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Kenneth Nafziger is Professor of Music at Eastern Mennonite University.
He received his D.M.A. from the University of Oregon, and was
a post-doctoral conducting student with Helmuth Rilling in Stuttgart,
Germany. At EMU his teaching responsibilities include the EMU
Chamber Singers, courses in conducting, music history, interdisciplinary
humanities, and in music and worship at the seminary. Mr. Nafziger
is also music director and conductor of the Lake Chelan Bach Feste
in Chelan, Wash., the conductor of two chamber choirs, Winchester
Musica Viva in Winchester, Va. and VOCE in Reston. Va., and music
director and conductor of the Youth Orchestra of Charlottesville-Albemarle,
Charlottesville, Va. This spring, Winchester Musica Viva will
release a new CD, including music of the United States, Cuba,
Spain, and Latin America. During this current sabbatical year,
he has made three trips to Cuba, one of which was an extended
time of teaching, conducting, and learning more Spanish. On earlier
visits, he guest conducted the Orquesta Sinf—nica de Matanzas,
led concert trips with the EMU Chamber Singers and with Winchester
Musica Viva, and taught master classes in singing spirituals and
in orchestral conducting. Last summer's unique festival, Bach
y la mśsica de Cuba, came about through the cooperation and assistance
of Cuban musical friends. Mr. Nafziger is a founding member of
the Board of Directors for the Milestone Learning Center, Highlands,
N.C., a member of the Board of Directors for Melodious Accord,
Inc., New York, N.Y., and was music editor of Hymnal: A Worship
Book [1992] and editor of its Accompaniment Handbook [1993]. He
is active in the US and Canada as a guest conductor, workshop
leader and clinician.
Beth Aracena, Bach Festival coordinator, received her Ph.D. in
music history and theory from the University of Chicago and her
undergraduate degree from Vassar College. Her dissertation, titled
"Singing Salvation: Jesuit Musics in Colonial Chile, 1600-1767"
received awards from the Fulbright-Hays Foundation and the American
Association of University Women. She has an article published
in Latin American Music Review, and continues to present papers
at conferences for both the American Musicological Society and
the Society for Ethnomusicology. Last spring she gave a paper
on "Anabaptist Mennonite Music in Early Colonial America"
at the annual meeting of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music.
Ms. Aracena is currently at work on an edition of the anonymous
villancicos conserved in the Santiago de Chile Cathedral Music
Archive. At EMU she teaches music history and theory, as well
as applied violin and piano. An advisory member of the Arts Council
of the Valley, Dr. Aracena is excited about the potential for
arts to enrich lives in this community. She has played violin
in the Bach Festival Orchestra for four summers. This is her second
year as coordinator for the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival.
Mary Kay Adams, flutist, received her Bachelor's and Master's
of Music degrees from the University of North Texas. She is an
adjunct music professor at Eastern Mennonite University, James
Madison University, Bridgewater College, Mary Baldwin College,
and Washington and Lee University. She also teaches in the Preparatory
Program at EMU. Before coming to the Shenandoah Valley, she taught
flute and theory at Arkansas Tech University, played principal
cello in the Fort Smith (Ark.) Symphony, and freelanced in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area. Currently she plays principal flute in
the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra, where she had also been principal
cellist for many years. In addition, she plays flute in the Roanoke
Symphony. This is her eleventh season with the Shenandoah Valley
Bach Festival orchestra. Active as a soloist and chamber musician
on both flute and cello, she has performed at conventions of the
National Flute Association and Music Educators National Conference.
Jason Axford, homilist, is a native of Cape Town, South Africa,
born into an English heritage from his father's side, and a Dutch
heritage from his mother's side of the family. One grandfather
was the well-known Rev. Abraham Victor Axford who led the congregation
at Bonteheuwel Baptist Church; his wife was the pianist and choir
leader. The other grandfather, Hendrickus Cyster was an elder
and founding member of the Athlone Baptist Church; his wife sang
in the church choir and was also a founding member. His family
emigrated to Australia in 1980 amidst the political unrest in
South Africa. They returned one year later. Mr. Axford enrolled
as a student at Eastern Mennonite University, where he attained
a B.A. in sociology ('98) and a M.A. in Counseling ('03). He is
currently beginning his third season EMU's head men's volleyball
coach, and is a resident director in one of the dormitories. He
was selected by his classmates in the counseling program to give
one of the baccalaureate addresses this past April.
Joe Farley, bassist, is a member of the Winston-Salem and Greensboro
Symphonies, and also performs regularly with the Roanoke, Charleston,
and North Carolina Symphonies. He has played at the Garth Newel
Music Festival since 1993. From 1988 to 1992 he was a member of
the New World Symphony, under the direction of Michael Tilson
Thomas. Mr. Farley is a graduate of the North Carolina School
of the Arts. This is his fifth season with the Shenandoah Valley
Bach Festival.
Joseph Gascho, harpsichordist, won first prize in the Jurow International
Harpsichord Competition, and was recently awarded a grant for
solo performance by the Maryland State Arts Council. He earned
his Master's Degree from the Peabody Conservatory in 2001; his
teachers include Webb Wiggins, Arthur Haas and Lisa Crawford.
He has performed with the Washington Bach Consort, the Baltimore
Symphony Chamber Players, Modern Musick, Peabody Opera, the Peabody
Concert Orchestra, the Ceciliana Quartet, and at numerous early
music festivals. As the music director of Divinity Lutheran Church,
he conducts frequent performances of Bach cantatas and his own
compositions. He teaches at the Friends School of Baltimore and
the Peabody Elderhostel Program, and he coaches chamber music
at the Amherst Early Music Festival. He also studies harpsichord
construction and regulation in the workshop of Thomas and Barbara
Wolf. This fall, he will enter the doctoral program at the University
of Maryland, where he will also maintain harpsichords and teach
figured bass. Mr. Gascho is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite University,
where he majored in music.
Sandra Gerster Lisicky, oboist, enjoys a varied musical career
of oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn engagements throughout
North America, Europe and Asia. She has been praised for "exemplary
bravura" (New Haven Register), "perfect balance and
abundant merriment" (Richmond Times-Dispatch) and "impeccably
timed and nuanced" music-making (Richmond Times-Dispatch).
Since 1993 Ms. Lisicky has lived in Virginia, performing regularly
with the North Carolina, Richmond and Virginia Symphonies, as
well as Virginia and North Carolina Opera Orchestras. She serves
as Principal Oboist of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, heads
the Music Program at Orchard House School and is an adjunct faculty
member at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University
of Richmond. Formerly she was Principal Oboist of the Hartford
Symphony, Connecticut Opera, and New Sousa Band, and a founding
member of the Soni Fidelis Quintet, resident ensemble of the Hartt
School of Music. With this chamber ensemble, Ms. Lisicky co-managed
four chamber music series, collaborated with guest artists such
as actor/director Mark Lamos, actress Susan Saint James and media
star Captain Kangaroo and made an acclaimed Carnegie Hall recital
debut in 1989. As a chamber musician, Ms. Lisicky has collaborated
with the New World, Franciscan and Cavani String Quartets on numerous
occasions. In 1998 she was invited to participate in a special
chamber music concert in London for Prime Minister Tony Blair
and designated members of his Cabinet. In February 2003 she was
a featured artist with the VCU ChamberFest. An avid teacher, Ms.
Lisicky has served on the faculties of over twenty educational
institutions including James Madison University. This appointment
included duties as Director of Music Admissions as well as Oboe
Professor. Ms. Lisicky received her Music Performance degrees
from the Eastman School of Music and the New England Conservatory
of Music where she studied with legendary oboist Alfred Genovese.
Joan Griffing, violinist and concertmaster, is currently Associate
Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department at Eastern
Mennonite University where she teaches violin and viola, coaches
chamber music, and conducts the EMU orchestra. She is also concertmaster
of the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Virginia
Symphony, and violinist with the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro,
North Carolina. In the spring of 1999, she premiered a Violin
Concerto written for her by Terry Vosbein, composer-in-residence
at Washington and Lee University. She earned her Bachelor and
Master of Music degrees from Indiana University, where she studied
with Tadeusz Wronski, and her Doctor of Musical Arts in violin
performance from Ohio State University. Her chamber music coaching
has been under artists such as Joseph Gingold, Janos Starker,
James Buswell, Gyrogy Sebok, Boris Berman, the Fine Arts String
Quartet, and the Tokyo String Quartet. Ms. Griffing has performed
as concertmaster with the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Austria and
Italy as well as with the Coronado, Grand Teton, Norfolk, and
Spoleto Festivals in this country.
Anne Gross, soprano, has been praised for her exquisite tone,
excellent breath control and enjoyable stage presence; she is
a polished performer who delights audiences with her musicality
and sense of humor. Ms. Gross received her Bachelor of Music degree
in vocal performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and
a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University
of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she was a recipient
of the prestigious Corbett Opera Scholarship. She is currently
an Instructor of Music at Eastern Mennonite University where she
teaches class voice, private voice, vocal pedagogy and Introduction
to Music Listening and directs the University Chorale. Recent
performances include a solo faculty recital, Chanting to Paradise-Emily
Dickinson in Song, and solo appearances with the EMU Community
Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Ms. Gross was the featured soloist
in J. S. Bach's Cantata No. 202 in the 2001 Shenandoah Valley
Bach Festival. In the 2002 Festival she performed Libby Larsen's
song cycle Love After 1950. She has sung with Boston Lyric Opera
and Longwood Opera and has appeared in many Gilbert and Sullivan
productions. Ms. Gross was a founding member of Showstoppers,
a theater company presenting musical revues on Boston's South
Shore, and she has performed in numerous musical theater cabarets.
Ms. Gross came to EMU from a four-year association with the African
Children's Choir. During that time she served as the United Kingdom
administrator for the choir as well as the tour director and musical
supervisor of the choir in North America, Europe, the Republic
of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
John Hugo, tenor, is no stranger to the Shenandoah Valley Bach
Festival. In the last two festivals he has appeared as a tenor
soloist on the noon concerts, with the chamber choir at the Leipzig
services, and has sung with the festival chorus as well. He holds
a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from New England Conservatory,
and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and a Doctor of Musical
Arts in Choral Music from Arizona State University. He currently
serves as Professor of Vocal Music and Chairman of the Department
of Fine Arts at Liberty University. He conducts the LU Concert
Choir and University Chorale, and serves as Chorus Master for
the Roanoke Symphony Chorus, of which he is the founding director.
He frequently appears as a tenor soloist at Lynchburg area churches,
and has appeared several times as soloist with the Lynchburg Symphony
Orchestra, the Jefferson Choral Society, and players from the
Roanoke Symphony. He currently serves as Governor of the Virginia
District of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. As
well as specializing in the works of Bach and Handel, Mr. Hugo
is a great admirer of the songs of Franz Schubert, and recently
performed Die schöne Müllerin at Liberty University
and Sweet Briar College. His duties at Liberty University include
teaching music history, choral conducting, and private voice.
He has also published choral arrangements though Thomas House
Matthew W. Hunsberger, bass, received his Bachelor of Arts degree
in music from Eastern Mennonite University. As a student, he presented
three vocal recitals which included Antonin Dvorak's Gypsy Songs,
Francis Poulenc's Le bal masqué, music by several Argentine
composers, and songs of Charles Ives. He sang the role of Jesus
in J.S. Bach's St. John Passion, and has been the soloist in numerous
Bach cantatas at EMU. His stage experience includes the roles
of Judas in Godspell, Charlie Brown in Snoopy, and Gianni Schicchi.
He was a member, co-founder, and co-director of the local ten-member
male a cappella and very popular ensemble based in Harrisonburg,
Full Table.
Douglas Kehlenbrink, bassoonist, is an active performer in the
Washington/Baltimore area and a devoted teacher of the instrument.
He appears as Principal Bassoon with the Concert Artists of Baltimore
and the Roanoke Symphony of Virginia, and is a regular member
of the Filene Center Orchestra and Wolf Trap Opera Company, the
National Gallery Orchestra, the Kennedy Center's Opera House Orchestra,
the Washington Chamber Symphony (Handel Festival Orchestra) and
the Washington Bach Consort. He has held positions with the Richmond
Symphony, the
Shreveport Symphony and the Shreveport Summer Music Festival Orchestra.
Kehlenbrink is heard in recitals and chamber concerts throughout
the U.S. and Europe, most recently with the Concerts Artists of
Baltimore, the Garth Newel Music Festival (Hot Springs, Va.),
at the Parish Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, England
and in a European premiere for The College Music Society in Vienna,
Austria. He premiered a Walter Ross Concerto for Bassoon and Strings
(1986) in Charlottesville, Va. and has been soloist with The Contemporary
Music Forum in Washington, D.C. His solo work was described by
critics of the Baltimore Sun and Roanoke Times as "
expressive" and "
beautifully played." Recent
world premieres include two works written especially for him by
composer, John Hilliard. He was a founding member of the Montpelier
Winds at James Madison University, Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley
Bach and his very active Trio d'Anche, WindRose. He has participated
in music festivals throughout the United States, including the
Sarasota Music Festival, the Shreveport Summer Music Festival,
the Garth Newel Series and the Wintergreen Music Festival. Kehlenbrink's
professional influences include notable bassoonists Sol Schoenbach,
William Waterhouse, Mark Popkin and Homer Pence. He enjoyed a
distinguished 25 year teaching career at James Madison University,
recently assuming new duties as Chair of the Arts at Episcopal
High School in Alexandria, Va. His recordings with saxophonist
Gunnar Mossblad, the Concert Artists of Baltimore (Sonora) and
the Roanoke Symphony (VT-Digital Studios) are distributed world-wide.
Marvin Mills, organist and assistant choral conductor, a native
of Philadelphia, Pa., is Associate Minister of Music at National
City Christian Church, Washington, D.C., where he is coordinator
of Music at Midday, a ten month noon concert series. He is also
music director of the acclaimed the National Spiritual Ensemble
(formerly the New England Spiritual Ensemble). Previously he was
Director of Music at All Souls Church, Unitarian, and University
Organist at Howard University, both in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mills
has performed for numerous chapters of The American Guild of Organists,
was a featured recitalist in the Guild's 1992 National and 1996
Centennial National conventions, was a featured artist at the
Washington Bach Festival 1987 and 1988, and was the second in
a series of four dedicatory recitalists to perform on the Schudi
organ in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception in February, 1988. He opened the
1989 Wendell P. Whalum Concert Series at Morehouse College, performing
for the entire student body. Presented in recital by the Washington
National Cathedral in observance of Black History Month 1989,
he returned to appear on its 1995 and 2002 Summer Festival Series.
Mills has performed throughout the United States in such places
as The Academy of Music, Philadelphia, The Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, The Barns, Wolf Trap Farm Park as well as
historic churches in Krakow, Poland, and appeared as guest artist
with the Washington Male Chorale, the Concert Artists of Baltimore,
the Washington Bach Consort, the Cathedral Choral Society, the
Folger Consort and Fairfax Chorale Society. In the spring of 1992
Mr. Mills performed the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian
Bach in a weekly series of fourteen programs on the 96 Rieger
organ at All Souls Church, Unitarian. He made his west coast debut
in July 1992 at the Spreckles Organ Pavilion International Organ
Summer Concert Series in Balboa Park, San Diego, his New York
City recital debut in July 1993 at the Riverside Church. Concerto
appearances include the Pittsburgh Symphony with conductor Isaiah
Jackson, the Johns Hopkins Symphony and the Peabody Symphony.
Having performed concertos by Handel, Rheinberger and Jongen in
two previous engagements, he returned this season to play Hindemith's
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra with the Jacksonville Symphony,
Jacksonville, Fla. For several years Mr. Mills has been a featured
artist at the Shenandoah Bach Festival as recitalist, chamber
musician-with Cuban chamber choir Exaudi-and choral conductor-preparing
the Festival Chorus for Haydn's Creation. Active as a vocal coach/accompanist,
he can be heard as arranger and accompanist on a disc of spirituals
with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, Angels Watching Over Me.
David Nesmith, hornist, teaches horn and the Alexander Technique
at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He is an active member
of Andover Educators, an organization of teachers certified to
present the course What Every Musician Needs to Know about the
Body. From 1992-2002, Mr. Nesmith served as Principal Horn of
the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, an ensemble specializing in the
presentation and recording of new American music. He currently
performs with the Cathedral Brass Ensemble, the Columbus Broadway
Series, the New Hampshire Music Festival and the West Virginia
Symphony. He is an alumnus of Capital University and Indiana University.
Leslie Nicholas, clarinetist, in the words of Eleanor Hood of
Cameo Concerts, plays having "a sound like liquid gold
Formerly Principal Clarinetist of the West Virginia and Roanoke
Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Dallas, ProMusica, and New
York's Classic Chamber Orchestras, Mr. Nicholas now devotes more
of his time to the performance of chamber music. Since 1994 he
has been a featured soloist at the Garth Newel Music Center and
member of the Garth Newel Chamber Players. Recent collaborations
include performances with artists Christopher O'Riley, Jon Kimura
Parker, Susan Starr, Anton Kuerti, and the Veronica Quartet of
Moscow, among others. A recitalist at The International Clarinet
Association's Clar-Fest '92 International, he was also guest soloist
with the Quartet of the U.S. Naval Academy Band at the University
of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium 2002. Nicholas has performed as
chamber-soloist at the Lincoln Center in New York and the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. One of few
wind players to receive a full scholarship to the Aspen Music
Festival, he has also performed with the Coronado, Grand Teton,
Round Top, and Wintergreen Festivals, where he was director of
the performance academy.
Mr. Nicholas has toured and performed as a member of both the
Pastiche and Blair Woodwind Quintets, and repeatedly throughout
Europe in opera, orchestral, chamber music, and solo roles; most
recently by invitation in Vienna, and at St. Martin-in-the Fields,
London, both as founding member of WindRose (Trio d'Anches). Principal
Clarinetist and Soloist for many years with both the Lancaster
(Ohio) and Shenandoah Valley Bach Festivals (Va.), in 2003 he
also joins the faculty of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan.
Mr. Nicholas holds performance degrees cum laude from the University
of Texas and Northwestern University, with additional graduate
study at Southern Methodist University and post-graduate (doctoral)
study at the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of
Music. His principal teachers have been members of the San Antonio,
Dallas, Cincinnati, Chicago and Cleveland Orchestras; most notably
the late Robert Marcellus, his mentor for many years. Mr. Nicholas
has previously served on the applied faculties of Vanderbilt Universitys
Blair School of Music, Radford University, James Madison University,
Capital University, Kenyon College, and as performer and chamber
music coach for The American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz,
Austria. In demand as a guest clinician and adjudicator, Mr. Nicholas
is presently Woodwind Area Coordinator and Lecturer in Clarinet
and Chamber Music in the School of Music at Georgia State University.
Atlanta's St. Nicholas Concert, his newest project now underway,
will honor Prague's namesake high-Baroque church, a favored music
center since before the time of Mozart.
Paige Riggs, cellist, lives in Pittsburgh where she works as
a freelance musician and maintains a large home studio. From 1997
to 2002 she was a member of the University of Virginia's Performance
Faculty where she taught cello and chamber music, was co-director
of the music department's McIntire Chamber Music Series, and held
the Genevieve Brown Horween and Marion Horween Chase Principal
Cello Chair of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra.
She is an active performer appearing recently in recital on the
Music for a Great Space Series in Greensboro, N.C., the Friends
of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library Sunday Concert Series
in Fredricksburg, Va., the Embassy Concert Series in Washington,
D.C., and the Cherry Hill Concert Series in Warrenton, N.C. She
has received fellowships from several of the country's most prestigious
music festivals, including the Spoleto Festival, the Bach Aria
Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Center, which awarded her the
C.D. Jackson Memorial Prize in 1997. She has been a guest artist
at the Foothills Music Festival, the Garth Newel Music Center,
the June in Buffalo Festival, the Staunton Music Festival, and
for the past five summers has performed and taught at the Eastern
Music Festival in Greensboro, N.C. This is her second summer at
the Shenandoah Bach Festival.
Susan Sievert Messersmith, trumpeter, is Second Trumpet with
the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (S.C.), and has held that position
since 1993. A native of Dalton, Ohio, Susan studied at the Baldwin-Wallace
College Conservatory of Music in Cleveland, and at the Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., where she received her Bachelor's
and Master's Degrees, respectively. The Eastman School also awarded
her the Performer's Certificate. Additionally, she received post-graduate
training at the Cleveland Institute of Music. At these schools
she studied under noted trumpeters James Darling, Mary Squire,
Barbara Butler, and Michael Sachs.
Susan has performed as an extra with the Chautauqua (N.Y.) Symphony
Orchestra, and is a past participant of the National Orchestral
Institute, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Schleswig-Holstein
Musik Festival in Germany. Ms. Messersmith has been a member of
the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Orchestra since 2000. In Charleston,
she an active member of the CSO Brass Quintet and the Spoleto
Brass Quintet, and has been an Adjunct Faculty member at Charleston
Southern University since 1993.
John Spuller, double bassist, is the Principal Double Bassist
of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and The Carolina Chamber
Symphony. He performs regularly with the Winston-Salem Symphony,
the Roanoke Symphony, and the Charlotte Symphony. He has toured
extensively though Europe with orchestras and chamber groups and
has recorded with several orchestras
over his career. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree from
the North Carolina School of the Arts where he teaches during
the summer months. Mr. Spuller is currently the Bass instructor
at Wake Forest University. He counts among his principle teachers
Jack Budrow and Lawrence Hurst. This is his third year at the
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival.
Carrie Stevens, mezzo-soprano, is highly regarded for her versatility
in concert, chamber and operatic venues spanning styles from baroque
to new music. She has performed with conductors Jeffrey Kahane,
Michael Morgan, Ivan Fisher, Helmuth Rilling, Roger Norrington
and Carl St. Clair among others. Her concert experience includes
performances with the Oakland Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Saint
Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra,
Chico Symphony, Magnificat Orchestra and Lyra Consort. She has
enjoyed appearances with the Crested Butte, Kalamazoo Bach, Austin
Bach Society, and Oregon Bach Festivals and was a Fellowship recipient
to the Stonybrook Bach Aria Festival. A 1992 winner of the Upper
Midwest District Metropolitan Opera Auditions, her operatic experience
includes the title roles of Purcell's Dido and Handel's Xerxes,
as well as Idamante in Idomeneo, the Mother in Amahl and the Night
Visitors, Ma Moss in Copland's The Tender Land, Elmire in the
East Coast Premiere of Kirke Mechem's, Tartuffe. Ms. Stevens has
a particular interest in performing contemporary music and has
been involved in many premieres including music of Kirke Mechem,
Ofer Ben Amots, John Baboukis, Braxton Blake and Russell Burnham.
She is a graduate of Boston University, the University of Wisconsin
Madison and is in the final stages of completing her Doctorate
at the University of Minnesota. She has worked with renowned teachers,
Anna Reynolds, Glenda Maurice Donald Stenberg, Larry Weller and,
Margo Garrett. She is a multiple recipient of awards from the
Minnesota State Arts Board, and the Schubert Club. Prior to joining
the faculty at James Madison University, Ms. Stevens has held
faculty positions at Sonoma State University and Chico State University
in California.
Julia J. White, Artistic Director and Founder of the Shenandoah
Valley Children's Choir, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from
DePauw University and a Master of Music degree from Westminster
Choir College, Princeton, both in performance. Ms. White has done
post-graduate specialization in children's choirs at Westminster
Choir College, the American Boychoir School, Royal School of Church
Music, and Choral Music Experience Institute at Northern Illinois
University, where she received Levels I-III certification and
Artist Teacher Diploma. Ms. White has studied long term in Vienna,
Austria and in England and holds the Level I in Kodaly certification.
She served two terms as the American Choral Directors Association
Children's Choir Chair for Virginia and established the Virginia/Maryland
Honors Children's Choir in 1998 and 1999. Ms. White is a frequent
guest director and teacher across the U.S., including District
and All-State Choirs and received Governor's School awards in
Richmond in 1998 and 2000. In the spring 2003 Eastern Mennonite
University awarded her the title of Distinguished Artist in Residence
at EMU.
The Shenandoah Valley Children's Choir (SVCC) began its first
season with 38 members in September of 1992 and has since grown
to include 192 in five choirs ages 6-18. Singing a capella as
well as in two to four parts, the choristers experience a broad
range of choral literature including classical music, folk songs
of many countries and cultures, and sacred and secular songs with
an emphasis on themes of love, peace, beauty, friendship, and
nature. Kodaly-based solfege instruction is used at all levels
of the SVCC.
The SVCC has sung at the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival five
times, with the American Boychoir four times, at the U.S. Capitol
and White House, and twice at the Virginia Music Educators Meeting.
They have sung at the National Tree Lighting ceremony, in Carnegie
Hall, and at various national and international choral festivals.
The SVCC will serve as Honor Choir at the Children In Harmony
National Children's Choir Festival in 2004 in Florida and has
been invited to participate in the Pacific Rim International Children's
Choir Festival in 2005 in Hawaii. The choir has released six recordings,
the latest being "Here's to Song" in April, 2003.
Katherine Winterstein, violinist, holds a Bachelor of Music degree
from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Charles
Castleman, and completed a Master of Music degree from Boston
University's School for the Arts, where she studied with Peter
Zazofsky. She was a member of the Seneca String Quartet and has
collaborated in chamber music settings with Andres Diaz, Ida Kavafian,
Ann-Marie McDermott, Steven Tenenbom, and Peter Zazofsky. In addition,
she has often performed in series such as Washington DC's Embassy
Series, Boston's Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Series, the Craftsbury
Chamber Music Festival, the Staunton Music Festival, and the McIntire
Chamber Music Series at the University of Virginia. She has appeared
as soloist with the Charlottesville and University Symphony, the
Blue Ridge Chamber Orchestra, the Charlottesville Chamber Orchestra,
and the Boston Virtuosi. Ms. Winterstein is the concertmaster
of the Vermont Symphony, was the assistant concertmaster of the
Rhode Island Philharmonic, and has been a member of the Boston
Lyric Opera and the Breckenridge Music Institute Orchestra.
From 1999-2002, Ms. Winterstein was a member of the performance
faculty at the University of Virginia's McIntire Department of
Music. Currently, she is a member of the music faculty at Middlebury
College in Vermont.
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City Council votes 4-0 to appoint Luttrell acting manager
Rockland — City Councilors voted 4-0 Monday, Jan. 6 to appoint Finance Director Tom Luttrell as the acting city manager.
Luttrell is serving in the position following the resignation in December of James Smith. Luttrell has served in the position on a temporary basis before in late 2011 and early 2012.
Councilor Eric Hebert made the motion to appoint Luttrell, and it was supported by all of the councilors present. Councilor Frank Isganitis was absent from the meeting.
In other business it was noted at the meeting that some Main Street businesses have complained about problems with snow removal from sidewalks and parking spaces downtown. Mayor Larry Pritchett went through some of the emails and correspondence from downtown merchants, who in some cases said streets and sidewalks in Camden were clear on days when it was more difficult to get around the snow in downtown Rockland.
Noticed how well Rockland Public Works cleared sidewalks for children going to school ASAP and spoken to several citizens who were very pleased with the admirable job they have done clearing up our streets. It is about time Main Street businesses stopped wanting their piece of pie before everyone else. Congratulations Rockland PW. Keep up the great work.
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Apple (AAPL) investors have long been waiting for the tech giant to start innovating again and create a new product line.
On Monday, they got it as Apple unveiled an application to integrate AAPL devices with car entertainment systems, allowing access to music and hands-free calling and even select mobile apps.
The Apple technology, called CarPlay, will be rolled out by automakers Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo at the Geneva Auto Show this week.
The so called "iCar" technology has been awaited for some time. Microsoft (MSFT) was already out in the marketplace with its Sync technology that had been exclusive to Ford (F) vehicles … before Ford dumped MSFT for similar technology carried by BlackBerry (BBRY) called QNX. Point being, with other big tech companies already out there, it's about time AAPL entered the fray.
Also, increasing discussions about cars as Internet hotspots or vehicles communicating with each other to prevent accidents has upped the ante for technology companies in cars. High-tech vehicle technology is all the rage right now, and the market could become a lucrative one long-term.
But just because CarPlay is built doesn't mean it's a guaranteed success — either in the marketplace or for AAPL stock holders.
So what's the outlook for Apple as it enters this new market?
AAPL Stock Won't Budge, But Heads Will Turn
It's undeniable that AAPL stock has gotten a bit of swagger back. Shares are up 22% or so in the past year, in lock-step with the S&P 500.
While that might not sound thrilling, it's better than what we saw for AAPL at the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 by a long shot.
Part of the Apple snapback has been thanks to Carl Icahn using his bully pulpit to tout the stock, but a lot has been strong profits.
So will CarPlay help that profit momentum? Unfortunately, not.
Here's the bottom line: Apple shares aren't going anywhere anytime soon based on any material profits from this venture.
AAPL stock still gets half of its revenue from the iPhone — roughly $90 billion annually — that will dwarf anything that CarPlay can do out of the gate.
Furthermore, margins aren't likely to be anything to sneeze at. Unlike the first iPhone and iPod, which allowed for hefty profit margins because there wasn't anything truly like them, CarPlay has a host of competitors already and AAPL is actually playing catch-up to Microsoft and BlackBerry in some respects. That will force CarPlay to be competitively priced, even if Apple might have a leg up considering its brand appeal with American consumers.
Lastly, there's no guarantee that CarPlay or anything like it will ever live up to the hype. I mean, plenty of people are content driving cars with "terrestrial" radio (that is AM/FM), plenty of road trips are taken in cars without built-in video screens for the kids and plenty of people still use a suction-cup mounted GPS instead of in-dash technology.
A smartphone itself was liberating and revolutionary… but CarPlay and other technology like it might simply be a distraction or a luxury that isn't worth it to many consumers.
AAPL Needs Something New
AAPL stock holders have been looking for the next big thing for some time — and having Ferrari and Mercedes on board is great for public relations. Apple might get some positive buzz from this news simply because there hasn't been much in the way of innovation at the company lately.
However, I'm not convinced this product will ever move the bottom line. And that's not because I think CarPlay will be inferior, but simply because I think the category won't do much for any tech stock, including BBRY and MSFT.
Consider that auto sales are predicted to top 16 million in 2014, meaning if one tech application gets in half those new cars (8 million) and commands royalties of $500 a pop, that still only adds up to $4 billion annually — about 2% of total revenue for Apple and about 4% for Microsoft.
And for the record, there are only 7 million cars total on the road with MSFT Sync capabilities … and that partnership began way back in 2007.
You could argue that Microsoft didn't execute as well as Apple will, or that the technology was too ahead of its time.
But I'd prefer to argue that this is a niche product with plenty of practical alternatives right now.
CarPlay, therefore, is a dark-horse long shot … not the much-anticipated product that Apple investors have been waiting for.
It might provide a short-term sentiment pop and some good headlines, but nothing more.
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Write him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP.


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One of the many pitfalls of being on the internet is that legitimate people, companies and imposters have your information. These people can gleam your information from: Email addresses (sharing or not used and not deleted), Opting into free information for a products or places, Requesting help from real tech support from Microsoft, Avast, AVG or Apple. No company is immune to the wily ingrates who want to scam some cash from your wallet!
So how does this happen and why would someone go through the trouble?
The why is all about: opportunity, cash, extortion (in some cases), some ingrates want to prove a point and some just do it because it's fun to "screw with a user who doesn't know any better".
The how goes something like this:
Some users receive emails from purported Microsoft, Avast, AVG or Apple Tech support. In these emails the general gist says that your computer is infected and may or may not show files, libraries and root sectors that are infected or corrupted and that your computer will crash if they don't look at the problem. Another method employed is interrupting your legitimate tech support internet call or submission and snagging all the information you have put on the tech support record.
There have been several reports in Calgary and Area that these fake Microsoft, Avast, AVG and Apple Tech support personnel are calling and, in effect, scarring or haranguing people into giving them money to fix their tech support issues without going into a Geek Squad or an Apple Store.
Some more Interesting tactics that have been employed
- Trick you into installing scam-ware that could capture sensitive data, such as online banking user names and passwords. They might also then charge you to remove this software.
- Convince you to visit legitimate websites like(www.avggtech.com) to download software that will allow them to take control of your computer remotely and adjust settings to leave your computer vulnerable.
- Request credit card information so they can bill you for spurious services.
- Direct you to fraudulent websites and ask you to enter credit card and other personal or financial information there.
Note: The website in the above paragraph and list is fake and just an example
Neither Microsoft nor their partners make cold-calls to charge you for computer security or software fixes.
What to do if you or someone you know has had this happen
How to protect yourself and others from telephone tech support scams
If someone claiming to be from Microsoft, Avast, AVG or Apple tech support calls you:
- Do not purchase any software or services.
- Ask if there is a fee or subscription associated with the "service." If there is, hang up.
- Never give control of your computer to a third party unless you can confirm that it is a legitimate representative of a computer support team with whom you are already a customer.
- Take the caller's information down and immediately report it to the Calgary Police Service or RCMP
- Never provide your credit card or financial information to someone claiming to be from Microsoft tech support.
What to do if you already gave information to a tech support person from Microsoft, Avast, AVG or Apple?
If you think that you might have downloaded scam-ware from a phone tech support scam website or allowed a fraudster to access your computer, take these steps:
- Change your computer's password, change the password on your main email account, and change the password for any financial accounts, especially your bank and credit card.
- Scan your computer with the Microsoft Safety Scanner to find out if you have viruses or other malicious software installed on your computer.
- Install Microsoft Security Essentials. (Microsoft Security Essentials is a free program.
- If someone calls you to install this product and then charge you for it, this is also a scam.)
Note: Microsoft, Avast, AVG and Apple are examples- Norton, McAfee have also been caught up in this mess
Will Microsoft ever call me?
There are some cases where Microsoft will work with your Internet service provider and call you to fix a legitimate scam-ware computer infection —Example being when a recent cleanup effort begun to clean up botnet takedown actions. These calls will be made by someone with whom you can verify you already are a customer. You will never receive a legitimate call from Microsoft or our partners to charge you for computer fixes.
Contact the CPS or RCMP
- Crimes must be reported by calling the non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or by visiting a district office.
- RCMP http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/rep-sig-eng.htm
- Contact or go into local office and fill out any appropriate paperwork
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text: Nov 12, 2012 00:07 City mulls overnight square closure City mulls overnight square closure Advocate staff photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- Street performer Alex Agee works the pedestrian mall next to Jackson Square in New Orleans Friday. A proposed city ordinance would require the pedestrian malls around Jackson Square to be clear of any street performers, tarot card readers or vendors between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. Advocate staff file photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- New artists seeking to exhibit their works by the fence surrounding Jackson Square will not be issued permits in 2015, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration announced. BY DANNY MONTEVERDE| New Orleans bureau Comments New Orleans — On most nights and into the early morning hours, a small amount of activity takes place on the pedestrian malls of Chartres, St. Ann and St. Peter streets that ring Jackson Square. A proposed city ordinance, though, could put an end to the overnight tarot card readings and gathering of others who meet outside the square for any number of reasons. Some of those who make their living on Jackson Square, however, have vowed to fight the possible changes, saying that they are unnecessary and will cut into their incomes. Councilwoman Kristin Palmer introduced the ordinance at the Landrieu administration's request. The proposed legislation would prevent anyone from lingering in the area or setting up tables or furniture between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. and is a "reasonable" way to clear the pedestrian malls for cleaning, Palmer said. Jennifer Waldron has been a tarot card reader on the square since 1997. She said she could understand the city closing the area for an hour or two at night or for special events but views the permanent four-hour closure as severe. She said she often works from 6 p.m. to midnight and sometimes later. "Am I supposed to tell my customer, 'It's 1 a.m., we have to go now?' " she asked Friday at her table in front of St. Louis Cathedral. She and others who work on Jackson Square said the city is trying to flush out homeless people and "gutter punks" and trying to clean up the area's bohemian atmosphere to create a postcard image of the public space when cameras arrive for the Super Bowl in February. In the process of removing vagrants, Waldron said, the city will lose an important part of what gives Jackson Square its personality if tarot card readers, musicians and street performers are forced out as well. "Readers, performers and musicians are scared," she said. "This is our livelihood." Ryan Berni, a spokesman for Gov. Mitch Landrieu, said the city is trying to stop a problem of people sleeping in the area, but that the city also considers the pedestrian malls a public park and as such they are subject to operating hours. The streets became vehicle-free zones in 1970 and since then have been the home to artists, musicians, street performers and tarot card readers. He said the goal of closing off the area to activity during the overnight hours simply is a way to make sure a thorough cleaning can happen without disrupting the artists who work there during the day. He emphasized that daytime operating hours will not be affected. Palmer said a UNO study found that 80 percent of those who visit New Orleans every year also visit Jackson Square, leaving little time to give it a good scrubbing. "In no way are we talking about closing it down," Palmer said of the proposed ordinance. "We're trying to figure out what is the best way of systematically stopping the problem that is cleaning up this place." Peter Bennett, a musician who has performed on the square for 18 years, said he must perform at night because he has an eye condition that makes it nearly impossible to work in the sun. He said he worries he and other musicians who work later hours would be affected by any changes. "My feeling at this point is the musicians ... will be collateral damage," he said. "The fact of the matter is, I won't be able to continue to make a living in New Orleans like I have for 18 years." Adding new laws will just be overkill, Bennett said. "There are plenty of rules, regulations and other tactics that allow police to clear out people sleeping on benches and causing problems in Jackson Square," he said. Berni said that the proposed laws should not affect any musicians or performers, particularly since most of them don't perform during late-night or early-morning hours. "We're just trying to make sure the park's clean and safe," he said. Louis Sahuc, a photographer and gallery owner who has lived and worked on Jackson Square for 25 years, said many of the people who occupy the pedestrian malls overnight cause fights or urinate and defecate on the sidewalks and door steps and vandalize property. "It's a quality of life issue," he said. "Jackson Square is a beautiful city square, but it looks like a shanty town out there half of the time." The ordinance is expected to be discussed Dec. 3 during the council's governmental affairs committee meeting. Waldron said she and her counterparts will try to work with the city to come to a compromise before then, but that they are ready to take legal action if the proposed ordinance passes as written. Berni said the city is "always prepared" to handle any possible litigation. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Ringside report by Felipe Leon
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A sold out 900+ crowd witnessed the first ever Rogue Boxing Promotions fight card last night at the Woodstock Terrace of the beautiful Hard Rock Hotel in downtown San Diego, Calif.
While the San Diego Padres whacked balls against the San Francisco Giants a mere two blocks away, plenty of hits were had as part of the five bout fight card in the open air venue.
In the featured bout, San Diego's by way of Cebu City, Philippines lightweight Mercito Gesta stopped Tijuana's 2008 Fighter of the Year Alain "Konan" Hernandez with a quick burst of punches in what many ringside considered an early stoppage.
As soon as announcer David Diamante bellowed "It's fight time!", the action began with Gesta circling the ring for a couple of seconds and then catching Hernandez with quick southpaw jabs that "Konan" never saw coming. Gesta noticed and as he trapped the tough Hernandez against the ropes, he unleashed a barrage of punches that prompted referee Pat Russell to hug Hernandez and waive off the fight at the :44 mark of the first round. Hernandez protested furiously but he could not convince Russell otherwise.
"He was out on his feet," Russell stated immediately after the bout.
"I was surprised that it ended so early, I was ready for a tougher fight," Gesta said joyously after the bout. "I didn't even get hit!"
With the win, Gesta stays undefeated with a record of 15-0-1, 6KO while Hernandez loses for the first time in eighteen months and goes to 14-7-2, 7KO.
In the co-feature fight of night, undefeated hot west coast prospect Carlos Molina (7-0, 3KO) of Commerce, CA earned a unanimous decision over Costa Rica's Anthony Martinez (21-30-3, 9KO).
Molina went to the body as soon as the bell rang to start the first as he trapped Martinez against the ropes but the game Costa Rican counterpunched with his own set of hooks to the body. In the second, both fighters began to exchange bombs in the center of the ring with Molina, who fights out of the Espinoza Boxing Club, getting there quicker and harder.
After toying with the jab and the quick straight right hand in the third and fourth rounds, Molina took Martinez back to the ropes and unloaded a barrage of punches but the tough journeyman took them and more as Molina tried to finished him off but no such luck.
Midway thru the fifth round, Molina scored with a hard right hand that hurt Martinez but soon after he asked for more. Molina obliged with a flurry of punches but Martinez took a licking and kept on ticking all the way to the end of the round.
In the sixth, Molina went after Martinez with everything in his arsenal to end it quick but Martinez turned out to hard headed and would not follow Molina's lead.
Official scores were 60-54 three times.
In a six round middleweight bout of undefeated warriors El Paso, TX's Abraham Han took on south Florida's Ibahiem King.
Han looked the quicker of the two as he landed quick hooks to the body that made the south paw King wince more than twice but his opponent had success with the straight left to the head in the first couple of rounds.
In the third, King landed a hard left hook that softened the legs of Han but he was able to stay on his feet and land the more telling shots in the round as he walked down King around the ring. King began to let his hands more in the fifth after an accidental head butt opened a cut on the top of Han's forehead.
Han took over the sixth round to win the unanimous decision with scores of 60-54 and 58-56 twice. With the win, Han (4-0, 3KO) stays undefeated while King (6-1, 2KO) loses for the first time.
In the first scheduled six round fight of the night, the "San Diego Sensation" Sergio Espinoza came back to the ring after a year lay off to have his hands full with the always tough Benito Abraham of Tijuana, MX.
The super flyweight Abraham started off strong in the first couple of rounds as he manhandled the rusty Espinoza around the ring landing hard wild shots to the head and body. By the middle rounds, Espinoza tried to time Abraham's charge and catch him with a hard right hand that met its target more times than not.
By the fourth round Espinoza kept landing that right hand more and more but in the middle of the round the San Diego native developed a cut over his left eye due to a butt that seemed to bother him. Abraham continued with his charge in the fifth as Espinoza tried to box and utilize his jab to set up the right hand. By the end of the round, Espinoza began to land hard punches to the head and body while Abraham clinched to stay on his feet making it to the end of the round.
In the sixth, Abraham's (9-16-4, 6KO) fatigue was evident as he could barely keep his hands up which gave Espinoza (16-5-1, 5KO) to land every punch imaginable, from jabs to hooks to uppercuts from either hand awarding him the unanimous decision in a fight that was tougher than it was scored. official scores were 60-54 three times.
The quick hands and feet of Santa Ana, CA's Ronny Rios made another appearance in San Diego as he dropped Alvaro Muro of Durango once in the first round with a left hook and again in the second with a right hook to the body to stop his over matched opponent at mark of the second.
Rios, of the Espinoza Boxing Club, looked quicker and with more pop than in in the past as the game but much slower Muro tried the best he could to stop the storm but to no avail.
With the win, Rios keeps his record perfect with a 5-0, 2KO while Muro drops to 6-15, 5KO.
Notables around the ring: 2007 Manager of the Year Frank Espinoza, NABO-WBO lightwight champion Antonio DeMarco, up and coming super featherweight Marvin Quintero, five time lightweight champion Manuel "Mantecas" Medina, Hall of Famer "Terrible" Terry Norris and two time WBC female super bantamweight champion Jackie Nava
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YES its time to do another FRIENDS swap. I know last time I hosted this swap everybody enjoyed it and were looking forward to the "next" one.....yes, I know it's taken a while, but that is because it is a lot of work hosting. I say that because I like to keep in touch with everybody on a regular basis to ensure we all have a great swap and nobody misses out or disappointed.
We will be swapping Seven (7) gifts starting with the letters of the word FRIENDS. This is open to all crafty bloggers with a current blog....Quilters, sewers, scrappers, etc.
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Examples might be:
F - fat quarter, fabric, felted animal, felted needlebook, friends mini photo/scrap album
R - Ric Rac, Ribbon, Red fabric, Ring, Rose candles or hand cream, Rub-ons for scrappers
I - Inspiration (craft or quilt magazine), Inches(tape measure or quilting ruler), Interesting Item
E - Egg Cup,Envelopes (personsalised), Ear-rings, Englebreit fabric
N - Notions, Needles, Needlecase, Notebook, Necklace,
D - Dark Chocolate, die cut letters for scrappers, doll, diary,
S - Sewing thread, Sewing case, Scrapbooking paper, Something Special,
The list is never ending and only up to your imagination and what you think your partner would love.
There are rules like any other swap. Please do not sign up unless you can honour the swap and not disappoint anybody. There will be plenty of time to do this swap.
Closing date to sign up is the 10th of August. The final day to post your swap to your partner will be 26 October (my birthday :)
Now to cover Swap Etiquette.This is about setting standards.
What's the difference?
Bad ones are usually late, if they arrive at all. They seem to be put together without any thought for what their partner would like or dislike. Random bits of anything found from around the house or maybe even items meant for the rubbish bin but re-gifted to fulfill their swap commitment.
Good ones are usually on time, if not early, wrapped in tissue, if not wrapping paper, so that it feels like care was taken. Even a tea bag or a chocolate bar becomes special when wrapped.
As soon as you are notified with your swap partner's information - it is polite to email each other and get to know each other more if you don't already know each other. Don't be afraid to talk about the things you like or dislike and discuss things like favorite colors.
If you are a good swap partner then you will go investigate their Blog, and look for clues as to what they may enjoy receiving from you.
If you are a bad swap partner you won't take the time and are just going to give what you want and hope it's enough or that they will like it.
*If you don't want to give - Don't do the swap.
*If you don't have the time- Don't do the swap.
Swap Unto Others Like You Would Have Them Swap Unto You. Yes, it's as simple as that.
The Golden Rule!
Communicate- if you are going to be late then please email me and your partner and tell us - once the Due Date has come and gone and they are left sad and lonely by their forlorn and empty mailbox it's TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE!!!
Most people will forgive you and will be relieved to know that you are going to give them something. Now, of course there are variables - you may have a legitimate reason for being late. There is nothing sadder or more disappointing than not getting your swap package.
IF YOU DISHONOUR YOUR OBLIGATIONS I WILL "NAME AND SHAME YOU". Dishonouring your obligation is JUST NOT ON!!!
Please Email me and your partner so they know you have received their gift as soon as possible. This is just common courtesy.
If you wish to join the swap, Please Email me answering the following questions:
Email Address:
Blog Address:
Colours you like:
Colours you dislike:
Do you eat sweets, candy, chocolate:
Are you allergic to anything:
What sort of crafting do you do:
Do you collect anything in particular or like something in particular:
What is your "style" eg. country, prim, modern, funky, fresh, crisp:
Do you want to post overseas:
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
My Friend Terry and Betty
Betty Boop is small and red,
her seats are black with plush new thread,
There sits behind her steering wheel
There sits behind her steering wheel
Written by my dear friend Terry on our trip to Qld two weeks ago.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Christmas in July - 6 month challenge
I joined Amanda along with other bloggers to make one item over the next 6 months starting last month. The first challenge last month was to make a Christmas Ornament. I decided to do a couple of prim ornaments that are freebies.
This month the challenge was to make a Christmas Table-runner. This is what I came up with. I am thinking I will make some place-mats to go with it. I am thinking this fabric really is a bit too cutesy for me though. Not sure if I will keep it or not.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
8 Patterns Give-Away
Today is the day to draw the lucky 8 winners...............
email me to let me know if you want the Sew Easily Charmed quilt pattern or the Sling Bag pattern I will then email your prize.
Thanks to all who entered and for the lovely comments. It is always lovely to chat and build new friendships along the way...hugsss Khris
Monday, July 12, 2010
888 Crazy 8 Give Away
What a coincidence for the winner of the Crazy 8 Honey Bun and Turnover to be called "Lucky-1".
Can you believe it? Its kind of amazing that from 357 entries "Lucky-1" is actually somebody I know. "Lucky aka Leanne" really is a deserving winner as she would do anything for anybody and really is a lovely lady. I still cannot believe "Lucky" won!
Congratulations to you Lucky and a big thank you to all the lovely comments from all the lovely readers. Whether you follow this blog or not I appreciate your comments and friendships I have made along the way.
And.....because I love giving I am going to give away one of my own patterns to 8 more lucky people. You get to choose from my Sew Charmed Quilt pattern or my Sling Bag pattern. These will be emailed to you. If you wish to win one of my patterns leave me a comment. I will draw this on the 17th of July seeing that 1 and 7 equals 8. Keeping in line with the lucky 8 theme.
Congratulations to you Lucky and a big thank you to all the lovely comments from all the lovely readers. Whether you follow this blog or not I appreciate your comments and friendships I have made along the way.
And.....because I love giving I am going to give away one of my own patterns to 8 more lucky people. You get to choose from my Sew Charmed Quilt pattern or my Sling Bag pattern. These will be emailed to you. If you wish to win one of my patterns leave me a comment. I will draw this on the 17th of July seeing that 1 and 7 equals 8. Keeping in line with the lucky 8 theme.
Hugs to all, Khris
Thursday, July 8, 2010
888 Give Away Update
A quick update to let all our lovely blog friends know that I am away on a short trip and will have to draw the lucky 888 winner on my return to home on the 12 July. I am enjoying my short trip back home to Sunny Queensland and my home town with all my good friends. Thanks for being patient freinds....Hugs Khris
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Cream of Portobello Mushroom Soup
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I cooked this soup for my friend who only eats vegetables and seafood. We had this soup with some grilled scallops and shrimps aglio olio.
See Also: Potato and Leek Soup Recipe
I've always like portobello mushrooms for their deep, earthy flavours and "meaty" texture. The deep flavours of the portobello mushrooms goes well with the subtle aroma of the white wine. The mushroom bits and cream give the soup a velvety and nice texture. The soup is creamy and slightly chunky so it is filling on its own. We serve it with some basil macadamia pesto on toast.
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81 Responses to "Cream of Portobello Mushroom Soup"
Hi Wiffy,
is it safe to put hot soup into a blender to blend? Pardon my ignorance, I've never used a food processor before.
Also in step 8, you mentioned a few drops of cream, is that the thickened cream also?
is it possible to cook this from scratch. as in I would like to prepare this without the use of any sort of stock.I want to try make this on Christmas for my family but we are really sensitive to stock. (my dad dislike the taste and my little sister get all red and scratchy, that's why we always eat home-cooked food D:)
please let me know if there is other alternatives.
you can make your own vegetable or chicken stock (check out http://www.noobcook.com/all-recipes/#broth). my friend also told me can make mushroom stock by using mushroom stems, but I have not tried before. I bought organic soup broth at NTUC before, I can't remember the brand, it costs about S$6.50 per tetra pak and placed with at the organic foods section, it's quite natural – don't really have that artificial MSG taste if that's what your family is sensitive about.
Thank you so much for replying, I'm cooking dinner tonight ;D
Hi, a few questions
1) what is thickened cream and where can i buy
2) is the inner part of portobello mushroom edible, do i need to remove it?
Thank you
Hi, this is thickened cream http://www.bullafoodservice.com.au/chilled-range/cream-products/thickened-cream/thickened-cream-300ml.html you can get it from chiller section of local (SG) supermarkets (usually near milk/cheese)
For the portobello, you only need to remove the stalk. The cap is entirely edible.
Hi ,
thanks for the lovely recipe. I have made this before- followed your recipe (without the white wine) and it turned out excellent. Am planning to make this again, but am currently trying to be dairy free for health reasons – hence planning to sub olive oil for butter n planning on omiting the cream. Also might try using organic vegetable stock instead of the woh hup mushroom stock. Do u think it will work? any other tips you might have to make it more creamier without dairy? Thanks so much in advance :)
Hi, I think the healthy tweaks will definitely work! Check out this useful article for making soups thicker without dairy: http://www.thekitchn.com/soups-on-7-ways-to-make-any-so-106057
The mushroom soup looks yummy. However, I do not have a blender or food processor. Is it ok if I miss this step. Can I replace thickened cream with corn flour?
Yep you can thicken the soup with cornstarch at the end but cream will give it more flavour and a velvety finish. Without the blender, the soup will not be smooth in texture, but that's ok I guess if you don't mind.
Wiffy, I bought the woh hup concentrated mushroom stock. The label says dissolve in 180 ml of water. Should I follow your recipe 200ml or the instruction on the bottle?
Hi Rose, 20ml is not a lot of difference, up to you. Just season to taste later.
Hi Wiffy,
I made the mushroom soup today and diluted 1 tsp to every 180 ml. I didn't have to add salt after cooking. My hubby says it tastes like restaurant mushroom soup. He dipped with home made garlic bread. 2 of my 3 kids love the soup too. My other kid doesn't like mushroom dish.
Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe :)
Hi wiffy,
I've been your fans following your recipes. I like your western recipe especially.
Can I know the white wine you used was the white cooking wine e.g. Holland white cooking wine I saw in cold storage?
Thanks for replying.
Hi vianice, any type of white wine that's not fruity (sweet) and preferably dry white wine. You don't have to buy the expensive ones.


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You are only at your best when you are using the best tools possible! Recently, I wrote an article titled "Táve- photography studio management software at it's best" that focused on managing and organizing your photography business workflow.
While at Imaging USA 2014 in Phoenix, AZ this past week, I had an opportunity to speak with the Táve founders Jason Pirkey and Adrian Ziemkowski. We talked about their upcoming release Táve 2014.1 and how the software has grown since its inception and the new changes in this latest release. Ziemkowski, who was very excited about the release, mentioned that Táve 2014.1 is going to offer more features that integrated financial reporting, job tracking tools, as well as a more intuitive navigation and interface. And, the company has now expanded it's market reach to "videographers, musicians, photo booth rental companies, event planners, and even salons."
Yesterday Táve released screen shots of the new interfaces in their users group on Facebook and the improvements looked impressive. Good companies listen to the needs of their clients and Pirkey and Ziemkowski have done just that. Pirkey told me that they created the Táve Facebook users group to monitor and address the needs of theirs clients more effectively and that it has paid off for them, there's never a shortage of interactions. The newly designed interface is a direct reflection of subscriber comments and suggestions. Pirkey did mention that it was a challenge keeping up with all the responses but it has helped them to refine the program.
I have used the Táve (as a paying customer) since 2010 and the changes are leaps and bounds from the beginnings. As a commercial photographer who relies heavily on Táve for tracking clients, financial reporting, and communications I am looking forward to the increased value the program is going to offer in Táve 2014.1


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Gary Cole is a familiar name to face and body painters across the world, but particularly in North America. Having been part of Snazaroo for twenty years and known as a producer of some of the safest face paints available, he's ready to launch his new company, Ruby Red Face and Body Paints, a line of lanolin- and paraben-free vegan face paint which debuts in February of this year. Don't miss this three part interview as Gary gives face painters the story surrounding his new company and product.
Q: There has been controversy in the face painting world about whether or not to paint children who are under the age of three. How do you feel about this? Will Ruby Red be a face paint which is safe for use on younger children?
Gary: Ruby Red Paints will come with full testing documentation with a child toy safety rating. They can be used on children of any age. You will find the smaller kits state, "Not to be used on children under the age of three without adult supervision because some parts pose a choking hazard." That instruction speaks for itself. However, with adult supervision and some common sense, even younger children can be face painted safely. There are other risks and factors that should be considered. If you have a wiggly two-year-old, he or she might not be of the age or maturity to sit still enough to be painted. If children are wiggly, there is always the risk that the artist might poke them in the eye with the brush. Any child who is willing to stay still during the painting process would be safe to face paint.
One should never attempt to face paint a child that does not want to be painted. Many children under the age of three are more than capable of sitting still for the painting process. The artist is a big part of this. If she talks to the child and tells him what she will be doing beforehand and what she is doing as she paints, it calms the child, and he is more likely to sit still.
Be careful, as all brands are not the same. You can currently go to major party stores to find this is true. On the "made in China" packaging, it will boldly say, "Do not use red, orange, yellow, or purple near the eyes. Do not use blue, green, or purple near the lips. Do not use on children under the age of eight." Be aware of the brand you purchase and the suggested age range for its use. Ruby Red is built on safety. Use it on your children.
Q: With Ruby Red face paint, which is vegan as well as hypoallergenic, you've removed the lanolin and paraben ingredients. What qualities do these ingredients normally add to face paint? How have you compensated for their absence?
Gary: In order to make the vegan claim, we must not use any ingredients in the formulation that come from animals. Many other major face paint brands use lanolin, which comes from sheep. The use of lanolin can increase the risk of an allergic reaction. We removed it and replaced it with non-animal ingredients that allow the face paints to be soft and flexible on the skin.
The industry trend over the last thirty years has also been to remove paraben ingredients as part of the preservative system. With a simple internet search on safety and parabens, you'll find lots of controversy over the use of parabens in cosmetics. Paraben use, particularly for women, has been linked to serious health issues. We removed the paraben ingredients and replaced them with a robust, state-of-the-art preservative system. Because most artists use the same product on multiple children, they really want a good preservative system, which Ruby Red has.
We worked with PHD cosmetic chemists to develop the Ruby Red brand. The term "hypoallergenic" is a marketing term applied to cosmetics. Basically it means that when you use the product as intended, it is highly unlikely that there will be any sign of an allergic reaction. While NO BRAND can claim that it will never cause a reaction, we have literally done every possible thing we can do to minimize any risk. We literally set the new standard for safety in face paints, and that can be seen by the ingredients we use and the steps we have taken to offer a child-safe, family-friendly product.
Q: Tell us about the advantages of Ruby Red. What type of face painting consistency does it have? (For example, is it creamy or thinner?) Is it a wax, glycerine, or other type of base? Some painters turn to powders in humid weather rather than use the creamier face paints. How does Ruby Red stand up to humidity?
Gary: Ruby Red is considered to be a cake form, water-activated product. In other words, when you first buy it, it is a semisolid. If pressed, you can slightly press your finger into the product. In order to use it, you add a few drops of water to the cake with your sponge or brush and mix. With a little mixing, you'll get a nice, creamy mix of color. For the sponge, you can smear the paint on the face for color coverage and then pat with the sponge in order to get a great, opaque base on any complexion. If it's mixed properly with the use of a good artist's brush, you'll get a great line to add detail to your design. In both cases, if applied properly, the paint will dry to the touch in under a minute and can be worn all day.
You can remove the paint with mild soap and water. Our paints are heavy in pigment content and have wax and other binders to hold them together and provide easy application. A small 18ml cake will easily paint over 100 full faces, so it goes a long way. This adds to the value of a painter's purchase.
One cannot get bullet proof and easy-off. Our paints need friction and water for removal. They dry to the touch in a minute, but if a child goes into the hot bouncy house and perspires, the paint will be moisturized, and if the child rubs it, it will smear. Children must be told to not touch their face until it fully dries again. If one is using Ruby Red as theatrical paint under hot lights, he can put a barrier spray over the top. This method allows a person to go into water and not affect the face painting. This is not recommended for children as you need special removers. The bottom line is that Ruby Red is designed for the mom and children to maximize the easy-on, easy-off properties.
Ruby Red Face and Body Paints are scheduled to launch on February 14, 2014. Visit the Ruby Red website to find out more about this innovative face paint, and don't miss the third part of Gary's interview tomorrow.