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Hawaii Ski Club – December, 2009
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President – Geof Chu – 330-7432
Vice President – Anita Hodges, 486-8667
Secretary - Craig Shaffer
Treasurer - Wanda Sowell
James Purvis
Toby Kravet – 224-1065
Wanda "Wandi" Sagum
Susan Murata
Kevin Okawa
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Club Historian
Jo Yee
Newsletter Editor
Toby Kravet
(Click on Contacts for e mail addresses)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Note that we will not be having a formal, General Meeting in December. The Annual Christmas Party on December 19th will substitute for the General Meeting.
Every Monday evening (except on holidays): 4:30 P.M. A group of ski club members and their friends play tennis at Keehi Lagoon courts, off Lagoon Drive. Stay in shape and share refreshments afterwards!
November 26, (Thursday) 9 A.M. Volunteer Project and Tailgate potluck brunch at Blaisdell Arena.
December 6, (Sunday) 12:30 P.M. Aiea Loop Trail hike.
December 4, (Friday) 7: P.M. Winter Wonderettes at Manoa Valley Theater.
December 19, (Saturday) 5:30 P.M. Annual Christmas Party and viewing of the Boat Parade at the Large's house in Hawaii Kai.
January 6th, (Wednesday) 6:30 P.M. Encore Presentation of Les Contes d'Hoffman at the Regal Dole, Cannery Stadium Theatres.
January 7, (Thursday) 6: P.M. General Meeting at Sam Sneads. Be there no later than 5:30 for dinner specials.
January 14, (Thursday) 5: 30 P.M. Board Meeting at Henry Loui's.
January 16, (Saturday) 1: P.M. Carmen at Regal Dole Cannery Stadium
Theatres. See below for complete, remaining schedule of Live Transmission
Operas from the Met.
January 22, (Friday). Pre-Ski Trip Packet Pickup Party. Time and
location to be announced.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Most of the slopes have already opened and Snowmass already has almost three
feet of base at the top. I can’t wait until I’m on one of my all time favorite
top to bottom runs. Along with the Warm Springs Run at Sun Valley, Ruthie’s
Run on Aspen Mountain provides some of the best scenic cruising on wide open
groomed terrain.
We have reached our maximum of seventy and the Ski Week 2010 venue provides just
about any activity for all interests. Along with the most skiable acreage of
any destination, the shopping and dining will satisfy everyone no matter what
the level of ability. Coinciding with the Winter X Games, our trip will also
provide an opportunity to watch a world class competition of more than 200 of
the best action sports athletes including past Olympians competing in Skiing,
Snowboarding, and Snowmobiling (www.xgames.com).
Prior to our trip, we will have our Annual Christmas Party/Koko Marina Boat
Parade at the Large’s home on the water, January General Membership Meeting and
Pre-Ski Party.
Aloha,
GEOF
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
LIVE TRANSMISSION OPERAS FROM THE MET
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium Theatres
735 B Iwilei Rd.
With the football season behind us (almost) , you might want to
consider seeing a live transmission opera at the Dole Cannery Theatres.
The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in
HD continues for its fourth season, featuring nine live transmissions. All
performances begin at 1 P.M. at the Dole Cannery Theatres. Don’t miss the chance
to experience the Met live at our local movie theater!
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_current.aspx
The December 19th showing of LES CONTES d'HOFFMAN (The Tales of Hoffman) at 1 P.M. with a running time of 4 hours 10 minutes is scheduled on the same day as our club potluck Christmas party. However, there will be an encore presentation of this MET movie on January 6 at 6:30 P.M.
4. LES CONTES d'HOFFMAN – JACQUES OFFENBACH
December 19, 2009 and repeated January 6th as an encore presentation (See
Above)
Offenbach’s fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic
writer E.T.A. Hoffmann is a fascinating psychological journey.
The 2009–10 Live in HD season continues January 9th with:
Approximate running time 4 hours, 10 minutes / 2 intermissions
5. DER RONSEKAVALIER – RICHARD STRAUSS
January 9, 2010
Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars
Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser
role of her young lover.
Approximate running time 3 hours / 2 intermissions
6. CARMEN – GEORGES BIZET
January 16, 2010
One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen “is about sex, violence, and
racism—and its corollary: freedom,” says Olivier Award-winning director Richard
Eyre about his new production of Bizet’s drama. “It is one of the inalienably
great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be
shocking.”
Approximate running time 4 hours / 2 intermissions
7. SIMON BACCANEGRA – GIUSEPPE VERDI
February 6, 2010
Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Plácido Domingo makes history
singing the title role in Verdi’s gripping political thriller in this moving and
tragic story of a father and his lost daughter.
Approximate running time 3 hours 40 minutes / 2 intermissions
8. HAMLET – AMBROISE THOMAS
March 27, 2010
The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other
writer’s. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer created an extended mad
scene that is among the greatest in opera.
Approximate running time 3 hours 45 minutes / 1 intermission
9. ARMIDA – GIOACHINO ROSSINI i
May 1, 2010T
This is a mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison.
Approximate running time 4 hours 20 minutes / 2 intermissions
WANDI
EARLY THANKSGIVING DAY TAILGATE AT THE NBC
November 26, (Thanksgiving Day), 9 A.M.
Our community service project, helping The Salvation Army serve Thanksgiving
dinner to the needy, has its full quota of 18 volunteers and a few on the wait
list. However, the rest of you may join us for a tailgate potluck brunch from
9:00 to 10:30 on Thanksgiving Day, November 26. You'll find us in our club
shirts and funny headgear on the grass by the parking structure near the NBC
arena, probably the only group tailgating! An e-mail sign-up for the the
tailgate potluck will be forthcoming.
WANDA
MANOA VALLEY THEATER'S "WINTER WONDERETTES"
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christ-mas!" Got the Christmas spirit? Just join us for "a musical holiday feast" at Manoa Valley Theater on Friday, December 4 for "Winter Wonderettes". It's cabaret style, with food and drinks available for purchase. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Call 988-6131 for tickets as soon as possible. You'll be humming Christmas songs all the way home!
WANDA
AIEA LOOP TRAIL HIKE
December 6, (Sunday), 12:30 P.M.
The final Hike of the KISS (Keep in Skiing Shape) series will truly be a Kiss. Although this will be the second longest (4.4 miles), it will also be the most level, and some of it will be on sidewalk-wide trail. Much of it will be a "walk in the park" with beautiful mountain views as well as a spectacular view of the H3 heading up towards the tunnel (Ugh!). The middle and final sections, however, will be typical "Hawaiian style" trail with roots, rocks, and some mud. How much mud will depend upon most recent weather. Also, unless the DLNR has been out with chainsaws for trail maintenance between now and then (in this economy, I doubt it), there will be some fallen trees to step over. The hike should take from 2.5 - 3 hours. We will start from/end at the top parking lot in the Keaiwa Heiau State Recreation Area at the top of Aiea Heights Drive. Drive up the hill 2.7 miles from the intersection of Aiea Heights Drive and Moanalua Rd., and you will enter the park. Drive up another .5 miles on the park loop road, and you will come to a parking lot with a covered picnic pavilion on the left and a restroom straight ahead. Park here and look for other Ski Club hikers (or just me) milling around and waiting for you. If you start going downhill, you've passed us (me). Afterwards, I will be open to suggestions on where, in the Aiea/Pearl City area, we might want to celebrate the end of the weekend with a cold one (or two). Bring your hiking shoes, energy, and good cheer, and we'll see you on Sunday, December 6. You can call me at 224-1065 (cell) right up until the time we hit the trail (I'll make sure my ringer is on this time).
TOBY
ANNUAL SKI CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY
December 19, (Saturday, 5:30 P.M.)
Once again, Darrell and Rheta Large have graciously offered their residence at
585 Kumukahi Place on Spinnaker Isle, Koko Marina to host our Annual Christmas
Party. For over five years running, their kindness, hospitality, and location
have provided us with one of the best venues for a perfect party. Held in
conjunction with the “13th Annual “Festival of Lights” Koko Marina Boat Parade”,
this party is always well attended and one of our most popular events. Members
need to BYOB and bring a dish to share (Pot luck). The ever popular grab bag
will take place, and we ask that a minimum $15.00 gift value be followed.
To get to the Larges', turn off Kalanianaole Highway onto Hawaii Kai Drive,
proceed approximately .8 mile until you see Pepeekeo St. on the left. The
entrance to Kumukahi Place will be your next right, but there might not be a
sign at the corner on Hawaii Kai Drive(there wasn't one last year). After you
turn right, you will immediately come to a T: Take a left at the T and look for
the 585 on the left.
GEOF
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: CARMEN
January 16 (Saturday): 1 P.M.
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium Theatres
735 B Iwilei Road
You must mark January 16 down on your calendar to join the Hawaii Ski Club in seeing the outstanding opera CARMEN, performed by the incomparable Metropolitan Opera of New York! Bizet's extraordinary music, combined with sizzling performances, will be an unforgettable experience! Please join us for this incredible event!
Carmen – Georges Bizet
January 16, 2010
One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen “is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom,” says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet’s drama. “It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking.” Angela Gheorghiu plays the seductive gypsy of the title in her role debut, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José.
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Production: Richard Eyre; Barbara Frittoli, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien
Approximate running time 4 hours / 2 intermissions
WANDI
PRE-SKI WEEK PACKET PICKUP PARTY
January 22, (Friday)
Save the date of Friday, Jan 22, 6-8 pm for a pre-ski trip
party. All ski club members are invited whether you go on the Snowmass trip or
not! Light pupus will be offered. Stay tuned for information on time and
location.
HAWAII SKI WEEK 2010 - SNOWMASS
Aloha Everyone,
Our trip date is fast approaching and the word has gotten out
the the Hawaii Ski Club is coming to Snowmass. I know that many of you are
concerned about our ski and snowboard rentals, lessons, storage and transfers to
other slopes. Below are three selections you can consider to save you
shop-around time:
The general rental rates for equipment will run you approximately $45.00 to
$65.00 + per day and will vary upon the amount of gear you'll be using. If you
have your own boots, helmets, and basic essentials in your inventory, your rates
will be far less. Multiple day lift tickets save you money. Ski Lessons (two
day) include lift tickets, so consider this in your plans and you can join me in
ski classes (yes, I will be doing refresher lessons).
1. I've selected Four Mountain Sports as my vendor of choice. They are offering
us a 35% discount on complete rentals, advance reservations for equipment (for
those experienced enough to know what their needs will be). Four Mountain has
offered to have a representative at our Welcome Reception & Wine Party (Jan 30)
to speak and help with outfitting. Daily gear overnight storage and transfer to
other nearby runs is available at no charge. Their rental shop is located just
a block away from our condo. You can check their website at
http://www.aspensnowmass.com/rentals. Click on Four Mountain Sports. You
can call the store at 970-923-0430.
2. Christy Sports Rentals offers our club a 25% discount off the "Walk In"
rental rates which begin as low as $40.00 for the premium ski package. The name
brands gear they rent can also be found in other rental shops and services.
They have a rental shop in the Village Mall just a block from our condo and can
be contacted at
http://rental.christysports.com. Their Toll Free phone number is
877-754-7627
3. The Ski Butlers offers a decadent and pampered approach. They will come to
your condo to outfit you, then have the gear delivered to you the next day. At
the end of your trip, your gear is picked up for return to the shop. They offer
top performance equipment and competitive prices. However, they do not transfer
equipment or offer overnight storage. Ski Butler offers our club members a 15%
discount on their rentals and can be reached at
www.skibutlers.com or toll free
1-877-754-7754 for more information on their packages.
In a nutshell, these rental agencies are within close proximity to our condo,
convenient to get to, and you can use use these stores as a guideline when
shopping for your ski equipment rentals or purchases.
Watch for me on the bunny slope and I'll wave as you fly by!
LEE LOPEZ ,
Trip Committee
PAST ACTIVITIES:
BLACK TURKEY DAY THANKSGIVING FEAST
We have so much to be thankful for, there isn't enough space in the newsletter to list all of our blessings. On Sunday, 15 November, our club shared in friendship, family, food and culture. Thank you to Bill Rothe and Rebecca Horne for opening their home to bring together Ski Club members, cyclists and an art group to share in camaraderie, food, and Aloha. Over 50 people were in attendance, sharing their seasonal recipes to compliment Bill's smoked turkeys. It was a wonderful event to kick off the holiday season.
JENNA SURWILO
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
SNOWBOARD FOR SALE
Craig Shaffer still has an unused size 141 snowboard for sale. $250.00. Craig may be contacted at 261-5989.
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Contributions from the membership to future newsletters are encouraged and will be greatly appreciated: Please e mail them to Toby (see Contacts) no later than 9 calendar days from the end of the month. Thanx much.
Updated club info available at http://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com/