January 12, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 15 Ramsey Review Curshen to address gardeners The Ramsey Area Garden Club will host Andy Curshen on Jan.11. The program will be held at 6:45 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 55 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey. Curshen will discuss man’s responsibility for the elimination of thousands of species. The public is invited to attend the portion of the meeting which features the guest speaker. For more information, contact Joan Tommaney at (201) 327-8968. Book discussion groups meet The Connections Book Group of the First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey will discuss Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Metzger Room. All are welcome. For more information, call Di French at (201) 327-4596. The Literary Ladies will meet Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. to discuss “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen. For more information, call Jane Moser at (845) 504-5179. The First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey is located at 15 Shuart Lane. Casino Night tickets available Tickets for The Junior Woman’s Club of Ramsey’s Feb. 5, 2011 Bet Your Lucky Stars Casino Night are now available. The event will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Ramsey, and will include beer, wine, soda, hors d’oeuvres, dessert, coffee, and $25 in gaming chips. Admis- sion is $65. To purchase tickets, call Mary Liz McGuire (201) 661-8072. To make a donation or place an ad, please contact Jenn Lessieu. To place an ad, or make a donation contact Jenn Lessieu at (201) 962-3590. Hockey Association hosts Devils fundraiser The Ramsey Hockey Association has a limited number of tickets to the New Jersey Devils vs. Florida Panthers game at Prudential Center on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 3 p.m. On the program that day will be a special appearance by Ramsey’s Mites on Ice during the first intermission. Tickets are $39 (regularly $56.) Proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit the association. For more information, call Steve at (201) 394-3731 or e-mail sdiamond@ramseyhockey.com. FORL welcomes new members The Friends of Ramsey Library organization meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. New members are welcome. Call the library at (201) 327-1445 for more information, or visit the library website: www. ramseylibrary.org. Chen sisters (continued from page 10) enjoying the piece. Really, I couldn’t care less about the notes – although it’s a large part of it. The emotions are the true music.” Melinda’s proficiency rating is so high, even at the age of 14, that she has to send tapes to Beijing for evaluation because there are no qualified experts in the United States. “Right now, I’m a Level Nine, and there are 10 levels,” she explained. “For the exams, you play two solos and one technique/skill song, and there are judges listening to see if you are competent enough to be given that certificate – usually live, but I’m an exception because I live in the U.S.” The Chen sisters have already performed at Carnegie Hall three times, once at the Smithsonian Museum, and are scheduled for the New York Public Library on Jan. 29 and the Metropolitan Museum in February. The conductor of the Ridgewood concert was Wang Guowei, who studied at the Shanghai Conservatory and has worked with the international cello celebrity Yo-Yo Ma, who also promotes traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Mongolian music in his “Silk Road” concerts. The Ridgewood narrator was Susan Cheng from New York City. Most of the musicians were born in the United States, and the Ridgewood program featured music by China’s ethnic minorities and the mainstream Han Chinese, who make up 95 percent of China’s billion-plus population. The orchestra was founded in 2004 – Jacqueline Chen first signed on in 2006 – and the orchestra has performed in Shanghai, where Jacqueline brought down the house when she set aside her erhu and picked up a saxophone. Ethnic instruments including a gourd flute and a European cello were also featured at the concert, but all three Chen sisters performed on traditional Chinese instruments. Making merry Ramsey’s Hubbard School students brought cheer to all during their Holiday Sing. ��������������������� �������������������������������������� ����������������������������� In The Villadom TIMES, you’ll get the exposure you need in 56,000 homes right in your market area. 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