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Photography
by Steve Payne.
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Welcome to the Kanawha Forum
The Kanawha Forum is a Wednesday noontime concert series
presented in March & April, and September & October. This highly
popular series features a variety of the plentiful and diverse artistic
talents in our community as well as some often from outside Charleston.
The 25 minute concerts begin promptly at 12:05pm, in the Sanctuary, and
are open to the public, free of charge. A gourmet luncheon follows in
the Fellowship Hall, and is available by prepaid reservation. Gourmet
luncheons will be "Forum Favorites".
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The Kanawha Forum
Spring, 2013
Wednesdays / Concerts at 12:05 - 12:30pm, No admission
charge for the concerts.
Luncheons following the concerts are by prepaid
reservations,
$10. per person per luncheon.
April 3, Sarasvati Trio,
Margaret Cooper, violin,
Susan Bestul, cello, Christine Kefferstan, piano
Menu: Cranberry-Raspberry
Spinach Salad, Mushroom Quinoa Soup,
Cheddar & Thyme Muffins, Eton
Mess
April 10, Sandra Groce,
viola, Ryan Kennedy, guitar
Menu: White Bean and Tuna
with Radicchio Salad, Onion-Fennel Bisque,
Bacon and Dried Tomato
Scones, Chocolate Pecan Delite
April 17,
Melanie Taylor,
piano
Menu: Cherry Pecan Salad,
North African Chickpea Soup,
Sour Cream Biscuits,
Blackberry Fool with Calvados
April 24,
Brandon Brown, violin,
Jacob Bumgarner, piano, Featured Young Artists
Menu: Spanish Chicken Salad,
Asparagus Soup with Lemon Crème Fraîche
Lemon and Almond Scones,
Eclair Cake
May 1, Victoria Berneking-Cavendish,
piano, Ron Neal, organ
Menu: Pasta Salad with melon,
Pancetta and Feta, Mom’s Gazpacho,
Easy Three-Seed Pan Rolls,
Strawberry Angel Food Dessert
For Luncheon reservations, please complete, cut and mail
the following portion with your payment.
______________________________________________________________________________
DATE # of reservations Totals
April 3 _______ X $10. = _______
April 10 _______ X $10. = _______
April 17 _______ X $10. = _______
April 24 _______ X $10. = _______
May 1 _______ X $10. = _______
_____ I wish to make a contribution of $25., or more to
support this series.
Names of contributors giving $25., or more will be
listed in the programs.
Amount of your contribution _______ TOTAL
ENCLOSED $________
YOUR NAME_____________________________________________
YOUR ADDRESS__________________________________________
YOUR PHONE NUMBER(S)________________________________
Reservations are filled as available, as payments are
received. Please mail this form with
your check made payable to:
KUPC
1009 Virginia St., East
Charleston, WV 25301-2816
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The Charleston Daily Mail says -
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Church offers midday respite of classical music,
splendid food
Weekly Kanawha Forum programs one of the city's
hidden gems
Daily Mail food writer
Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - You know how there are
some things that you really want to do, but
just somehow never get around to it?
That's been the case with me and The Kanawha
Forum, a classical music concert and lunch
series held on select Wednesdays at Kanawha
United Presbyterian Church on Virginia
Street East. Ever since I moved to
Charleston back in the '90s, I have heard
great things about the event's music, food
and fellowship.
I kept telling myself I would go. For the
past 15 years.
But when my mother-in-law and Forum regular,
Louise Williamson, scored me a last-minute
invitation last week, I finally had the
opportunity to turn words into action.
So I popped down at noon Wednesday to enjoy
a 30-minute performance by The Sarasvati
Trio (skillfully playing Debussy and Haydn)
followed by lunch in the church's fellowship
hall.
Surrounded by dozens of friendly folks, I
sipped on a nice chilled strawberry soup
that was not too sweet or too tart, not too
creamy or too thin. Guess that made it just
right!
I also enjoyed a creamy shrimp and rice
salad blended with baby asparagus, bacon,
shallots and bits of orange, followed by a
moist lemon-blueberry muffin bursting with
blueberries and topped with a crunchy sugar
glaze.
That would have been a fine enough dessert
right there, but I wasn't about to let the
Italian Cream Cake go untouched. So I
savored that too, with its rich cream cheese
frosting and chopped pecans.
Lunches almost always consist of a soup,
salad, bread and dessert. Other
delicious-sounding dishes served in recent
weeks include a Greek chicken and lemon orzo
soup, brandied onion soup with
croquet-monsieur croutons, spinach and
apricot salad, blackened salmon and
asparagus salad with lemon mustard dressing,
lemon cream scones and a pear and almond
tart.
I'm bummed now that I missed those, but all
recipes are published in bi-annual booklets
and occasional larger cookbooks offered by
the church.
Music and lunch at The Kanawha Forum is a
delightful way to spend an hour before
heading back to work or on with your day.
And while it took me 15 years to make it to
my first one, I'm sure my next visit will
happen a lot sooner.
Last week's program was the last session of
the spring season, but the fall series is
set to pick back up from Sept. 19 through
Oct. 17. For more information, call
304-342-6558 or visit
www.kanawhachurch.org.
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