Article published February 03, 2005
Visiting musicians honored at reception
Fantastic Lebanese fare was served family-style for a party of nearly 130 Toledo Symphony folks at the Beirut restaurant Friday. The reception, generously hosted by longtime community philanthropist Dorothy Price, was in honor of the 77 members of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra who performed at the Peristyle that night.
Nearly a dozen Toledo Symphony musicians mingled with the Lahti members before the performance. From the moment Mrs. Price heard the orchestra was coming to Toledo, she played ambassador and wanted to make the musicians’ visit to Toledo memorable. In addition to the dinner, they received an array of souvenirs, including Toledo Symphony CDs.
Among the guests at the reception were Maestro Osmo Vanska and his wife, Pirkko Vanska. Mr. Vanska was recently voted Conductor of the Year by Musical America magazine.
Maestro Osmo Vanska, left, and his wife, Pirkko Vanska, got a warm welcome in Toledo last weekend.
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Mayor Jack Ford, there with his wife, Cynthia, and daughter, Jacqueline, presented the Key to the City to the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Vanska. Mrs. Ford was especially excited to be there because she had lived in Finland for a time as a child with her father, John H. Holmes, who taught at Bowling Green State University and also was a consultant at the Finnish university Turun Kauppakorkeakoulu in Turku, Finland. She spoke a few Finnish phrases including hello, good-bye, and thank you, to the delight of the Lahti members, who were fluent in English.
Also seen were Bob Bell, Dick and Fran Anderson, Marna Ramnath, Greg Kostraba, and Ernest Weaver and Althea Kaul.
After the moving performance, chatter was about the concert and how the audience started applauding as the musicians entered the stage, before they played a note. The evening ended with an ovation, and the Lahti orchestra complied with an encore.
TABLES COVERED in money-green and centered with mounds of gold coins, white-covered chairs tied with gold bows, and money trees glittering with gold coins — that was the scene for the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce annual dinner dance/meeting, “Wall Street Meets Main Street,” Saturday in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union at Bowling Green State University. Street signs labeled Wall Street and Main Street created intersections that flanked the entrance. The evening started with a social hour and delightful dinner with hard-to-be-healthy desserts, including the BGSU Union’s famous coconut cream pie and other delights. Some of the desserts were consumed before dinner by those whose willpower wavered. Hmm, will it be salad or dessert? Those in the know made the right choice.
Kathy Wenig, new president of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, with her husband, Gordon Wenig.
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Seen were Kathy Wenig, new president of the chamber of commerce, and her husband, Gordon.
Special recognition was given to Barbara Rothrocki of the Calico Sage and Thyme shop and Roger Anderson, formerly of the BGSU political science department. They were presented with outstanding-citizen awards.
Also honored was community volunteer Earlene Kilpatrick, head of Main Street BG, which promotes downtown Bowling Green.
After the program, the 350 guests had a chance to burn a few calories as they danced the rest of the night away.
VALENTINE’S DAY is near, and for those who might be looking for that someone special, a bachelor/bachelorette raffle, “Come and Get Your Love — Dating To Make A Difference” to benefit the American Cancer Society, is slated for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Holiday Inn French Quarter in Perrysburg.
If you’re single and 21 or older, you might meet the date of your dreams. Just ask Erin Callahan, who met her fiance, Scott Bonnick, at the last raffle in October, 2003, at Inverness Club. They are to be married July 30.
Tickets to the benefit, which is open to the public, are $35 in advance, $40 at the door, and includes hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and entertainment.
Raffle tickets are $5 each. If you are single and interested in being raffled for the sake of charity, applications are being accepted through tomorrow. Please note that all bachelors and bachelorettes will be required to consent to a criminal and marital-status background check.
BLACKJACK, Big Six, bingo, and more — the Toledo School for the Arts presented two events in one: Monte Carlo for the Arts and a Texas Hold ’Em Poker Tournament Saturday night at the downtown school. High rollers gambled for charity. Luckily, everyone spent enough because the invitation read, “Spend lots of money and send a kid to camp ... spend even more money and we’ll send them home!”
Gamers sipped and supped as TSA staff members acted as wait staff and hosts. Elizabeth Emmert and John Henzler and Rob and Casey Koenig were among the revelers. Adding a spark to the scene as guests played the night away was Kevin Korecki on the keyboard.
The poker tournament, which had a $100 buy-in, was won by Brent Shimmin, who donated a portion of the $1,400 prize back to the cause. The net of $2,500 from the two events goes toward the $5,000 goal for the TSA sixth-grade camp scholarship fund.
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