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| THE COLONY NEWS | DECEMBER 2023 | 27 Actors Studio By Marsha Tobolski, 562-244-9223 Colony Chorus By Ken Luekens e Actors Studio Group wishes all of you and your families a very happy holiday and a prosperous and healthy new year! We are going full steam ahead with our rehearsals for the Irish Eyes Murder Mystery which will be presented over St. Patrick's Day weekend in March. Save the dates now (March 16 and 17) for a great evening out. We welcome any of you who would like to participate in our production, whether in a speaking role, or a non-speaking role on stage or behind the scenes assistance, such as technical support, greeters at the door, publicity, assistance with set design, or as "waitpersons" during dinner to name a few of the positions which would give you an enjoyable taste of the theatrical world. For more details, please contact Greg Hill 526-526-9896 or Chuck Gordon 661-714-3847. Time to change things up a bit. e Colony Chorus is changing its concert seating from Auditorium style (where we all sit in rows) to cabaret style seating. at means seats will be at round tables. You can bring refreshments, including snacks and adult beverages. BYO. Sit with friends or make new ones. ere is open seating except for Chorus Patrons. Just to refresh, the concerts will be Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 pm and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 pm. Tickets will be available at the door and are $15 per person. Checks only, please, made out to e Colony Chorus. e concerts will include familiar songs and carols and some tunes that are newer. Start your 2023 Christmas by coming to e Colony Chorus concerts. e theme, "By Dickens, We're Scrooged" will provide a different take on Christmas music. Come celebrate the season with your Colony neighbors. Joy to the World! October was our last class for 2023. Taka Ritchie taught Chinese brush painting that is dramatic and requires a lot of practice. We painted bamboo and flowers and as you can guess, Taka had a room full of students wanting to learn this ancient technique. At this time of year, many of our painters were interested in painting holiday cards. Some used their newly learned Chinese brush painting technique, while others painted traditional holiday cards using many patterns offered by Taka. It was a wonderful and fun way to end the year. Taka and I wish all of you happy and glorious holidays and a very happy new year! We will see you in January 2024. Watercolor Classes By Sylvia Maxwell, 818-667-1766 Our featured artist for December is Kathy Sullivan, who has been a resident of e Colony since 2017. Having just returned from three months in Europe, she will be presenting some of her favorite photographs for our pleasure. Kathy's last showing of her Metalography in our Lobby was in 2022. Prior to that time, Kathy had been traveling and had completed a 10,000-mile trip around the United States in 2021. Her trip to the East Coast showed some of her photographs of the New England states during the fall colors, and there were also beach scenes as well as landscape photography. Her "Sullivan's Travels" articles and photographs have appeared in many issues of e Colony News. Metalography is an art form of photographs placed on metal. Kathy started photography at Palomar College in the 1980s. Her artwork has been displayed in Murrieta's City Hall, with 25 of her photographs chosen out of 40 entries. In addition, she has exhibited her artwork at the Del Mar Fair. She belongs to the Inland Empire Photo Club in Temecula. e generosity of this artist to share her special hobby is appreciated by all of us. ank you, Kathy. We look forward to the display of your beautiful photographs. Artist of the Month By Sylvia Maxwell, 818-667-1766