The English-Speaking Union
of the United States
Seattle Branch
P.O. Box 19673
Seattle, WA 98109-6673
Telephone: (206) 362-8330
Email: seattle@esuus.org
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The "Hats, Scarves and Gloves" silent auction which was held on May 1, raised $644 for scholarships. A tidy sum to add to the Fund.
Ingeborg Dunlap, coordinator of food servies, deserves a round of applause and many thanks for the magic she performed at the last minute. Besides herself, she asked all the right people to bring appetizers: Mary Mohler, Gay Saunders, James Kemp-Slaughter, Ethel Kemp-Slaughter and Marina Tarlinskaya. The food on the table was picture perfect and everything tasted just wonderful.
As the guests arrived, Liz Bagshaw volunteered to collect money and make sure name badges were found for those who attended. Many thanks also to Steve Dorn and Joe Harrington who staffed the bar.
Thanks also go to those who contributed items to the fund raiser, including Sandra Boyd, Eli Kirkpatrick, Marlene Holbrook, Ethel Kemp-Slaughter, Loveday Conquest, Donna Smith, James Kemp-Slaughter, Ingeborg Dunlap, Joe Harrington, Elizabeth Miller, Christine Harrington, Jim Smith, Steve Dorn, Bill Maschmeier, Louise Beeman and others whose names I forgot to write down.
And three cheers to those of you who bought hats, scarves and gloves; may you enjoy wearing your treasures. It was a lot of fun; let's do it again someday! |
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The SEATTLE BRANCH Welcomes you!
Seattle is blessed with the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west and Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountain Range, including Mt. Rainier, to the east. Located in Washington state, it is the Pacific Northwest headquarters for business and industry, professional sports and cultural activities. It is also the gateway to the Pacific and Canada, a mere two hour drive away.
Please join us as one of the 72 United States Branches, along with those in 55 countries, including 36 Branches in the UK.
Since the Seattle Branch of the English-Speaking Union was established in 1929, we have a long history of uniting people interested in understanding and reaching out to people of all nationalities and cultural heritages through the medium of the English language.
Our Branch participates in the National Shakespeare Competition, English-In-Action, the National Speakers Program and Walter Hines Page Scholarships Program.
You will enjoy monthly receptions in member's homes, Speaker Dinners, a gala Christmas Ball, an annual cruise on Lake Washington, and a festive summer Garden Party. Along with auctions and raffles you will help support scholarships for worthy students as you participate in our varied social, cultural and philanthropic activities.
L-R James Smith, Bill Maschmeier, Don McKenzie, Fred Kleinschmidt
2009 Evelyn Wrench speaker
Jeffrey Boswall, former head of the film and video unit at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Sandy, Bedfordshire, is the 2009 Evelyn Wrench speaker. Mr. Boswall is co-author of the Peterson Field Guide to the Bird Songs of Britain and Europe, and he annually updated the Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on "Birds" for nearly forty years.
Mr. Boswall will speak at a special dinner to be held at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) on Friday, September 25, 2009. The title of the talk is, "Answering calls of nature: an Ornithological Frolic with Scientific and Cultural Undertones." See your newsletter for details.
NEWS FROM THE SHAKESPEARE COMMITTEE
Our annual Shakespeare Competition on March 7, 2010 at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle was the most successful ever. We had fourteen students entered from fourteen local high schools.
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REPORT FROM THE SHAKESPEARE COMMITTEE
The Shakespeare-Committee held its 23rd Shakespeare Competition at the Frye Museum on March 7, 2010. The top three were:
1st Place Winner: Eric Rahill of Edmonds Woodway in Edmonds; Bruce Mindt, teacher.
2nd Place Winner: Erik Aldana of Skyline High; James Henderson, teacher.
3rd Place Winner: Josh Davids of Garfield High School; Stewart Hawk, teacher
Prizes were awarded to all who participated, including $500 for first, $300 for second and $150 for third. All remaining students were given $25.
Pictured above: 2010 Competitors and Teachers
The judges for the competition included Carey S, Hal Ryder, Dr. Scranton and Linda Greenwald. Many thanks for a wonderful job. The Shakespeare Committee included Marlene Holbrook as chair, Eleanor Monroe, Jim and Donna Smith, Eli Kirkpatrick, Gay and Steve Saunders, Mary Mohler, Don and Elizabeth McKenzie, Louise Baldwin and Linda Greenwald.
SEATTLE BRANCH SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Beginning in fall 2008, the Seattle Branch has given scholarships of $1500 each to four entering graduate students in the University of Washington's English Department. This will help the department recruit the very best students, our teachers and scholars of English in the future.
ESU AND UW'S ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCE FALL 2010 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
The ESU's Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that four entering graduate students have been granted Recruitment Scholarships from the Seattle Branch. Each student, upon entry to the graduate program in English in Fall 2010, will receive a scholarship of $1;500. We will get to meet them at the June 2011 Annual General Meeting. Their names and areas of interest are as follows:
Alissa Bourbonnais. A graduate of Mary Washington College and George Mason University, Bourbonnais proposes to study depictions of war and revolution in post modern fiction and drama.
Edward Schaumberg. A graduate of Whitman College, Schaumberg is interested in studying the figure of the outlaw in contemporary American fiction.
Mary Little. A graduate of Northeastern University (Boston), Little is looking to specialize in the rhetorical study of law, especially the topic of capital punishment.
Meagan Loftin. A graduate of University of California, Berkeley, Loftin is a future medievalist. Her primary focus is Welsh and Celtic literature of the high middle ages.
All the scholarship and grant recipients thank the ESU for making such a difference in their lives. Scholarships are funded by the auctions at the Summer Garden Party and Christmas Ball, in addition to donations from individuals. Keep those contributions coming, and rest assured that they are well spent!
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Seattle Branch P.O. Box 19673 Seattle, 98109-6673 Telephone: (206)362-8330
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