Year: 2011

 

And I thought Facebook Sucked!

I was one of a few who thought MYFACE AND SPACEBOOK was aWaste of “F’N” time!

 but since the loss of our first  Son, Brother, Grandson and all around friend “Paul #3”  I’ve had a change of heart. Facebook has been a  place to grieve with and stay in contact with all his friends from around New England and the World.

This has been  “my” contact with the world these last few weeks.

Never understood it before but Facebook is a great place to celebrate, keep in touch with current and old friends and mourn Friends and family.

I Apologize to all Facebook fans.

I’ll try to keep an open mind now on all these social media websites.

 

here’s a few links to our son Paul #3 FB Pages;

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Frontiero-Memorial-Page/173063512778766

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Frontiero-Memorial-Page/173063512778766#!/profile.php?id=100001262818497

Paul #3  is such a perfect soul. Not “was”  but is! Too everyone that knew him they were lucky Too. To those he did’nt check out his pages! you’ll be lucky too!

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com

Gloucester Creates seeks new emerging Cape Ann artists to exhibit at the Cape Ann Community Theatre (The Annie) December 1 through December 7. The show will promote and display new talent who has not exhibited prior, and strives to contribute and enrich Cape Ann’s thriving arts vision and prestige.
The exhibition coincides with the downtown Ladies and Mens Christmas shopping nights. Artwork may be presented for holiday sales. Henry Allen, managing director of the Annie generously donated the exhibit space. The gallery will be open for viewing through the week. Additional sales days will be scheduled through December 7.
Please apply for exhibit space of your art by emailing Valerie Marcley at Gloucestercreates@gmail.com.

“But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars.”- – -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Cape Ann Farmers Market today at the Unitarian Universalist Church had a huge turnout and seemed like a lot of vendors were selling out fast. It would be great if it continued indoor this winter.

In 2011, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Rockport, is celebrating an important milestone – the 125th anniversary of its 1886 founding as a parish church in the Diocese of Massachusetts. As part of our celebration, we have commissioned a new choral anthem, to be premiered by the St. Mary’s Choir during a Festive Choral Evensong Service on November 20^th at 4 pm.

The anthem is in the form of a triptych, or a work in three distinct parts. (The number three is of central importance in terms of Christian doctrine and symbolism). Dr. Jeannette M. Lindholm, Professor of English at Salem State University, acclaimed hymn writer, and longtime member of the St. Mary’s Choir, was commissioned to write the poetry for the anthem. It is from Dr. Lindholm’s exquisite Mary-centered poem Tryptich that the text of Annunciation is drawn.

Our composer is Dover, New Hampshire resident and Boston Conservatory faculty member Kevin Siegfried. Acclaimed by the UK magazine Choir & Organ as writing music of “austere beauty” that exhibits the “pressure and presence of personal conviction,” Mr. Siegfried (b. 1969) is a composer with an emerging international voice. A passionate advocate for choral music and the expressive power of the human voice, Siegfried has devoted increasing attention to the composition of vocal music in recent years. His most recent work, Child of Earth, is a cantata for mezzo-soprano, choir, strings, and harp, and was commissioned by the Capitol Hill Chorale of Washington, D.C. It’s much anticipated premiere took place in early June to great acclaim.

Throughout the season of Lent 2011, the St. Mary’s Choir learned and sang a number of Mr. Siegfried’s arrangements of Shaker Songs during our Sunday liturgies. We have also sung several of his freely-composed choral anthems over the past several years, including “The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me”, (composed for the 2004 consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire), the Advent motet “There Is No Rose”, and “More Love” (which we sang for Bishop Tom Shaw’s visitation to St. Mary’s this past February).

St. Mary’s has a long-standing tradition for excellent choral music. David C. Pike has been Music Director for over 25 years. He is also the Executive Vice President and Tonal Director of C.B. Fisk Inc., Pipe Organ Builders in Gloucester.

Annunciation will be sung again soon as part of the Sunday liturgy at St. Mary’s on Advent IV, Sunday December 18^th at 10:15 am.

Gloucester Stroke Club Monthly Meeting will take place on Thursday, December 1,  at 6:30 p.m. at Addison Gilbert Hospital, Women’s Health Center, 298 Washington St., Gloucester
Annual Holiday Party and Pot Luck Supper and $5.00 Gift Exchange.
Family, Friends and Guest are Welcome. Please bring a dish to share and gift to exchange.
No meeting in January. Please Call Virginia 978-283-3968 or Cynthia 978-283-2633 for further information.