The Apollo Music Club

The Apollo Music Club invites the public to their American Music program in November.  See the calendar for details.  One important note: the Fellowship Hall is at the back of the church though you reach it by the Heritage Highway address. 

The Music Club of Greenville

The Music Club of Greenville (President Ruth Morrow) invites you to four programs that are open to the public this year.

Monday, November 10: 7PM
"American Music and a Parade of American Music"
The Cascades at Verdae
10 Fountain View Terrace, Greenville

Tuesday, December 2: 10 AM
A Program of Sacred and Secular Christmas Music
Westminster Presbyterian Church
23 Augusta St
Greenville

Monday, March 16: 7 PM
A Program of African Music and Dance
Younts Fountain Inn Center
325 North Main Street
Fountain Inn

Monday, May 4: 7 PM
Honors Concert (piano, voice, strings)
102 Fine Arts Center
Pine Knoll Drive, Greenville

Please see calendar or events for map

Club Names and Presidents

Afternoon Music Club – Mary Kay Noland

Apollo Music Club – Karen F. Herndon

Belton Music Club – Jon Michael Brock

Bishopville Music Club – Robbie McCaskill

Charleston Music Club – Jeannie King

Crescent Music Club – Barbara Trammell

Eau Claire Music Club – Brenda Dean

Fountain Inn Music Club – Janet Price

Greenville Woman’s Music Club – Cindy Goodloe

Hartsville Music Club – Martha Ann Blackwell

Holly Hill Music Club – Carolyn Parler

Lancaster Music Study Club – Shirley Hunter

Orangeburg Music Club – DeLane Shull

Rock Hill Music Club – Hughlene Lucas

Spartanburg Philharmonic Music Club – Wendi Arms

Summerville Music Club – Nancy Shows

The Music Club of Greenville – Ruth Morrow

The Music Club of Spartanburg – June Seraque

Union Music Club – Sally Summers

SCFMC Conference in Newberry, SC

Greetings from Helena Meetze.  She has contacted many of us already about the Conference to be held on May 2-3 at the Newberry Opera House on 1201 McKibben Street in historic Newberry.  The activities will be held in the auditorium.  Registration begins at 12:30 PM.
Executive Committee Meeting at 1:00
Board of Directors Meeting at 2:00
Official Opening at 3:00
Those of you who have reports to make, please bring two copies of them, one for the President and one for the recording Secretary.

The evening dinner at 6:30 will be at the downtown bistro "Steven W's" 1100 Main Street.  We will be able to order from the menu.

Saturday will be Junior day.  Registration at 9 AM and Meeting at 9:30.

Cost for the entire conference: $20
Please send a check payable to Marybeth Shelley and mail with your registration form to her by April 20th.
2625 Mills Dr., Columbia, SC 29204

President Meetze hopes to see there!

Congratulations to the 2014 Northwestern District I Representatives:
Piano representatives:  Annabelle Yang, student of Lisa Lee
                                   John Wang, student of Kuo-pei Chang Lin
                                   Andrew Zhary, student of Kuo-Pei Chang Lin
                                
Voice Representative: Andrea Lawrence, soprano, student of Ina Pegram

Special thanks to Dr. Cindy R. Goodloe for adjudicating at the Honors Recital, SC Govenor's School, Sunday March 9 to select these representatives.

Deborah Freeman, District Chair

NFMC Convention 2013

The members of the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs made a supreme effort to help out at the NFMC convention that met in Greenville recently. Pat Howle, the chairman of the event, selected a group of hard workers to help put together a plan of work.  She and the chairmen of different responsibilities met many times to work out difficulties as they arose,  For example, there was the requirement of flowers at the many meetings to be held.  The flower committee worked wonders planning what decorations would be used and where they would be, then they decided who would be responsible for certain meetings.  That committee met several times together, but we could see different members coming each day with flowers and the other things needed for the arrangements and they all seemed happy to be doing that daunting task.

Then there was the registration committee where the chairman decided who would be there on different days, who would sign people in, who would be runners to get the bags from the storage room to the registration table.  She had to be there the entire time and lock and unlock the room where those precious bags were kept until registrants claimed them.  She was the one who actually decided how the bags would be lined up in the storage room and she,  along with others, decided how many tables and where they were to be. And there was the state convention treasurer to take up money for late registration and other matters.  She, too, was there every day. There was a person who assigned people to be in the lobby to welcome each person as they came to register - two for every day, or sometimes for every few hours.  AND there were the people who went to the airport to pick up some of our officers and their guests.  We heard that some of these drivers actually took their guests on a tour before bringing them to the Hyatt. There was much activity around the registration desk.  Some people seemed to come just to chat for a moment, others to pick up a ticket for someone else who decided to attend a meal, and some came to see if we had something they had lost.  We can't forget those who stood at the table handing out water, peaches, CDs, and other items that could not go in the bags. 

The meals chairman spent much time with the Hyatt planning the meals and most people seemed to enjoy them.  The pianos had to be rented, the 300 bottles had to be bought, the many items in the convention bags had to be collected and distributed .

There was so much to be done!  The SCFMC can be proud of the work done for this 2013 Convention.  Thanks to all who participated in any way.

Alabama speaks

Harriet Coker sent an email that South Carolinians will be proud to read.  Margaret Smith of the Tuscaloosa Music Club asked that all South Carolinians be apprised of her message. She thanks us for all our efforts to make the NFMC convention such a success - well planned and executed.  She felt that everyone gave the guests a heartfelt welcome and treated them with true Southern hospitality.  Thank you, Harriet for sending this lovely message so that all of us could read it.