| Sep-Jan | Flag Football |
| Jan | Stanford Men’s Basketball |
| Sat 1/7 | WDCSA Volunteers Event |
| Sun 1/8 | Stanford Book Club Meeting |
| Tue 1/10 | WDCSA Board Meeting |
| Fri 1/27 | Ivy Singles Event |
| Fri 2/10 | BSO at Strathmore Event |
| Sun 2/12 | WDCSA Volunteers Event |
| Mar-Jun | CAN Volleyball Season |
| Apr-May | Washington National Opera |
Table of Contents
Calling All Flag Football Players
Now through January (Sat & Sun)
Location: Ellipse
Following a successful debut year in the Capitol Alumni Network (CAN) softball
league, Stanford welcomes players (and fans) to come out and enjoy a good
time on the ellipse. For more information, contact Matt Cordova ’94 at matthew.cordova@verizon.net,
(202) 663-0309 (w) or (703) 370-1238 (h). www.leaguelineup.com/gocardinal
Stanford Men’s Basketball
Now through January
McFadden’s, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
The Stanford men’s basketball team (6-6) will be on TV several times in January.
Availability on cable is likely to be limited, but games will be available
at McFadden’s, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Games that will be shown are
as follows (all times Eastern)
Saturday, Jan. 7, 4PM – Oregon
Friday, Jan. 13, 10PM – Cal (this will be a joint viewing with Cal)
Thur, Jan. 19, 10:30PM – Arizona
Sat, Jan. 21, 8:30PM – Arizona State
Sun, Jan. 29, 8PM – Washington
WDCSA Volunteers Needed to Revitalize Parks Center
Saturday, January 7 9:00 – 11:30am
Josephine Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th St., NW, Washington, DC
No cost
Washington Parks & People, the capital area’s network of community park
partnerships, needs help renovating the Josephine Butler Parks Center, an
18,000 sq ft, 40-room Renaissance-revival style mansion overlooking Meridian
Hill Park. Washington Parks & People operates the Parks Center as a "greenhouse"
for advancing Washington’s parks and public spaces. Join other volunteers
from the Washington DC Stanford Alumni club to help with weatherizing, moving,
demolition, painting, and other tasks at the Parks Center. Afterwards, we’ll
enjoy coffee and pastries at the nearby Love Cafe.
For more information about Washington Parks & People and the Parks Center,
go to www.washingtonparks.net/parkscenter.html.
RSVP to Kelly McKenzie (’03) at kellymck@gmail.com
Washington Stanford Book Club
Sunday, Jan. 8 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Alison Westfall’s house on Capitol Hill
The Washington DC area Stanford Book Group will meet to discuss Edith Hamilton’s
The Greek Way. Please contact Alison Westfall at (202) 544-7314 or (202) 544-7314
or alisoncolew@hotmail.com for more information, or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wdcsabooks
and click "join this group."
WDCSA Board Meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 10 7:00-8:00pm
Stanford in Washington House, 2661 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC
Looking to reconnect with Stanford in the New Year? All are welcome to join
the Washington, D.C. Stanford Association Board of Directors. Our next meeting
will take place February 6 at the SIW house. Please contact Lindsay Arnold,
WCDSA President with questions at wdcsa.president@gmail.com
or (202) 256-1324.
Ivy Singles Social Happy Hour
Friday, Jan. 27 6:30-9:30pm
Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle, NW, Washington DC
Hosted by the University of Chicago Club of Washington DC. Come to our most
popular event and meet 200 other Ivy-educated singles! The Ivy Singles Social
Club will again make it easy (and enjoyable) to fulfill a New Year’s resolution
to get out more. Please join us in the Grand Ballroom of this marvelous (handicapped
accessible) winter wonderland – Calvin Coolidge used the mansion as a temporary
White House. This event has been so well enjoyed that we are continuing with
the longer time. Business, business casual or cocktail attire.
Send $25 check payable to "The University of Chicago Club of Washington,
DC" to Debby Prigal, 1625 Q St. NW #207, Washington, DC 20009, by Monday
January 23th, 2006. Please note your school on the check. $30 at the door.
Email reservations to (dprigal at aol.com) or call Debby at 202-265-3145.
Pre-register and avoid the lines at check-in.
"A Night in Havana": Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
with Pre-Concert Program
Friday, February 10 6:00 PM
Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda
Join WDCSA and the Stanford Business School Alumni Association for a hot
Cuban-themed concert on a cold winter night at the Music Center at Strathmore,
the Washington area’s newest concert venue! The evening program features jazz
legend Paquito D’Rivera, a Cuban-born clarinet soloist. Included in the price
of your ticket is a private pre-concert series of events you won’t want to
miss:
* 6:15-6:45 pm: Backstage tour of the Music Center at Strathmore discussing
the center’s history and business aspects of the orchestra world
* 7:00-7:30 pm.: Discussion with Stanford graduates Paula Childress ‘67,
BSO cellist and Michael Mael MBA ‘86, Vice President of the BSO at Strathmore
* 6:00 – 8:00 pm: Ongoing Stanford reception featuring a cash bar. Tapas will
also be available in the lobby.
Strathmore is conveniently located right off the metro redline (Grosvenor-Strathmore
Metro Station) or 1/2 mile north of the Capital Beltway on Rockville Pike
at 5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda. Parking is available in the Metro
garage (free with concert ticket). Additional directions available at www.strathmore.org/planyourvisit/directionsparking.asp
The WDCSA block of orchestra tier seats is sold out. We have a block
of grand tier seats available at $25. (regular price $43). Since numbers are limited, act now if you
want to go. Purchase
online below or mail checks payable to WDCSA to: Vicky Chang, 9409 Firethorn
Court, Potomac, MD 20854 Tickets will be at Will Call at the Music Center
at Strathmore on concert night. Questions? Call Vicky at 301-983-9749 or Charles
Gnaedinger at 202-342-1505.
| Ticket – $25: |
Volunteers Needed: Valentine’s Day Party at Pediatric
Hospital
Sunday, February 12 1:00-4:00 PM
The HSC Pediatric Center, 1731 Bunker Hill Road, N.E. Washington, DC 20017
Join other WDCSA volunteers in putting on a fantastic Valentine’s Day party
for children at The HSC Pediatric Center (HSC). HSC is the only hospital in
the Washington metropolitan area dedicated exclusively to the rehabilitation
and care of children with special needs. This event will be staffed entirely
by WDCSA volunteers, so please bring your creative ideas with you! We’ll be
making Valentines out of construction paper, decorating heart-shaped cookies,
playing games, and providing an afternoon of enjoyment for a great group of
kids.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is limited to 12 volunteers. Out of consideration
for your fellow alumni and the young patients at the hospital, please do not
sign up unless you are certain you can attend. WDCSA family and friends are
welcome if there is space, but please be advised that volunteers must be 16
years of age or older. RSVP to Kelly McKenzie ’03 (kellymck@gmail.com
or 202-244-4621) by February 3rd. Please indicate if you are willing to drive
or if you’ll need a ride to the event.
Calling All Volleyball Players!
March through June/July
The Washington DC Stanford Alumni Association plans to form a volleyball
team of players of all experience levels to participate in the Capital Alumni
Network (CAN) Volleyball league. The CAN volleyball league usually holds weekly
games at DC area middle and high schools in January, culminating in a playoff
tournament in April. However, this season has been postponed to start in March
for lack of gym space. If you know of an area gym with space available, please
contact the CAN sports coordinator, Matt Wiechmann, matt@dcalum.org.
There are three options for the volleyball team: 1) Monday recreational team,
2) Wednesday recreational team, 3) Wednesday competitive team. Please let
Brinda Thomas at (brindat@stanfordalumni.org)
or 301-452-6848 know of your interest and availability for each of the options
for the volleyball team(s) by February 28. All teams are co-ed and an equal
number of men and women must participate on the court at all times during
a game. She will send out more details about rules and game schedule to interested
players.
Washington National Opera
"Das Rheingold" – Richard Wagner, Monday, April 10 7:00pm
"La Clemenza di Tito" – Mozart Monday, May 22 7:00pm
The Washington Post called the last WNO Wagner opera "Die Walkure"
the "best thing this company has ever done"! Francesca Zambello
again directs. A "Das Rheingold" Special Events calendar will be
sent to all ticket holders. Celebrate Mozart’s 250th birthday and hear the
leading tenor interpreter of this music, Michael Schade.
Prime Orchestra $141.50, 2nd Tier $69.50 For tickets – Send a check payable
to WDCSA to Betty Byrne, 1822 Ingleside Terrace NW, Washington DC 20010. Contact
Betty for more information at bettybyrne@stanfordalumni.org
or (202) 483-4048. Deadline for reserving Spring 2006 WNO tickets is March
10th. Tickets will be mailed week of March 13th.
Membership Directory
Each membership gets a membership directory. You should have received the
2005 WDCSA membership directory (white cover with red print) in the mail at
the end of December. If you did not receive a copy, please contact Bill Pegram
at wmpegram@comcast.net, at 815
South 18th Street, Arlington, VA 22202. Note: Under our
family membership policy, a member can designate additional family members
to receive our email newsletter at no additional cost. These additional family
members do not receive the membership directory.