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Sunday, January 12, 2014

To Be...Or...Not To Be


Entertainment Club....Something New on the Sun City Anthem Horizon?

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Beginning last November, an idea that was being considered by a number of residents, has recently started to "take shape" in 2014...

...with both Praise...and...Controversy !

Praise...by most residents.

Controversy....by a Lifestyle Committee

As an individual who attended a Lifestyle Committee meeting on Friday, January 11th, what was envisioned by some as a "wonderful gesture" by The Vegas Voice to bring FREE professional entertainment to our community, appeared to be met with suspicion by a number of members on that committee.

We, at Anthem Opinions, will watch this very carefully, and as we have always done in the past....
...will PULL NO PUNCHES as to our OPINIONS.
At the present time, to bring the matter to the attention of our readers, two alternative Sun City publications have recently posted articles that we believe you should be aware of as the process proceeds.

First...from Anthem Today....

A NEW SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT CLUB GOING FOR A SCA CHARTER

http://www.anthemtoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11451#p11451by Rana Goodman on Sat Jan 11, 2014 
As of this date we have approximately 50 plus residents in the process of working with the Lifestyles Committee as a group of us attempt to become a chartered club which will be called the SCA Entertainment Club.

Purpose of Club

The goal of the SCA Entertainment Club is to bring like-minded residents together to enjoy the many outlets of professional entertainment our city has to offer. The club intends to utilize the resources available to our members who have shown a desire to bring professional performers, without charge whenever possible, to the club's functions in our Sun City Anthem facilities. Club activities may include off-site events such as special performances or gatherings in surrounding areas. Additional activates will include events such as holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, and other special fund raisers supporting charities and/or disaster relief efforts.
SCA Entertainment Club does not intend to duplicate other clubs activities except to have fun, enhance the Sun City Anthem Community and to enjoy each other’s company. While there might appear to be vague similarities with other SCA clubs in some activities now and then, professional entertainment is the major thrust of this club since it is strictly a social club where the goal is free and professional entertainment.

It is also the clubs intent, whenever possible, to joint venture with other clubs allowing all club to enjoy-professional entertainment at a greatly reduced, if not free of financial cost. 


If you have an interest in joining our ranks please send me an e-mail at 
info@anthemtoday.com This e-mail will go directly to me and is private. I will need your full name and SCA membership number at this time so that we can submit the list to the Lifestyle committee. The membership number is a committee requirement.

The name of the game is FUN!
A second article was also published by Ron Johnson in his publication, Today's Anthem View.

In the case of the proposed SCA Entertainment Club, some committee members were unreceptive, others, based on their questions, demonstrated their obvious confusion, and still others were suspicious. Why, some wondered, would Las Vegas professional performers agree to donate their services to Sun City residents at no cost? What’s the catch? Was there really a free lunch waiting for Sun City residents to enjoy? The short answer is “YES.” The proposed charter club was offering something of valve for the nominal cost of joining the club, just like the Lifelong Learning Club and other clubs do now.

 On reading this summary of the workshop, one might conclude that the club’s proponents had merely ginned up their proposal without much thought or preparation. That would be wrong. As disclosed at the workshop, the Club held a meeting and communicated with the committee in advance to determine the information that would be needed in support of the club’s proposal for a charter. In retrospect, it would seem that some opportunities for better communications between the Committee and the club were missed.  

 In the end, the committee could not see their way to provide any help to the proponents of this proposed club. The proponents, Dan Roberts, Rana Goodman and Forrest Fetherolf, were clearly dismayed by the committee’s unexpected treatment and apparent obtuseness in appreciating let alone accepting what amounted to a gift horse for the benefit of the community.

 The club’s so called gift horse was their offer to provide the community with professional performers who would share their talents at club events at no cost. Why would they do that? They would donate their professional services for Sun City’s benefit in the hopes of generating future interest in their shows. It’s not that complicated. Unfortunately, rather than focusing on the Club’s potential entertainment value to the community, the Committee focused their attention on attempting to attribute a pecuniary motive for what would be a valuable and free gift of professional entertainment for residents to enjoy. 
 
 The burden of finding and securing professional talent would fall on the Club and Dan Roberts. Dan is the publisher of the Vegas Voice newspaper and has extensive contacts among the Las Vegas professional community. Club performances would complement and not conflict with Activities Department shows or the Performing Arts Club. George Gingerelli, who spoke at the meeting, said that he saw no issue with the proposed club nor would it conflict with the mission of the Performing Arts Club.
    
 If you as a resident have any interest in this possible club, let them or us know.

This appears to be wonderful idea....

and we too have our suspicions...

...not the motives of those who are attempting to bring a wonderful new venue to our community that DOES NOT EXIST ANYWHERE IN THE VALLEY...

...But others who seem to create unnecessary hostility for some unknown reason.





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