Weekly Announcements. March 21, 2017 LIFE.UCF.EDU

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1 Weekly Announcements March 21, 2017 LIFE.UCF.EDU

2 Vonda Bradbury, President Aaron Liberman, Vice President Lee Cross, Secretary Ann Barretta, Treasurer

3 9:00 Revolutionary Rogues: The Spanish American Pirates And Privateers Who Tried to Conquer Florida Dr. David Head, UCF History Department 10:30 A Love-Hate Thing: When Adult Children Refuse to Accept Responsibility Kathryn Brohl, M.A., LMFT

4 LIFE Membership Renewal LIFE membership dues for $150 per member. The membership renewal period : March 14 - April 18, An will be sent to all LIFE members with web-link, and password to complete the renewal process. A valid credit card is required for renewal. Members of the Membership Committee will be at the welcome desk each Tuesday morning to answer questions and help where needed. Checks will not be accepted without special approval. Members not renewed by the deadline will be dropped from membership. Renewals will not be accepted after April 18th, Nametags and parking passes will be distributed beginning the first day of classes, Tuesday, August 19, 2017

5 UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival Friday, March 24 at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. Google: UCF music events 2017 Don t drive at night? Fridays at 8:00 PM Stream UCF live events on you computer performingarts.cah.ucf.edu/live/

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9 JOIN EXCURSIONS FOR LIFE MEMBERS 1. Audubon Center for Birds of Prey 1101 Audubon Way, Maitland, Florida, Thursday, March 30, :30 AM Docent led tour, one hour, limited to 20 people Parking: Free, Entrance Fee: $5 cash, LIFE member will collect fee at gate to Center. NOTE: If we are unable to sign up 20 people, trip will be cancelled. SIGN UP SHEETS IN LOBBY OUTSIDE PEGASUS AT BREAK 2. Premier Boat Tour in Mount Dora $25-2 hour narrated Eco-tour, Dora Canal, all-weather pontoon boat Thursday, April 13, 2017, at 10AM Boat departs Lakeside Inn, 100 N. Alexander St., Mount Dora Free parking at Lakeside Inn, Mount Dora You must prepay through LIFE PayPal. NOTE: Must have 22 prepaid LIFE members

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11 Box Office (407) HEDDA GABLER Black Box Theatre: MARCH 23 - APRIL 2 A spellbinding drama of revenge, manipulation, sexual repression, deceit, and despair, climaxing in an ending that never fails to shock and surprise. "When Henrik Ibsen wrote HEDDA GABLER 110 years ago, a woman's place in society was far different from what it is today. The fact that this psychological drama plays as well now as it did a century ago is apt tribute to the sheer genius of the playwright. Record-Journal

12 OPTIONS: arts.cah.ucf.edu/tickets/ 1. Buy a Reserved Seat 2. Reserve Your Free Ticket 3. The Wait Line

13 LIFE at UCF Celebrates the Arts, April 11, 2017 Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Jim and Alexis Pugh Theatre 10:00 Jeffrey Moore, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Welcome Address: Notes on the State of the Arts at UCF and in Orlando 10:15-11:00 Claudia Lynch, Assistant Professor of Stage Management. From Script to Stage: How a Theatre Performance is Managed This interactive presentation will introduce the audience to some of the work stage managers do in order to create flawlessly executed performances on Broadway and for our own performance of Oklahoma. 11:00-11:45 Break 12:00-12:55 Once in My LIFE An Intergenerational Performance The intergenerational performance features memories and life stories collected from LIFE participants and UCF students. The project is the result of ten months of group meetings and rehearsals. The performance is based on a script devised from participants recorded life stories and further developed in group rehearsals over several months. Director: Elizabeth Brendel Horn; Technical Direction: Amanda Hill; Musical Direction: James Brown; Story Consultant: Natalie Underberg-Goode; Project Management: Claudia Schippert. The project was supported financially, in part, by a grant from the Learning Institute of Elders at UCF.

14 You need a ticket! One ticket per person. Sorry, no guests. This is a LIFE only event. The theatre space is limited to 280 guests. Tickets can be reserved today in person or online: You MUST HAVE a ticket for April 11 LIFE Events: 10am: Lecture From Script to Stage 12noon: Performance of Once in my LIFE BUS-Ticket for April 11: Busses leave UCF at 8:45am for downtown and leave from Dr. Phillips Center at 1:00pm. Also available online: Tickets for the public performance (unlimited tickets) of Once in My LIFE on Tuesday April 25, 7:00pm, VAB Auditorium. See it again, bring your friends.

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16 Life operates on the efforts of our volunteers. Through their volunteer work LIFE is able to keep our membership fees low and yet enable us to provide significant financial support to the university s faculty and students, and promote gerontology research through our Grant programs. We need more members to step up and join this great team. Please consider volunteering to serve on our board of directors or one of our many committees. Special assistants also do not need to be board members. Below is a list of the many areas you can serve: LIFE Board: 18 members, 6 new elected every year. term limits apply. LIFE Officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Officers are elected annually by the board. Officers must be a board member. COMMITTEES: Curriculum, Special Events, Grant and Awards, Gerontology Research Grants, Technical Support, Honors program. SPECIAL ASSISTANTS: LIFE Newsletter, Safety, Webmaster, Veterans Oral History Program, Diversity. Consider helping us using your experience, background and judgement. life.ucf.edu/volunteering-in-life/