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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 23, 25, 30 & July 2
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: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Langdon Center Carriage House
Cost: $30 (includes book & pen set)
Instructor: Phil Delucchi
Scrapbook Class
June 28
Time: 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Site: Tarleton's Langdon Center Carriage House
Cost: $65 (includes basic kit & class supplies)
Instructor: Karen Gossett
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.
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 Fulton, 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 Fire Oak Grill, Weatherford
More exciting classes scheduled for
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
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
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 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 members of the 2008 Provence 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
August 23
Langdon Center Concert Hall
7:30 p.m.
$6 adults
$4 senior citizens & students
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.
Tarleton New Alumna exhibits at Langdon Center in Granbury
As a person and artist in search of
herself, Melody Kennedy looks for meaning from people and places. She comes
across and sees art as the means of expressing what she discovers.
This is the premise for the newest exhibition
at Tarleton State University’s Dora Lee Langdon Cultural & Educational
Center in Granbury, “Souls and Soulful Places: the Artwork of Melody Kennedy”.
“My work usually begins with an image,
either in my head or from a photograph I've taken,” states Kennedy. “Then the
piece evolves into generally light, airy depictions of space and time.”
Melody, a native Texan from the rolling plains town of Haskell, began experimenting with art in her last year of high school where her creativity and passion for individuality was fueled. Following graduation she enrolled at Tarleton State University where she went through the education program and received her BFA in Art with all-level certification in the fall of 2008.
“I discovered Melody at Tarleton during
the student art shows,” states Janice Horak, director
of Tarleton’s Langdon Center. “I would always go back to her works, especially
the piece ‘Cotton Picker’. Her work is very strong and very moving.”
The Department of Fine Arts at Tarleton
State University gave Kennedy the opportunity to experiment with various
techniques in several media including watercolor, acrylic, and printmaking, as
well as broaden her horizons by entertaining her interests in art history.
During the summer session of 2007 Melody was given the opportunity to research the impact the Italians had on art and history. While in Italy, she viewed such masterpieces as the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo’s David. She was inspired to construct a series of pieces, which were influenced by the architecture and culture of Italy. Her style often includes interpretations of places she has visited or people with whom she has made a connection.
Kennedy finds there is a quality from one person to the next, their essence, she tries to capture for just a moment. Sometimes it is through a look or a gesture. The places she paints have the feeling of history, where so many have come before her. Yet like trying to find the same spot in a river twice, something about them is ever-changing.
“In
art, serenity and simplicity are my primary goals,” adds Kennedy. “As an artist
I strive to find myself through my work.”
“Souls and Soulful Places” runs now through April 26 in the historic A.P. Gordon House at 308 East Pearl Street in Granbury. Show hours are Monday through Friday 9am to 6pm; Saturdays 1pm to 5pm. There is no admission fee. A public “Meet the Artist” reception will be held during Last Friday Gallery Night on April 24 from 5pm to 9pm. For more information call 817.279.1164.
From a series of cooking classes and the newest components of the Travel Study Program to sharing memories through scrapbooking and researching family history, Tarleton’s Langdon Center Community Education program enriches lives and expands the educational horizon in the greater Granbury area.
Getting started in scrapbooking is often overwhelming to beginners. Local Independent Close To My Heart consultant, Karen Gossett, leads Tarleton’s Langdon Center’s Beginning Scrapbooking on Friday, July 18 from 10am to 1pm. The course is designed to help novice scrapbook enthusiasts learn to take those first steps in creating a treasure full of memories. Mrs. Gossett includes selection of tools, size of project, product, organization, journaling and embellishment. The course fee covers all material for a beginning scrapbook. Participants are encouraged to bring photos.
Anyone seeking that one link in a family’s past that will secure a spot in any of the various lineage societies such as the Daughters of the American Revolution or the Sons of the Confederacy will want to register today for Genealogy Workshop: Historic American Lineage. Eloise Horak, Linda Bowden and Dottie Corbin of the Teha Lanna Chapter of DAR will guide workshop participants through the beginning or finishing stages of a family heritage search. Students will start with places to research, correct forms to use, tips on how to interpret what you find and some pitfalls to avoid. This team of experts will explain the paperwork needed for such societies and contacts in the area. Please bring any information available as to dates, names, etc. This one-day workshop meets from 9am to 3pm on Saturday, July 19 at Tarleton's Langdon Center Studio.
Through October 2008 Tarleton’s Langdon Center joins The Pan Handle and Inn on Lake Granbury in presenting A Series of Remarkable Chefs. Outstanding regional chefs such as Keith Hicks of Ovation and Tre Wilcox of the Bravo TV series Top Chef are on the schedule for the August and September classes, respectively. Classes include demonstration instruction and a four course, five-star dinner.
And continuing with the culinary focus, Napa Valley Culinary Travel Study Program is on the horizon for October 1, 2, 3 & 4 that includes stops at the Culinary Institute of America – Greystone, COPIA, Long Meadow Ranch and a ride on the Napa Valley Wine Train dinner excursion. Coordinated by Heather Cleveland of The Pan Handle and Betsy Ball of Tarleton’s College of Business Administration, this trip has limited availability with a registration deadline of August 29.
For more information on these and many more upcoming community education opportunities at Tarleton’s Langdon Center, contact Joel Back or Janice Horak at 817-279-1164 or e-mail langdoncenter@sbcglobal.net.
