NEWSLETTER
• FALL 2012
FESTIVAL FAVORITES & NEW FRIENDS
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estival fans basked in non-stop sunshine and the sounds of summer, August 4-14, at Memorial Field. Another season in the black was music to our ears after weathering economic challenges and emerging with renewed vigor to streamline our operations and fulfill our mission to make exceptional musicians and great performances accessible to the community and surrounding region. Our amazing supporters, season pass holders and ticket buyers appreciated this year’s lineup, warmly welcoming back two favorites from 2010 – Brandi Carlile and Michael Franti & Spearhead. We are grateful for all the positive comments on our concert series as well as fabulous feedback from educators and students regarding our educational programs. Educational programs during the 2010-11 school year included our Instrument Assistance Program, Youth Strings Orchestra, and scholarships in conjunction with Angels Over Sandpoint and Coldwater Creek. Our 5th Grade Outreach program featured the star of our Grand Finale concert, Mak Grgic, the young classical guitar sensation from Slovenia. The kids loved Mak and so did we! The countdown to our 29th annual summer concert series started on July 14th at Dover Bay with the unveiling of Diana Moses Botkin’s original poster artwork, “Festival Sunset Dance.” Outstanding performances started on opening night, August 4th, with Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers and headliner Rickie Lee Jones followed by the return of Brandi Carlile with Ivan & Alyosha; a sold out show starring Chris Isaak with Lukas Nelson; The Family Concert “A Disney Symphantasy” with the Spokane Youth Orchestra and Studio One Dancers; an “all Idaho night” with singer-songwriters Josh Ritter and Darren Smith; another sold-out dance concert starring Michael Franti & Spearhead with Jason Spooner Trio; and Nashville songwriting legend Rodney Crowell with new country sensation David Nail. The Festival season culminated with our Grand Finale concert “Spanish Serenade,” with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Gary Sheldon, featuring the music of Chabrier, De Falla, Bizet, Rodrigo, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Special guest soloists included classical guitarist Mak Grgic, with special guests, regional guitar masters Paul Grove, Leon Atkinson and Michael Millham. Sandpoint’s own soprano sensation Hailey Fuqua sang three arias from Carmen. During the concert series, patrons were treated to an opening night champagne toast, a complimentary microbrew tasting courtesy of Odom Northwest Beverage and Bill Jones Distributors, and our annual Taste of the Stars wine tasting event before the Grand Finale concert, featuring over 30 wineries from all over the Northwest -- now the largest wine event of its kind in the State of Idaho! Another highlight was our 2nd Annual Sunshine Moonshine Yoga Festival, with over 200 people doing yoga on a pre-concert Friday morning, with Michael Franti playing live music and participating throughout the yoga session. Finale fireworks, sponsored aptly by Avista, and a full moon rising over the mountains, shining onto Lake Pend Oreille at just the right moment provided a memorable finale to a flawless Festival season. Once again, our 700 Early Bird Season Passes sold out before we announced our season in May and we had increased individual ticket sales exceeding our budgeted expectations. We were encouraged by the generosity of our sponsors even in these tough times, and our individual donors really stepped up to give substantially to The Festival’s valuable programs when we needed it most. We remain cautious knowing that the recovering economy and uncertainty of the weather will continue to put The Festival at risk in the future, yet, we always operate from a position of optimism and hope knowing that we have all of you in our corner. We are busy putting together a season worthy of our 30th milestone, so mark your calendars for August 2-12, 2012, and get your Early Bird Season Passes today! n
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Feature Story:
Books Sing with Opera Information Rare Collection finds home at Sandpoint Library (Reprinted from a story in the Bonner County Daily Bee by David Keyes)
Festival at Sandpoint conductor Gary Sheldon, left, and Sandpoint summer resident Charles Rieger, look through a five-volume set of books titled, “The Great Operas,” donated to the Sandpoint Library via The Festival at Sandpoint.
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unique donation now has a home at the East Bonner County Library and is just waiting for opera fans to take a trip back in history. Summer resident Charles Rieger is a big fan of The Festival at Sandpoint. The retired businessman also believes in education and the arts. So when he came into possession of a unique five-volume set of books titled “The Great Operas” he wanted to make sure the circa 1899 books found a home where the collection would be protected but accessible to
the public. After a few phone calls and emails, Rieger’s collection landed at the library via The Festival at Sandpoint. “The quality and detail of this publication from the 19th century bespeak of another era — the “Golden Age” of opera, when art and music education were essential to one’s upbringing and cultural awareness,” said Gary Sheldon, principal conductor of The Festival at Sandpoint. “As the dedicatee of this anthology, the great Italian composer Giuseppi Verdi, writes in his introduction in Volume One: “I
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… hail the publication of ‘The Great Operas’ … this excellent book will be of real value … cultivating an interest in opera among the masses …” Sheldon was impressed. The volumes are easy to read and there are “magnificent” copies of engraving of period set designs, and any student of opera or design would enjoy the books, he said. Rieger’s grandfather was a member of the Societe Universelle Lyrique in Philadelphia when the organization commissioned Verdi to produce the limited collection. Rieger’s father inherited the books in the early 1930s and when Rieger’s sister died in 2004, the collection became his. Rieger and his wife, Kathryn, have had a summer home here since 2000 and have attended The Festival at Sandpoint every year. “We are especially fond of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra and (FAS executive director) Dyno Wahl’s encouragement of young performers,” he said. “I therefore thought that my collection might help to educate and inspire the Sandpoint community, fostering a better understanding of classical music and opera.” The collection can only be viewed at the library. There is no estimate of books’ value. “It was Verdi’s hope as well as the hope of the members of the Societe Universelle Lyrique that these books could foster the enjoyment and understanding of opera for one and all,” Sheldon wrote on a note to accompany the books. It will be interesting to see who will take Verdi up on his 112-year challenge. n
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2011 Poster Artist
ocal artist Diana Moses Botkin created the original artwork for the 2011 Festival at Sandpoint fine art poster. Known for her oil paintings of regional landscapes and figurative works, Diana was chosen by a committee of her artistic peers, former Festival poster artists. “Festival Sunset Dance” celebrates the joy of music and movement, and the inspiring light that is unique to The Festival at Sandpoint. n
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GUESS HOW MANY WERE THERE? * 2011 Concert Attendance Levels: Rickie Lee Jones - 1,980 Brandi Carlile – 3,028 Chris Isaak – 3,500+ Sold Out! Family Concert – 2,696 Josh Ritter – 2,272 Michael Franti & Spearhead – 3,500+ Sold Out! Rodney Crowell/David Nail – 1,475 Grand Finale – 2,579
Memorials
The Festival’s 2011 Grand Finale Concert on August 14th was presented in memory of three extraordinary women -- all former Festival Board Members -- who contributed Hazel Hall their time, energy and resources to The Festival at Sandpoint for many years: Frances Davis, Betty Ann Diehl and Hazel Hall were community treasures who supported the arts in Frances Sandpoint as well as many Davis other local organizations. It is no surprise that all three of these amazing ladies were honored as Women of Wisdom during their lives in Sandpoint Betty Ann and that we all miss them so Diehl much. ♥
* Not including artists, crew & volunteers.
Festival represenatives Bob Boyle, David Keyes, Dyno Wahl and Curt Hagan hand over a check for $8,870 to City of Sandpoint Parks and Rec Director Kim Woodruff and Friends of Memorial Field’s Ty Barlow. 2011 Festival ticket buyers chipped in a portion of each sale towards the community fundraisng effort to make significant improvements to Memorial Field over the next five years. Memorial Field has been home to The Festival at Sandpoint since 1983. PHOTOS BY DAVID MARX • DOUG MARSHALL • TRISH GANNON
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2011 SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS
Sponsors $10,000+ Avista Utilities • Blue Sky Broadcasting Ik • Bonner County Daily Bee Ik • Confidence Foundation • Hagadone Directories, Inc. - The Black Book IK • Holly Eve Foundation * • Idaho Comission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts • Idaho Forest Group • Idaho Stone IK • KXLY TV-HD 4 IK • Odom Southern • Waterfront Property Management IK • Sponsors $ 5,000+ • All Seasons Garden & Floral IK • Frontier Communications • Intersect, Inc. • Mary Jewett Gaiser Unitrust • Litehouse Foods • The Pacific Northwest Inlander IK • Panhandle State Bank • RnR RV IK • Ruen Drilling, Inc. • Sandpoint Medical Dental Group • Schweitzer Mountain Resort • The River Journal IK • Woodward Canyon Winery • Sponsors $2500+ • Alpine Motors Company IK • AmericanWest Bank • Bank of America • Bernhart & Buck, Inc. CPA’s IK • Jim & Jan Brunk • Justin & Shaunavee Dick ~ Trinity at City Beach • Century 21 Riverstone • Coca Cola IK • Bruce Demko CRNA, Inc. • Evergreen Realty - - Charlie Parrish & Curt Hagan • Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce / ITC • The Gladys E. Langroise Advied Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation • James & Heidi Goff • Idaho Community Foundation • Keokee Publishing IK • Mark & Susan Kubiak * • Lead-lok, Inc. • McFarland Cascade & The McFarland Family • North Idaho Title • Cliff Otten IK • Pend d’Oreille Winery • Prime Advisors, Inc. / Duane & Lori Castles • Rokstad Ford-Mercury • Kevin & Annie Shaha • Sletten Construction Co. • STCU • Taylor & Sons Chevrolet • Timber Frames by Collin Beggs IK • Tomlinson Sotheby’s International Realty • Union Pacific Foundation • Viren and Associates, Inc. • Washington Trust Bank • Wells Fargo Bank - Sandpoint • Wildflower Day Spa • Patrons 1,250 – $2,499 • Chris & Christine Ashenbrener • Bangkok Cuisine / Sudarat Chitlungsei • Greg & Kerry Block • Tom & Tamara Bryant • Barbara Buchanan & Rick Dalessio • Genevieve Campbell • JP & Barbara Carver • Lou & Sally Chandler • Dr. Doug & Oksana Cipriano • Marilyn Dalby * ~ in Memory of David Dalby • Design for Life • Michael DiBenedetto & Joan Bloom • Craig & Shelley Dolsby • Cindy Elliott • Pat & Kathy Gavin • Dan & Cindy Griesemer • Edward & Rebecca Hawkins • Don & Sue Helander • Jim & Char Hemingway • Joanne & Paul Kelly * • Jeff Kuhns & Becky Mills • Steven Lazar & Susan Shaw • The Lee Family Foundation • David & Nancy Lewis • Jim & Geraldine Lewis • Lindy Lewis • Sally Lindemann * • Jeannine Lopresto • Corry & Donna McFarland * • Greg & Melanie McFarland * • Julie McFarland Rawson Family * • Patrick & Michelle McKenna • Terry & Sandy Merwin • Don & Marilyn Morford • Marcella Nelson • Jack & Shirley Parker • Tim & Sheryl Rickard IK • Rindal Construction • Ted Robinson & Terrie Guthrie • Don & Carol Sheridan • Marilyn Sabella * ~ in Memory of David Dalby • Jim & Lynn Watts • Steve & Dawn Watts • Conductors $500 – $1,249 • Anonymous • Ross & Judy Capawana * ~ in Memory of Ilene Culclasure • Community Assistance League • Shawn & Theresa Gabel ~ in Memory of Kevin Donnelly • Tom & Linda Hamilton / Aerocet, Inc. • The McFarland Family *~ in Memory of Frank Evans • Middle Fork River Tours • Wheeler & Susie Summerhill • Denis & Muriel Tochterman * • Jim & Mickey Quinn • Concertmasters $250 – $499 • Dr. Steve & Laurie Anderson • Anonymous • Anonymous • Duke & Penny Armstrong • Eileen Atkisson & Larry Blakey * • William & Kathleen Bradley * • Michael & Stephanie Brown • Scott & Wendy Dunn • Steve Elgar • Empire Cold Storage & Frosty Ice / Ron Plummer • Guy H. 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Black • Bonner Animal Hospital * • Pierre Bordenave / Intermountain Resources • Bob Boyle • Rhonda Bradetich * • Stephen & Joan Bradley • Jim & Jean Burgess • Donald & Charlotte Butler • Geraldine Butler • Stuart & Molly Butler • Helen & Leonard Byrne * • Frank & Jean Cafferty / Shamrock Ad Specialties • Gary Carlson & Pat Davidson • Cynthia Chenault * • Craig & Georganna Clifford • Mr. & Mrs. James P. Cowles • Phil & Linda Currie • Jack & Janice DeBaun • Dr. & Mrs. Robert Dickson * • Mal & Pam Dohrman • Bill & Linda Drayton • Wilma Erickson • Dr. John & Annie Faggard • Jackie Flanigan • Ronald Forsberg D.D.S. • Frosty Ice / Ron Plummer • Wendy Galante • Glahe & Associates, Inc. • Paul & Sue Graves * • Rex & Ann Harder • Robert H. Harrison DDS PA • John & Charlene Hengesh • Lenny & Nancy Hess • John & Judy Heusner • Robin Hitchcock, MD • Phyllis Holmes & Bob Voris • Dr. & Mrs. Kevin B. Johnson • Rick & Hali Karr • Merrill & Suzy Karpf • Mary Alice Kubiak • Ann & Cal Langford • Diane & Einar Larson • Robert & Nancy Lochmiller • Ina A. Loman ~ in Memory of Vic Baxter • Bebe Love • Marc & Maggie Lyons • Andrew & Stephanie Martin • Rita & Bob Mecham ~ in Honor of Joanne Pennington Kelly • The Menghini Family ~
in Memory of Will Menghini • Pete & Barb Merritt • Dan & Lori Meulenberg • Ken & Judy Meyers • Chris & Kris Mikkelsen • Morgan Stanley - - Rick Beaumont & Stephen F. Gross • Jerry & Phyllis Morris • Bill & Elfrieda Mullin * • Cliff Otten • Betsy & Glenn Overturf ~in Memory of Will Menghini • Mark & Susan Peterson • Rainbow Resort / Linda Rocque-Hill • Hal & Marita Ramsay • Terrence Rempel & Anni Brandt * • Cathy Retterer • Tim & Sheryl Rickard • Joann Roberts & Diane Brians • Paul & Jan Rumore • Tim & Alice Samuelson • Sandpoint Furniture / Carpet One • Mark & Yvonne Savarise • O. Stewart Schroeder • Lois Scott * • Jon & Janet Shelby • William Sischo • William & Mary Bea Sleeth • Robert & Norma Smith • J. Sorin Ispirescu, MD • Joyce Spiller * • John & Charlotte Sullivan • Temanos Counseling Center • Brad & Stacy Temple • Clarence & Linda Van Dellen • Steve & Tamara Verby • Janice Walsh • Carol & Pat West • Marty & Julie Westbrook • Richard O. Williams * • Winter Ridge Natural Food Market • Jim & Marlene Wogsland * • Lara & Alex Wohllaib • Joan Woller • Members $25-$99 • Larry & Joyce Anderson • Curt A. Bailey • Mark & Mary Berryhill • Mr & Mrs. William Blair ~ in Memory of Will Menhgini • John & Irma Clark • Herman B. Collins • Louise C. Colombatto • Melissa Compton • Robert & Cathy Eastwood • Mary & Gary Daubersmith • Karen R. Davis • Verna Mae Davis • Brian Ellenberger • Vincent & Socorro Erickson • Brent & Kathy Fitchett • Jane Fritz * • Pamela L. Frost * • Lynne Gammon • Chuck & Sonia Gladish * • Paul & Sue Graves • David & Tamara Gunter * • Ken & Mary Jo Haag * • Nikki Haaland • Don Hagen • Jim & Sheila Harless • Al & Tatiana Harrison • Tinker Hatfield Family • Doug & Julie Heiskell • Robert & Lois Iller * • Jerry Johnsen • Connie J. Jones • JoAnne Joyce • Cary & Cynthia Kelley • Christine Kester • Rebecca & Kenneth Kovalchuk • The Last Resort Vacation Cabin • Wayne Lemley & Deborah Stafford • Loyce Lewis • Shellie Linscott • Sally Lowry * • Mary Kay Lutes • Pat & Vickie Marron • Cindy & David Marx • Jerry Mason & Penny Friedlander • Sharon McCahon • Darwin J. & Shelly M. McHugh • Harry Menser ~ in Memory of Betty Menser • R. Neuder • Charlie & Susan Nipp • Rich & Barb Nyquist • Susan Y. Olson • Donald & Patricia Orlich • Oz & Sally Osborn • Fred & Barbara Palmer • Jill Pennington • Dean & Linda Raynor • Pauline Ryberg * • Richard R. Sandall & James R. Shirrell * • Jon Sayler Architect • Joyce Spiller • Roger L. & Carol H. Stoughton • Linda & David Tatlock • Steve Thompson • Terry & Diane Thoren • Lee Stevens • Edward & Mary Webster • Kelly & Leslie Wiese • Bob Witte • Wood’s Crushing & Hauling, Inc. • Y-D Ranch, Tucson AZ THANK YOU!
2011 Festival Expenses 33%
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■ Artistic & Education Costs 38% ■ Administrative Costs 33%
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■ Production Costs 21% ■M arketing, Development, Merchandise 9%
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■ Ticket Sales 56% ■ Sponsors/ Contributors 23% ■ Merchandise, Bar, Concessions, Chair Rentals, Program Ads 12% ■ Grants 6% ■ Fundraising Events 3% Festival Financial Facts: The Festival’s fiscal year runs from Oct 1 – Sept 30. In FY11 the earned to unearned (contributed) income ratio for the total operating budget was 68%: 32%, significantly better than the national average for non-profit organizations. One hundred percent of all grant, contributions and fundraising revenue were spent on costs directly related to the purposes of the organization, specifically to one of the following areas: main stage concert series including symphonic concerts, music education, community outreach, scholarships and family programming. * The Festival also received over $185,000 of in-kind donations of goods and services in FY11
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EDUCATION CORNER
JOIN US FOR HOLLY EVE!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2011 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS!
Coldwater Creek Music Scholarship
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t age four Rachel O’Connor had her first violin lesson and hasn’t stopped playing music since. Along with the classical method, she was also encouraged me to learn to fiddle and also enjoys playing cello and mandolin. She has played with the Sandpoint Violin Academy, Spokane Youth Orchestra, Sandpoint Youth String Ensemble and Pend Oreille Chamber Orchestra. She currently studies with Jason Moody, a current member of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra and the first recipient of this scholarship. Primarily home schooled by her parents, Gerry and Shelley O’Connor, Rachel is currently attending Whitworth University to pursue a double major in Music and Psychology. She plans to ultimately obtain a Masters degree in Music Therapy and become a certified Music Therapist. This $2,500 scholarship is funded by Coldwater Creek and is awarded annually to the top instrumental music student in Bonner County. It was presented to Rachel at the Festival’s Grand Finale Concert on August 14th where she performed prior to the concert.
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ickets are on now sale for one of Sandpoint’s enduring holiday traditions as the 31st annual Holly Eve gets set to ring in the season on Saturday, November 19th at 6:00pm, at the Sandpoint Events Center. With hors d’oeuvres and desserts from 20 local restaurants, musical entertainment, silent and live auctions, and fabulous fashion show by Eve’s Leaves, it’s a community event you don’t want to miss, benefiting many worthy local non-profit organizations: The Festival at Sandpoint, The Bonner Community Food Bank, The Panida Theater, Pend Oreille Arts Council, Community Cancer Services, and Bonner Community Hospice. Tickets for the Holly Eve Gala are $25.00 on sale at Eve’s Leaves, Panhandle State Bank, and The Festival at Sandpoint Office. For more information regarding becoming a Holly Eve Angel, volunteering or donating auction items, call 208-263-8956.
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he Festival at Sandpoint and Angels Over Sandpoint awarded a $1,000 Visual Arts Scholarship to Amanda Arriondo, a 2011 Sandpoint High School graduate currently enrolled in the Honors College at the University of Montana where she is majoring in Studio Art. Amanda is a multi-talented, multi-media artist specializing in pottery. An all-around student who moved to Sandpoint from Texas before her sophomore year, Amanda grew up influenced by her artistic father and, during her high school years, also played trumpet in the Sandpoint High School Symphonic Band, performed with the Steel Pan Band, was copy editor of the Monticola year book, and headed up the Senior Class Mural project. Amanda received her scholarship at The Festival’s Family Concert on August 7th and was responsible for designing and illustrating the program for that concert. n
The Gypsy Divas prepare to perform their unique blend of Acro Yoga and Dance, with a piece entitled ‘Ripple’, at Holly Eve on November 19th. Other local performers include Danceworks & Co., Pianist Bill Reed and the Sandpoint High School Steel Pan Band.
Our Fine Feathered Friends:
DONATE THAT OLD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TO THE FESTIVAL!
Festival fans know that the Osprey who make Memorial Field their nesting place each summer are an attraction that rivals the music - and sometimes they even join in! Phase One of Memorial Field improvements this fall included new lights and safer nesting platforms for these important visitors. See ya next summer guys!
WE’LL PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF A LOCAL BAND STUDENT like Burke here WHO NEEDS YOUR HELP. DON’T WORRY IF IT HASN’T BEEN PLAYED IN THE LAST 59 YEARS -- WE WILL RECONDITION IT AND LOAN IT OUT TO A DESERVING CHILD EACH SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH OUR INSTRUMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
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Festival Calendar 2011-12 ☛ • November 19 – Holly Eve Gala Benefit at Sandpoint Events Center • December 13 – Annual Meeting / Sip & Shop Benefit at Pend d’Oreille Winery • April 27 – Annual Wine Tasting, Dinner & Auction at the Fairgrounds • May 17 – Announcement of Summer Line-up • May – 5th Grade Music Outreach Program • July 12 -- Fine Art Poster Unveiling at Dover Bay • August 2 – 12 -- The Festival at Sandpoint’s 30th Annual Summer Concert Series
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