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Chair:
Karen Holt
Vice Chair:
Susan Walters
Treasurer:
Katherine Klepinger
Secretary:
Michelle (Shelli) Giess
Central Ohio Contact:
Karen Holt
Yvonne Wirtz
Cincinnati SW Ohio Contact:
Dorrie DeGutis
Holly Yeatts
Cleveland - NE Ohio Contact:
Vickie Adamus
Felicia Demchuk
Dayton Contact:
Kathy Klepinger
Susan Walters
SE Ohio / Marietta Contact:
Mary Jane Lawson
NW Ohio / Toledo:
Vacant Vacant
All other areas:
Karen Holt
NE Ohio Events
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Events for North Eastern Ohio - Cleveland and surrounding areas.
Contacts are Vickie Adamus and Felicia Demchuk
Planned Events
30th annual American Adoption Congress National Adoption Conference
Hi all. IThis is an FYI about an upcoming conference being held in Cleveland Weds April 22 to Sun April 26, 2009.
I think it is being held the week after the FRUA conference in Texas, but for those of you not traveling to TX perhaps this would be a closer alternative.
The title is Transforming Families, Connecting Lives, and it is the 30th annual American Adoption Congress National Adoption Conference. It is being presented in partnership with Adoption Network Cleveland.
For a detailed Schedule of Events, go to www.regonline.com/aacanc2009.
Past Events: 2008
Klezmer Concert in Cleveland
In Concert:
Steven Greenman, Violin
Walt Mahovlich, Accordion
Alexander Fedoriouk, Cimbalom
THE JEWISH VIOLIN
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 7pm
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH 44122
Tickets: $15 general admission, $12 for Maltz Museum members
Seating is limited. For tickets call 216-593-0575. Nothing has captured the
soul and breath/life of East-European Jewry as the music and sound of the
violin, the historic quintessential Jewish instrument and voice of the
Jewish people. The traditional sounds of violin, tsimbl (Jewish hammered
dulcimer) and accordion are rendered by three of the world's leading masters
of Klezmer music; Steven Greenman (violin), Alexander Fedoriouk (cimbalom)
and Walter Mahovlich (accordion). Together they capture the sound and heart
of the old world with several of Steven's original Jewish and Klezmer
compositions in this holiday-themed concert for the entire family.
International Festival
Presented by Geauga County Tourism
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - Sunday, August 17, 2008
Century Village Museum. The sights and sounds of different cultures from
around the world at our first International Festival.
Price: $3.00 - $6.00
Geauga Historical Society - Century Village
14653 East Park
Burton, OH 44021
Website: www.geaugahistorical.org
HARMONIA Performs Concert May 9
HARMONIA Performs Live in Concert at:
THE KENT STAGE
175 East Main Street
Kent, Ohio 44240
330/677-5005
May 9, 2008 at 8:00 PM (doors open 7:00 PM)
ADMISSION: $15
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
For information call Rudy Bachna 330-673-325
About HARMONIA:
HARMONIA presents the traditional folk music of Eastern Europe, ranging from
the Danube to the Carpathians. Its repertoire reflects the cultures of the
region: Slovak, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Romanian, Croatian,
Serbian and Gypsy (Rom). Performing on authentic folk instruments,
Harmonia's music is drawn from both village and urban traditions of Eastern
Europe. The ensemble's performances evoke the full range of human emotions;
interspersing fiery, passionate virtuosity with soulful melancholy and
nostalgic yearning.
This concert is presented with the support of the Kent-Dudince Sister City
Association.
For directions to The Kent Stage, visit
www.kentstage.org/directions
Performing with Harmonia are :
Alexander Fedoriouk - cimbalom ~ Walt Mahovlich - accordion
Beata Begeniova - vocals ` Steven Greenman - violin
v
Andrei Pidkivka - folk flutes, nai, sopilka, tilinca
Brano Brinarsky - bass, fujara, gajdici
For more information about Harmonia, email harmonia@core.com.
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!
Concert & Dance
SATURDAY, MAY 3rd, 2008 8 PM
St. Sava Cathedral Hall
6306 Broadview Road
Parma, Ohio
Doors open at 7:30, show starts at 8 PM.
Admission:$10
free admission for everyone 16 and younger.
The Brooklyn, NY-based brass band Slavic Soul Party! (SSP!) has just
announced a special one-night-only appearance in Cleveland. The concert and
dance party takes place Saturday May 3rd, 2008 at the St. Sava Cathedral
Hall located at 6306 Broadview Road in Parma, Ohio. Doors open at 7:30, show
starts at 8 PM. Admission is only $10, with free admission for everyone 16
and younger.
The New York Times describes them as "Fiery Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan
anthems, and hip-grinding American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it
says." Fiery Balkan brass, throbbing funk grooves, killer Gypsy accordion,
and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! New York City's official #1
brass band for Balkan Soul Gypsy Funk. With Mexican, Asian, Jewish, Gypsy,
and American roots, SSP! makes new music out of the unplanned results of
immigration, proximity, and globalization, pumping a strong Balkan brass
sound through the filter of life in New York's outer boroughs.
The band has set audiences on their feet all across the U.S., Europe, and
beyond. They have performed at Babylon (Istanbul, Turkey) with the Karandila
Orkestar, at Irving Plaza (New York City) with Gogol Bordello, on the Warped
Tour (US), and in virtually every major New York club. No strangers to
Cleveland, SSP! have performed at a number of venues across the city
including being featured at the 2006 World Music Festival.
For more information, check out slavicsoulparty.
** Mom's Night Out **
Saturday March 15th, 2008 5:00 pm
Applebees - Brunswick
1421 Town Center Blvd, Brunswick, OH 44212
330-220-6189
Just West of 71 on Center Rd/SR 303
Moms to be - this will be a terrific chance to talk to those who have been through the process!
Past Events: 2006
Cleveland Oct 15th, 2006: Childhood Diagnosis and Intervention Conference:
Neuropsych and Occupational Therapy Perspectives
Adoption is a blessing for almost all children who have no families, but it also has risk factors, some of which are not visible until later in the child’s life span. Though this joint presentation will focus on the risk factors and opportunities that accompany adoptions, it would also be useful for any parent.
Fees: $40 Professional fee for 4 CEU hours
$20 for FRUA non-member $15 for FRUA members
Join FRUA and receive $5 off your membership fee!
Event Flyer
John Carroll University Information & Registration
FRUA Membership
FRUA Ohio
Contact: Andrea Hauserman
Dr. Carl U. Weitman, Ph.D., NRO, F. BCIA, AMP-VS is a Clinical Neurophysiologist, specializing in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents & adults with regulatory, learning, mood and behavior disorders. He provides parent guidance, individual cognitive therapy, family counseling, and the utilization of biofeedback.
Dr. Weitman is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the CWRU Medical School where he has taught Cognitive Development to Child Psychiatry Residents. Dr. Weitman holds a post-doc certification from the Fielding Graduate University in Clinical Neurophysiology and is a BCIA Fellow in EEG biofeedback. He also serves on the medical staffs of several area hospitals, and consults widely for local schools and agencies.
Barrie G. Galvin, OTR/L, CIMI, IMC is a licensed occupational therapist. Her pediatric therapy practice (infant–school age) is a fieldwork training site for seven universities. The multidisciplinary team focuses on applying current science and research to evaluation, treatment interventions and family support. Children served may have minimal to complex disruptions with sensory processing, behavioral, perceptual, motor, eating, communication, language, attention and social skill issues. The unique team provides immediate and ongoing feedback and designs intervention programs with families for use in the home, school and community environments.
Barrie has served as President of the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association, Interim Director and Clinical Supervisor for the Occupational Therapy Program at Cleveland State University and has been awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association.
The First Annual Father Frost Party
Northeast Ohio FRUA
January 8th, 2006, 3 pm to 4:30
St Stephan Ukrainian Orthodox Church
1905 Pearl Rd. Brunswick OH 44212
(330) 225-1076
Please RSVP to Andrea at by Thursday January 4th
It's late but we are so glad to be able to put together a Father Frost party with the help of Mrs. Zoya Wilson, a Russian theatre director who lives here in Cleveland. Father Frost will be present and ready to amuse and teach the children about the legend of Father Frost. I will need your RSVP by Thursday
Jan.4th to estimate the gifts. The cost will be about $3 per child to pay for the traditional Russian gift of a bag of oranges, nuts and candy. If you know anyone who should be invited, please do contact them and let them know. All are
welcome.
We want to sing the most famous Russian Christmas song - the song about the Christmas Tree, or Yolochka
So please do your best to learn this and we will practice a few times that day around the tree.
V LESU RODILAS YOLOCHKA
V lesu rodilas yolochka,
V lesu ana rosla,
Zimoi e letom stroinaiya,
Zelonaiya boela.
Zemoi e letom stroinaya,
Zelonaiya boela.
You can hear the basic tune to Yolochka
here
Press "play" to listen.
Volunteers: I need volunteers for cookies, punch, paperware and cups. Your help will be very much appreciated.
Happy New Year!
Andrea H
From the West side of Cleveland:
Merge onto I-71 S via EXIT 11 toward COLUMBUS. 13.6 miles
Take EXIT 226 toward OH-303 / BRUNSWICK. 0.2 miles
Take the OH-303 ramp toward BRUNSWICK. <0.1 miles
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto CENTER RD / OH-303. 2.1 miles
Turn LEFT onto US-42 / PEARL RD
The meeting hall is on the right side of the church.
From the South - driving north toward Cleveland
Get on I-71 going North. Take the OH-3 exit- EXIT 222. 0.4 miles
Turn LEFT onto WEYMOUTH RD / OH-3 S. 0.2 miles
Turn RIGHT onto HAMILTON RD / CR-76. 0.8 miles
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto FOSKETT RD / TOWNSHIP HWY 109. 2.0 miles
Turn RIGHT onto PEARL RD / US-42.
From the East side of Cleveland:
I-271 S toward I-480 E / AKRON / COLUMBUS.
Take the OH-94 exit- EXIT 3- toward WADSWORTH / N ROYALTON. 0.2 miles
Turn RIGHT onto RIDGE RD / OH-94. <0.1 miles
Turn LEFT onto REMSEN RD / CR-37. Continue to follow REMSEN RD. 3.3 miles
Stay STRAIGHT to go onto FOSKETT RD / TOWNSHIP HWY 109. 2.5 miles
Turn RIGHT onto PEARL RD / US-42.
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1905 Pearl Rd
Brunswick, OH 44212-3201
Directions to
1905 Pearl Rd
Brunswick, OH 44212-3201
Past Events: 2005
Parents Rights and Responsibilities
in the Educational System: Advocating for Your Child
This workshop will provide information about parents rights and responsibilities in
working with the public school system with the objective of providing an appropriate
education for their child. Any parent or professional is welcome to attend.
Monday February 28th, 2005
Check-in, Pizza & Networking: 6:00 pm
Conference: 6:30 pm till 8:30 pm
Cost: Free
Location: Geauga West Library, Eykyn Room
13455 Chillicothe Rd. (Rte # 306), Chesterland, OH
440-729-4250
Pizza, Desert & Door Prizes Provided by OCECD
Your RSVP will help us plan our evening
Please Vickie Adamus at vadamus@sbcglobal.net or
Contact: Andrea Hauserman at alyricss@yahoo.com
About our speaker: Gabrielle Spangler is an Information Specialist/Trainer with the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities or OCECD. Ms. Spangler trains parents to be able to effectively advocate for their children within the public schools. She has extensive practical knowledge of the current Federal and State of Ohio laws, such as IDEA, No Child Left Behind, 504, ADA and the Operating Standards of the State of Ohio.
OCECD
Online map to Geauga West Library
Map of
13455 Chillicothe Rd
Chesterland, OH 44026-3578
Directions to
13455 Chillicothe Rd
Chesterland, OH 44026-3578
Educational Issues of the Internationally Adopted Child
This workshop will provide information about the educational challenges experienced by children who have been adopted internationally, as well as concrete suggestions for modifications that can be used both in the classroom and at home to help the child learn effectively.
Monday January 24th, 2005
Check in and Networking: 6:00 pm
Conference 7:00 pm till 9:00pm
Cost: Free to FRUA members, $5 non-members
Location: Positive Education Program, Rico Pallotta building.
3100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, Ohio, 44115
NOTE: The entrance to PEP's parking lot is on Prospect Ave.
For further information contact:
Vicki Adamus
Andrea Hauserman
About our speaker: Felicia Demchuk is well qualified to speak on the topic of education for internationally adopted children. She has been an educator for over 20 years and currently is the Education Coordinator at the Positive Education Program in Cleveland. She and her husband are parents to Katia, who joined their family from Russia in 1998 and Angela who joined their family
from Ukraine in 2002. Our program is part of the workshop Felicia
delivered at the 2004 FRUA National Conference.
Map of
3100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115-2508
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3100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115-2508
Map of 1905 Pearl Rd
Brunswick, OH 44212-3201
Directions to 1905 Pearl Rd
Brunswick, OH 44212-3201
Map of 13455 Chillicothe Rd
Chesterland, OH 44026-3578
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Chesterland, OH 44026-3578
Map of 3100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115-2508
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Cleveland, OH 44115-2508
