| Fri 2/10 | BSO at Strathmore |
| 2/9, 2/11, 2/19, 2/23, 2/25 | Stanford Basketball |
| Sun 2/12 | Pediatric Hospital (full) |
| Sat 2/18 | Watts Branch Park |
| Fri 2/24 | Ivy Singles |
| Sun 2/26 | Measure for Measure |
| Tue 3/7 | WDCSA Board Meeting |
| Tue 3/21 | Dana Gioia at Rockefellers |
| Mar-Jun | CAN Volleyball |
| Apr-May | Washington National Opera |
| Apr-Jul | CAN Softball |
| Apr-Oct | Washington Nationals |
Table of Contents
"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 Red Line (Grosvenor-Strathmore
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 are available at: www.strathmore.org/planyourvisit/directionsparking.asp
Our orchestra seats are sold out but we have a few Grand Tier seats at $25!!
Purchase either below or mail checks payable to WDCSA to: Vicky Chang, 9409
Firethorn Court, Potomac, MD 20854
Tickets will be held at the Comcast Lounge at the Music Center at Strathmore
on concert night. Questions? Call Vicky at 301-983-9749 or Charles Gnaedinger
at 202-342-1505.
Stanford Men’s Basketball
The Cardinal has won 8 of their last 9 games, and will be on TV several times
during February (all times Eastern) including the following games:
Thu Feb. 9, 10:30PM – Cal – Fox Sports Net
Sat. Feb. 11, 9PM – Gonzaga – ESPN
Sun. Feb. 19, 3:30PM – Arizona – CBS
Thu Feb. 23, 10:30PM – Washington – Fox Sports Net
Sat. Feb. 25, 7PM – Washington State – ABC
Some of these games will be available on your local cable channel, whereas
others will only be available at a sports bar. Games will be available at
McFadden’s, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Volunteers Needed: Watts Branch Park & the Down
by the Riverside Campaign
Saturday, February 18 9:00am – 1:00pm
(Feel free to leave earlier or stay later.)
Location: 5200 Foote Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019
Following the success of our January 7, 2006 volunteer event with Parks and
People (25 volunteers!), we have decided to partner with Washington Parks
and People to create monthly volunteer opportunities for Stanford Alumni and
this will be our second event in this series.
Watts Branch Park & the Down by the Riverside Campaign is a partnership
of the DC government, several non-profit organizations, and the Watts Branch
Stream Valley. Over the last five years Washington Parks & People has
been central to this campaign aimed at restoring the vitality and community
value of the Watts Branch Park. To read more about the campaign please go
to www.washingtonparks.net/.
Questions? Contact WDCSA Board Member Begna Gebreyes, ’99, at begna01@hotmail.
Based on volunteer feedback from the last event, we will focus on getting
projects started on time so that volunteers can be productive for the whole
time they are available.
Washington Parks & People has expressed an interest in getting us more
involved in a variety of projects, including:
-Landscape reclamation
-Park programming
-Light construction
-Office assistance
-Producing graphics and flyers
-Providing computer technical assistance for its visitor center and cyber
cafe
-Mounting exhibitions to promote its park-based health campaign ("Heart
& Soul")
If you’re interested in working with Washington Parks and People, please
contact Begna Gebreyes ’99 (begna01@hotmail)
and indicate which of the above activities appeal to you. Also indicate whether
you prefer to participate in a one-time activity or would be interested in
ongoing opportunities.
Ivy Singles
Friday, February 24 6:30 – 9:00 pm
JW’s View Steakhouse atop the Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee Highway, Arlington
VA
703-524-6400
Co-hosted by the Washington Wellesley Club & Columbia University Club
of Washington, DC
This unique venue provides one of the most spectacular views of Washington.
We will have our own private space, sumptuous appetizers, and a cash bar.
Business or business casual attire is appropriate.
Reservations:
Send $25 check payable to "The Washington Wellesley Club" to Nancy
Tate, 901 N. Monroe St. NW #705, Arlington, VA 22201, by Monday February 20th,
2006. Please note your school on the check.
Email reservations and walk-ins:
$30 at the door email reservations to flipnan(at)aol.com. Pre-register to
avoid the lines at check-in and allow us to plan properly.
Metro: Take the Orange or Blue lines to Rosslyn. At the station exit, take
the skywalk across Lee Highway.
By Car: Free parking in the hotel garage is available with ticket validation.
Shakespeare Group
Sunday, February 26 6-9PM
We will be reading "Measure for Measure" at the home of Anupam
Khanna PHD ’84, MS ’80, MS ’75. For further details, contact Alison Westfall
at alisoncolew@hotmail.com or
(202) 544-7314 for more information.
WDCSA Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 7 7:00-8:00 pm
Stanford in Washington
For more information, please contact Lindsay Arnold at wdcsa.president@gmail.com
or (202) 256-1324.
Dana
Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Tuesday, March 21 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Home of Sharon Percy Rockefeller ’66, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC
Cost: $35*
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Dana Gioia, BA ’73,
MBA ‘77 is an internationally acclaimed poet, critic, educator, and
former business executive who also received a M.A. in Comparative Literature
at Harvard. For fifteen years he supported his writing by working for General
Foods, eventually becoming Vice President of Marketing.
An influential critic, Gioia is also a renowned influential literary anthologist
and a long-time commentator on American culture and literature for BBC Radio.
He was the classical music critic for San Francisco magazine for six years
and has written two opera libretti.
He has taught as a visiting writer at Johns Hopkins University, Sarah Lawrence
College, Colorado College, and Wesleyan University. He is the former Vice
President of the Poetry Society of America and has served on the boards of
numerous arts organizations. Nominated by President George W. Bush, Gioia
began his term as the ninth Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
in February 2003, moving to Washington, D.C. from Sonoma County, California.
He and his wife Mary Hiecke (MBA ’77) have two sons.
Our gracious hostess will be Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO,
WETA TV and FM, former member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees
and member of boards of trustees in the DC area, including WETA, the National
Gallery of Art and The Phillips Collection.
A light buffet will include dessert.
RSVP by signing up below or by mailing a check payable to WDCSA to Risa Shimoda,
601 Hudson Ave., #102, Takoma Park, MD 20912. Space is limited to 50 people
(WDCSA members and one guest each). If the event is oversubscribed as of March
1, we will conduct a random drawing. We will notify everyone as to the results,
and cancel payment from those whose attendance we will not be able to accommodate.
Address and directions will be sent to those attending.
* Approximately 50% of the cost of this very special event will be subsidized
by WDCSA.
WDCSA Volleyball Season
Contact Brinda Thomas at brindat@stanfordalumni.org
or 301-452-6848.
Stanford at Washington National Opera
"Das Rheingold" – Richard Wagner
Monday, April 10 7:00pm
A "Das Rheingold" Special Events calendar will be sent to all ticket
holders.
"La Clemenza di Tito" – Mozart
Monday, May 22 7:00pm
Prime Orchestra $141.50, 2nd Tier $69.50. Send a check payable to WDCSA to
Betty Byrne, 1822 Ingleside Terrace NW, Washington DC 20010. Contact Betty
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.
WDCSA Softball Season
Following a very successful and enjoyable first year in the CAN softball
league, Stanford will field a team again for the April-July 2006 season. Games
in this slow-pitch, co-ed league of Washington area alumni clubs are played
in the early evening on the Mall, and the season ends with an all-teams tournament.
Contact Chris Shinkman (301-229-4427 or
c.shinkman@verizon.net) if you
would like to play.
Washington Nationals Tickets
RFK Stadium
In response to our survey of those who attended last year, we have upgraded
our 4 season tickets. Our new seats are in Section 314, Row 15, Seats 15-18
whereas previously we were in Section 448, Row 5, Seats 3-6. Our new seats
are right behind home plate and one level lower! Our new tickets cost us $20
each. In the March newsletter, we will announce our individual game prices
for the 81 season games and the pre-season exhibition game against the Orioles
and start taking orders then.