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Arden Club Calendar www.ArdenClub.org 302 475-3126 2126 The Highway, Arden, DE 19810 May 2013 Printed on 100% post-consumer fiber paper. CONCERT GILD Amy Helm Band Friday May 10, 2013, 8 PM. Tickets are $15 members, $18 guests, $50 VIP tickets with reserved seat, private meet and greet and free drink. Opening for Amy is the local powerhouse roots folk rock band New Sweden! The daughter of music legend Levon Helm and singer/songwriter Libby Titus Fagen, Amy Helm wields a powerful voice that can both stir and soothe, whether she is singing traditional gospel, blues standards, or her own heartfelt compositions. She is a gifted musician on both mandolin and drums, and has clearly absorbed the lessons of the many other accomplished artists with whom she has shared stages, including Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, and Joan Osborne as well as other uniquely American performers like Dr. John and Hubert Sumlin. A founding member of the roots band Ollabelle with whom she has recorded three CDs, Helm has also performed live with scores of notable musicians such as Warren Haynes, The Wood Brothers, and Donald Fagen. Shady Grove Music Fair Save the Date - June 8, 2013 The 2013 line-up includes performances by: The Keefs and Brixton Saint with special guest Richard Raw, Travel Songs, The Districts, JD3, Splashing Pearls, Noelle Picara and Still Moon Servants. Visit www.shadygrovemusicfest.com for more information. Bernie Schwab Community Room Dedication Ceremony The Arden Craft Museum Shop Board of Directors & Archives Committee extends a warm invitation to all Arden Club members to attend a Dedication Ceremony for the Bernie Schwab Community Room on Sunday, May 19, at 12:30 pm. Bernie took great pride in meticulously maintaining the grounds and common areas of the ACSM for more than 40 years. Bernie’s family and friends were saddened by his passing on November 27, 2012 after a short battle with cancer. On display during the afternoon in the BSCR will be several pieces of Arden history that Bernie owned which were graciously donated by his family. The Arden Craft Shop Museum is located at 2300 Cherry Lane, Arden, DE 19810. SWIM GILD OPENING DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY 25 AT 12:00 NOON The Arden Swim Club opens Saturday, May 25, 2013 for the Summer 2013 Season. The pool will be open 12 noon- 8 PM on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Day passes will be available at the gate for non-members: $10 for adults and $7 for children. Spring Spruce-up Spring spruce-up at the pool will be Saturday, May 4, Sunday, May 5, and Saturday, May 11, from 9 AM to 2 PM. Bring your rakes, spades, hammers, flowers, fresh dirt, mulch, etc., to help get the pool area ready for opening day. Everyone who helps will receive a guest pass for every 2 hours they work. Summer 2013 Opening Day is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, May 25 at 12 noon. The pool will close Monday, September 2 at 8 PM. Summer memberships are still available! Check out www.ardenswimclub.com for information. 2013 Season hours: Memorial Day weekend (5/25-5/27) 12 noon – 8 PM. Pre- and post-season weekdays (5/28-6/1) (6/4-6/6) 3 PM – 6 PM (8/30-8/31) 3 PM – 7 PM. Weekdays and weekends (6/7-7/29) 12 noon – 9 PM. Weekdays and weekends (8/1-8/29) 12 noon – 8 PM. Friday before Labor Day weekend + Labor Day weekend (8/31-9/3) 12 noon – 8 PM. Swim Team Swim Team Parents' Meeting: The swim team parents' meeting will be at the pool on Tuesday, May 28, promptly at 6:00 PM. The season's first swim team practice will coincide with the parents' meeting. Evening practices will continue at 6:00 PM until school gets out for the summer. Board Meetings All swim club members are welcome to attend the monthly meetings held the second Monday of the month at 7 PM in the Lower Gild Hall (or poolside if weather permits). Dates of upcoming meetings are May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, and November 11. 2013-2014 Board of Directors Hope Zucker – President; Mike “Cal” Scime – Treasurer; Kim Griffith – Membership; Chris Junk – Webmaster; Members at large: Diane Brocklesby; Chris O’Connor; Roo Plymyer; Amy & Tim Cole; David Yoder. Pool Manager: Chris Burslem Subscribe to our electronic newsletter. Every week or so, we email an informative list of announcements to our subscribers. For details, visit the Arden Club website: www.ArdenClub.org. This and previous newsletters are there, too, in vivid colors! 2 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR MAY 2013 SHAKESPEARE GILD Much Ado About Nothing Performance dates: June 7-9, 13-15, 21 and 22 “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.” One of the most popular and charming of Shakespeare's comedies, Much Ado About Nothing features Benedick, an arrogant and confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. While Beatrice and Benedick hide their infatuation beneath witty barbs, young love blossoms as Hero and Claudio race to the altar. When the wicked Don John conspires to break up the wedding, will false accusations and misunderstandings prevent the young couple's happy ending? Witty wordplay, passionate poetry and clever plot twists make for delightful theater. Rehearsals are in progress under the direction of Mary Catherine Kelley. The cast includes many of our favorite actors from previous shows as well as a number of talented newcomers. Performances are June 7, 8, 13-15, 21 and 22 in the evening, plus a matinee on Sunday, June 9. They take place outdoors at the Frank Stephens Memorial Theatre (a.k.a. the Field Theater) adjacent to the Arden Green. Performances move to the Gild Hall in the event of rain. Reservations open in May at the Arden Club phone line, 302-475-3126. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission, $8 for Arden Club members, and $5 for children 12 and under. For the matinee the tickets are all $5 and no reservations are needed. Join the Crew The Gild always welcomes (and needs) new production crew. From parking cars, selling refreshments, and building props to preparing the theater, applying makeup, and more, we have jobs big and small that need doing. To become part of the backstage excitement, contact Laura Wallace at [email protected] or 302 -743-5939 (cell) and she’ll match you up with a job on our crew. Meetings & Readings Regular meetings of the Arden Shakespeare Gild are held on the first Wednesday of each month in the Bratten Room of the Lower Gild Hall. Business meetings start promptly at 7:30 PM, followed by informal readings starting around 8. Anyone is welcome to prepare a favorite speech or monologue for reading. Or write your own sonnet! The next Gild meeting is May 1. There is no meeting in June because of the play. Meetings resume on July 10 (moved back a week because of the 4th of July holiday). GEORGIST GILD The Georgist Gild meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be at 7:30 PM at the BWVC on Tuesday, May 14th. Look for upcoming Georgist events and classes. The Georgist Gild will hold evening seminars and films related to the land value tax and Henry George. Contact Sadie 475-1745 for more information or to be on the email list. MAY 2013 THE ARDEN CLUB CALENDAR 3 ARDENSINGERS GILD Yeomen of the Guard Remaining performances for the Ardensingers’ Spring show, Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Yeomen of the Guard,” are May 2 - 4 at 8 PM, with a 2 PM matinee on May 4. Ticket prices are $20 for adults, $17 for seniors, and $10 for children and full-time students. Please visit our website, www.ardensingers.com, for more information or to order tickets online. Tickets may be reserved by e-mailing [email protected] or calling John Trexler at 484-319-2350. Our Fall 2013 Show, Sleeping Beauty of Savoy (stage direction by Mike Carbone) The show is a British pantomime (panto) play, loosely based on Sleeping Beauty, including lots of on-stage silliness, some audience participation, and Gilbert & Sullivan music - something for everybody, young and old. Actors and singers, young and old, will be needed. We will be looking for 13 leads (about evenly split between men and women) and a chorus of courtiers, ladies, servants, minions, and fiends. Auditions are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday, June 17 and 19 from 7-10 PM, with call-backs, if required, on Sunday, June 23. Audition selections will be posted soon and a link to the libretto is on our website, www.ardensingers.com. Anyone wishing to be added to our auditions mailing list to receive audition information when it is available should e-mail us at [email protected], or phone John Trexler at 484- 319-2350. Rehearsals start in September on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings; the performances will take place the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. Ardensingers Annual General Meeting Our Ardensingers Annual General Meeting will be on Tuesday, June 4 from 7:30 – 9 PM in the Bratten Room of the Lower Hall to help elect new Ardensingers Board members, to re-hash the events of the past year, and to discuss upcoming events. Attendance is open to all current, past, and prospective Ardensingers members. To learn more about the Ardensingers Board, talk to one of our current Board members (for a list of the current board members please visit www.ardensingers.com).