MY SUN DAY NEWS
August 23, 2012
On Sunday, Aug. 26, at 3 p.m. in Huntley High School’s Performing Arts Center, The New Tradition Chorus will wow audiences with their award winning choral performance. The New Tradition Chorus is a member of The Barbershop Harmony Society, and has gone on to win 19 medals in the International Chorus Contest.
When the second annual Huntley Artfest sets up shop at the First Congregational Church of Huntley, it will proudly feature some of the brightest artists the village has to offer. The festival, which takes place August 18-19 at the intersection of Church and Main streets in downtown Huntley, features artists from across the Midwest. But three artists from Huntley ensure the festival will be splashed with local color.
Glenn Jorian sits in the cockpit of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the “biggest and best equipment the Air Force had.” He’s floating over the Pacific Ocean, slow and low like they told him. Jorian belts out a few lines to “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” a gospel song.
While most modern-day youngsters are grooving to pop stars and rap artists on their iPhones and laptops, all that Daniel Souvigny needs for his music is a “handful of keys.”
Where can you find everlasting orchids, permanent rose petals, and tiny trees that never age? Teresa Gresher can find this very phenomenon in her own home, where flowers are forever.
On Thursday, July 26 in Drendel Ballroom from 7-8:30 p.m., residents will be teleported back to their youth with radio legend Clark Weber. He worked at the WLS radio station first as a DJ and then as a talk show host. Later in his career, he ran a syndicated one-minute radio show called, “A Senior Moment.”
“For tall projects only.” These four words nicely laminated and typed in black bold font are found taped to a green-lined shelf. Large figurines of rabbits and gnomes, some creatively colored, others bare white, stand in no specific order. A glance to the top left shelf uncovers a line of perfectly shaped ducks. A look to the right and a large orange-glazed pumpkin sits immobile situated near the front.
Steve Wild takes that remark to heart, as his band, the Class of 68, follows it to a tee. Their music is as original as when it was played in the 1960’s or early 1970’s. The look makes the audience feel as though they have stepped back in time to the great performers of the era, but the crowd interaction is what he believes separates them from other bands in the area.
While some people might accumulate an array of postal stamps or a spread of baseball cards, T.R. Kerth is a collector of a different variety: he collects moments. Kerth, a Sun City resident, is a published author. In addition to holding columns in two weekly newspapers, Kerth recently published the ultimate collection: a compilation of 144 of his columns and personal essays which have previously appeared in print. The book is titled “Revenge of the Sardines.”
It was a typical Friday morning for interior designer and Interior Motives owner Jane Hoeft and her son, Tim Hoeft. Both were heading to work, which consists mainly of installing window treatments for their customers living in Sun City.
Alan Eugene Jackson has graced the country airwaves and audiences around the globe since beginning his career in 1989. On Thursday, June 28, Sun City will be treated to a special concert in Drendel Ballroom, performed by a man who could very well be Mr. Jackson himself.
For over 30 years, Del Webb resident Wesley Anderson has been crafting cape cods, colonials, and Victorian mansions, all from within the comforts of his own home. He is, in fact, a closet architect – literally – and has built and decorated four well-furnished houses.
We all know him; he’s a household name and perhaps the greatest entertainer of the 20th century. I’m referring to Frank Sinatra, and on June 29, at 10 a.m. in the Fountain View Center, Hyman Speck will be presenting a PowerPoint show narrating the biography and showcasing the career of “Frank Sinatra, The Life and Loves of America’s Greatest Entertainer.”
The whole world is bathed in the music of springtime. That sentiment couldn’t be truer than on Wednesday, June 6, when Sun City will be bathed in the musical stylings of John Michael Coppola from “Jersey Boys” fame.
Imagine the most beautiful sunny day you could ever behold. A brilliant blue sky is overhead. The sun softly warms your skin while a light breeze plays with your hair. You close your eyes and let yourself melt into a sublime sense of peace.
When you live in Sun City and can’t always get back to your high school reunion, among the numerous activities that are already offered in the community, you can attend a “Blast from the Past Reunion.”
Forget the glass slipper, pumpkin carriage, and fairy godmother: the biggest standout of the Sun City Theater Company’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” may be below all the action. That’s because the stage of this musical boldly goes where no Sun City production has before: in 360 degrees.
The Woodchucks are at it again. Community Projects leader Al La Pelusa in tandem with Wal-Mart truck driver Pete Palczynski are crafting smiles and hope into people’s lives through the Wal-Mart Heart program. The program has been around for about fifteen years, and the Woodchucks have been involved for about the past three years.
Have you been thinking about how you are going to set up and adorn your Easter Holiday table? Linda Cogdill’s (N.10A) business, Design One Interiors, Ltd., has been in the Sun City community for the last seven years, and can help you with all kinds of festive ideas. In 1999 Linda received her Associate Degree in Interior Design, and since then she enjoys exercising her creative side, utilizing different accessories to beautify the home, including what she calls “Over the Top Table Tops.”
On Friday, March 9, Jenny Riddle, a dramatic book reviewer, portrayed several characters from “Ladies of Liberty” by Cokie Roberts. Riddle has been successfully portraying great people from history for the past ten years. The dramatic book review is essentially a one-woman show.
Whoever takes home these boxes may have a hard time justifying their bid, as they must work to decipher the first puzzle that allows them just to get the boxes open.
“…seven, eight, nine…ten, eleven.” There were 11 links on the left side, therefore there must be 11 on the right as well. “I count it so that way it can be perfect, you know?” Gladys H. Martinez Vega, N.31, said, explaining her method.
In Woodstock, Illinois, there is more behind the groundhog than merely his shadow. Although the town has annually celebrated its “Groundhog Days” event for the past two decades, this year means something more. To mark the 20th anniversary of filming the movie “Groundhog Day,” which took place in Woodstock, the week-long celebration, starting January 29, will be its biggest yet.
On January 10, Sun City had the pleasure of being serenaded by an amazing group of performers titled Project 2. This group is comprised of 15 Huntley High School students and was created by Dylan Ladd in 2007. The students sing and dance musical numbers from such grand performances as “The Jersey Boys,” “Mamma Mia,” and “Wicked.”
Artwork is a regular feature in Neighborhood 24 resident Bobbi Vinton’s home, but one wall in particular displays a collection that means more to Vinton than what an appraiser’s price tag might read because how does one appraise the work of his or her father?
Could I see a show of hands of all of you Beatle fans? School District 158 has a surprise for you!
Get ready to mark your calendars for a night you’ll be talking about for years to come. On Monday, January 23, in Drendel Ballroom from 7-8:30 p.m. Sun City will host Dublin’s number one traditional Irish music group, The Irish House Party.
On its own, the word “scrap” hardly brings to mind anything of value or worth. We think “scrap paper,” “scrap metal,” “scrap wood,” or something you might give to a dog or write directions on. But when Sun City residents Holly Veach and Sharon McLaughlin think of the word scrap, they see a treasure; they see family, friends, and memories, and preservation of same. They see Scrapping on the Spot.
Sun City resident Inge Sedey, Neighborhood 29, native of Germany’s Black Forest Region and piano instructor for 40 years, “can’t stop tickling those ivories.” She will participate for her seventh year at Elgin Community College Arts Center’s American Grands XVII Concert.
The Sun City Woodchucks spread Christmas Cheer and the spirit of the season to provide handcrafted toys to the children of Grafton Food Pantry clients.
