February 2005 Newsletter

Triangle Recorder Society

Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina

A Chapter of the American Recorder Society

February playing meeting

Sunday, February 20

Westminster Presbyterian Church

The meeting will be led by Patricia Petersen. Novice players are always welcome! Doug Young will bring special treats for our growing group of budding recorderists. Less advanced players should look especially at pp. 14-15 in our anthology. If you need an anthology, call or e-mail Pat, 683-9672, patpetersen ***@earthlink.net; we have just a few copies left. Meeting fees are $5 for members, $7 for non-members (first time free for newcomers).

Location and Directions

We will be meeting 2:30-5 pm in the gracious music room of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham.  It is located at 3639 Old Chapel Hill Road, on the corner of Shannon Drive.

From Raleigh, take I-40 to the 15-501 exit; turn right onto 15-501, towards Durham. When the road divides, keep left (Business 15-501). About 2 1/2 miles from I-40, just past South Square Shopping Center, turn right onto Shannon (the 5th light from I-40; Office Depot will be on your right); it will dead end at Old Chapel Hill Road. Cross Old Chapel Hill Road to go directly into the church driveway. Go to the Music Room, on the 2nd floor of the Education Building (the middle building).

From Chapel Hill. take 15-501 towards Durham, and see directions above to Westminster Presbyterian.

Take a tour of Europe!

 
 
 Join us for a fabulous workshop,
 
 The Grand Tour- 

Spring Recorder Workshop

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Carolina Friends School, Durham

Our theme is “Grand Tour of Europe"

  See the enclosed brochure
 or visit our web site 
 for more information:
 
 http://trianglerecorder.org 

Refreshments

Thanks to all for bringing goodies to the December meeting at Carol Woods--it was wonderful. Cindy did a beautiful job on the refreshment table. Thanks to Margaret for bringing cider and cookies to our January meeting. We had a nice small group at our January 9 playing session.

Inclement weather cancellations

If bad weather causes the meeting to be cancelled, WUNC-FM (at 91.5) will be notified. Cindy (919-851-1080) and Pat (919-683-9672) will also be standing by the phone, if anyone needs to contact them.

TRS Music Library

To expand your horizons, check out a selection from the TRS Music Library. The catalog is available at our website,

http://trianglerecorder.org/library.htm

Our chapter library now lives in Raleigh. Many thanks to Mike Mendelsohn, who tended it well, and to Philip Stiles, who now houses it. If there’s something you’d like to borrow for a while, contact Phil at 782-0588, stileser **@aol.com .

Calendar

February 20 (Sunday)	2:30 – 5:00 pm	Triangle Recorder Society meets at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham.
February 15		Deadline for early registration for the workshop in March (Refer to the flyer included with this month’s newsletter.)
March 12 (Saturday)	9:00 – 5:00	Triangle Recorder Society Early Music Workshop, “The Grand Tour”
April 17	2:30 – 5:00 pm	Triangle Recorder Society meeting at Carol Woods
May 15	2:30 – 5:00 pm	TRS Spring Recital at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham

New Web Site:

http://trianglerecorder.org

The Triangle Recorder Society has a new and expanded web page. Please visit and use it! If you have suggestions or feedback, please e-mail Dana Deaton- webmaster@trianglerecorder.com.

Newsletters, events, workshop information, links and other resources will be posted on the web page.

A big thanks to Darla Sublette for her work on the previous version of the web page! It will remain online until links have been updated.

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