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High Plains Chautauqua Announces 2005
Schedule and Scholars for August 2-6
(06/25/05) Director of Programs for the Colorado
Endowment for the Humanities Mark E.
Skinner wrote to The Complete Chautauquan
to let its readers know that this August will have an exciting lineup if of
portrayals and workshops with this year’s theme, Shake, Rattle and Roll:
1945-1960.” The event will be held at Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado on August 2-6, 2005.
Historical figures to be portrayed by humanities scholars will
be as follows:
Ø
Doug
Mishler portrays Edward R. Murrow
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Annette
Baldwin portrays Dorothy Thompson.
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Bill
Worley portrays Harry S. Truman.
Ø
Paul
Vickery portrays Joseph R. McCarthy.
Ø
Marvin
Jeffreson portrays Paul Robeson.
Ø
Doris
Dwyer portrays Rachel Carson.
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Lenneal Henderson portrays Thurgood Marshall.
Also a pre-Chautauqua event on August 1 at 7 p.m. at the Rialto Theater will feature Doug Mishler
in An
Evening with Andrew Carnegie: What Americans Owe Each Other.
“Our audience last year totaled 6,400 over four days,” Skinner
reported to The Complete Chautauquan. “Also, we’re expanding to a second site (Grand Junction) in 2006,” said Skinner. The Complete Chautauquan
will add the dates for both 2006 locations once the information is available. For more information visit High Plains Chautauqua.
The Complete Chautauquan is
FIVE YEARS OLD TODAY
(06/24/05)
Happy birthday to The Complete Chautauquan. Welcome to what has been called “A must for researchers” and “The
single most thorough compilation of contemporary and historical information
about the presence of Chautauqua in the USA.” The Complete Chautauquan
website was started from this single page on June
24, 2000, out
of a desire to have a collection of information that could be accessed by the
author anywhere, and eventually shared with the world. Thank you, to all who have written over the
years and contributed to the success of The Complete Chautauquan.
The
author is especially interested in anything to do with Chautauquas
in Oklahoma and Kansas. But, as the
name of the site implies, The Complete Chautauquan
is intended to cover the whole scope of what is Chautauqua, from the Mother
Chautauqua in New
York, to the
Daughter Chautauquas, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, the Circuit Chautauquas of the early 20th
Century, and the Modern Humanities Chautauquas from
the mid-1970s to Present. Please feel
free to e-mail The Complete Chautauquan with
questions if you don’t find what you’re looking for here at Alphabet26@aol.com. The Complete Chautauquan
is always interested in adding new or old Chautauqua items to its collection
of advertising/promotional materials, programs/readers, and
souvenirs/memorabilia. The goal of The
Complete Chautauquan in the next year will
be to implement in full the Who’s Who in Chautauqua page
posted a couple of years ago but never really started or completed. Much more updating will take place in other
areas, but that will be in time.
Thornton, Indiana, Chautauqua in Celebration of the
Town’s 175th Anniversary
Patricia Gillogly sent the following information:
(06/22/05) The small community of Thorntown, Indiana,
will celebrate its 175th anniversary with an 8-day Chautauqua on
9-16 July. Themed days include individual achievement, faith and spirit,
archaeology and anthropology, genealogy, cemeteries, fun and entertainment,
and community. Lectures, demonstrations, classes, musical entertainment and
an art show will take
place in the historic business district. For more information contact the Sugar Creek Historical Society at
765-436-2202.
Patricia Gillogly
Gun Dog Ranch
765.436.7708
Arts
and Humanities Council of Tulsa Chautauqua 2005
(June 14, 2005) Tulsa had a most excellent Chautauqua this past week with
its fourteenth consecutive annual program.
The Complete Chautauquan was in
attendance at every evening event – as it has for twelve years (since June
1994) – and even some of the afternoon workshops. Portraits of the
Renaissance: Painters, Pirates, and Playwrights was the 2005 theme of the event held under the big white
tent on the OSU-Tulsa campus starting with the Student Chautauqua on June 6
and continuing through June 11, 2005.
The Complete Chautauquan observed
that the tent used this year resembled a tent viewed in a photo of a 1908
Chautauqua – probably the most authentic looking Chautauqua tent around,
although many of the later tents were brown colored for practical
purposes. And the location on the hill
above OSU-Tulsa’s Auditorium is ideal for such an event. It was a great theme. Has there been another Chautauqua theme in
which no character on the program was American-born? I don’t know, but it is an interesting
question.
Hank Fincken was the scholar behind the performance
of Christopher Columbus. Hank is always an interesting person to
watch in whatever character he is performing, and his Columbus is excellent. In the three-part performance, Fincken brought out many aspects of Columbus of which audience members told The
Complete Chautauquan they were not
aware. Visit The Official Website of Hank Fincken.
Night two was Dr. Sally
Ann Drucker in the role of Lucretia Borgia. This was the first performance by Dr. Drucker with The Complete Chautauquan
in attendance, but it is evident that she is a seasoned Chautauqua scholar
who has toured Chautauquas in nine states. Was Lucretia Borgia as bad as popular history might portray, or was it
just a reputation put on her by the men in her life? Drucker leaves
that question open for interpretation.
Another experienced Chautauquan is Karen Vuranch
who portrayed Grace O’Mally for Tulsa this year. She was a welcome return for the Tulsa
Chautauqua audience. Vuranch is an experienced and talented story-teller. And her choice of O’Mally
was a good way to expose the audience to a character they might no t know
much about.
Dr. Ted Katchel is a Tulsa favorite who regularly serves as a
coach and advisor for Chautauqua events. The retired head of the Theater
Department at Tulsa Community College has served Chautauqua organizers and
audiences well, and this year is no exception. Not only was he on every night as the
master of ceremonies in his role as Shakespeare, but he was on target with
his Friday night performance as William
Shakespeare. Many Chautauqua
audience members were overheard saying that Ted’s Shakespeare was their
favorite Chautauqua character.
The
Complete Chautauquan heard copious praise from audience
members about Peter Donaldson’s
portrayal of Leonardo da Vinci. Like Fincken, he
had cut down and rearranged a play he performs frequently and formatted it
for the Chautauqua platform. The
children and adults alike were taken back to da
Vinci’s studio where they learned of the artist’s life. The interaction with the children and the
question and answer session where Donaldson showed his ability to think fast
on his feet was excellent. There is
already talk that Donaldson might be able to bring his full play to Tulsa in a couple of years. The Complete Chautauquan
has heard of a great deal of support for his return already. Visit PeterDonaldson.net.
Welcome to The Complete Chautauquan
(June
13, 2005) This page is written by Jeffrey
Scott Maxwell, a collector of all things related to Chautauqua. This page was started as a collection in
itself, and now everyone can share in this collection of interesting
facts.
E-mail Recently Received by The Complete Chautauquan
(June 10, 2005) Elana Diaz Bjorkquist
is a Chautauqua Scholar from Tucson, Arizona who wrote the following:
I would like to be included as a
Chautauqua Scholar on your website. I portray Teresita Urrea, a healer from the 1900's. I'm
sponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council. You can read more about me and Urrea
at my website http://www/elenadiazbjorkquist.com.
elenabj@comcast.net
(520)760-3279
Ms. Bjorkquist
will be added to the Scholar and Character Pages the next time they are
updated.
E-mail Recently Received by The Complete Chautauquan
(May 18, 2005)
The Complete Chautauquan received
the following information from Lake Superior:
Big Top Chautauqua's grand 20th
summer season of music making and star gazing runs from June 11 thru
September 10 and is filled with 66 of the finest musical performances around.
Tickets are now on sale for all shows.
Call toll free at 888-BIG-TENT (888-244-8368) Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm, or
order online anytime at www.bigtop.org.
If you are on the Big Top Chautauqua’s
mailing list look for the 2005 Summer Guide filled with Chautauqua history
and show details
Order your
tickets through our secure website or by calling 715-373-5552 or toll free
888-244-8368 Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm.
THE Chautauqua Institute 2005
Season Announced
(May 6, 2005)
The following is a press release from The Chautauqua Institution:
Chautauqua Institution's 132nd Season
Chautauqua Institution's 132nd season will
run from Saturday, June 25 - Sunday, August 28 and feature an outstanding
lineup of lectures, symphony, opera, theater, dance, religious programming
and popular entertainment.
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra is
led by Uriel Segal, music director and will perform
22 concerts during the course of the season. Guest conductors include: Stuart
Chafetz, John Marcellus, Akira Endo, Grant Cooper,
Fabio Mechetti, Joseph Colaneri,
Carl St. Clair, Jason Weintraub and Paul Nadler The
complete repertoire is available at http://symphony.ciweb.org/2005schedule.html.
The Chautauqua Opera Company will
perform four operas (two performances of each) during the season, Madam
Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (July 8 & 11), The
Crucible by Robert Ward (July 22 and 25), Lucia of Lammermoor,
by Gaetano Donizetti (August 5 & 8), and
Meredith Wilson's The Music Man (August19, 21 & 22). For more
information, http://opera.ciweb.org/.
The Chautauqua Theater Company, under
the new leadership of artistic directors Ethan McSweeny
and Vivienne Benesch will offer the performance of
three plays and staged readings of new works by two of America's most
outstanding playwrights. The staged readings are a new innovation in the CTC
calendar. The plays will be chosen to directly reflect on the lecture
platform of the week. Guest artists, writer and director participate in post
show discussions after each performance. The staged reading for
Week One (June 30 - July 2) will reflect on the lecture platform theme:
"Europe Today and Tomorrow." The staged
reading for Week Six will reflect on the theme "The Land and
Justice." The plays for the season are All My Sons by Arthur
Miller/directed by Ethan McSweeny (July 9 - July
16), Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin/directed by Mark Nelson (July
23 - July 30), and Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare/directed by
Vivienne Benesch (August 13 - August 20). For more
information, http://www.ciweb.org/Theater/.
Chautauqua Institution's 2005 Lecture
Platform features leading authorities discussing topics of importance and
relevance. The morning amphitheater lectures take place Monday thru Friday
throughout the course of the season and follow weekly themes. The themes for
2005 are:
· Week 1 June 26-July 2 Europe Today and
Tomorrow
· Week 2 July 3-9 The World of Work
· Week 3 July 10-16 The Law in Religion and Society
Abrahamic Week
· Week 4 July 17-23
· Why Geography Matters
· Week 5 July 24-30 The Arts
· Week 6 July 31-August 6 The Land and Justice
· Week 7 August 7-13 Living an Ethical Life
· Week 8 August 14-20 Iraq and its
Neighborhood
· Week 9 August 21-27 The Brain
The department of Religion lectures
held at 2:00 p.m. in the Hall of Philosophy will follow the same themes
except for the following:
·
Week
2 July 3-9 Faith and Politics
·
Week
4 July 17-23 The Geography of Faith
·
Week
5 July 24-30 Art and Soul
·
Week
9 August 21-27 Love That Does Justice
The complete schedule of speakers and
events can be found at: http://www.ciweb.org/schedule.html.
The Chautauqua Institution is a
not-for-profit organization that serves as a community, a center, and a
resource where the human spirit is renewed, minds stimulated, faith restored
and the arts valued. It has performance venues, hotel, golf, tennis, and
educational and recreational facilities.
For nine weeks each year, from late
June through late August, the Institution offers a rich blend of arts, a
variety of programming and recreational activities. Its educational mission
is continued during the rest of the year with programs for older adults such
as Elderhostels and other learning opportunities.
More information is available at http://www.ciweb.org/.
Merom
Bluffs Chautauqua
(March 26, 2005)
The Complete Chautauquan reader Trish Bowers
wrote the following:
Jeffrey, I saw
your mention of the Merom Bluffs chautauqua on the complete chautauquan. There is a mention that you are not sure
what it is about. My great grandfather
Dr. John J Parker was one of the men who founded the chautauqua
on the Merom Bluffs in 1905. My grandmother has passed away recently and
my family will be going home to Indiana for the
festival this June. All my life my
grandmother told us about the festival and according to her it is not just a
car show and parade, although they do employ many novelty ideas to allow
entire families to enjoy the gathering.
The Merom Bluffs chautaqua
is like many of the other "daughter chautauquas"
the residents come together to celebrate local and american
history as well as influential past residents of Merom. The focus seems to be on promoting the
family and community units as well as religion, education, political views as
well as arts education and appreciation.
All in all it is a festival to celebrate unity and history as Merom and all of Sullivan has a strong interest in
genealogy and family roots. I hope
this helps you with your web report.
Go with god
Trish
Bowers
Oklahoma
Chautauqua News Briefs
In
coming years, the theme selection for Oklahoma Chautauquas
might well be shaped partly by a couple of centennial events that will take
place.
Fred
W. Bartell
of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, brought the circuit chautauquas
to Tulsa
four years in a row from 1905-1908. The Centennial Tulsa Chautauqua in 1905
will be sure to bring a number of great programs to the OSU-Tulsa campus.
Also of
significance is the celebration of the formation of the Oklahoma and
Indian Territories into the State of Oklahoma in 1907 -- certainly a good subject for Chautauqua
events in 1906 and/or 1907.
Chautauqua
in Oklahoma is supported in part by grants from the Humanities Council of Oklahoma.
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Important Chautauqua Dates
Historic
Model Chautauquas
(Also known as Permanent
or Community Chautauquas
with contemporary speakers and performers )
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May 13-August 27, 2005 – Boulder, CO: Colorado Chautauqua (Founded 1898)
event prices vary.
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June 11-September 10, 2005 – Washburn, WI, Lake
Superior Big Top Chautauqua A series of music performance events under canvas; event prices vary.
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June 25-September 5, 2005 – Lakeside, Ohio (on Lake
Erie), Lakeside
Chautauqua (Founded 1873) 1-Day Gate Fee $12.75; $8.75 for children;
event prices vary.
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July 9-16, 2005 – Thorntown, IN,
Thorntown 175th Anniversary Chautauqua.
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July 23-August 7, 2005 – Huntington, IN, Fountain Park Chautauqua
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July 26-August 27, 2005 –Chautauqua Institution 2005 Program
event prices vary
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June 26-July 2 (Week 1): Europe Today
and Tomorrow
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July 3-9 (Week 2): The World of Work
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July 10-16 (Week 3): Law in Religion
and Society
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July 17-23 (Week 4): Why Geography
Matters
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July
24-30 (Week 5): The Arts
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July
31-August 6 (Week 6): The Land and Justice
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August 7-13 (Week 7): Living an
Ethical Life
o
August 14-20 (Week 8): Iraq and Its
Neighborhood
o
August 21-27 (Week 9): The Brain
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September 24, 2005 – Getzendaner Park, Waxahachie, TX, Waxahachie
Chautauqua Assembly 2005: Food for
Thought and Thoughts about Food.
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February 24-27, 2006 – DeFuniak Springs, FL, Florida Chautauqua
Assembly 2006 (Established 1885, Re-established 1996)
Modern
Model Chautauquas
(Also known as Humanities Chautauquas with historic character portrayals by
humanities scholars.)
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June 20-25, 2005 – George Washington Carver National
Monument, Diamond, MO: Heartland
Chautauqua 2005: America the Bountiful
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June 22-26, 2005 – Huron,
OH, Ohio
Chautauqua 2005: The Roaring Twenties
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June 24-28, 2005 – Liberal,
KS: Great Plains Chautauqua: From Sea to Shining Sea
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June 25-26, 2005 – Incline
Village, NV: Lake Tahoe
Chautauqua Festival: Almost Rushmore
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June 26-29, 2005 –
Carbondale, IN: 2005 Town Square
Chautauqua: Visions and Dreams: The
Changing American Landscape
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June 28-July 2, 2005 – Ashland, OH, Ohio
Chautauqua 2005: The Roaring Twenties
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July
1-5, 2005 – Legion Park, Sidney, NE: Great Plains Chautauqua: From Sea to Shining Sea
· July 5-8, 2005 – Garrett College, McHenry, MD: Maryland Chautauqua
2005: War and Democracy: Personal
Journeys
· July 5-8, 2005 – Montgomery College-Germantown, Germantown, OH: Maryland Chautauqua
2005: War and Democracy: Personal
Journeys
· July 5-9, 2005 – Montpelier, OH, Ohio Chautauqua
2005: The Roaring Twenties
· July 7-10, 2005 – The Community
College of Baltimore County,
Cantonsville, MD: Maryland Chautauqua
2005: War and Democracy: Personal
Journeys
· July 8-11, 2005 – Cecil Community
College, North East, MD: Maryland Chautauqua
2005: War and Democracy: Personal
Journeys
· July 8-12, 2005 – Lexington, NE: Great Plains Chautauqua: From Sea to Shining Sea
· July 11-14, 2005 – College of Southern
Maryland, La
Plata, MD: Maryland
Chautauqua 2005: War and
Democracy: Personal Journeys
· July 11-14, 2005 – Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD: Maryland Chautauqua
2005: War and Democracy: Personal
Journeys
· July 12-16, 2005 – Chester, OH: Ohio
Chautauqua 2005: The Roaring Twenties
· July 15-19, 2005: Sturgis, SD: Great Plains Chautauqua: From Sea to
Shining Sea
· July 17-21, 2005 – Rancho
San Rafael Park, NV: Great Basin
Chautauqua 2005: Head to Head: Great Confrontations in American History
General Admission $10; Reserved Seats $20
· July 19-23, 2005 – Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH: Ohio
Chautauqua 2005: The Roaring Twenties
· July 21-23, 2005 – Keene State
College, Keene, NH: New Hampshire Chautauqua
2005: 1905: America Reinvents Itself
· July 22-26, 2005 – Mobridge City Park, Mobridge, SD: Great Plains Chautauqua: From Sea to Shining Sea
· July 24, 2005 – Greeley State
Park, Nashua, NH: New Hampshire Chautauqua
2005: 1905: America Reinvents Itself
· July 25-27, 2005 – Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH: New Hampshire Chautauqua
2005: 1905: America Reinvents Itself
· July 29-August 2, 2005 – Wilson, ND: Great Plains Chautauqua: From Sea to Shining Sea
· August 2-6, 2005 – Aims Community College, Greeley,
CO: High Plains Chautauqua: Shake, Rattle, and Roll: 1945-1960
· August 5-9, 2005 – Washburn, ND: Great Plains Chautauqua: From Sea to Shining Sea.
· August 8-14, 2005 – Dakota County Fairgrounds:
Dakota Chautauqua
2005
· September 9-10, 2005 – Historic Boulder Theater, Boulder
City, NV: Boulder City
Chautauqua 2005: Head to Head: Great
Confrontations in American History.
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June 5, 2006 –
OSU-Tulsa Campus, Tulsa, OK, The
Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa Student
Chautauqua 2006
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June 6-10, 2006 –
OSU-Tulsa Campus, Tulsa, OK, Arts
and Humanities Council of Tulsa
Chautauqua
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June 16-20, 2006 – Sedan, KS: Great
Plains Chautauqua.
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June 23-27, 2006 – MacPherson, KS: Great
Plains Chautauqua.
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June 30-July 4, 2006 – Chautauqua Park, Alliance, NE: Great Plains
Chautauqua.
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July 7-11, 2006 – Fuller Park, Albion, NE: Great Plains
Chautauqua.
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