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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:blue'>The next Speaker Luncheon Series is on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:blue'>Wed., September 17<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:red'>Guest speaker: Brendan Cook, General Director, OperaDelaware<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:blue'>12:00 Noon – 1:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Wilmington’s resident opera company, OperaDelaware, was founded seventy years ago when a group of opera lovers under the guidance of Chick Laird formed to present classic opera with the finest voices in Wilmington. It is the eleventh oldest opera company in the United States. OperaDelaware’s impact on our community can be illustrated by the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Serves more than 10,000 patrons throughout the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Is a source of arts education for more than 2,500 students a year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Employs more than 250 artists and staff members throughout the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Operates on an annual budget of $850,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Generates nearly $1.5 million of economic activity in Wilmington.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:8.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>In addition, OperaDelaware has received numerous awards, including from the National Endowment for the Arts and Opera America. It has also received the National Opera Association’s Service to Children’s Opera Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:8.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Our speaker, Brendan Cooke, was appointed General Director of the Opera in June of 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Mr. Cooke will speak about the role of OperaDelaware within the local arts community and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>within the local economy. He will also detail OperaDelaware’s ambitious and creative plans for the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:8.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Mr. Cooke joined OperaDelaware from Baltimore Concert Opera, a company he founded in 2008. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Loyola University in New Orleans. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:8.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Mr. Cooke, a bass-baritone, also earned a Master’s Degree in Music from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University in Balti<a name="_GoBack"></a>more where he was a student of the renowned bass-baritone, John Shirley-Quirk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>Menu<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'>Pan-Seared Bronzino, </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'>Caruso<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'>Chicken</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'>Tetrazzini<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'>Peach</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'>Melba</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Please contact the Club or respond to this email if you would like to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:blue'>Pamela J. Potere</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>|</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Office Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:blue'>Wilmington Club<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>P. O. 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