CASSA Contact information
CASSA office telephone 403.271.0418, CASSA fax 403.278.3236, or2012 Newsletter and Registration
The full version of the 2011-2012 Newsletter is on the newsletter page and our 2012 registration is available as of January 3.We Need Office Space
We have, for eighteen years, run CASSA’s office from the home of our president. She will be moving this spring and we most certainly need a space to run the office. If you have, or know someone who has office space that CASSA can rent for a reasonable fee, please contact us.Changes in Camp Dates for 2012
Camp dates for 2012 have changed from 2011 and are not at the same times they have been in past years. Please note the new dates.2012 Volunteer Opportunity
The Calgary Arts Summer School Association is looking for a volunteer board member who has a Public Relations background and marketing experience.Help is needed with promotion, event planning, sponsorship development, and grant writing. Charity experience is a bonus, but is not required.
Please call Linda Kundert-Stoll, CASSA President & Artistic Director at 403-271-0418, or email her at cassa1@telus.net to discuss possibilities. The Board meets four mornings a year, and the next meeting is on Thursday, December 15, 2011, 9:15 am at the CASSA office in Parkland.
Lost and Found
We had fewer items left after camps this year but there were still some things that parents and participants may want back. Check the list.MTS High School Credits Completed
Thanks to a partnership between the Calgary Board of Education and CASSA, senior high students who attended MTS were able to sign up for credit courses. Four students, Christopher Berner, Krystal Bourassa, Sappho Hansen Smythe, Nicole May completed two one-credit courses; one for E-Learning and the other for Leadership Skills.David Dixon Named Honens ProAm Competition Champion
On Saturday 15 October 2011, four amateur pianists took centre stage at Theatre Junction GRAND to perform a 15-minute recital in support of the Seventh Honens International Piano Competition. Honens is extraordinarily proud of ProAm pianists David Dixon, Colin Edie, Andrew Hoffmanns and Daniel Yang who gave remarkable performances and raised more than $100,000. The ProAm Champion is David Dixon, a reservoir engineer with Nexen Inc. David also won the Audience Choice Prize and Daniel Yang, a reservoir specialist with Canadian Natural Resources Limited, won the prize for Top Fundraiser.
“‘I was diddling around on the piano before I had any official lessons,’ David said. Formal piano lessons began at the age of eight, under the tutelage of his mother.” Read the entire interview with David following the Honens competition.
David Dixon is a former CASSA camper.
2011 Camps Complete!
All Camps are finished for 2011 but here’s your chance to plan for the summer of 2012. The dates for the 2012 camps are posted here.2011 Musical Theatre Showtime a Resounding Success!
See pictures from the show here.
Winner of the Half-Price Contest for 2011 Camps
The winner of the half price contest for all registrations received by the Early Bird Deadline of May 15 was Keely Olstad for Musical Theatre Showtime who will receive a cheque for $175. Congratulations Keely and thank you Keely and everyone else who registered early!Pro Arts Concert May 25, 2011
Quinn Gomez and David Dixon represented CASSA and played a piano recital for the ProArts Society at the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer at noon on May 25, 2011. Quinn played the Chopin 3rds Etude and the Scriabin Sonata No. 5. David played Beethoven's Sonata, Op. 111 and McIntyre's Butterflies and Bobcats. It was a great concert! Thank you Quinn, David and ProArts!Seniors’ Residence Recital
The next Seniors’ Residence Recital featuring students of CASSA is on May 7, 2011 at the Lake Bonavista Seniors Residence at 2:00 pm.Recital at Scenic Acres Retirement Residence April 16, 2011
Three CASSA campers, Darcy and Georgeanne van Helden and Allison Crews, performed at the Scenic Acres Retirement Residence.
Picture 1 (left to right) show Darcy and Georgeanne van Helden (front row) and Dorothea Johanson (Special Projects Director), Ellen Mayo and Linda Kundert-Stoll. Ellen Mayo, a retired Registered Music Teacher who was resident at the home has since passed away, but she was so thrilled to hear the young students and to have us there. Pictures 2 and 3 show Georgeanne van Helden, Dorothea Johanson and Darcy van Helden. Allison Crews was not available for photos. (Photos courtesy of Gus van Helden)
Concert at the Beat Niq
Lana Henchell, a Piano Camp and Adult Piano Camp teacher and CASS Recitalist, is playing in a recital on May 13 and May 14 with James Campbell, clarinet, John Lowry, violin, and Beth Root-Sandvoss, cello, at 8:00 pm at the Beat Niq Jazz and Social Club (811 – 1st St SW) To reserve tickets, please call 403.949.4194. Tickets are Adults $25, Senior $18, and Students $10.The Ingrid Clarfield Story
There is a terrific new video on YouTube about Ingrid Clarfield, called The Ingrid Clarfield Story. Ms. Clarfield was the Piano Camp Clinician for 10 years. She helped us to get started in 1993! If you ever were at a Piano Camp with Ms. Clarfield, you will appreciate this short 3’ 28” video. It is well worth watching.CASSA Music in the Meadows Fundraiser Update from March 26
By all accounts, Music in the Meadows was a scintillating evening of socializing, concert presentations and bidding on donated items. We were able to raise $10 000 toward our goal of $80 000. Thank you to all who participated and to all who donated to help our fundraiser. Please make note of the commercial enterprises who helped our cause and support them if you you need a product or service that they provide.Action Coach International
Action Coach International has been working with CASSA. Action Coach Cheryl Dyck has taken special interest in our organization and has been a great help in directing us to meet our goals. We were pleased to find out that in Las Vegas at the end of January during the Action Coach’s convention, Cheryl was awarded Best Coach of the Year for all of the ActionCOACH coaches across all of the Americas. That is an impressive award! We are their "Coaching for a Cause" charity of choice for two years running.Hands in the Sky Massage Therapy
Hands in the Sky Massage Therapy donated 15% of their earnings before Christmas to help CASSA reach its fund goal this year. Do you have a business or know of any business that would donate part of their earnings to CASSA? If so, please call us to help with our fund-raising: 403.271.0418, or fax at 403.278.3236, or email us.
Seniors’ Residence Recital at the Renoir on February 19, 2011.
Performers were Georgeanne van Helden, Jonah van Helden, Darcy van Helden and Krista Milani. It was organized by Special Projects Coordinator, Dorothea Johanson, and she was joined by Board Members Kathy Milani, Linda Kundert-Stoll and Susan Savage.