Last Updated: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:46 PM CDT
Symphony performance in jeopardy
Fashion show to raise money to keep group coming to Rhinelander
By Chantel Balzell - Daily News Staff - chantel.balzell@lee.net
The Northern Arts Council hopes to raise $5,000 to guarantee that the Children's Concert and the Milwaukee Symphony will perform in Rhinelander this year.
For over 21 years, the Milwaukee Symphony has performed in Rhinelander. But that could change, now that funds specifically set aside for the symphony are depleted, which is why the Northern Arts Council has resorted to a fashion show fundraiser.
To have the symphony play in Rhinelander, the Northern Arts Council pays up to $7,500 for the adult performance and $5,000 for the Children's Concert.
“Unless we raise enough to ensure the children's concert, they [Milwaukee Symphony] won't come,” board of directors member and former president of the Northern Arts Council, Linda Davidson, said.
When the symphony performs in Rhinelander, it typically performs as part of the Northwoods Concert Series one evening, followed by a children's performance the next morning. The symphony performance for school age children is a standard performance but includes lighter, less serious pieces that are recognizable to a younger audience. These include works by Beethoven, Mozart and various other classical musicians.
According to Davidson, it is important that the children's concert and the Milwaukee Symphony continue to perform in Rhinelander because “this may be the one time in some kid's life that will be exposed to a symphony.” The closest town near Rhinelander where the Milwaukee Symphony performs is Eagle River.
The auditorium where the symphony plays holds about 750 people. Seats for the Children's Concert fills quickly, Davidson says, and school children from Rhinelander's public and parochial schools typically attend.
To raise money for the event, the Northern Arts Council will host its second fashion show fundraiser, Deja Vu II, 11 a.m. Monday at the Rhinelander Country Club. The show will include a wine tasting and luncheon. Fifteen models will wear clothing from Lattitudes, Briar House, J.C. Penney, Turn of the Century, Ron's Pro Shop and a private collection of vintage clothing. Several raffles will also be held, including an eleven-course French dinner for six at the home of culinary chef Karen Knoell, a $160 spa basket, a $70 wine lover's basket, two framed and matted paintings, photo software, a pearl necklace and earrings, a crystal decanter and liqueur, a bread oven and more.
For more information and to book reservations, call Lorrie Cirilli at 362-4062 or Karen Knoell at 369-2110
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