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THE LONGBOAT KEY EDUCATION CENTER NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!  HELP US AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY A TREASURE TROVE OF EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS!

The economic downturn continues to be a tremendous challenge. We have continued to survive by working harder to be creative and enticing your return for registrations and membership. As you read this we are busy creating the most exciting season to date for our 25th anniversary year of operation.  Our 2010-2011 will be a stellar season! 

We are not raising our prices.  Our membership perks will remain incredibly appealing.  The new and returning programs listed on the back of this letter are just highlights of our new season. If your favorite teacher is missing, don’t worry, we may not have contacted him or her in time for the printing of this letter.

  • Friends get first choice. Friends (members) receive our brochure by first class mail a month before non-members. As Friends you can take advantage of this head start by registering early and almost always getting your first choice of popular classes and programs.

  • Friends pay less. Friends pay an average of $10 less than non-member prices for most programs. For the Full Series Lecture Series Friends save $60! Memberships at the supporting level and above confer even more savings, as the enclosed application card explains. The Longboat Key Education Center is a not-for-profit educational organization, so all membership contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

  • Friends get credit. Friends membership is also a form of cancellation insurance. Only members are entitled to apply for credit for registrations they have cancelled.

All 2009-2010 memberships expire in July, so become a Friend now to take full advantage of all your membership benefits.  Be among the first to receive the 2010-2011 brochure and get first crack at sought-after classes and programs.

Friends are the backbone of The Longboat Key Education Center. Your support has allowed us to continue offering a wide variety of excellent programming in a well-equipped, comfortable environment for 25 years. Thank you for being a Friend!

Sincerely yours,

Susan Goldfarb
 Executive Director

 

2010-2011 HIGHLIGHTS

PERENNIAL FAVORITES: Larry Auerbach, Bridge; Carlo & Renee DiNapoli, Watercolor Etc.; Magida Diouri, Let’s Go To The Movies; Ruth Fishel, Mindful Meditation; RoseMarie Freni-Molinari, Opera Previews (adding Fundamentals of Opera); Robert Garvin, America and The World; Harriet Gayle, Land and Sea of Longboat Key; Gladys Grad, Mah Jongg; Susan Goldfarb and Cathy Daley, Yoga; Susan Goldfarb and Joan Levin, The Women’s Group; Joan Levin, Jewish/ Israeli Film Festival; Stanley Kolodkin, Breakfast Forums; Randi Kreiss, Literary Gems; Sebastian Liseo, Italian; John Mellon, Have you Read a Good Book Lately? and Shakespeare (this year adding Enjoying Poetry); Kathie Moon, You’ve Got To See This Movie!; Ronni Miller, Express Yourself Through Writing; Gerald Robinson, Burning Issues In The Supreme Court (with new cases;) Betty Silberman, Fun With Yiddish and much more, including the every popular Lecture Series and Exclusive Engagements.

NEW COURSES FROM RETURNING TEACHERS: Judith Alstadter, Piano Plus and Music of the Viennese Masters, Susan Benjamin, Lena Horne and Marilyn Monroe and Steve Sondheim and Jerry Herman and Eddy Cantor and Al Jolson; Richard Bergman, Terrorism Around the World; Kevin Costello, Great Portrait Painters: Their Work and the Stories Behind Their Best Known Portraits and Subjects and Contemporary Chinese Art and Saturday Museum Day Trips; Dr. Donald Dembo, Heart And Mind; Robbert de Vries, More Fundamentals of Music; Edward Dwyer, The Best American Short Stories: 2009 and No Ordinary Time: Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; David Eddleman, The Jewish Experience in Music — From The Bible to Yiddish Theatre to The Holocaust; Henry Ettman, The Great Jazz Vocalists and Their Styles; Justin Freed, Great Jazz Performances!; Thomas Hecht, Can There Be Peace in the Middle East?: Examining the History of Islamic Imperialism; Dina Shachar-Labes, The Evolution of Dance in the Last 50 Years; June LeBell, The Creative Process; Joan Levin, Movies With a Message; Baila Miller, Romanticism to Realism: Literature and Art of the 19th Century; James McCartney, Afghanistan: Does Obama Understand the Problem?; Kenneth Simons, Class Relations in British Novels Between the Two Wars; Emanuel Tanay, The Injustice of Justice; Bob Waxman, Is There Life After Death?; Katherine Woodward, Dance Fiesta and more!  Back for a Second Season: Gen Kelsan Demo, Buddhism; Jim Larson, Florida Birding; Betty Silberman, Parlez-Vous Francais?; Lisa Thole, Spanish; Nancy Wilusz and Ellen Bernfeld, Dancing Around the World and Katherine Woodward, Yoga-Pilates.

NEW COURSES FROM NEW TEACHERS:  Susan Barcomb, Discover Florida authors!;
Myron Bernstein, Just For Men; Les Bolland, Introduction to Swingolf; Capt.Wayne Genthner, How to Fish In Our Local Waters; Michael Givant, Let’s Go Birding on Longboat Key; Simona Pipko, Russia: The Past, Present and Future; Terry Porter, The Alfred Hitchcock Film Festival; Jeff Rodgers, Stargazing; Paul Roth, The Great Variety Entertainers and many more new courses taught by new teachers who will be recruited during the summer! 

We are also planning four new exciting Performing Arts Series: Theater Showcase (live
theater performances), That’s Entertainment! (live music and song), Thursday Nights Live
Jazz with Henry Blackburn and Friends and our fabulous 25th Anniversary Baby Grand
Series (live piano concerts highlighting accomplished concert pianists performing on our
newly donated baby grand piano.) In addition, we will be bringing back bus trips to art museums and other cultural institutions and much more!

 

DON’T MISS OUT ON ANY OF THESE TREASURES!
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

 

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND ANNUAL DUES

All members receive their brochures via 1st class mail in mid-August, three weeks before the general public.

All members receive discounted tuition for all programming-at least $5 to $10 off everything.

 

CATEGORY BENEFITS ANNUAL FEE
Individual 1ST class brochure mailing; tuition discounts for one student. $50
Couple 1ST class brochure mailing; tuition discounts for two students. $75
Supporting 1ST class brochure mailing; tuition discounts for two students; six free lecture tickets. $125
Sustaining 1ST class brochure mailing; tuition discounts for two students; six free lecture tickets; two free Sunday Salon series tickets. $250
Sponsor 1ST class brochure mailing; tuition discounts for two students; one free course; eight free lecture tickets.  You will also have your name(s) included on a special recognition plaque in our lobby. $500
Patron 1ST class brochure mailing; tuition discounts for two students; one free course; two "full series" lecture tickets; two free Sunday Salon series tickets.  You will also have your name(s) included on a special recognition plaque in our lobby.  $1000

 

To become a Friend of The Longboat Key Education Center, mail a check for the membership level you desire along with your full name and mailing address to:

The Longboat Key Education Center
5370 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite #212
Longboat Key, FL 34228

 

THE LONGBOAT KEY EDUCATION CENTER IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT FOUNDATION 501(C)(3).   MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 

FLORIDA REGISTRATION #CH21261.  A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE.  REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.