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Summer 2017 Table of Contents Introduction 2 - 3 Calendar 4 - 5 Academic Program 6 - 10 On the Road Program 11 - 12 Technology Program 12 Registration Form 13 - 16 Art Program 17 - 19 General Program 20 - 21 Hobby and Sports Program 22 - 24 Fitness and Yoga Program 25 - 27 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Information Sponsors Hours: Monday / Wednesday / Friday, 8:30AM-4:30PM Our special thanks to the generous sponsors who help us keep class and program Tuesday / Th ursday, 8:30AM-8:30PM fees at a minimum: Address: 193 Danbury Road, Ridgefi eld CT, 06877 Academic Program: Rudy and Sally Ruggles Phone: 203-431-7000 Nick and Anita Donofrio Philip and Christine Lodewick Email: [email protected] Web: www.founders-hall.org Fitness Program: Paul and Johanna Laszig Trust Barker Welfare Foundation Facebook: Founders Hall Ridgefi eld Fundraising Events: Fairfi eld County Bank Registration Hobby & Sport Program: Ridgefi eld Parks and Recreation Th e Founders Hall Summer Semester begins on Monday, June 19. Most classes Th e Wadsworth Russell Lewis Trust Fund are off ered in a ten-week semester system. Fitness classes are off ered on a monthly basis instead of as part of the semester system so that they may run On the Road Program: Ridgefi eld Professional Offi ce Complex continuously throughout the year. Registration for fi tness classes for 2017 opened October 18, 2016. Please call regarding available spaces. Seminar Speakers: Union Savings Bank Please complete the form on pages 14-16 of this book and return it to Founders Social Events: Books on the Common Hall with payment. If you are signing up with another person, please indicate this Fairfi eld County Bank on your registration forms noting which class or trip you are attending together. First Light Home Care Laurel Ridge Health Care Center If more people are interested in a class than there are available spaces, we will use a Ridgefi eld Crossings random lottery to assign places. All registrations received by 4:30pm on Tuesday, June 6 will be included in any necessary lotteries. If there is not space for you in a class, we will call you and refund your payment. No news is good news. You will not hear from us if we were able to enroll you as requested. We will look forward to seeing you at the fi rst class. Program Fees Closing and Cancellation Do you know that even with the help of sponsors, the program fees you pay cover just a small portion of what our programs actually cost to provide? We hope you’ll Founders Hall closings for inclement weather will be posted on: consider making a donation to Founders Hall this year to help cover the diff erence. www.founders-hall.org Facebook: Founders Hall Ridgefi eld WFSB (channel 3) WTNH (channel 8) Programs are subject to change and/or cancellation. 2 3 SUMMER 2017 CALENDAR SUMMER 2017 CALENDAR May 29 ......................Founders Hall Closed for Memorial Day August 28 ..................New Member Coff ee June 4 ........................Battle of the Chefs August 28 ..................Fall Semester Registrations Due sponsored by Fairfi eld County Bank September 1 ..............Fashion Show Tea June 6 ........................New Member Coff ee sponsored by First Light Home Care June 6 ........................Summer Semester Registrations Due September 4 ..............Founders Hall Closed for Labor Day June 8 ........................Book Discussion: Some Luck September 11 ............Fall Semester Begins June 9 ........................Books of Summer Tea sponsored by Books on the Common June 13 ......................Trip: Chihuly at New York Botanical Garden Th e Battle Returns June 16 ......................Seminar: Th e Mongolia Incident: Th e Letters of a WWI Nurse June 19 ......................Summer Semester Begins June 30 ......................Independence Picnic SUNDAY JUNE 4 sponsored by Fairfi eld County Bank and 4-7PM Ridgefi eld Crossings at Founders Hall July 3.........................Founders Hall Closed for Independence Day Watch three fabulous chefs July 4.........................Founders Hall Closed for Independence Day as they match sharp knives and quick wits in this July 7.........................Seminar: Honduras mouth-watering, July 10.......................Trip: Opus 40 soul satisfying, culinary showdown. July 13.......................Book Discussion: Miss Emily BATTLE Entertainment July 14.......................Soft Cheese Tasting of the Open Bar sponsored by Laurel Ridge Health Care Food Chefs Fun July 26.......................Trip: Annie at WBT to Benefit Founders Hall TICKETS August 10 ..................Book Discussion: A Gentleman in Moscow General: $100 Chef’s Table: $500 August 11 ..................Sundae Tea www.founders-hall.org sponsored by Laurel Ridge Health Care or call 203.431.7000 August 15 ..................Trip: New Britain Museum Trip August 25 ..................Seminar: Bhutan FFoounddersrs Hall 19393 Danbburyy Roaoad,d Rididggeefi ele d,d, CT 4 5 FOUNDERS HALL SUMMER 2017 FOUNDERS HALL SUMMER 2017 Academic Program Beautiful Amalfi Coast Let’s spend the summer together “visiting” the Amalfi Coast via a virtual tour. If Th e Academic Program is generously sponsored by you have been there, it is a wonderful way to relive those fond memories. If not, Rudy and Sally Ruggles, it is an easy way to experience its beauty. Even Italians from other areas readily Nick and Anita Donofrio admit that the Amalfi Coast is the most beautiful area of Italy. Driving along the curving Amalfi Drive, we will visit the famous towns along the coast, including and Philip and Christine Lodewick Sorrento, Amalfi , Capri, Positano, and Ravello as well as the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Along with the sights, we will learn about the favorite traditional foods of the area, the origins of pizza, the manufacture of handmade papers and AARP Smart Driver Course the ceramic factories for which the area is famous, as well as celebrate some of their Founders Hall sponsors this course, which will familiarize drivers with new traffi c festivals. Toni will include some special details and photos from her daughter’s laws and regulations, new roadways, changes and updates on cars, safety procedures wedding in Italy. Limoncello, anyone? and tips, and adapting to driving as you get older. Th ese four-hour classes, held Instructor: Toni McKeen First Class: June 21 at Ridgefi eld Crossings, are scheduled for July 18, September 19 and November Section 1 Wednesday 10:30AM-12:00PM Fee: $30/$36NR (10 Sessions) 2, 2017. Check with your auto insurance company, as rates may be reduced after Section 2 Wednesday 1:15-2:45PM Fee: $30/$36NR (10 Sessions) completion of the course. Because New York State mandates a six-hour course and Connecticut mandates a four-hour course, NY residents must check with their Book Discussion insurance company regarding approval before enrolling for any of the Ridgefi eld Join your friends, new and old, for a monthly book discussion. Books may be classes. Call William Van Hall at (203) 748-2344 for registration and more available at the front desk. information. June 8 Some Luck by Jane Smiley The Art of Writing July 13 Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor Calling all writers! Come join a phenomenal group of your peers in this class. August 10 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Whether you are a novice or advanced writer, interested in fi ction, memoir, or poetry, there is something here for you. Members of the group will write, revise, Th ursday 3:00-4:30PM share their work and have fun in a supportive environment. Each week, the Facilitator: Mary Rindfl eisch of Ridgefi eld Library No Charge instructor will off er in-class writing opportunities, prompts and ideas for take-home writing, and lead constructive critiques. Class will not meet July 4 or August 15. Current Events Tuesday 10:30AM-12:00PM First Class: June 20 Share your thoughts on a variety of current event topics in an informal discussion format. Personal participation is encouraged in this interactive group. Instructor: Cheryl Panosian Haddad Fee: $30/$36NR (8 Sessions) Wednesday 10:00-11:30AM First class: June 21 Facilitator: Bill Monti Fee: $12/$15NR (10 Sessions) 6 7 FOUNDERS HALL SUMMER 2017 FOUNDERS HALL SUMMER 2017 Academic Program (continued) Evening Academic Program New World Brahms From the folk music and primitive paintings of the early settlers, through the “He is not polished enough for the drawing room; he is not fi ery enough for the concert comfortable domesticity of the worlds created by Antonin Dvořak and Mary hall; for the countryside he is not primitive enough; and not cosmopolitan enough for the Cassatt, through the controversial and often strident innovations of John Cage, town. He is, however, a true colossus who treads this earth.....” Leonard Bernstein, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol in the 20th century, to the Joseph Joachim younger composers of today, this series looks at the parallel development of music and art in America. “It is his fresh mind, his exuberant imagination, gloriously gifted nature, the noble heart, and the depth of feeling, that I love in him...” 1. Th e Plymouth Settlers - Psalmody, Folk Song & Primitivism Clara Schumann 2. Th e Age of Romanticism - Dvořak, MacDowell & Gottschalk 3. Th e Mavericks - Charles Ives & George Crumb “I have fi nally realised whose music moves me to the core - Johannes Brahms!” 4. Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland Lorin Maazel 5. Th e Jazz Age - Scott Joplin & George Gershwin 1. Th e Hamburg Years - Introduction to Joachim & Th e First Tours 6. Th e Age of Anxiety - Leonard Bernstein, André Previn, Randall Th omson 2. ‘Th e Young Eagle’ - Robert & Clara Schumann & George Antheil 3. Return to Hamburg - Th e Orchestral Serenades 7. New Horizons - Roy Harris, Carl Ruggles, John Cage, George Crumb 4. Vienna (1) - Choral Conductor & Th e Rift with Wagner 8. Today - Phillip Glass, John Adams, John Harbison, Leonardo Balada 5. Vienna (2) - Variations on Th e St.