LETTER FROM MEMPHIS SYMPHONY LEAGUE PRESIDENT KATHERINE GODOY
Please join or renew your membership to become a part of this welcoming and vibrant group, while supporting our MSO. Your tax-deductible contribution is the only requirement, but you will also be offered many opportunities for involvement in our fundraising events and efforts.
Recognizing the dependency of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra (MSO) upon donations, in 1959, a group of civic minded women and men formed a sponsoring body for the orchestra to increase ticket sales, provide education, optimize awareness and appreciation for the Orchestra, and raise funds. This Memphis Symphony League (MSL) continues today to directly support the MSO through all its activities. These primarily include diverse fundraising social events, and volunteer support for educational and other community programs, as well as any other orchestral needs. Open to everyone, the MSL works actively to realize its mission to be the best Symphony League in its ongoing support of the MSO. MEMPHIS SYMPHONY LEAGUE 2021-2022 Katherine Godoy, President · Elisa Marus, Vice President Molly Pennington,Recording Secretary Mary Anne Sulllivan, Corresponding Secretary Judy Bookman, Treasurer · Lura Turner, Parliamentarian Dinah Makowsky, Nominations
OFFICERS
As the Symphony returns to live performances, its extensive community outreach, the Youth Symphony and all its other programs, it continues to be dependent on donations. We, as the Memphis Symphony League, started by a dedicated group of men and women in 1959, will continue to promote friendship as we raise awareness and funds for our beloved Memphis Symphony Orchestra, so it can continue its work in our city and our hearts.
Officers 2021-2022 Judy Bookman, Treasurer; Lura Turner, Parliamentarian; Molly Pennington, Secretary; Elisa Marus, Vice President; Katherine Godoy, President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
We are finally starting to see the end of a long and harrowing onslaught of Covid. Although it has been such a challenge for so many, and painful for all the losses we have suffered, there have been some positive aspects. We have learned new things, started hobbies and found creative ways to use our time and likely spent time thinking about what is really important to us. Most of us, when faced with days and then weeks and months with little social interaction, and so many uncertainties, have come to appreciate that our friends, families, neighbors, and co-workers and our interactions with them are precious; as are having a job, being able to hug our loved ones, going out to restaurants, stores, the gym, and of course attending live music events. Sure we already enjoyed these things, but now we find them even more important when we see how unfulfilling life can be without them.
Mary Booker · Mary Beth Bryce · Jean de Frank Alice Dudas · Donna Flinn · Kathy Gardner · Jere Gerard · Billie Jean Graham · Eula Horrell Nancy Lou Jones · Dorothy Kirsch · Amy Meadows · Jessica Robinson · Shelly Sublett · Betty Weiss Joy Wiener · Camilla Wilson
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED US SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER WITH AN HONORARIUM SUPPORTING THE MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Cynthia Spangler and Charles Askew Louise and Will Barden Charles and Mary Booker Jim and Pat Corbitt
Nat and Pat Ellis Fred and Mary Lawrence Flinn Carl and Donna Flinn Juan Fuentes Kathleen Gardner
Katherine Godoy Billie Jean Graham Dr. Suzanne Gronemeyer David and Pamela Hallin Mott and Nancy Lou Jones
Kathryn King Carole Klein Evelyn and Jerry Makowsky Dinah and Gary Makowsky Elisa and Ramon Marus
Dan and Amy Meadows Ron and Linda Sklar Denise and Sledge Taylor Lura and Steve Turner Joy Wiener
For more information about the Memphis Symphony League and how to join visit memphissymphony.org/memphis-symphony-league M EM P HI S SY M P HO N Y O RC HEST RA · 70 T H A N N I V ERSA R Y S EASO N · FA LL 2021 | 23
