April 10, 2002

The Schedule

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Free Family Concert Tickets for Needy Children

--Peter Stahl

Pursuant to a grant from AOL Time Warner, Redwood Symphony is giving away 50 child and 25 adult tickets to the May 5 Family Concert. Here are the guidelines for distributing the tickets:

Check out special tickets from the orchestra's ticket manager, Diane Honda (violin)
Give them to children who would not otherwise attend the concert
Give adult tickets with the child tickets, one per 2 to 3 children
Do not give child tickets unless an adult to accompany them is identified
Adults shall supervise the children throughout the concert, ensuring good behavior
Return any unused tickets to orchestra ticket manager for redistribution

The concert is Sunday, May 5, 2:00 P.M. at Cañada College.

Parking at Cañada College

In the past, Cañada College has been lax in enforcing its parking regulations. This has now changed. Please obtain the required permits to avoid parking tickets.

Beginning this week we will not start late or take time out from rehearsals for parking permits. Please arrive early enough to be in your seat, warmed up, when rehearsal starts at 7:00 P.M.

For more information about the parking regulations, please see http://canadacollege.net/services/parking.html.

Permits are required except on weekends. Daily permits are $1 and available at two machines; try the one in front of the theater if there's a line for the other one. Semester parking permits are $30 and can be purchased at the Business Office in Building 8 (across the plaza from the theater), open 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. M - F.

Welcome Ole Saxe

Redwood Symphony is pleased to welcome composer Ole Saxe. Ole heard Karen Bentley perform in Denmark and was inspired to write a salsa for her. Messages and musical scores passed between Sweden and Palo Alto, and eventually Salsa for Karen came to life. Later, this dance grew into a suite of six dances for solo violin, and finally the suite was orchestrated as the three-movement work we are performing. The original salsa appears at the end of the third movement in the final version.

You can hear Salsa for Karen as performed by Karen Bentley and percussionist Ian Dogole online. Go to www.mp3.com/bentley-dogole.

For information from the composer about the six original dances, see Karen Bentley's web site at www.kbentley.com.

Program Deadlines Extended

April 18 Program notes, ads, donations, etc.
April 19 To press

This is a Web version of text from the newsletter "Redwood Symphony Notepad" which is distributed to members of the Redwood Symphony at rehearsals. The newsletter and this online version are edited by George Yefchak.

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