2013-2014 Edition
Dear Friends,
I’m writing to you from the 2nd floor of Elliott Hall, the soon-to-be former home of PMO. With construction on Bailey Hall now underway, the wait for our brand new home will soon be over! I want to thank Ralph and Bettye Bailey, their incredible family and the 456 Bailey Hall donors who have helped to make this dream a reality. We expect to move-in during the fall of 2014.
The Purdue Varsity Glee Club, the Purduettes and the Purdue Bells just returned from a two- week performance tour of Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France. We were privileged to have 38 PMO Club supporters traveling along with us.
The students performed in historic venues including St. Stephen’s Cathedral in beautiful Vienna and during Sunday mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The students also had opportunities to explore the sights including the Eiffel Tower, Neuschwanstein Castle, the Louvre Museum and had quite a snowball fight at 7,000 feet atop Mount Pilatus!
We ended our tour with a performance at the Normandy American Cemetery on Memorial Day. The students were invited to participate in a special ceremony during our visit and we are proud and humbled by the opportunity we had to honor our fallen heroes. This tour was a once in a lifetime performance and travel opportunity for 123 of our students and it would not have been possible without the support we receive from our generous supporters.
Earlier this month, we welcomed two new assistant directors to our PMO family: Jermaine Hill from New York, NY and Sarah May from Rockford, IL. Jermaine and Sarah joined our team after we said goodbye to Jon Ranard and Ted Arthur. Jon is moving back to Iowa to be with family and Ted has moved to California to pursue another opportunity. We wish them well and we hope you will join us in welcoming Jermaine and Sarah!
On behalf of our students and staff, thank you for staying connected with us and thank you for all you have done and continue to do to help us achieve so much. We take great pride in serving as ambassadors for our great university and we simply could not do what we do without friends like you. This year, we are celebrating the 80th anniversary of Purdue Musical Organizations and I hope you will be able to join us at a performance along the way. We wish you a wonderful summer. Hail Purdue!
William E. Griffel Director, Purdue Musical Organizations
A LOOK INSIDE... Year in Review 2 JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST European Tour 3 80th Anniversary 4 For occasional e-mail updates from PMO, join our e-mail list where you can set your preferences for the information you would like to receive from us. Visit our homepage at www.purdue.edu/pmo to get started! ↓ The Purduettes surprised President Daniels with his first PMO Singing Valentine.
In February, the Purduettes ↑ Ba-Na-Na with Governor Pence ↑ during the Indiana Inaugural Ball flew to Florida to entertain in D.C. the evening before the U.S. during Purdue's President’s Presidential Inauguration. Council Annual Weekend.
↓ Congratulations to PMO students Jenna Engelberth, Kenny Tan and Chelsea Cogswell on being tapped into Mortar Board!
↑ In March, the Glee Club cruised ↑ In April, the Purdue Bells had a around Fort Lauderdale with Dan wonderful weekend in Goshen, IN! Marino! Thank you to PMO Club Thank you to PMO Club supporters supporters Scott and Nikki Dean and Jane DeVoe for hosting us! Niswonger for providing this once in a lifetime opportunity.
↓ A big thank you to our PMO Advisory Board for volunteering your time and talents to serve our students and program!
↑ Thanks to the generosity of ↑ Congratulations to all our PMO our alumni and donors, PMO has students on another incredible awarded a record high $319,750 season and a special thank you to in scholarships to 113 students all of our seniors! We'll miss you! for the coming school year!
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↓ We visited Salzburg and ↓ PMO on stage at the Hofbrauhaus learned about "White Gold" as we in Munich! We enjoyed white visited the salt mines. We slid sausages, pretzels and some of their down wooden slides just like the world famous refreshments! miners did many years ago!
↑ The Purdue Varsity Glee Club, the Purduettes, the Purdue Bells, our PMO Club supporters and members of our staff made up our tour group of 174 people.
↓ We toured Neuschwanstein ↓ In Switzerland, we ascended Castle, also known as Crazy 7,000 feet to explore the top of Ludwig’s Castle. Disney’s Mount Pilatus. The students had Cinderella Castle was modeled a snowball fight and performed after this majestic palace. “Sittin’ On Top Of The World.”
↑ We were privileged to have 38 of our PMO Club supporters traveling along with us. Here are some of our supporters in Gmunden, Austria.
↓ The Glee Club performed ↓ We ended with a dinner during Mass at Notre Dame cruise along the Seine River. Cathedral in Paris!
↑ Our students, staff and PMO Club supporters at the Normandy American Cemetery. Purdue Musical Organizations 712 Third Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 800-893-3041 www.purdue.edu/pmo
2013 DATES TO KNOW August 23 Glee Club First Nighter Concert, West Lafayette 25 Picnic with the Purduettes, West Lafayette September 28 Purdue University Homecoming October 5-6 Glee Club, St. Louis Performance Tour November PMO STAFF Vice President for Student Affairs 3 PMO Fall Show, West Lafayette Dr. Melissa Exum December Associate Vice President for Student Affairs 7-8 80th anniversary of the Purdue Christmas Show Dr. L. Tony Hawkins Purdue Musical Organizations and Varsity This is not a complete listing. For details and Glee Club Director many additional performances, please visit: William E. Griffel Purdue Bells Director www.purdue.edu/pmo Michelle Beimfohr Business Manager Deb Burrow Director of Donor Relations & Events Lance Connolly Varsity Glee Club Assistant Director and Heart & Soul Director Jermaine Hill Account Clerk Marty Jacoba Purduettes and University Choir Assistant Director, All Campus & Community Chorale Director and PMO Kids Choir Director Sarah May Receptionist Andrea Ridge Director of Operations Steve Schlenk Purduettes, University Choir and Recruitment Director Jeff Vallier
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