Kansas and Missouri (a/k/a, “Keystone” as the chapter’s new joke. It was the band’s reaction to the “Heartland”). To me, Keystone name. people who criticized the fact that had a similar regional connection. It most of their songs on their first had structural and political Why Keystone Chapter, you say? album featured one-word titles. Alive, meanings, and it had a little bit of Well, for one answer to that Once, Oceans, Porch. You get the that something special. A good name question, please read the article later idea. Most sane people refer to the really does have the ability to in this issue that talks in more detail song as either “Elderly Woman” or capture the magic. about both the history of the chapter “Small Town” because no one wants and the chapter’s name and gives a to say “Elderly Woman Behind the Is the name Keystone Chapter little insight as to how we decided to Counter in a Small Town” every time. perfect? No. It probably is too make this change. But if you want It’s the same idea with Pennsylvania evocative of just Pennsylvania rather the essence of why we decided to & Delaware Valley. But unlike a song than including the whole region change the chapter name, at least in name, when you are trying to build (including my beloved South Jersey). my opinion, it boils down to this: name recognition, gain members, and But it is representative of what we names matter. grow a chapter, having a long name want this chapter to be at this time was a hinderance. and who we are and who are There was nothing inherently wrong members are. Names matter, and I’m with the name Pennsylvania & So, if Pennsylvania & Delaware Valley hoping this one will be a good fit. Delaware Valley Chapter. It was just was too long, why not go back to Mid- long and did not lend itself Atlantic, which was about as So that’s it for this month. Thank particularly well to this new day and descriptive as you could be about our you all for being here and for being age where, to quote everyone’s region? Again, from my perspective members of the Keystone Chapter favorite Ferris Bueller line, “life and as I discussed in the later article, (you’ll get used to it). Here’s to the moves pretty fast.” People’s we needed something to move us Delaware Valley, to Philadelphia, and attention spans are not what they forward – not backward. Not that to Central PA, and to the Poconos, used to be; we shorten or abbreviate there was anything wrong with the and to Pittsburgh (except Penguins everything. No one wanted to say name Mid-Atlantic either, but, to me, fans), to North Delaware, and (most Pennsylvania & Delaware Valley it just did not capture that magic – importantly) to South Jersey (that’s every time, so they shortened it to that something special we were for you, Bob Wise). Here’s to Evan PA/DelVal or PADVC. And for those looking for. Dando, to the Oxford comma, and to of you so inclined, it was particularly actual keystones. And join me next hard to tag on social media. We The first time I heard anyone suggest time when I will discuss why Little decided a change was necessary. the name “Keystone” for our chapter, Feat’s “Waiting for Columbus” is the it was right before a chapter board best live rock n’ roll album of all Speaking of long names, one Pearl meeting back in 2019. Our then time. Jam song that most people know is, President, Cathy Dunn, CMCA, AMS, 8 March | April 2021 .

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