MUSIC MONDAY NEWSLETTER
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999

Room 211, Valley Middle School, Arnold, PA

Purpose of Meeting:

1. Meet of the Team Players
2. Begin gathering of the Memorabilia of Johnny Costa
3. Understand the goals of the Grant for this project
4. Initiate Action steps for the project

Who: Clare & Roger Nelson, Alex and Minnie Costanza, Juliet Drennan, Greg Baker, Alice Callahan, Ann Cicierelli, Pat Condelli, Thelma Grew Buddy Lee, Alice Callahan, Pat Condelli, John Mandak, Sara Brestensky, Jessica Larger, Kellie Ylosvai, Greg Baker, Mrs. Grew

Items Discussed:

* Alex and Mini Costsnza and Clare and Roger Nelson brought their personal memorabilia of Johnny for us to use for exhibits. We need to go through the information and decide what material to photocopy.

* Alex and Mini also presented a long-range possibilities paper which included what the completed Center might house.

* Juliet Drennan gave background on the grant. The scope of the grant is narrow and includes Johnny Costa and Arnold artists. We are to create 6 exhibits of Arnold Musicians to display the "History of How Music influenced Arnold." and they will be displayed at the following locations to involve the public: Arnold, New Kensington City Halls, New Ken, Lower Burrell Peoples Libraries, Penn State New Kensington, New Kensington Senior Citizens Center.

* Juliet explained that the Pennsylvania grant is a stepping stone to Heinz grants etc because it lends credibility to the project. The Performing Arts Center will include a much wider range of musicians from the Alle-Kiski Valley. So we are working on two different levels.

* Questions were raised about the logistics of the exhibit. Cost and safety must be considered. Everyone liked the idea of a folding screen covered with Plexiglas. Everyone also agreed that these displays need musical accompaniment. Pat Condelli said she had experience with making and displaying boards with her work with the Civic Theatre and said we could include a tape recorder under the Plexiglas where you could push a button. A guest book should also be included to keep names and addresses of potential donors.