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The
Guild goes to work
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2010 Annual Symphony Association meeting

Board chair Diana McMillin
addresses the annual meeting of the Lewisville Lake Symphony
Association. Association members, who are the volunteers and donors, elect new board
members at the meeting

The Association Meeting is
combined with the Volunteer Appreciation Gathering. Symphony Guild
President Lyn Cleghorn presents long time volunteer Duane Johnson with an award
also honoring wife Judi Johnson.
Full list of 2010 season awards.
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Duane
and Judi Johnson |
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Leland
Mebine, now 96 years young, is presented with a memento in honor and
remembrance of his late wife Mary Mebine’s service to the Lewisville
Lake Symphony as our president. |
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Steve and Lisa Woodcock are among the volunteers recognized with an
award for their help with the Gala fundraiser |
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The
Igor is given occasionally to somebody who has created a change that has brought
the Symphony to a new level. Pamela Mia Paul and R Neil
Ferguson receive Igor Awards from Ian Cleghorn. (The
award carries
wording inscribed on curved glass and is transparent to the camera.)
Board Chair Diana McMillin watches the awards.

Volunteer of the Year Margaret Nath, the Symphony's house front
manager (3rd from left) with (from the left) Mary Murray, Kathie
Henderson, and Joyce Lange
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Maestro Adron Ming with wife Jeannine and Symphony Guild president Lyn
Cleghorn |
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New Board
member Margaret Wells with husband Byron |
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L to R Carol Bradley, Symphony treasurer
Martha Whitescarver, Carol McCarty and Linda McClellan |
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Every volunteer gets a rose
when they leave the Appreciation Gathering. The Symphony ladies
think it is a great idea. The Symphony guys usually try and escape
without their rose.
Incoming Chair, Nancy Wright,
Ginny Witte, Lyn Cleghorn, Jean Ferguson, and Margaret Nath.
Photos: Top two - Ian Cleghorn. All
others - Margaret Nath |
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Daniel Pearl concert

Dr. Judea
Pearl addresses the audience as Symphony Board Member R Neil Ferguson,
composer Timothy Brown and maestro Adron Ming stand beside him.

House
Manager Margaret Nath and her volunteer team makes sure
tickets get taken, programs handed out, audience numbers are counted and
reserved seating patrons find the right seats.
Very front row:
Kristana Doreck
Second row (L to
R): Kim Doreck, Norm Seigel, Jessica Vo, Fernando
Armendariz, Joshua Nath, Margaret Nath, Katie Weed,
Elizabeth Nath, Maria Luna
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Symphony volunteer MiWon
Brown and husband, composer Timothy Brown with Dr. Pearl after the
concert.

Dr. Pearl poses with the
house team. (L to R) R Neil Ferguson, Jean Ferguson, Dr Pearl, Joshua
Nath, Elizabeth Nath, Katie Weed, Fernando Armendariz, composer Timothy
Brown, Margaret Nath, and Marcus HS Choir Director Jason Dove.
Photos: Margaret Nath
More pictures of the
Daniel Pearl concert
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Return of the Drums

The "Return of the Drums"
concert featured the University of North Texas 2 O-Clock Steel Drum Band

House
Manager Margaret Nath and Guild President Lyn Cleghorn.

Brianna,
daughter of Symphony volunteer Maria Luna, tries her hand at
the steel drums after the concert with some advice from one
of the UNT drummers.
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(L to R) The Symphony's sales
chief, Dave Henderson and marketing chief Ian Cleghorn with wives Lyn
and Kathy at the concert.
Pictures: Margaret Nath
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Pamela Mia Paul and Adron Ming play at
private Symphony fundraiser
A
group of participants at the Gala fundraiser outbid rivals to hear UNT
professor and Symphony Board member Pamela Mia Paul, and Music
Director/Conductor Adron Ming, also a distinguished cellist, perform at
a private gathering.
Photo: Diana McMillin |
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Great music breeds paper

Maestro Adron Ming and Duane Johnson at a monthly Symphony Guild
meeting |
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Lewisville breaks ground for new
Symphony home
A fanfare from Lewisville
Lake Symphony trumpeter Don Burks celebrates the ground breaking for
Lewisville’s new Center for the Creative Arts. Mayor Dean Ueckart, city
officials and children from the LakeCities Ballet and the Actors’
Conservatory Theatre work the shovels.




Architect Milton
Powell
(left) had numerous meetings with Symphony Music Director/Conductor
Adron Ming during the project's development. Said Adron, "the Symphony
had a long list of wishes and all of them found their way into the
plans. Acoustics were at the top of our list and that involves half
science, half art and half luck. Milton is very
focused on creating the right acoustics so our hopes are high."
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Flower
Mound Town Secretary congratulates Lewisville Lake Symphony
Flower Mound’s
Town Secretary Paula Paschal spoke to the audience
at a recent concert
in the Lewisville Lake International Chamber Series.
On
behalf of Mayor Smith, Paschal said she wanted to thank the Symphony
its twenty-five years of providing exciting, top quality
entertainment and enriching the cultural life of the Town and the
region. “The Symphony has a long and beneficial relationship with
the Town,” she said. “I look forward to an even broader role for the
Symphony.”
The
Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce’s Marketing Director Kathy Beahm
also talked to the capacity audience. “As well as bringing us great
music, the Symphony adds economic value to Flower Mound and
surrounding cities,” she said.
“We want to
increase our tax base and this area is in intense competition with
other parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth. Final decisions for locating
businesses and the jobs that come with them are often influenced by
intangible, quality of life factors. The Symphony and its
cooperation with UNT are extremely valuable ingredients in our
story.”
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Guests at Encore! fundraiser enjoy the
Colin Hinton Dixieland Bandits



Volunteers set up the event.
Each balloon represents next season's naming rights to an orchestra
principal's 'chair.' Most 'chairs' are are renewed each year.
Those that remain are sold at the Encore! fundraiser.

Pictures: Ian Cleghorn
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2009 Family Popcorn concert pulls
record audience


The 2009 Popcorn pulled an all-time record
audience of over 650 kids, moms, dads, grandparents and friends.
Volunteers run the Popcorn petting
zoo.

Volunteer Steve Woodcock with trombone prospect

Volunteer Mary Murray with nascent Benny Goodman

Symphony Board Chair Nancy Wright and one time
flutist in the orchestra demonstrates her instrument.

Dave and Avis Truesdell wait to help with the
clean-up
Pictures: Ian Cleghorn
 

Concertgoers try their hands at building
instruments
Pictures: Diana
McMillin
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Symphony Competition winners make Carnegie
Hall
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Texas
Senate Resolution #58 commends Symphony on its 25 year legacy of
professionalism and artistic excellence.
The resolution is signed by Lieutenant
Governor and Senate President David Dewhurst, Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw and Senate Member Jane Nelson.
A Texas House Resolution presented by
Representative Tan Parker recognizes the Symphony's work with
the community and cooperation with the University of North
Texas.
 
Lt. governor
Dewhurst, Sen. Nelson, Rep Parker
More
on Senate Resolution
More
on House Resolution
State Senator Jane Nelson recognizes
Symphony's focus on maintaining good stewardship of taxpayer and
grant money
Senator's letter to
Symphony Board Chair Nancy Wright
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2009 Vernell Gregg Young
Artists' Competition winners perform with the Symphony
Laura Liu (left) and Annie Zhu pictured with Board
Member Bill Leggett and Maestro Adron Ming.
Bill and his wife Pat generously provide the $1,200
Letitia Goodman Memorial Scholarship awarded to the Competition winners
Pic: Ian Cleghorn
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Symphony sets a record at The Great Music Gala
fundraiser
The
Lewisville Lake Symphony came out of its major annual fundraiser,
The Great Music Gala, with 36% more money than the previous year.
Symphony Board Chair Nancy Wright said that the volunteers who
planned the event had considerable trepidation about the outcome,
given the economic environment, and were very happy with the result.
Said Wright, “it means we can complete our season without any
compromises and I’m so grateful for the support the Symphony gets
from our community.”
“Our
Honorary Chair for the event, Jeff Wittington, producer of Think on
KERA, defined the need for a thriving arts environment in good times
and bad,” said Wright, “and the participants responded.“
Pix: Ian Cleghorn
Honorary Chair for the
Gala, Jeff Wittington, producer of KERA's Think and Anything You Ever
Wanted to Know
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Lewisville Mayor proclaims
'Symphony Day'
At this season's opening concert, Lewisville Mayor Gene
Carey presents Board Chair Nancy Wright with a proclamation declaring
the event took place on the City's 'Symphony Day.'
"The Lewisville Lake Symphony," said the Mayor, "has
grown into one of the finest regional orchestras in Texas featuring
highly talented musicians."
"The orchestra," he added, "is a key contributor to the
quality of life for area residents."
Pic: Ian Cleghorn
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Texas town makes Canadian
pianist honorary citizen
The Chilliwack Times,
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
(Chilliwack
is about 60 miles east of Vancouver in the beautiful Fraser Valley)
Chilliwack
pianist Janice Fehlauer has been named an honorary citizen of a town in
Texas.
At the
Oct. 4 International Chamber Series performance,
Fehlauer, who hails from Chilliwack was made an honorary citizen of the
Town of Flower Mound in Texas. The town is located between Dallas and
the university town of Denton. The Chamber Series is operated by the
Lewisville Lake Symphony in cooperation with the University of North
Texas.
David Henderson, a Town resident and a member of its transportation
commission made the presentation.
"Flower
Mound asks for citizen participation in various boards and commissions
as volunteers," said Henderson. "It's a good way for us citizens to help
our elected officials to stay focused on what is important.
"Tonight
our mayor has reversed the process and asked me to represent her, and
our community. Mayor Jody Smith wanted to be here, but could not. She is
a committed enthusiast for the arts and a staunch supporter of the
Symphony and its programs.
"The mayor
and our community wish to congratulate the Lewisville Lake Symphony on
providing Flower Mound, Lewisville, Highland Village, and the North
Texas region, with 25 years of great music. The Symphony has rightly
gained a reputation as one of the most respected regional orchestras in
Texas.
"Congratulations are also given for the Symphony's five years of
cooperation with the University of North Texas in bringing the
International Chamber Series to Flower Mound."
In
presenting the Proclamation, Henderson said: "To help celebrate those
five years the mayor wishes to make tonight's performer, Janice
Fehlauer, a real Symphony favorite, an honorary citizen of Flower Mound,
Texas in recognition of her talents and as a representative of all the
other artists from Europe, Asia, and the Americas, who have performed in
this International series."
© Chilliwack Times 2008

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Classic
Exchange
Maestro Adron Ming conducted the Taipei
Sunshine Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan in April 2008.
Maestro Aikuang Sun from Taipei
conducted the Lewisville Lake Symphony in the previous September.
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Maestro Adron Ming conducts a master class in
Taiwan

Adron gives a master class in conducting at Taipei
Normal University...

...and rehearses the Taipei Sunshine Symphony
Orchestra
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Lewisville Lake Symphony Young Artists' Competition honors LISD
Trustee Vernell Gregg

Vernell Gregg (right) celebrates with
violinists Nicolette Kocsardy and Jason Wu, previous winners of the
Young Artists’ Competition, newly named in her honor.
Lewisville Lake Symphony proudly
announced that its annual Young Artists’ Competition has been named in
honor of Vernell Gregg, a LISD School Board Trustee and former
language-arts teacher for the Lewisville Independent School system. Ms.
Gregg, a long-time volunteer for the Symphony, founded the prestigious
music competition in 1999 to highlight young classical talent in Texas
and from surrounding areas.
“Vernell has a passion for finding
ways to inspire young people,” says Nancy Wright, chair of the
Lewisville Lake Symphony Association. “Vernell recognized the
tremendous opportunity to motivate young musicians, worked diligently to
establish the competition, and in so doing, created a larger role for
the Symphony in our community.” More
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Volunteers take a trip to the opera
Some
of the Symphony volunteers recently attended the UNT Opera's 'Roméo and
Juliette.' by Gounod at the university's Murchison Performing Arts
Center.
Top: L to
R Lee Culvert, Kathleen Schmidt, Guild President Lyn Cleghorn
Bottom:
Board Chair Nancy Wright with Dr John Green who writes the program notes for the
Symphony.

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The Symphony goes multi-lingual to
promote International Series recital


Ian Cleghorn, who handles the Symphony's marketing with Korean artists from UNT, Su-Hyun Choi, flute, Kevin Park, tenor, Christina Kim, piano
and Sihyung Kim, violin.
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Mayor
Carey presents City key to guest conductor Aikuang Sun
The Mayor of
Lewisville, Gene Carey, presents a ceremonial key to the city to maestro
Aikung Sun, the guest conductor at the Lewisville Lake Symphony’s first
concert of its 24th season.
The mayor said he gave out a key on rare
occasions. The Lewisville Lake Symphony is one of the city’s most
valuable assets, he said, and when a guest conductor flies across the
Pacific to conduct the orchestra, the city is greatly honored.
The Symphony’s own Music
Director/Conductor Adron Ming will shortly fly through 13 times zones to
conduct Dr. Sun’s home orchestra in
Taipei, Republic
of China.
Said maestro Sun at a dinner with Symphony
Guild members after the concert, “I’m overwhelmed by the kindness shown
by everybody here in Texas.
This has been a wonderful trip back to an area I loved when I was a
student here.”
Dr. Sun received her doctoral degree in
conducting from the University
of North Texas and is now Associate Professor of
Orchestra Conducting at the National Taiwan
Normal University
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Volunteers go to Sulfur Springs, Texas, to hear Nikita Fitenko

Nitika
Fitenko is a long time favorite of the Symphony and has performed in
both the Symphony Series and the International Series. He recently
gave a concert for students in the Sulfur Springs ISD and some
volunteers decided to drive down to hear the concert. They did what every
Sulfur Springs visitor does and got themselves
photographed in front of the town's major landmark.
L to R
Nikita Fitenko, a member of the Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bakenhus,
the conductor, LLSO volunteers Nancy Wright and Peggy Atkerson.
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