The Harvard Glee Club, America’s oldest collegiate choir, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17 at the Baptist Temple at the corner of Morris and Quarrier Streets.

The Glee Club is widely considered to be the top collegiate men’s choir in America.  In 2005, it was the only such group invited to perform at the national convention of the American Choral Directors’ Association.

The group takes annual spring tours to various regions of the United States, as well as regular summer tours overseas. This year’s tour will include the Upper Midwest and Canada, in addition to West Virginia.  

Members of the Harvard Glee Club will be arriving on Wednesday afternoon, March 17. Their performance will be that evening at Baptist Temple and they will not depart Charleston until 2 p.m. Thursday, March 18.

The group will need a number of host families who will pick them up at the reception after the concert, provide a place to sleep that night, serve them breakfast in the morning and then transport them downtown after breakfast to a predetermined location. The reconvened group will then be treated to a brief tour of Charleston prior to their departure for Cincinnati at 2 p.m.

If you are interested in hosting one or, hopefully, more of these young men, please let us know as soon as possible. We want their day in Charleston to be one that they will not forget. Contact daniel.foster@camc.org or Hopkins@post.harvard.edu to volunteer.

Concert ticket information is available by calling (304) 344-1060 or (304) 346-3700.  Additional information about the Glee Club and the 2010 Spring Tour is available at its Web site, www.harvardgleeclub.org.

Elite Men’s Shop, 180 Summers St., is closing its doors. Everything must go from the glass showcase and stock Thursday and Friday.

Find Robert Talbott items for 50 to 70 percent off.

The close-out ends Friday.

Grant Writing Workshop in Dunbar, WV | March 31 – April 1, 2010

West Virginia State Police Academy and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grant writing workshop in Dunbar, March 31 – April 1, 2010.  Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend.

Purchase orders, checks and cards are welcome.  Multi-enrollment discounts are available. Tuition payment is not required at the time of enrollment. Tuition is $425 and includes all materials: workbook and accompanying 420MB resource CD that’s packed full of tools and more than 200 sample grant proposals. Seating is limited, online reservations are necessary.

For more information including venue location and maps, graduate testimonials and instant, online enrollment, please visit

http://grantwritingusa.com/events/write/duwv0310.html

Contact:

Cathy Rittenhouse
Grant Writing USA
800.814.8191
cathy@grantwritingusa.com

More than 10,000 agencies across America turn to Grant Writing USA for grant writing, grant management and grant research training.

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) in Washington, DC is hosting an event on Thursday, February 18 for small business owners on doing business with the AOC and the Capitol’s Visitor Center.  (Registration details will follow.)

The Visitor Center is looking for educational toys, jewelry, and souvenir apparel whose product themes are focused on the Capitol. 

Additionally, the AOC is looking for goods and services required to maintain its buildings as well as products and services needed to maintain the landscaping around the Capitol complex and conserve and repair historical objects and artwork.

Remember, your company should be registered to do business with the federal government. SCORE, RCAC, WBC, KISRA and SBDC are helping with free workshops.

Learn how to search for federal opportunities, take advantage of goals for small businesses, and market to contract officers or how to get your company registered to do business with the federal government’s Central Contractor Registration system. Feb. 10 sessions are available in Beckley and Fairmont.  Click here for more information.

Or attend online. Visit www.ReadyTalk.com, enter the access code 3039003 and register. Call (866) 740-1260 for audio.

Professional issues of workplace e-mail and social networking get trickier every day.

Join MSU Director of Recruiting and Training Dallas Bragg for an informative seminar that will include techniques for creating a thriving online image as well as for making the best professional use of electronic communications resources from e-mail to Twitter.

The Netiquette Seminar is scheduled for 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Mountain State University’s Northgate Business Park campus.

Please bring a laptop if possible.  A limited number of extra laptops will be available on a first come, first served basis. There is no cost to attend, but an RSVP is required by February 1, 2010.

For more information or to RSVP please contact:

Patra Jarrett
PJarrett@mountainstate.edu
1-800-766-6067 ext. 3216
Or
Lesley Hager
LHager@CharlestonAreaAlliance.org
304-340-4253

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, February 18, the Architect of the Capitol will be hosting an event for small business owners at the new Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) on doing business with the AOC and the CVC. 

The AOC is responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of 16.5 million square feet of buildings and more than 450 acres of land throughout the U.S. Capitol complex in Washington, DC.  Opened on December 2, 2008, the CVC is the largest expansion to the Capitol, and it is the new visitor entrance to the Capitol — its facilities include a 16,500 Exhibition Hall, a 530-seat Restaurant, two Gift Shops, and two orientation theaters where visitors watch a 13-minute welcome film before touring the U.S. Capitol.

The Small Business Industry Day sponsored by the Architect of the Capitol at the U.S. Capitol is free and open to any small business owner; however, advance reservation is required and attendance will be limited to 400. 

Details on how to register and specific products and services sought will be available in early January. 

Generally, the CVC is looking for products to be sold in its two Gift Shops that are made in the U.S. A. and manufactured with U.S.-made materials such as educational toys, jewelry, and souvenir apparel whose product themes are focused on the Capitol.  The AOC is looking for goods and services required to maintain its buildings such as elevators, escalators, air handling units and electrical systems as well as products and services needed to maintain the landscaping around the Capitol complex and conserve and repair historical objects and artwork.

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The Charleston CVB has announced SportsFEST 2010 will be held August 19-22 at Magic Island, Kanawha River and Kanawha Boulevard at Haddad Park.  SportsFEST will include 2010 Toyota Governor’s Cup Nationals Watercraft Races, 2010 EVP Pro Am Beach Championship and 2010 Firefighter Combat Challenge.

“These events had a combined Economic Impact to Charleston of $2.1 million  in 2009 and Charleston is pleased to have the opportunity to bring them back.  These were great events for the participants and great fun for the community to watch,” said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones.

The CVB has reached agreements with On Target Challenge (Firefighters Combat Challenge), Upstate Watercraft Promotions (Toyota Governor’s Cup Jet Ski Competition) and Extreme Volleyball Professionals to hold these events in Charleston WV for 2010, 2011 and 2012.

The EVP Tour and Jet Ski races were filmed for the Beach Sports Network and Charleston CVB will host the Charleston Preview of these shows tonight in the Civic Center VIP Lounge from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.

Charleston WV has been featured or is scheduled to be featured on four shows:

• ESPN – World’s Strongest Man|
• Beach Sports Network – EVP Tour and Toyota Governor’s Cup
• Catfishing in America
• The Learning Channel – World’s Chili Cookoff

“There is a great deal of planning that goes into these events.  Knowing that we are planning for 3 years will make it easier to locate vendors, sponsors, and entertainment. said CVB President / CEO Patty Pitrolo.  The CVB is hoping to establish a list of vendors willing to participate in our events.”