As I anticipate the excitement of the coming Spring, which for me means planting my seeds indoors for my eventual garden, I am also finding an excitement among many members of our society. Not only are the days getting longer, but so is our membership list. In the past few months we have increased in size by more than 20 percent.

      Our events are being well attended. The Silber concert was packed, the Salons are buzzing with new players and the Menkevich workshop had a great turnout (we will have more details on that in the next newsletter). It is nice to see more of you active.

      We will be sending out a survey to all members soon. This survey should give us more insight into our membership and help us meet your needs. Please take a moment to fill it out and return it to us.  Many of the answers will give us necessary information to procure grants for the Society, and some of them should help us decide how to better channel our advertising money.

      The directory has been compiled and will be in your hands by early April. I hope you will look up those members who live near you and will get together or car pool to concerts.
Don't forget the next great concerts. I'll see you there.

      We are having several concerts in succession this winter and spring. I urge you to come to these. Please don’t let a little cold weather keep you from seeing these wonderful performers.