Seattle Opera Guild Events

Seattle Opera Guild Annual Meeting and Luncheon
Location: Seattle Tennis Club

Date and Time: Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
No host cocktails at 11:00 a.m. followed by lunch at noon.
Reservation Deadline: June 4.
Entertainment featuring Laurie Geyer, Soprano and Ryan Bede, Baritone
Cost: $50

Homes and Gardens Tour
Location: Capitol Hill Neighborhood

Tours of eight unique homes/gardens within walking distance will be given by the Seattle Opera Guild. The event will benefit Seattle Opera. The tour will also feature tours and refreshments at the Volunteer Park Conservatory, a tour of volunteer Park by “Friends of Olmsted Parks” and pot planting demonstrations by Wells-Medina Nursery. More information can be obtained at: 206-232-8723 (Barbara Howell) or 425-402-3654 (Marcia McKelvy)

Date and Time: Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Admission: Tickets ($30, tax deductible) are available at the the Conservatory at Volunteer Park, Wells-Medina Nursery in Bellevue, City Peoples (Sandpoint and Madison Valley), Swanson’s Nursery, Flowers on 15th, Ravenna Gardens, Magnolia Garden Center, Bellevue Nursery, and Best Buds in Madison Park.

Preview Group Calendar of Events

Events for I Puritani:

PLEASE NOTE: Host phone numbers are provided for last minute driving instructions. Please call listed information contact for all other inquiries. Non-members are encouraged to call the listed information contact for further information about preview groups, including preview locations.

ALLEGRO and VALLEY
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Host: Susan Moen
* Phone: 206.722.5682
Member Arrival: 2:30 p.m. (Fundraiser)
Preview: 3:30 p.m.
Information: Sherry Lundgren, 253.854.2271

AMICI DELL’OPERA
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Host: Elliot and Christine Walters
* Phone: 206.525.6108
Member Arrival: 5:30 p.m. (Fundraiser)
Preview: 7:00 p.m.
Information: Carol Veatch, 206.523.8673
Sanford Leffler, 206.522.8518

BEL CANTO-ENCORE
Friday, April 18, 2008
Host: Eastgate Congregational Church
* Phone: 425.746.2411
Member Arrival: 10:00 a.m.
Preview: 11:00 a.m.
Information: Nancy Tsu, 425.747.1125
Ellen Peterson, 206.282.0488

BELLINI Reservations Required)
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Host: Parkshore
* Phone: 206.720.8341
Member Arrival: 3:00 p.m. (Dinner)
Preview: 5:00 p.m. (Followed by Dessert)
Information: Marlene Holbrook, 360.668.3021
Reservations Only: Ann Milam, 206.324.6060

LAKESIDE
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Host: Joan Gerdes
* Phone: 206.232.7584
Member Arrival: 1:00 p.m.
Preview: 1:30 p.m.
Information: Peggy O’Brien-Murphy, 206.322.1234
Patricia Griswold, 206.322.8014

MAGNOLIA/QUEEN ANNE
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Host: Selected Members
* Phone: 206.256.1634
Member Arrival: 6:30 p.m.
Preview: 8:00 p.m.
Information: Van Johnson, 206.283.6331
Florence Rose Thompson, 206.285.6510

MERCER ISLAND
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Host: Bill and Sandy Dunn
* Phone: 206.236.9962
Member Arrival: 7:00 p.m. (Pot Luck)
Preview: 8:00 p.m.
Information: Bill Dunn, 206.236.9962
Agi Day, 206.232.6510

PARTIES AND PREVIEWS (Reservations Required)
Friday, April 25, 2008
Host: Allen and Virginia Senear
* Phone: 425.454.5883
Member Arrival and Social Hour: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
Preview: 8:30 p.m.
Information: Dick McGrath, 206.310.0474 (Also for reservations)
Dick Engstrom, 425-417-7165

VALLEY and ALLEGRO
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Host: Susan Moen
* Phone: 206.722.5682
Member Arrival: 2:30 p.m. (Fundraiser)
Preview: 3:30 p.m.
Information: Sherry Lundgren, 253.854.2271

VIVACE
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Host: Donn Talenti and Julian Patrick
*Phone: 425.357.9069
Member Arrival: 4:00 p.m (Fundraiser)
Preview: 5:30 p.m. (Followed by Dessert)
Information: Betty Lou McGowan, 206.362.7529
John Carlson, 206.363.3045

WEST SEATTLE
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Host: The Kenney Home
* Phone: 206.937.2800
Member Arrival: 6:30 p.m.
Preview: 7:00 p.m.
Hors d’oeuvres and Desserts
Information: Suzanne Kellar, 206.937.9550 or
Mary Anne Schmitt, 206.937.5897

* Host phone numbers are provided for last minute driving instruct ions. Please call listed information contact for all other inquiries.

DRESS REHEARSAL
Information: Betty Lou McGowan 206-362-7529

Guild members are welcome to attend