Merry Christmas especially to The Audrey Johnson Theatre Foundation

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays especially to the Audrey Johnson Theater Foundation. Part of the Historical League mission is to conduct educational and promotion activities. Working with this foundation helps fulfill our goal. Here's a post from Audrey Johnson Theatre Facebook 12/8/22.

"It's taken a long time but we are finally back! This Saturday, December 11, 22 children from the Sunshine Residential Center will get to see a live theatrical production of "Cinderella" at Phoenix Theatre! This is being made possible by the generosity of the Arizona Historical Society and our yearly partnership with them. Check out their website: www.historicalleague.org.
We look forward to restoring our mission of giving children the magic of live theatre that would otherwise be unable to do so.
If you have any theatre tickets that you are not using, please let us know and we will put deserving children into those seats! And if you are a theatre owner or supporter and want to make sure your actors are performing to a full house, we will gladly fill up those seats for you!"

Since 1996 Sunshine has been home to more than 25,000 children needing emergency out-of-home placement. Not only did the children get tickets to the performance, but the League also donated the leftover treats to them as well as the table decorations. 

Families enjoying Historical League Holiday Event at Cinderella, Phoenix Theatre

Mouth-watering cranberry scones, Terrie's All-American Brownies, tables groaning with delicious food: Bonnie Newhoff (chef extraordinaire) organizes an amazing array of food for the Historical League Holiday event prior to Cinderella.

Recipes from Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Available at www.HistoricalLeague.org/shop

 

Sarah Holcombe, Emma and Amber Bradley, Kay and Rex Holcombe

Delores Tomasek with daughter Tammy Frazier, granddaughter and great-granddaughter!

The Evans family

Nazila Adib, her 8-year-old daughter Emilia Aubrey, who won the stuffed flamingo raffle item, Susan Dale, Nazila’s mother Parvin Bonakdar

Mary Parker's granddaughter Olivia won the motorized car. The second time her family has won a car!!!

Family Holiday Party features Cinderella and lots of fun with raffles, food, drink and community

 The smiles and laughter tell it all. Good friends volunteering together have made the Family Holiday Party a success again this year.

Historical League President Chris Hackett and niece Danielle McGill

Patt Walker and Lee Rogers

Ruth Ann Hogan, Linda Corderman, Zona Lorig and Ruth McLeod

"Cinderella" a big success for Annual Family Holiday Party

They've done it again! Historical League Family Holiday Party at Phoenix Theatre was fantastic. Thanks to Bonnie Newhoff organizing all the yummy food. Katie Tovar and Sharron McKinney created inviting wine baskets. Lots of wonderful raffle items and 50/50 raffle. Top if off with a grand performance of Cinderella.

Long list of Thank You for the organizers of the Annual Family Holiday Party. It takes a village to do this event! Anne Lupica worked with Phoenix Theatre to co-ordinate the event with space and ticket sales. Bonnie Newhoff arranged (and baked) the delicious food. Claire Nullmeyer chaired the raffle items. Sharron McKinney and Katie Tovar worked on gift baskets. Mary Parker sold 50/50 raffle tickets on many occasions to make it highly successful. Nancy Evans created the outstanding decor. Cindy Tidwell-Shelton helped with registration. And so many baked and brought yummy foods, helped with set up and clean up, also contributed funds. Fabulous event!!!

Upstairs was delicious food, drinks, raffles, friends and families. Downstairs was "Cinderella" waiting to entertain us. Thanks to all those who made this Annual Family Holiday Party a successful event on December 11.

Bonnie Newhoff did an amazing job baking and organizing the food.

One of the lovely gift baskets designed by Katie Tovar and Sharron McKinney.

Nancy Evans and Janet Young enjoy the moment.

Pat Faur and Susan Dale

Cindy Tidwell-Shelton helped with registration and won this lovely gift basket.

Past President Claire Nullmeyer organized the fabulous raffle. Ready to see Cinderella with her great-nieces Bridget, and the twins Morgan and Peyton.

Dianne Linthicum helped present the delicious food.

Dr. Josephine Pete helped present the delicious food.

 

Squeals of laughter as Mary Parker's granddaughter Olivia tried out her new car. One of the raffle items at the Family Holiday Party, the Parker granddaughters all wanted to drive it at the December 11 event.

Ruth Ann Hogan with raffle items

Cathy and Tom Shumard

Janice Bryson, Katie Tovar, Janice granddaughter Layla

Stan Evans, Zona Lorig, Linda Corderman, Dianne Linthicum

October General Meeting featured Dr. Lauren Harris

Bonnie Newhoff commented about the interesting presentation at the October meeting. "Our speaker at the October meeting, Lauren McArthur Harris, is a history professor at ASU. She talked about teaching history to today’s students and about the importance of the National History Day competition."

Dr. Lauren Harris with President Chris Hackett

Dr. Harris with Claire Nullmeyer

Mary Parker does a great job with the 50/50 raffle for Family Holiday Party with Cinderella. Members eager to participate at the October Historical League meeting.

President Chris Hackett with Dr. Harris

Claire Nullmeyer with Dr. Harris

Reach more people with thi

Mary Parker does a great job with the 50/50 raffle for Family Holiday Party with Cinderella. Members eager to participate at the October Historical League

Sharron McKinney, Carolyn Mendoza, Mary Parker

Sharron McKinney, Linda Corderman, Mary Parker, Claire Nullmeyer

Museum updates given at the Oct General Meeting are always well received. We heard from Debbie McKinnion, Jason Mihalic (new Grants Co-ordinator), Salessia McGowan (Volunteer Coordinator). Diana Smith was enthusiastic about plans for the Historymaker Program with the new Nominees to be announced Feb 2023.

Diana Smith and Secretary Norma Jean Coulter

Linda Fritsch and Dianne Linthicum

Sharon Gaustala and Cathy Shumard

 

CINDERELLA performance for Family Holiday Party Dec. 11, 2022

CINDERELLA tickets are here! Join us at the Phoenix Theatre on Sunday, December 11, 2022 for a reception and matinee performance of the timeless classic, Cinderella, by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The show was nominated for nine Tony Awards, featuring a new cast of characters and some new songs.

The Historical League reception offers complimentary light refreshments, a no-host bar, a raffle for children, a wine raffle and more! Festivities begin at 11:30 am in the theater’s beautiful upstairs space of the Mezzanine Terrace, and the show starts in the main theater at 1:30 pm.

Tickets are now available for $70 and $90 at www.HistoricalLeague.org. Click on the link to the Phoenix Theatre website or call the Phoenix Theatre box office at 602-254-2151. Specify that you are purchasing tickets for the Historical League benefit performance. Tickets will be available until and including Friday, November 25.

National History Day student researches wolves

The Historical League is glad to see their fundraising efforts put to good use. Using the library at AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park, this 6th grade student is the first researcher to use the Preserving Arizona’s Wolves (P.A.W.S.) Collection.  As part of the National History Day project, John Niemeyer is analyzing photos of wolves taken shortly before they were released into the wild.  His research led him to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center http://www.southwestwildlife.org/ where he and his family just “adopted” a Mexican wolf.  John epitomizes this year’s NHD theme of “Taking a Stand.”
Watching wolf videos, wolf lectures and wolf news clips are essential primary sources for this NHD “Save the Wolf” project.