1. Friday, November 18, 2011, noon meeting, Performing Arts Student of the Month Darren Kerfoot, a member of the Arcadia High School Band, also in the Honor Society, and in athletics; plans to attend Stanford University and study engineering, as well as military applications (per Bob Harbicht, on behalf of Dave Didier.)
2. Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8:30 a.m. the Arcadia Festival of Bands on Baldwin Avenue, south of Huntington Drive -. This is a prestigious event featuring the finest bands in Southern California. The band review will be led by the award-winning AHS Apache Marching Band . (per Darren Kerfoot, Arcadia Rotary’s Performing Arts Student of the Month)
3. Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3 – 5:30 p.m., “A Crystal Wonderland” (Rotary Partners’ Holiday Party), Home of Gitta and Terry Earll (per Brad Miller),
4. December (?) , 2011 (for Rotarians, date yet to be determined), Circus Vargas (which will be located at Santa Anita Race Track’s southwest parking lot for an 11-day run starting Thanksgiving Day). (per Brad Miller),
5, Friday, December 16, 2011; noon, our Holiday Luncheon, Embassy Suites, with gifts for children of the Maryvale Orphanage; please sign list and pick one or more of the children listed as recipients; write name(s) of recipients on list (per Mary Salcedo).
6. Saturday, December 17, 2011, Camp Trask cleanup, Monrovia Canyon at 1100 North Canyon Boulevard, Monrovia, CA 91016 (sign-up sheet will be passed around). (per Jack McRae)
7. Monday, January 2, 2012; Pasadena Rose Parade (Orange Grove Blvd. , to Colorado Blvd., to Sierra Madre Blvd.): a. Rotary Rose Float which will carry on board, the President of Rotary International (per Ernie Jensen). b. Arcadia High School Band will march in the Parade (per Mimi Hennessy). .
8. Saturday, January 28, 2012; Tijuana Orphanage project to add covered porch for dining, as well as lighting and shingling. (per Dick Martinez).