Below are the public Guild Events for 2012. For a full list of Guild events including private Guild functions, find the Guild Calendar in our Guild member section (password protected).
Central City Historic Properties
"HOUSE WARMING" DAY
Date: Saturday, May 12
Time: 10am – 2pm
(We will provide lunch!)
The Historic Properties Committee needs your help in Central City. On May 12th we will deliver clean linens and check on all of the houses in preparation for the summer residents. (Some of the summer staff will arrive as early as mid-May!) This is a fun activity and is not physically strenuous. Please email Kathy Tyree kltyree@comcast.net or Jody Phelps jodphe@aol.com if you can join us. If you can come for just 1-2 hours, that works also. Just let us know your time window! High school students looking for community service credit are welcome to join us. We have raking and basement clean-out projects that they could undertake. Our base of operations is The FOUNDRY (the building just to the right of the parking lot, and up the hill from the Teller House). Hope to see you there.
Year-round Historic Properties Committee help needed:
Join this active committee which helps to maintain the 30+ historic buildings that house the cast and crew in Central City. The Association relies on this wonderful committee to provide volunteers to ready the houses prior to the arrival of the artists for the summer festival, and conduct inventory and assess the needs of the houses after the festival artists leave in August.
For more information or to volunteer please contact Kathy Tyree, kltyree@comcast.net or Jody Phelps, jodphe@aol.com.
Opera Rocks (Education) Events
Please join us in working or attending the following Guild Opera Rocks events:
Young Hands On Opera and Art - May 6, 1:00-3:00pm (12:45pm registration), Denver Art Museum
$10/ticket; $7/guild members or part of the Opera Rocks ticket package
Chair: Karen Ritz
Opera Inside Out - June 9, 1:00-3:00pm, Williams Stables, Central City
$10/ticket or part of the Opera Rocks ticket package
Chair:
Take a Child to the Opera - August 9, 11:30am-5:00pm, Williams Stables/Gilpin Historical Society, Central City
$25/child; $30/adult or part of the Opera Rocks ticket package
Preshow activities and the 2:30pm La Bohème Nina Odescalchi Kelly Family Matinee
Chair:
*Combine and save with our Opera Rocks ticket package: For just $35 child/$40 adults, enjoy Young Hands on Opera and Art, Opera Inside Out, Take a Child to the Opera and the Family Matinee of La Bohème for one low price!
Additional youth activities that are available to the public (though not necessarily sponsored by the Guild) are listed on the Opera Rocks webpage.
Greet-A-Singer
Meet singers at the airport as they arrive for the Summer Festival. Drive our young artists to Central City, and help them to get settled in one of our historic properties. Bonus: Free tickets to dress rehearsals upon request.
Please contact Bette Poppers at bpoppers@comcast.net or (303) 795-9743 to volunteer.
Opera House Gardens
2012 PLANTING DAY
Each year the Opera House gardens are filled with beautiful flowers due to the efforts of a spirited group of volunteers from the CCO Guild. Co-chairs Nancy Parker are hard at work planning this year's Planting Day. Please contact Nancy at nancyparker303@gmail.com or Christina at christinadinegar@q.com if you would like to help with the planning or to add your name to the list of volunteers (details below).
Date: Wednesday, June 6th
Time: 9 am - 2 pm
A delicious lunch will be served!
Please RSVP to Christina at 303-278-9541 or Nancy at 303-320-6620 so that we have enough food:) *Bring your gardening gloves, trowel and watering can. We can also use wagons and clippers. Dress warmly - it can be cool in Central City. Park in the lot above the Opera House and meet us in front of the theatre.
Girlfriends' Day at the Opera
We are exited to annouce that there will be TWO Girlfriends' Days in 2012! Co-chairs Susan Stiff (Susan.Stiff@westin.com) and Deborah Dix (ddix@comcast.net) are hard at work planning this year's events. Please contact them if you would like to get involved in the planning process.
To learn more or buy tickets via the 2012 Girlfriends' Days webpage.
Take a Child to the Opera
Join other families at a special youth performance of La Bohème by Puccini at the Central City Opera House. This fun, educational event includes an introduction and brief opera education by our outstanding CCO staff, an activity in the Stables, the La Bohème opera performance, and an opportunity for autographs and to meet the performers in the lovely CCO gardens.
Date: Thursday, August 9th, 2011
Time: approx. 11:30a - 5:00p
Location: Central City
Perfect for children 6 and up.
Family Matinee tickets just $15 for kids 6-18, and $20 for adults.
Add Take a Child to the Opera for an additional $10. Order your Family Matinee tickets first, then select "Choose a Different Event" and add-on the Take a Child event. If you've already purchased your family matinee tickets, you may purchase Take a Child tickets separately.
You may also order tickets through the Box Office at 303-292-6700. Mention that you would like tickets to the August 9th TACO event and the performance of La Bohème.
L'Esprit de Noël Holiday Home Tour
The 35th Annual L'Esprit de Noël Holiday Home Tour was a huge success. The 2011 Home Tour, Boutique and Patron Preview Party raised over $80,000 to benefit CCO's summer festival.
We are currently planning the 2012 Holiday Home Tour, which will be held on November 16th and 17th, 2012. Please contact Margaret Baker, magsbaker@aol.com if you would like to help in planning our event or would like to know more about it.
Opera Teasers
The 2012 Opera Teaser with a twist was a lovely engaging evening at the Westin Hotel, Downtown Denver on Thursday, February 23rd. The 2012 Summer Festival offerings were introduced by Pat Pearce and delightfully performed by Bonfils Stanton Artists. Many thanks to Karen Ritz and her committee for organizing a wonderful evening!
PARTY for PRESERVATION
New ground was broken at this brand new event for the Guild on April 12, 2012 at the History Colorado Center! The Historic Properties Committee raised over $63,000 from ticket sales, event sponsorships, connoisseurs and an inclusive Wish List of items greatly needed by a handful of properties owned by CCO.
Many thanks to Kathy Tyree and Jody Phelps for their leadership on this wonderful event. And our grateful thanks also goes out to the PARTY for PRESERVATION committee for a job well done.
Click here to read more about the event or to visit the online Wish List: PARTY for PRESERVATION
