Adv Club Programs Sep - Dec 2012

THE ADVENTURERS' CLUB OF HONOLULU
   NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2012

When	Where*	Topic & Presenter	Call**	Deadline
Thursday - September 20	TTR	The Silk Road, Part II- Dr. Fred Mackenzie	Erika Wyrtki at 949-2229	Tuesday September 18
Thursday - October 18	OCC	The Ross Sea Islands of Antarctica - Janet Miller	Teena Urban at uteena@aol.com or 946-3551 (email preferred)	Tuesday October 16
Thursday - November 15	TTR	Off the Beaten Path in England - Carolyn Gire, Joy and Geoff Ashton	Janet Miller miller@hi808.net or 732-3506 (email preferred)	Tuesday November 13
Thursday - December 13	Queen Kapiolani Hotel	Chanticleer - Chanticleer Men’s Ensemble	Erika Wyrtki at 949-2229 reserve as early as possible, NLT   Tue 11 Dec	Tuesday December 11



*OCC (Outrigger Canoe Club);            TTR (Treetops Restaurant)

Adventurers’ Club members/guests may only book a reservation via our reservationists.


** If making reservations via e-mail, pleaseinclude the words:

Adventurers’ ClubMeeting and the MeetingDate



If you have to leavea message or are sending and email,Please include yourphone number

If unableto reach listed reservationist, please call Erika Wyrtkiat 949-2229

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

 Our monthly meetings are a pleasant mixture of good food, a presentation that takes us to some of the most exotic locations and cultures of the world, and fellowship with our friends and travel buddies.  Don’t forget the fellowship.  Come at 6 for cocktail time and share your travel stories with your friends.

 If you can’t eat with us but you would like to enjoy the presentation, come about 7:30 and sit in the back.  We request a donation of $5 to help defray the overhead costs.  Please give it to
Edward Carus, our Treasurer.
                                                     Ralph Sprague

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Adventurers Club Board & Officers  Dec 2012 -2013
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13  DECEMBER 2012
Chanticleer

♫  Chanticleer Men’s Ensemble  ♫

Thursday, December 13 at Queen Kapiolani Hotel, 150 Kapahulu Avenue

Chanticleer’s annual Christmas concerts in the Medieval Sculpture Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art have become a holiday tradition in New York selling out months in advance.

     The original Chanticleer was a singing rooster in the works of Chaucer of England. This singing group of twelve men, Chanticleer, has made an incredibly wonderful DVD of classical Christmas music that thrills and charms the listener no matter how many times it is replayed. The Washington Post newspaper has been quoted saying: I can’t imagine anything more purely beautiful than Chanticleer singing in the shadow of the Northern European Christmas tree at the Metropolitan Museum. Take twelve men who sing exquisitely in tune and put them in a biggish room with a high, vaulted ceiling and you get sounds that shimmer and cling like hand-bells on a chilly day.

         Whatever your beliefs are, this Christmas music will charm you and put you right in the spirit for Christmas celebrating.

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15 NOVEMBER 2012

OFF THE BEATEN PATH IN ENGLAND

by Members Carolyn Gire, Joy and Geoff Ashton

Thursday, November 15 at Treetops Restaurant, 3737 Manoa Road

David and Carolyn Gire (back) and Joy Ashton (in front) were the presenters

This compilation of several trips to England has it all: pretty countryside, lambs, interesting history, donkeys, flowers, wild ponies, seaside fun and much more. Visit a diverse selection of locations that are familiar to English holiday-makers but not as well-known to visitors. You'll see the moors of Yorkshire in the north of England, Derbyshire's Peak District in the Midlands and beautiful Cornish gardens in the south, as well as the highlights of several other counties.

Geoff Ashton is gone from us, but he had planned to do this program and here it is for us. He stated once that he spent 80 hours working on this DVD program. This will be our last hurrah with Geoff!

Cocktails	6:00 pm	Free parking in the restaurant’s lot
Dinner	6:45 pm	Buffet usually consisting of Steamed MahiMahi, Eggplant with minced pork,Vegetable Tempura, Chicken with choice of sauce, Teriyaki Steak, assorted greensand fruit salad;steamed rice and rolls;Assorted cakes—$22.00 Wine available on cash basis—$3.00 All orders include teaor coffee
Program	7:30 pm	(Approximately)
Reservations	Contact	Janet Miller at miller@hi808.net or 732-3506 (emailpreferred) by Tuesday, November 13. Late cancellations and no showswill be billed.

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18 OCTOBER 2012

THE ROSS SEA ISLANDS OF ANTARCTICA

By Member Janet Miller

Thurs, October 18 at OutriggerCanoe Club, 2509 Kalakaua Avenue

Thursday, October 18th at OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB, 2509 Kalakaua Ave - Waikiki

At the beginning of the 20th century the world's imagination was excited by following the journeys of some bold men destined to become heroes conquering the proclaimed "last great goal of exploration": Reaching the South Pole and traversing the Antarctic continent

Janet and Ralph Miller have had three wonderful trips into Antarctica: 1991, 1996 and 2011 that par- alleled some of the findings and routes of the early heroes: Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen. The pictures and thoughts Janet shares with you she hopes will excite your imagination.

They boarded an icebreaker in Christchurch, New Zealand, that travelled through open seas and pushed through pack ice to the Ross Sea. They got close to the Emperor penguins in their rookery before the chicks fledged and headed to sea. They experienced the thrill of icebreaking, helicopter rides, zodiac cruises and hikes in areas nearly inaccessible except via one of these methods. They saw birds, plants and geology and the historic relics left behind over 100 years ago by the first explorers. Please join us on this recounted journey.

Cocktails	6:00 pm	Free parking in the club’s parking lot
Dinner	6:45 pm	Menu Choices: Soup and Caesar Salad……….. $21 Cobb Salad………………...……. $20 OCC Beef Stew……….…………….. $25 OCC Mahi Mahi……. $27 1/2 OCC Mahi Mahi…………………... $20 Chicken Pot Pie with Local Taro…….. $24 Coffee by Token
Program	7:30 pm	(Approximately)
Reservations	Contact	Teena Urban at uteena@aol.com or 946-3551 (email preferred) by Tuesday, October 16. Late cancellations and no showswill be billed.

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20 SEPTEMBER 2012

THE SILK ROAD, PART II

By Guest, Dr. Fred Mackenzie

Thurs, September 20 at Treetops Restaurant, 3737 Manoa Road

Dr. Fred Mackenzie has an amazing list of credentials including emeritus professor of oceanography, geol- ogy, and geophysics.He is the author of numerous publications and books and has been honored many times for his work.Dr. Mackenzie presented a Silk Road I program last year that dealt with his travels through the cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, Bishkek and continued on through the Togurt Pass up to his entrance into China.He will speak to us in Silk Road II this time regarding the rest ofhis trip.He crossed into China on a partially paved road.He traveled on to Kahgar, went eastward across a desert, the Taklamaklan, continuing onward across the Gobi desert to Xi’an where he saw the Terracotta soldiers and traveled on to Beijing.

What an adventure awaits us!

Cocktails	6:00 pm	Free parking in the restaurant’s lot
Dinner	6:45 pm	Buffet usually consisting of Steamed MahiMahi, Eggplant withminced pork, Vegetable Tempura, Chicken with choiceof sauce, Teriyaki Steak,assorted greens and fruitsalad; steamedrice and rolls;Assorted cakes—$22.00 Wine available on cash basis—$3.00 All orders include teaor coffee
Program	7:30 pm	(Approximately)
Reservations	Contact	Erika Wyrtki at 949-2229 by Tuesday, September 18. Late cancellations and no showswill be billed.

Meeting Calendar and Information also available at:

http://adventurersclubhonolulu.blogspot.com/

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Message from the Membership Chair

Enclosed with this newsletter is a membership application form for 2013. Perhaps you’d like to offer a friend membership in the Adventurers’ Club for the holidays.

Membership Renewal forms will be sent to you in December.

Aloha,   Joy Ashton

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