Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs Spring Newsletter April 2014 AFMC Officers # 2013 – 2014 &Ba Ley - rich qrb’s s PRESIDENT It is time for the games to begin . I week we visited our son in Colorado, we had a Barbara Baugh know many of us are ready to see visit planned for Walnut Ridge and Jonesboro . VICE PRESIDENT warmer temperatures because of The weather delayed our flight in from Colorado Chris Thompson the low temps, ice and snow that and we got home just in time to un-pack and re- has kept us home bound and out pack our bags to leave the next day for Walnut TREASURER of harms way traveling for the last Ridge . Ernest Baugh few months . Our AFMC year is SECRETARY off to a start with all the excitement of our festivals Adam Savacool being held all over our State . I am excited to see what they are doing . Linda Kennedy’s composition winners have been announced and are listed in this newsletter . We are excited that some of the winners will be performing at our Jr Inside Day during our State Convention on April 26 th this issue . in Jonesboro . Front Cover – Page 3 I want to take just a moment to thank Barb’s Lyrics everyone for all the cards and loving response during a really hard time of the passing of my Composition Winners . 3. Mom . It is not easy letting go of anyone no VIA Project . .4 . matter if they have been ill for awhile or what the Judge Bond . .4 . circumstances are . Your kindness of allowing NMW Essay Winner . 4 Barbara Baugh with members of Walnut Ridge Schubert Club me a few weeks to be with my family was so We’ve Got Talent . 4 . AFMC Convention . 5 appreciated . I still struggle at times with missing We were very exhausted but I was determined Bylaws Changes . .5 . her voice of encouragement and love that I heard to start my process of visiting our clubs . Chris Memorial Service . 6 . almost everyday . But I have the blessing that she Thompson , AFMC Vice President, is the Officer Nominations . 6 is not suffering and is back in the arms of my President of this awesome club . He was such a Donations . 6 Sr . Club Reports . .6 . Dad and most of all our Father . Thank you for gracious host . He picked us up from our motel OIO Meeting . 7. your continued support and love through a really and drove us to Walnut Ridge where we had a Upcoming Events . 8 . difficult time . delightful dinner . We then drove to the club National Music Week . 8 . I have much to report even though we just meeting where I met some of the most delightful Letter to AFMC Board . 9. began the start of our busy time for AFMC . women . This club has around 15 members and Federation Days . 10. NMW Essay . 11. Ernie and I have been very busy and traveling they had 8 at their meeting . They usually have 10 quite a bit since my last newsletter . My plans or more but some were out of town or ill . Chris were to visit a Club every month . Well, my year played a wonderful Jazz collection of music on was delayed because of my Mom’s illness and the piano and gave us the history of each piece passing . But I have started with my plan . We . We had a wonderful dessert prepared by one did enjoy the time we had with our daughter , of the members and sat around a large table and son and our 9 grandchildren . We have a 10th visited . This club is a great example of what our little girl that will be due in August . My son has clubs should be . They do so much for AFMC and 8 children and they will be adding one more their community . After our meeting Chris drove to their happy crew . My daughter has one and us around the Williams Campus and their town has continuously told me that her brother was to show us the history of their small town . making up for her . We love them very much and The next day we were excited to go and see the really enjoyed our times with them . The same sights of where the Beatles, in 1964, came to their continued on page 2 Page 2 continued from page 1 feeding in the fields and getting ready cannot attend the entire week, come to make their last leg flight back to the for a few days of the operas . Our SC North . We saw these geese the first day luncheon will be on Saturday and we arrived in Walnut Ridge and was you canngo see the opera the Friday amazed at how many were in the fields . night before . The Operas will be listed At that time we did not understand why, later in this Newsletter . You will not but the next day we saw them in flight, be disappointed . The operas are just headed north . We rolled our windows fantastic . You can not go to New York down and listened to the singing of the and hear better voices . These Young geese that was so in tune . They were gifted artist will simple blow you away town and how they celebrated the event like a huge choir singing to one another with their talent . Please try to make it with a park you could walk through singing their good byes to the south as at least for couple of days . showing the history of when the Beatles they flew north home . The sky was so On our way home I looked at some arrived in their town . No one was full ,and you could hardly see anything of the program books of our clubs suppose to know . It was a secret but but one flock after another . We knew and realized we were within a day of it leaked and of course the town took why they were in the fields the day Russelville’s Club meeting . So we headed advantage of a history making event . We before feeding and resting for their for Ozark, Ar where we spent the night also enjoyed the walk through history at journey home . I looked at Ernie and with a dear friend at her B & B and next their WWII Air Force museum . Walnut sighed, hooray, spring is right around day headed to Russelville . They met Ridge had one of the largest Air Force the corner . at 7 pm that night . Dr Brian Conatser regiments in the US . We were amazed We arrived in Jonesboro and met, could not be present at the beginning of at the WWII artifacts and history in this that night, with Tom and his wife, the program but Ann Shields Vice Pres museum . We had lunch in a 200 Series Janet at Starbucks . We closed the place carried out the duties until Brian could SW airplane at the airport . They had down . We had such a wonderful time join us . We were welcomed with such turned an SW plane into a restaurant with these folks . We planned, laughed warmth and hospitality . Dr Young called the Parachute . It was Valentines and just enjoyed getting to know one presented a presentation on American Day . It was cold and raining cats and another . The next day Tom found the History of the Big Band Era . Oh was dogs, so the restaurant and plane was time to show us the ASU campus where this a delightful program of history . ours . The hostess took us to the plane our Convention will be held . We also At the end of the meeting we visited where she took pictures of us and enjoyed listening to the Symphony with members and did not leave until served us the best lunch we have had in practice along with a large group of the 10 pm . As we left, Brian gave us the a long time . We celebrated Valentines surrounding area Children singing . If wonderful news of his marriage to Ann Day in a most unique romantic way . you have not made plans to attend the Shields . Congratulations to you both . We did not want to leave this small Convention, please do . Tom and the This is another example of a Club that is metropolis because everywhere we went clubs have worked so hard with their doing what our clubs are suppose to be the hospitality of the town’s people was preparation . All the details were in doing . We enjoyed every minute of our just amazing . They are all just one big your Call that I mailed a week ago . I visit with these wonderful members . family . Everyone knows everybody and promise, you will not want to miss this We had plans to visit the Little Rock everyone knew when I said who I was one . Please I urge you to make your Coterie and go to Searcy ,but our plans and who I was affiliated with . What a reservations as soon as possible . I could were interrupted by our granddaughter breath of fresh air and a most enjoyable only get a certain amount of motel Makayla asking us to come pick her up visit we had with Chris and the club rooms because that same weekend to come to our house for the remaining of Walnut Ridge . Our visit served they have a huge baseball tournament of her Spring Break . Sorry AFMC but more than one purpose . When I had that had booked the motels a year in when Grandchildren call it is our duty planned to visit one of the NW clubs, advance .