COMARA News Feb 17, 2010

Send Checks NOW for Strathmore Concert

The deadline for tickets for the Strathmore Concert is this week.
Only 40% of the available tickets are sold at this point.
Jack Hannon has to release any remaining unsold tickets back to 
Strathmore within a few days. 

Mail your check for $39.20 per seat, payable to COMARA, with "Concert" 
on the Memo Line, to 
COMARA, P.O. Box 34594, Bethesda, Md. 20827 
by Feb 22, 2010.

When you mail your tickets, please send an email so Tom Kirkendall will
know your check is on the way. (Reply to this email or send your email
to treasurer@comara.org)

You can see the full details of the concert announcement at:
http://www.comara.org/social/strathmore2010.htm

COMARA Night at Strathmore - March 20, 2010 - 8pm
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Chee-Yun, violin

Enjoy the passionate music of the great romantic German composer J
ohannes Brahms. Chee-Yun plays the riveting Violin Concerto (the 
original manuscript of which resides at the Library of Congress), 
created for the composer's recital partner and friend, Joseph Joachim. 
The pastoral Symphony No. 2, composed during Brahms's trip to the 
Austrian Alps, concludes the program.

    * BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5
    * BRAHMS Violin Concerto with Chee-Yun
    * BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

COMARA will have the use of the wonderful VIP Lounge just off the 
concert hall. Free parking at the Grosvenor metro station. 

Questions? Call Jack Hannon at 703-356-2181.
 
Jack Hannon has done a lot of work planning this concert event. At this 
point, he is wondering if there is sufficient interest to plan any
future concerts. (He refers to a tepid response.)

Joe Pelton's answer to Jack is: 
"Dear Jack: I don't think it is a tepid response, but simply people 
waiting to make sure they don't have a conflict and not wanting to make 
a commitment before the deadline. In short I think that the e-mail has 
to make it clear that the money and reservation has to be mailed by 
Feb. 22 or we will have to give back the tickets. In short I think it is 
procrastination rather than a lack of interest. "

If you are interested in this and future concerts, get your check in the
mail. Joe is probably right about the procrastinators. By the time of the
concert - all of the white piles on the ground will be just a memory, and
Spring will be all around us. Join us for a fun evening.
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COMARA - PO Box 34594 - Bethesda, MD 20827
Website: www.comara.org/