The Executive Board of the Chaminade Music Club Gratefully thanks all of its members for another successful Chaminade Season. Once again, we have found time in our busy lives to support the Club, despite occasional bad weather, the usual scheduling challenges, and a difficult economy. In the 2009-2010 season we presented excellent concerts and gave prizes to several talented students. We deeply appreciate all the members who made the season so rewarding: our gifted performers; our cheerful hospitality committees, who made the post-concert camaraderie so pleasant; our treasurer, Laura Ouellette, who continues to manage our finances superbly; Mary Whelan, for continued good publicity; Jean Piggott, for supervising hospitality and piano maintenance; and Bob Johnson, who as always ably and kindly directed the scholarship auditions. putting our young performers at ease. We are deeply thankful to those who made donations in addition to paying their dues. We completed the past year in excellent financial shape, we are able to voice and regulate our lovely Steinway piano before the new season begins.

For those who were not able to attend the May business meeting, we approved the following slate of officers for 2010-2011:
                Mary Whelan and Ann Sears, Co-Presidents
                Jean Piggott, Vice-President
                Beatrice Ruiz, Secretary
                Laura Ouellette, Treasurer and Webmaster
                Sara M. Smith, Auditor

Concert dates for the 2010-2011 season are October 3, November 7, March 6 (Scholarship Auditions), April 3, May 1, and June 5 (Murray Unitarian Universalist Church). Except for June 5, all concerts will be held at the Sweet Clubhouse. Please note that the scholarship auditions will again be held in March. Our programs will celebrate the 200th birthday anniversaries of composers Robert Schumann (October, 2010), Frederic Chopin (November, 2010) and Franz Liszt (spring and fall, 2011). The Club will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2012, so please begin thinking about French music, especially Cecile Chaminade, for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 programs.