Justin Ladrillo presents his guitar music

Rotary Club of North Scarborough
Rota-Teller
23 July 2014

Anthem:    Caroline Nicholson
Grace:    Jim Boyko
Toast:    President Maddy

Attendance: 23 including guests:
Philestena McLeod (prospective member)
Michele Crylan, Bowmanville R.C.
Justin Ladrillo (guest speaker/presenter)
Julia Bubrin

Announcements:
1. Gerd Wengler announced that the final bid would take place at this meeting for the weekend at Blue Mountain Lodge which was awarded for his endeavors on the Bruce Trail marathon.  Michele Cryan was the highest bidder at $400 and the proceeds Gerd donated to the club’s Foundation.  Congratulations to both Gerd and Michele.

2. Maddy brought to the members’ attention that Bill Pachett has sent around a Fund raising e-mail (so what else is new from Bill)?  “Daughters for Life” is the charity that the fund raiser is devoted to.  Maddy will forward details to all. It is a “Million Dollar Dinner” to be held at the Duncan House on September 17 th, 2015.  You can be his guest for a donation of $1,000.

3.Also if our club has a nomination for R.I. Director 2016/2018 from District 7070 to forward this to the district.

4. Maddy also announced that the first meeting of the 2014/15 Board of Directors will take place at their home, 230 Roywood Dr. on Monday, July 28th at 6:30 pm. 
Please note the earlier time for director meetings in order to accommodate those who wish to come directly from their workplace.

Marbelous Draw:
Al Meredith rattled the many marbles in the bag and Kevin Manuel was the winner of the $5.00 consolation prize.

Seargeant at Arms:
Kevin Manuel then put the club through their paces with these key questions for us all:
1. Who had accepted Maddy’s invitation to visit the Club’s Facebook page during the last week?
2. When is the club’s TV Auciton ....(Nov 21 to 23) Mark your calendars!
3. What is the last day for submitting donations for the Auction   ....(October 31st) Mark you calendars again!

Happy bucks were called for and Gordon was pleased to donate for the recent arrival of a new baby grandaughter “Charlotte” (9 lbs. 14 oz.)  to his stepdaughter.    

Program:

David Seemungal was happy to introduce Justin Ladrillo (jladrillo@gmail.com) both a photographer and a musician who he met at his daughter Dana’s school.     
Justin discusses and then illustrates with two selections his “classical” guitar skills which he always wanted to master but it would have been too demanding. Then he went on to introduce some musical theory to those attending the meeting and following that he proceeded  to talk about and illustrate the music of “The Blues”.
 
Listen to his whole presentation (24 minutes) and the music that he brought to us on the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v4szoj0rojiwzxt/Justin%27s%20Guitar%20performance.mp3

Frank Alison, one of our club’s music aficionados, thanked Justin and presented him with an Operation Eyesight certificate that restored vision to a person in India who had previously been blind from cataracts. 
Next Meeting: July 30th    
Ms. Yi Chi  "UNICEF First Millennium Development Goals"