the newsletter of the Willmore city heritage association oct 2018

General MeetingGeneral MeetingGeneral Meeting

PLACE: PLACE: PLACE: Drake ParkDrake ParkDrake Park DATE:DATE:DATE: October 17October 17October 17 TIME: TIME: TIME: 7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.——— 8:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.

The Port of Long Beach is one of our greatest

supporters, and the largest financial driver in

the City. Its importance cannot be over-

emphasized:

30,000 jobs (about one in eight) in Long Beach 316,000 jobs (or one in 22) in the five-county

Southern California region

1.4 million jobs throughout the U.S. are relat-

ed to Long Beach-generated trade

Join us as we learn the latest information

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Welcome to PaRADISEWelcome to PaRADISEWelcome to PaRADISE It was a perfect, balmy Long Beach, Almost-Fall-

End-of –Summer evening to sit outside and enjoy

music and dance.

Our third SLAM event, Welcome to Paradise with

Mahana Dance Company musicians and dancers, along with lei making, and a wonderful Moana char-

acter, courtesy of Crowned Princess Parties, encour-

aged audience participation. The dancers per-

formed pieces from Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand,

and the perennial audience favorite, Tahiti. Our target audience, the children of our area, had a

blast! We are surprised that Moana did not have a

Audience participation was so much fun!

WCHA President, Kathleen Irvine giving thanks.

A Taste of Jazz::A Taste of Jazz::A Taste of Jazz:: An American Musical BuffetAn American Musical BuffetAn American Musical Buffet

Our final SLAM event was made possible largely

due to the graces of our wonderful Long Beach

Symphony. Thanks to the generous loan of some of

their world class musicians, sound and lighting

team, and donation of event management, WCHA and the community were treated to an incredible,

free, jazz concert. Playing everything from Fats

Waller to Duke Ellington, to Miles to Stevie, it was

truly a tasty treat. Thanks to the amazing (and

personable we might add!) Alex Iles, principle trom-

bonist for the Long Beach Symphony, for getting the band together and organizing the program.

From Wikipedia:

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Between pieces, Alex Iles offered short lessons in

the history of American jazz composers. Ironically, this American art form is probably more appreciat-

ed in Japan and France than it is here. As the

sound bounced off the walls of the nearby condo-

miniums, filling our neighborhood with extraordi-

nary classic tunes, we were grateful to be able to enjoy, host, and support the music, the history,

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few little girls smuggle themselves in her canoe

when she left! We even heard later that some young

men got in trouble for getting home late, because they were having so much fun. We apologize to

their parents, and welcome them to come and par-

ticipate with their children next time!

We enjoyed the band and dancers encouraging so

many audience members to participate in “hula”

lessons—just one experience can convince a child that a life on, or behind the stage, is for them. And

isn’t that what it’s all about? Finding art, finding

purpose, finding meaning.

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Its a wrap:Its a wrap:Its a wrap: Willmore Season of Live Arts Willmore Season of Live Arts Willmore Season of Live Arts

and Musicand Musicand Music

We hope that you enjoyed this year’s program of Willmore Season of Live Arts and Music (SLAM).

This third year of events saw two Shakespeare plays,

a night of jazz, and the music and dance of the Pa-

cific Islands. We welcome your comments, ideas,

and opinions on this annual experience. Designed to appeal to families with children, as well as adults

of all stripes, we want to know if there is something

additional you might want to see in our community.

These events would not be a success without the

generosity of our Board and members. This year we

expressly want to thank Alan Giomi and Sheila Gib-bons of the newly formed Willmore Baking Company

for their donations from the sales of their delicious

cookies, and Dianne McNinch for the especially pop-

ular cotton candy making she so generously provid-

ed. We promised the children that we wouldn’t let anyone know how many of these sweet treats they

consumed. Each year the organizing and set up of

the venue, from programming to renting the umbrel-

las, to bacon wrapped hot-dog subsidies and fund

raising are all done by our volunteer Board. So

thank you to Kathleen Irvine, President, Jenny Ser-sion Vice-President, Hulean Tyler, Treasurer, Teresa

Calloway, Secretary, Jim Danno, Community Out-

reach, Terry Beebe and Isaac Salgado, Members at

Large, and our alternate Board Member, Sheila

Gibbons. Along with some angel anonymous do-nors, WCHA is indebted to the following for their

support and partnership of Willmore SLAM: Super-

visor Janice Hahn, Councilwoman Lena Gonza-

lez, Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA), Port

of Long Beach, Verizon, InterTrend Communica-

tions, and Studio One Eleven. If you were not able to attend this year, we hope to

see you next summer for another program. Expect

to enjoy Shakespeare by the Sea, and Alex Iles

and Friends once again, along with the one woman

show from the irrepressible Zoe Nicholson, “Tea With Alice and Me”.

The outstanding musicians:

Alex Iles, trombone

Rusty Higgins, woodwinds Alan Steinberger piano

Tom Hynes guitar

Jamey Tate drums

Kevin Axt bass

Chris Eble trumpet

Nicole Kubis vocals In particular, we also owe a big thank you to two of

our biggest supporters, Kelly Lucera, Long Beach

Symphony Executive Director, and Christina (Issy)

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Roberts, Director of Operations and Education.

Without their belief in the mission of SLAM—to

bring professional quality performing arts and mu-sic into our neighborhood, making it accessible to

all - we would not be able to bring these amazing

musicians to you. If you enjoyed the concert and

would like to hear more, please consider going to

either a classical or a POPS! event at the Long

Beach Terrace Theater. The new season of the Long Beach Symphony begins on October 6th.

And now for something And now for something And now for something completely differentcompletely differentcompletely different

Kathleen Irvine/Martha Wheelock/Zoe Nicholson History and preservation aren’t just about old

houses. We imagine that many of you will not be

surprised to hear that in the early 1900’s Long

Beach was a hot bed of sedition, with women want-

ing equal voting rights with men – men of all races/colors mind you. As we look towards the Suffrage

Centennial in 2020, we felt that it was important to

look at this part of our, and California’s history.

Thanks to Martha Wheelock and Zoe Nicholson for

offering to present the film, CALIFORNIA WOMEN WIN THE VOTE and to discuss the California Suf-

frage Campaign and its effect on the rest of the

country. Both Zoe and Martha are members of a

special project for the Suffrage Centennial in 2020,

representing a project called California 2020 Wom-

en’s Suffrage. We hope that Long Beach Suffrage History will be

represented in the 2020 project, with WCHA at the

helm! It would be fun and celebratory to honor our

foremothers in our right to vote. We find it interest-

ing that there are so many single, independent women homeowners, as well as a number of teach-

ers, (both male and female) in this, the oldest and

original part of Long Beach. Something in the water

perhaps?!

California Women Win the VoteCalifornia Women Win the VoteCalifornia Women Win the Vote Zoe Nicholson

At the WCHA General Meeting in November, Martha Wheelock, Filmmaker, Producer and Director will

present her award-winning film, “California Women

Win the Vote.” This docudrama tells the story of the

women of California, the Federation of Women’s

Clubs, the women leaders in labor, education and their hard-won victory of AMENDMENT No. 8, Octo-

ber 11, 1911, assuring the Women of California, the

vote. As well they did vote and were able to sit on

juries that December. At the time, there were over

25,000 women who belonged to 163 chartered

clubs. The film features hundreds of photos, in-

cluding some from Long Beach where the Federa-

tion of Women’s clubs met that year.

Martha will be speaking about women making movies, and her own astounding 50 years of

filmmaking and activism. In addition, she will be

displaying some of the artifacts from the film, in-

cluding flyers, brochures, sash, pennants, and but-

tons. It will be a memorable event celebrating suf-

frage, California and women. Some of Martha’s films will be available for purchase as well. For the

full catalogue, see wildwestwomen.org..

http://WildWestWomen.org

Info@wildwestwomen.org

800 428-7136 Zoe@MissAlicePaul.com

Martha@WildWestWomen.org

Calendar of events

Hollywood Forever PLACE: Hollywood Forever Cemetary

DATE: October 13

TIME: 10:00 a.m.— 3:00 p.m. The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles returns to

Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the 35th

year, to share the life stories (including the

scandals!) of early Hollywood's pioneers, mov-

ie stars and moguls. Founded in 1899, Holly-

wood Forever is the final resting place of Douglas Fairbanks, heart throb Rudolph Val-

entino, film director Cecil B. DeMille, actress

Marion Davies and many other legendary Los

Angelinos.

https://www.adsla.org

illusions-of-the-passed/ PLACE: Queen Mary

DATE: through January 27

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

Aiden Sinclair brings his interactive theatrical

séance to the all-new Revenant Room, aboard

the historic Queen Mary. Travel back in time and meet the ghosts and legends of the ship.

Experience this unforgettable encounter with

the spirits of the past in a brand new, inti-

mate theater aboard the historic Queen

https://www.queenmary.com/tours/attractions-night/illusions-of-the-passed/

Historical Cemetery Tour PLACE: Sunnyside Cemetery DATE: October 27

TIME: 9:00 a.m—2:30 p.m.

Long Beach Municipal Cemetery and Sunny-

side Cemetery are “home” to more than

20,000 past residents of the area. The tour

features graveside presentations by profes-sional and volunteer actors who relate the life

and demise of the person lying in rest

http://www.hslb.org

Willmore City walking tour PLACE: Willmore City Historic District

DATE: October 27 TIME: 9:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

Willmore City was the first residential devel-

opment in Long Beach. Meeting at the Victo-

rian Queen Anne Bembridge House, this tour

is designed as an introduction to a cross-

section of early 20th century residential archi-tecture. The largest collection of early 1900’s

homes in Long Beach are found in the area.

www.lbheritage.org

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DLBA and DRC CleanupDLBA and DRC CleanupDLBA and DRC Cleanup Thanks to the DLBA and DRC for organizing a

Downtown Cleanup! And for those of you who have

never participated in the joys of schlepping other people’s cast offs, we invite you to join us next time.

And don’t worry, there is always plenty of trash to

collect—no matter how often we hold cleanups.

Willmore City Heritage Association holds their own

cleanups at different locations three times a year.

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Willmore City Heritage Association

board members Kathleen Irvine, President &

Newsletter Editor (818) 470-0005 kathleen@willmorecity.org

Jenny Sersion, Vice President (310) 710-8456

jennyphoto@verizon.net

Hulean Tyler, Treasurer (562) 755-4640

huleantyler@yahoo.com Teresa Calloway, Secretary (828) 273-7674

teresa.calloway@gmail.com

Jim Danno, Outreach (818) 266 7110

jim@willmorecity.org

B Terhune Beebe (Terry) (323) 605-3126

terrybeebe@verizon.net Isaac Salgado (562) 972-9778

rugitcleaning@gmail.com

Sheila Gibbons, WBC (408)375-7485

giomigibbons@gmail.com

Ph. (562) 659-9455

www.willmorecity.org

www.facebook.com/pages/Willmore-City-Heritage-Association

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