
At the year-end
dinner meeting on
Following the banquet, to which spouses or guests of the Board Members were invited, along with Life Members and Season and Production Sponsors, out-going President Pat Scholz acted as Master of Ceremonies for the formal program. Sponsors were recognized and thanked, as were other financial contributors to the organization. While introducing fellow directors, Scholz gave special recognition to Heinrich and Andres Araujo, who were recently re-elected to second, three-year terms. Scholz then officially thanked two retiring Board Members and awarded them plaques of appreciation. Bob Margrett recently completed two consecutive three-year terms, while John Wartke served for one term.
Subsequently
Scholz officially welcomed three new Directors recently elected to the Board:
Erin Belongie, an English teacher at
As his first official business Heinrich thanked Scholz and presented her with two plaques, one for her work on the Board of Directors for two consecutive three-year terms and the other for her service as President for the past four years.
The dinner
concluded with Director of Theatre Ralph Maffongelli’s
annual report. While summarizing the
accomplishments of the organization during the past season, Maffongelli made
note of the recipients of the two scholarships presented annually to local high
school seniors who intend to pursue studies in theatre arts. Selected this year
were