Guild Features "Coffee and Classics"

MAY 21, 2010

GUILD FEATURES "COFFEE AND CLASSICS"

The Creative Arts Guild will feature a talented trio for a special evening of classical music to include selections from Johannes Brahms, Lennox Berkeley and Andrea Morricone. Performing will be Paula Pasqua on violin, Ann Almond Pope on piano and Christine Pope on horn. "Coffee and Classics" will be held Friday, May 21st. Admission is $10.00 per person and includes a variety of desserts and coffees.

Ballet Dalton PRESENTS MOVIE MAGIC

Senior Company Dancers pictured are…

Front row left to right:  Maddie Lowery,  Courtney Lewis

Second row left to right:  Emily Lawson, Paige Finley, Virginia Leigh Lawson, Anna Kate Sprites, Abby Earle

Third row left to right:  Lindsey Smith, Allie Mullins

Fourth row left to right:  Chelsea Pope, Malorie Noles, Bernadette Valleriano, Rosalyn Zock

Fifth row left to right:  Lizzie Baker, Laureane Urbain, Emily O’Brien

Junior Company dancers pictured are…

Front row left to right:  Reagan Smith, Madeline Hughes, Meg Price

Middle row:  Gracie Watkins, Alejandra Lopez, Katie Johnson, Caroline Lawson

Back row:  Tess Shaheen, McKinley Hopkins, Rachel Carlson

The Creative Arts Guild and Ballet Dalton will be presenting their annual spring dance concert Movie Magic at the Dalton High School Theater on Friday, May 7^th at 7:00 p.m. which will include Ballet Dalton, the Guild Dance Ensemble and Intermediate 3’s and 4’s.  The school recital on Saturday, May 8^th at 2:00 p.m. will include the entire dance school.

The dance faculty, Jessie Bonanno, Elizabeth Fisher, and Ali Donahue will be presenting their choreography during both shows.  Dance Director Jessie Bonanno states, “The theme Movie Magic gave us the opportunity to tap into a host of well known and familiar songs.  Every audience member can relate to this show!”  Guest choreographers who participated in this production are Michael Hollier from Louisiana and Lonnie Davis from Atlanta.

Participating dance students are Lilli Sharp, Daisy Hocker, Hope Hambrock, Saige Elrod, MyLinh Carroll, Zoe West, Lacey Allen, Ava Mar, Heidi Shults, Haley Shults, Bridgette Llewallyn, Makray Lents, Riley Bonanno, Deanna Bates, Macie Elrod, Esme Miller, Maslin Miller, Natalie Koop, Sarah Jaconetti, Bethany Southerland, Jennifer Wu, Andrea Arriola, Sophie Sirmans, Andrea Vasquez, Elle Shirah, Zadie French, Adnyra Edris, Charlotte Edwards, Audrey Webb, Caitlyn Bates, Alex Defalco, Brenn Boyd, Holly Potts, Shivani Makadia, Katie Clement, Bella Blankenbaker, Citlally Garcia, Emily Wu, Aubrey White, Julianne Staten, Surbhi Bhatter, McKenzie Morgan, Carly Clement, Caroline Webb, Hope Shults, Pierson Brown, Abby Crossen, Chloe Sirmans, Hillary Dong, Hope Choi, Bronte Rosenbluh, Avery Lusk, Ann Marie Miller, Jessica Jaconetti, Sadie Hoy, Margaret Coles, Sloan Hungerpiller, Tatum McMullen,

Reagan Smith, Madeline Hughes, Gracie Watkins, Kari Stinson, Sally Bates, Jessica Hester, Joy Choi, Larisa Mendosa, Abby Earle, Meg Price, Anna Kate Sprites, Rachel Carlson, Courtney Lewis, Katie Johnson, Tess Shaheen, McKinley Hopkins, Caroline Lawson, Maddie Lowery, Alejandra Lopez, Lizzie Baker, Emily O’Brien, Bernadette Valleriano, Chelsea Pope, Paige Finley, Laureane Urbain, Emily Lawson, Malorie Noles, Heather Kimsey, Virginia Leigh Lawson, Lindsey Smith, Allie Mullins and Rosalyn Zock.

Tickets for the Friday evening concert are $12 for adults and $8 for students and senior citizens. Tickets may be purchased now at the Creative Arts Guild and remaining tickets will be available at the door the night of the show.  The Saturday afternoon recital is free and open to the public.  Please call the Creative Arts Guild for more information at 706-278-0168 or visit the Guild’s website at www.creativeartsguild.org.

The Creative Arts Guild welcomes the Roman Festival Brass for a free outdoor concert featuring swing and light jazz on Sunday, May 2^nd at 3:00 p.m. Attendees are welcome to bring picnics and beverages while enjoying a relaxing afternoon on the concourse of the Guild.

Roman Festival Brass was founded in 2000 in Rome, Georgia, to create an opportunity for outstanding brass players in the Northwest Georgia area to study and perform brass band literature.

They were selected to perform at the Great American Brass Band Festival in Danville, Kentucky and at the Salute to American Armed Forces in Big Canoe, Georgia. The band has competed at the North American Brass Band Finals Competition in Indiana.

The orchestra has performed in Dalton at First Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church, Wink Theatre and the Liberty Tree Festival. The 20 plus band members are conducted by Dalton native Don Robinson.

Selections for the concert include: “Georgia On My Mind” by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, by Cole Porter, “Mack The Knife”, by Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht, ‘Sing, Sing, Sing”, by Louis Prima and “Take Five” by Paul Desmond.

Admission to the concert is free, but donations are welcome. Tables and chairs will be set up on the concourse for attendees. Concessions will be available. For more information, contact Creative Arts Guild Music Director Lisa Elders at 706-259-1822 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit creativeartsguild.org.

Guild honors Bernice Spigel with exhibit

The Creative Arts Guild will host an exhibit of the works by and the collection of Bernice Spigel, the Guild’s first paid director and longtime art patron, scheduled to open Monday, April 19^th. The exhibit represents more than five decades of collecting and creating art. An opening reception will be held on May 7^th (First Friday) in the Guild’s main gallery on Waugh Street in Dalton.

The exhibit features eighty-five art works of which thirty are original works by Ms. Spigel. Included in the show are pieces by Winslow Crannell, Bjorn Wiinblad, George Cress, Roderick Slater, Jacob Jones and Anton Weiss. Guild Director Terry Tomasello states, “As we began to assemble the show we were pleasantly surprised by the eclectic nature. There is everything from paintings to etchings to collage work in the exhibit. One can’t help but enjoy the show whether they personally knew Bernice or not. It is a wonderful tribute to her and we are honored to house the exhibit.”

With this exhibit, which spans decades, patrons will see works that reflect Ms. Spigel’s years in New York and Chicago where she worked in advertising,  works purchased and gifted to her through her long association with the Creative Arts Guild and collected art from years of traveling the globe. Guild Gallery Director Bradley Wilson says, “It’s clear that Bernice appreciated a variety of art forms and media. This collection is culturally and stylistically diverse as well as rich in subject matter.”

After her death in December 2009, Ms. Spigel’s son Jon approached Ms. Tomasello with advice on what to do with so much art work. Together they came up with the idea of the exhibit. Mr. Spigel shared that he is thrilled and excited to see his mother’s work at the Guild and is looking forward to sharing an evening with patrons and friends in celebration of her life in the arts and in Dalton. States Mr. Spigel, “This is like coming home. I grew up at the Guild and am so grateful to see my mother’s collection and art in a place she loved so dearly.”

The works and collection of Bernice Spigel opens on Monday, April 19^th at 9:00 a.m. and closes on May 21^st at 4:00 p.m. An opening reception provided by the Guild and Mr. and Mrs. Jon Spigel will be held on Friday May 7^th beginning at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

For additional information please call the Guild at 706-278-0168 or visit www.creativeartsguild.org.