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Tarleton’s Langdon Center
For Young People
Summer Theater Camp
July 14–18: Daily classes
July 19: Graduation Performances
Noon–1 p.m. Ages 7–10 (cost $55.00)
2 p.m.–4 p.m. Ages 11–14 (cost $90.00)
Students study stage movement, theater terminology, script reading and developing a character.
Site: Langdon Center Concert Hall
Instructor: Betty Jacobs
Summer Fashion Camp
July 21–25: Daily classes
July 26: Fashion Show
12 p.m.–1 p.m. Ages 7–10 (cost $65.00)
2 p.m.–3 p.m. Ages 11–14 (cost $65.00)
This program, for girls only, encourages confidence and poise through age appropriate skin & hair care, modeling, etiquette and manners.
Site: Langdon Center Concert Hall
Instructor: Betty Jacobs
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
Summer 2008 Community Education Classes
For Registration Information Contact:
Tarleton’s Langdon Center
308 East Pearl Street
Granbury, TX 76048
Phone: 817-279-1164
langdoncenter@sbcglobal.net
Reservations taken on a first come, first serve basis. All registrations fees must be paid in advance of the class starting date.
Personal Computers
Microsoft Word
Date: June 10, 12, 17 & 19
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cost: $65.00
Instructor: Jon Back
Excel
Date: June 24, 26, July 1 & 3
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cost: $65.00
Instructor: Jon Back
Digital Graphics
Date: July 8, 10, 15 & 17
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cost: $65.00
Instructor: Jon Back
Web Page Creation
Date: July 21, 22, 23 & 24
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cost: $65.00
Instructor: Jon Back
Leisure
Calligraphy
June 14
Time: 9am to 3pm
Location: Langdon Center Carriage House
Cost: $30 (includes book & pen set)
Instructor: Phil Delucchi
Exploring Clifton, Texas
June 20
Coordinators – Janice Horak & Joel Back Instructors & Presenters – Clifton area guides & artists
Sites – Clifton Museum, Bosque Conservatory of Fine Arts, Norwegian Churches
Time: 9:00 a.m. to Approximately 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $35.00 each (includes lunch & transportation)
Genealogy Research: Historic American Lineage
Date: Saturday, July 19
Instructors – Eloise Horak. M. Ed,
Site - Tarleton's Langdon Center
Time: 9:00 a.m. to Noon
Cost: $20.00
Wreath Making & Floral Design
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 10am to 1pm
Cost: $50.00
Site: Langdon Center Rock House
Instructors: Karen Gossett, artist & floral designer
Culinary Courses
Cooking for Kids
In cooperation with Heflin’s Produce Market Carol Carlisle leads participants ages 8-years to 10-years in discovering safe cooking techniques and healthy eating choices. Ms. Carlisle has taught 23 years experience with teaching elementary age students and has studied cooking in Germany, Italy, Oaxaca, Greece, and Granbury. Class size is limited to 8 participants.
Tuesday, June 3: Cool Summer Snacks
Thursday, June 5: Presto Panini & Pizza
Tuesday, June 10: Fun with Fresh Fruits & Veggies
Thursday, June 12: Get Your Grill On!
Time: 10am to Noon
Cost: $20 per person per class; $70 for all 4 classes
Site: Langdon Center Gordon & Carriage Houses
Summer Adult Cooking Classes
In coordination with The Pan Handle, A Gourmet Tool Shop & Inn on Lake Granbury
Time: 6pm – 9pm Cost: $75.00 per class; $400.00 for all 6
Location: Inn on Lake Granbury
Tuesday, May 27
Sean Merchant, Executive Chef & Jamie Fuller, Owner & Award Winning Brewmeister of The Covey
Tuesday, June 17
Jon Bonnell of Bonnell’s Restaurant, Fort Worth
Tuesday, July 15
Eric Hunter, chef & Britton Schweitzer, owner & creator of The Fireside Grill, Weatherford
Tuesday, August 19
Tuesday, September 16
Tuesday, October 21
For Registration Information Contact:
Tarleton’s Langdon Center
308 East Pearl Street
Granbury, TX 76048
Phone: 817-279-1164
langdoncenter@itexas.net
Reservations taken on a first come, first serve basis. All registrations fees must be paid in advance of the class starting date.
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
Cultural Events & Activities
Emily Dickinson Poetry & Celebration
Dr. Marcy Tanter, Dickinson Scholar
Thursday, May 15
A.P. Gordon House
7:30pm
Birds, Bones and Other Things
Suzanne Gentling Prints
June 7-28
Historic A.P. Gordon House
Weekdays 9pm to 6pm
Saturdays 1pm to 5pm
Langdon Center Big Band Dance
June 28 Granbury Skating Rink
7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Jacket Required
$12.00 per person
All-American Jazz Concert
Featuring the Langdon Center Big Band
July 4
Langdon Center Lawn
7:30 p.m. (Followed by fireworks over Lake Granbury)
Free event
The Artwork of Vern Johnson
July 3-26
Historic A.P. Gordon House
Weekdays 9am to 6pm
Saturdays 1pm to 5pm
Provence Revisted
The artwork of Jeanette Alexander and Participants in the Langdon Center Travel Study Program
August 2- 29
Historic A.P. Gordon House
Weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Greg Ball Trio
Featuring Greg Ball, Saxophone, Joshua Bradford, Piano & Jonathan Hooper, Bass
August 23
Langdon Center Concert Hall
7:30 p.m.
Visit the sites of other music presenters in Granbury:.
Granbury Live - www.granburylive.com
Music at Acton - www.actonumc.org
The Granbury Opera House - www.granburyoperahouse.net
Warm Country Heart Theater - www.warmcountryheart.com
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
Community Meetings at Tarleton’s Langdon Center
Granbury Civic Chorus
Mondays 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Langdon Center Concert Hall
Suzanne Cate, Director
817-326-4242
(Auditions: Monday, August 25 at 7:00 p.m.)
Lake Granbury Stamp Club
A branch of the Mid-Cities Stamp Club
4th Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m.
Site: Langdon Center Studio
Contact: David Stockbridge
817 573-7168 stockdave44@yahoo.com
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
Janice Horak, Director
308 East Pearl Street, Granbury, TX 76048
Telephone: 817-279-1164
Fax: 817-579-0206
E-mail: langdoncenter@sbcglobal.net
Founder
Dora Lee Langdon was a composer, musician, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Mrs. Langdon's love for music and the performing arts was well known in the Granbury and Fort Worth areas. In 1982 Mrs. Langdon purchased and established the Chrysalis Foundation to support music education and the performing arts. The center provided music scholarships to talented and deserving elementary and secondary students in the Cross Timbers area. The center, encompassing a full city block, served as a sanctuary for young and aspiring musicians until November 1995. The Chrysalis Foundation donated the center to Tarleton State University in June 1996, when it was renamed the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural & Educational Center. During Tarleton Homecoming Festivities in 1998, Mrs. Langdon was honored posthumously as Tarleton's Distinguished Friend.
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
Mission
The mission of the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural & Educational Center is to provide facilities and opportunities for Tarleton State University to develop and expand educational & cultural programs for its constituencies.
Tarleton's Dora Lee Langdon Cultural & Educational Center is situated one block from Granbury's historic square, nestled in the heart of the Brazos River Valley.
The addition of the Langdon Center provides a more diverse and convenient extension for Tarleton students and residents of Granbury and Hood County.
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
THE LANGDON CENTER BIG BAND
Granbury, Texas
REHEARSALS
Sunday, September 16, at 2:00 p.m. to 5pm at First Christian Church.
Next Performance
Sunday, October 21 at 2:00pm
Tarleton's Langdon Center Jazz on the Green
Please let David know if you cannot attend so Mark Hettle can plan rehearsals accordingly. Most everyone has been very conscientious about this. It is certainly more fun and productive when everyone is at rehearsals.
We are in the planning stages for future performances and dances. As soon as David has possible dates and places, he will get them to you. Please send any suggestions you might have to David or Janice.
We also have found possible financial backing to purchase a sound system, keyboard and stand lights. David will keep you informed.
We need to develop by-laws. If you can help, please let David or Janice know.
Any questions? E-mail bigbandgranbury@yahoo.com
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
Facilities
The Historic A. P. Gordon House
One of the oldest homes in Granbury, this two-story neoclassical structure was built in 1882 by A. P. Gordon. His heirs lived continuously in the home for the next 100 years. The Gordon house was one of the first in Granbury to be wired for electricity. The house originally contained five bedrooms, a parlor and kitchen. It also had a cellar. Summer sleeping porches, removed during extensive remodeling in 1956, were built off the east, west and south sides of the house. Fireplaces, unused today, were built in each of the four main rooms as a primary heat source. Today, the Gordon House is home to the Langdon Center staff offices and art gallery.
The Rock House
The "Rock House," originally a frame structure, was built sometime before 1919. The house was purchased in 1932 from Mattie J. Wilkerson by Jesse Gilliam and his wife Robbie Dee. Improvements were made over the years including screening the porch, adding a bedroom, and covering the outside walls with native stone. A double garage was added in the 1970s which today houses the restroom facilities at the Langdon Center. The Rock House is home to Tarleton's Small Business Development Center and offers a comfortable classroom for the Center's academic programs.
The Concert Hall
This structure was originally the First Christian Church of Granbury. It was built by the founders of Add-Ran Male & Female College in Thorp Springs. (Add-Ran moved to Waco, then to Fort Worth, and was renamed Texas Christian University.) The building served the congregation for 97 years. In 1991 it was purchased by the Chrysalis Foundation to serve as a concert hall, and the structure was moved five blocks north and east to its present site. It now serves Tarleton State University's faculty and students as an alternative performance hall.
A member of The Texas A&M University System since 1917
Tarleton State University, an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and Educator, is committed to excellence through diversity.
Colorful World of Emily Dickinson Explored
At Tarleton’s Langdon Center May 15, 7:30pm
(Image provided: The Emily Dickinson Museum's 2008 season poster, designed by illustrator Penelope Dullaghan and may be purchased at www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org)
Emily Dickinson lived seven months shy of her fifty-six years. Upon her death on May 15, 1886, her sister-in-law and dear friend, Susan Dickinson, wrote “Very few in the village, except among the older inhabitants, knew Miss Emily personally, although the facts of her seclusion and her intellectual brilliancy were familiar Amherst traditions…”
It is possible that all the notoriety this great American poet has received since her death would cause her much worry. However, those celebrating her genius only want to keep her poetry alive and current. Thus, Tarleton State University’s Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center presents “The Colorful World of Emily Dickinson” in celebration of the poet’s life.
Marcy Tanter, Ph.D, a Dickinson Scholar, offers her third in a series of presentation on Thursday, May 15 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Tarleton’s Langdon Center Gordon House at 308 East Pearl Street in Granbury.
Dr. Tanter has previously presented programs concentrating on the Dickinson themes of flowers and gardening. This program examines the poet’s use of color in her poetry.
The Tarleton associate professor of English recently completed a professional development “sabbatical” that allowed her time to work on another facet of the Dickinson legacy.
“I have just submitted my first full-length manuscript to the University of Massachusetts Press,” explains Dr. Tanter. “It’s a study of Emily’s niece, Martha, and I will end the evening with some words about her.”
It is difficult to imagine that so few people read the verse introduced to almost every pupil at some time in their education. Susan Dickinson explained that it was just that.
“Her talk and her writings were like no one's else, and although she never published a line, now and then some enthusiastic literary friend would turn love to larceny, and cause a few verses surreptitiously obtained to be printed. Thus, and through other natural ways, many saw and admired her verses....”
Not only will participants admire her verses during “The Colorful World of Emily Dickinson,” Dr. Tanter will include the audience in small group discussions. The Langdon Center staff will offer door prizes and refreshments from Emily Dickinson’s own recipes.
For more information on “The Colorful World of Emily Dickinson,” contact Tarleton’s Langdon Center at 817-279-1164 or e-mail langdoncenter@sbcglobal.net.
“A writer comes from a reader,” states author and writing instructor, Mary Beth Miller. “I have been an avid reader for as long as I could remember. From picture books, I graduated to The Secret Garden, to the Black Stallion series, to Nancy Drew. On weekend camping trips in native state, Michigan, I stuffed books under the front seat of the car so I would be well stocked. I read everything, moving through library sections like courses of a meal. It wasn't until fifth grade and Mr. Hoyle's short story writing assignment, though, that I realized I could write a book. I have been writing ever since.”
And now she is teaching at Tarleton State University’s Dora Lee Langdon Cultural & Educational Center in Granbury starting Tuesday, March 25 and running for 8 weeks. If you’re a reader looking to write or a writer looking for that right instructor, then here is opportunity knocking.
Mary Beth Miller's Fiction Writing Course is designed to help fiction writers develop and hone their writing skills. Each class will cover new material on such subjects as voice, plot, characterization, and revision. Writing exercises designed to highlight that week's subject will aide the participants in understanding the topic.
The eight-week course, meeting two hours each Tuesday from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, allows for growth in writing and the opportunity to rework and rewrite. Participants will also work on an ongoing project of their choosing that will be critiqued by Mrs. Miller.
Mary Beth Miller, a new resident to Granbury and a Young Adult Author, writes contemporary teen novels. Her first novel, Aimee, is about a girl recovering from the loss of her best friend to suicide. It has connected with teens from as far away as Singapore and received the American Library Association’s designation as a Notable Book for young adult readers. Her second novel, On the Head of a Pin from Dutton is out in hardcover and on selected reading lists for high school students in several states.
During the process of growing from reader to writer, Mary Beth also managed to live life.
“I went to college, worked for a medical and nursing publishing house, got married, and had four kids,” she states. “I write between my other "jobs" of mother and wife. I sew when I can't write, and garden when it's nice. I still read the rest of the time.”
The author is also an accomplished horsewoman.
For more information on the Writing Fiction course with Mary Beth Miller at Tarleton’s Langdon Center, contact Joel Back at 817-279-1164 or e-mail langdoncenter@sbcglobal.net.
