The Y’s Women, based in Westport, Connecticut, is an organization of active and involved working and retired women. Membership provides opportunities for personal growth through diverse learning and recreational experiences, travel and volunteer options and a social network.
GENERAL MEETINGS
Open to members and their guests
Place: Green’s Farms Church, 71 Hillandale Road, Westport
10:45 am Coffee and Conversation
11:20 am Announcements
11:30 am Speaker
NOTE: Extra parking is available in front of the large lot on the grass and across the street in front of the Minister’s house.
March 10 – Adele Valovich, Conducting Orchestral Music
Adele Valovich is a graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She held several middle and high school teaching positions, culminating at Staples High School, where she served as Director of Orchestral Music for more than three decades.
Her reputation for building quality into the music program is legend, raising both the level of musicianship and a following of devoted string players. Her knowledge of classical and music theater literature made her a central figure in the Westport Music Department’s reputation for excellence in performance. Her dedication to her art with students and their parents and her reputation as a Sicilian disciplinarian in music with the warmth and dedication of a Sicilian mother to her charges was well known.
In this interactive presentation, Adele will walk us through the basics of reading a full conductor’s score, using visuals of each of the critical elements, and then lead us through the conducting experience. We will conduct a selection from the Nutcracker Suite, using batons and with Adele as our mirror.
March 24 – Attorney General William Tong
William Tong took office as Connecticut Attorney General in 2019 and is currently serving his second term. He is a national leader in many of the most consequential lawsuits and investigations in our country today, including bipartisan, multi-state efforts to hold the addiction industry accountable for its role in the opioid crisis; to restore fair competition and prices in the generic drug industry; to hold social media giants accountable for the harms they may cause to kids and young people; to stop robocall scammers; and to ensure corporations safeguard our personal information from misuse and respect consumers’ rights regarding the collection and use of their information.
A graduate of Phillips Academy Andover, Brown University, and the University of Chicago Law School, AG Tong practiced for 18 years as a litigator in both state and federal courts. He served for 12 years as a State Representative in the Connecticut General Assembly, helping lead the state’s efforts against gun violence and domestic violence, among many other critical laws and initiatives.
AG Tong will discuss with us the important work he is doing through multi-state collaboration with other Attorneys General, including specific actions taken to address the opioid epidemic and the problems of social media.