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CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OPERA LEAGUE
Newsletter and Membership Application August 31, 2009
Central Oklahoma Opera League, COOL, is gearing up for a great opera season! We have a mission to promote attendance and support opera in the central Oklahoma area by: Hosting previews of Tulsa Opera, OCU, and UCO opera productions Providing local university opera students the opportunity to attend professional opera performances Providing local secondary students the opportunity to attend performances given by the local universities . OCU and UCO Providing a lending library of opera DVD's Sponsoring a website with links to opera information and news from around the world. Our season begins with Tulsa Opera's preview of Lucia de Lammermoor, scheduled for Sunday, September 13th. Please mark your calendars; you won't want to miss the excepts from this exciting and well-loved opera. All previews start at 3:00 p.m. and, and will be held in the Parish Hall of All Souls' Episcopal Church, located on the Northeast corner of N.W. 63rd Street and Pennsylvania, In Nichols Hills. Enter the building at the South entrance under the portico. All our 2009-2010 preview dates are as follows:
September 13, 2009 Lucia di Lammermoor Tulsa Opera November 1, 2009 A Royal Evening(English Opera) UCO November 15. 2009 Die Fledermaus OCU January 31, 2010 Rigolletto & Don Quichotte Tulsa Opera February 21, 2010 Don Giovanni OCU April 11, 2010 The Toy Shop & Little Red Riding Hood UCO
These dates are also listed on the COOL website, www.okcopera.org. Our site has links to opera websites from all over the world. Also on our website is a listing of the DVD's available from our library. The DVD's are free of charge to members of COOL. To check out a DVD, contact our librarian, Karen Hirsch 202-9989, khirsch232@yahoo.com. DVD's are also available at the previews. When you have finished viewing the DVD, quickly we hope, return it to Anna in the prepaid return mailer. This is a great way to see these well-loved operas in the comfort and convenience of your own home.
COOL sponsors a bus to the Tulsa Opera Sunday matinee performances. We leave at 10:30 a.m. from the Northwest parking lot of Penn Square Mall. Even though there has been an enormous increase in fuel costs, we have not increased the bus fare this year. Please join us for a leisurely, stress-free trip to Tulsa. The matinee dates are:
October 18, 2009 Lucia de Lammermoor March 7, 2010 Rigoletto April 25, 2010 Don Quichotte
We invite you to join us for this exciting upcoming season. Tax deductible membership dues of only $20.00 per year, single, or $35.00 per family, help cover the cost of administration, mailings, previews, website and our DVD library. We also encourage you to make an additional, tax-deductible, contribution to COOL, to enable us to provide students with tickets and transportation to opera performances.
A bus subscription for all three round trips to Tulsa Opera is only $80.00. A single round trip bus fare is $35.00. We have enclosed a membership application and remittance form with this newsletter. To purchase tickets for Tulsa Opera (not included in the bus fare), call (866) 298-2530(toll-free).
If you have any questions or comments, please contact on of the following Cool Officers:
John Ryan, President, 840-9356, jryan111@cox.net Karen Hirsch, Vice President, 202-9989, khirsch232@yahoo.com Anna Eddings, Secretary, 329-8195, aeddings@ou.edu Carol Soule', Treasurer, 842-5357, cssoule@sbcglobal.net Dody Turk, Bus Chairman, 755-4669, djturk@sbcgloval.net
Please reserve this season's dates on your schedule. We look forward to seeing you on September 13th for the preview of Lucia di Lammermoor. Come and bring a guest.
Should you wish to be removed from our mailing or email list, or if there are changes to your address or e-mail, please contact Anna Eddings, 329-8195, aeddings@ou.edu.
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