Page 11-THE NEWS-April, 1986
A Note From JACKIE
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By Jackie Fishman
Adult Program Coordinator
Here we go! After a long,
long, wait, the curtain is about
to go up! The Jewish Com
munity Center is scheduled to
move into our new quarters
^ during the first week of May
and our schedule of events and
activities is quickly gearing
up.
The first three Thursday
evenings in April will bring
you the Joint Adult In
stitute’s “Passover Package,”
a series of workshops to help
you prepare for Pesach. See ar
ticle on page 15 for details.
The Charlotte Opera’s Af
filiate Artists program will
present soprano Melanie
Helton on Sunday, April 27 for
the JCC membership and their
guests. This very special “In-
formance” involves audience
members in an informal ex
ploration of opera and what
makes an artist tick.
Sunday, May 18 is, of
course, the big day! Opening
ceremonies for the Jewish
Education and Community
Center, Shalom Park, will
begin at 2 p.m. At 2:30 p.m,
JCC staff and instructors will
be on hand to give you a taste
of the wide variety of ac
tivities you’ll have to choose
from in the coming months.
From mid-May through early
June, watch for special “Try
Us!” sessions from Jerry
Helms, life Master with the
American Contract Bridge
League, who’ll be teaching and
running bridge games at the
“J”; Pat Siderman, who will
introduce you to our fabulous
new ceramics studio; Suzy
Amsdorff and her Body Recall
classes: gentle exercises for
those of us who aren’t ready to
run a marathon; Dustin Peck,
who’ll introduce you to
everything you ever wanted to
know about 35mm photo
graphy but were afraid to ask;
Jennifer Pro we, an artist who
can help you create a basket
that’s a true work of art; ballet
mistress Claudia Folts and
modern dance teacher David
Heustess, who will proudly
show off our spectacular dance
studio; Nancy Van Fossen and
Ann Steever of “Get Organiz
ed,” who can help you
straighten out your hall closet
or straighten out your life.
In addition to the public
afternoon festivities, the JCC
will host a celebration of Yom
Ha’atzmaot, Israeli Indepen
dence Day, at 7 p.m. in the
auditorium of our new home,
the JECC. We’ll have music,
dance, poetry and a “nosh” to
mark the holiday and to
welcome our membership to
progreunming at the J.
To further mark the 38th an
niversary of the State of
Israel, the J is very proud to
present Mr. Yosef Yaakov,
Consul General from the
Israeli Embassy in Washing
ton, D.C., who will speak to
the community on Thursday
evening. May 21, at 7:30 p.m.
in the JECC auditorium.
Late May and early June
will bring another mini
institute from the Joint Adult
Institute, “More Celebrations
— The History and Ritual of
Summer Holidays.”
As you can see, our goal is
to have something for
everyone and you are the most
important person in our plans.
You are the one who can make
it happen! Please join us for a
free class session or attend a
lecture or workshop. Find out
what’s going on in your new J.
Let us know what your reac
tions, feedback and sugges
tions are regarding our pro
grams. This is just the begin
ning! Plans are already in the
works for fall classes, special
events, celebrations and
study. We hope you’re going
to be as excited as we are. If
you haven’t already joined the
new J, then do it today!
Opera Comes To The
The Charlotte Jewish Com
munity Center is proud to an
nounce a very special “Infor-
mance” with Melanie Helton,
soprano, on Sunday, April 27,
7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El’s
FeUowship Hall. Admission is
$2 for adults and $1 for
children and seniors, payable
at the door. The program will
last approximately one hour.
Refreshments will be served
following the performance.
Ms. Helton has sung leading
roles with the Arkansas Opera
Theatre (Despina in Cosi Fan
T\itte), the Washington Opera
at Kennedy Center (Clorinda
in La Cenerentola) and the San
Francisco Opera Center
(01)anpia in Tales of Hoffman).
With the Houston Grand
Opera, she sang in the world
premiere of Leonard Bern
stein’s A Quiet Place, at the
composer’s request. In spring
1984 she won critical acclaim
when she appeared with the
Tulsa Opera as Mabel in The
Pirates of Penzance on 48
hours notice. Summer of 1984
found Ms. Helton returning to
the Santa Fe Opera for perfor
mances as Anna in Strauss’
Intermezzo and The First
Lady in The Magic Flute.
Highlights of the 1984-85
season include performances
as Clorinda in La Cenerentola
with the Baltimore Opera and
as Musetta in La Scheme with
Opera Columbus.
A native of Cincinnati,
Helton graduated with honors
in voice from the Indiana
University School of Music.
The “Informance” is an in
formal, entertaining and flex
ible performance that brings
the artist to a wide range of
settings in the conmiunity.
The goal is to reach and in
volve audience members in the
artist’s enthusiasm for his/her
‘*High notes and offbeat
charm have characteriz
ed Ms, HeIton*s career
— from the zaniness of
her wicked stepsister in
Washington Opera's LA
CENERENTOLA to the
'deadpan vivacity' of
her mechanical doll in
San Francisco Opera
Center's TALES OF
HOFFMANN — San
Francisco Chronicle
art. Alternating selections
from the artist’s repetoire with
comments and anecdotes
about his/her life, career and
craft, the artist reveals who
he/she is, what tie/she does and
why. Audience members are
encouraged to partic^te with
questions and remarks. The
IMelanie Hilton
rapport which develops bet
ween an artist and the au
dience — a rapport bom of the
immediacy inherent in an “In
formance” — has made the
program a distinctive one-of-a-
kind venture in promoting
both performing artists and
performing arts.
The Charlotte Opera
Association presents Ms.
Helton through the Aetna Af
filiate Artists program, which
is sponsored by Aetna Life
and Casualty Foundation with
additional assistance from the
National Endowment for the
Arts.
Swimmer Insurance Agency, Inc.
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