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To, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROMs Robert I . Schroder
Supervisor., District III Costa
DATES January 21 , 1986 County
S U EJECT, Co-sponsoring Anita Lee Mixson's benefit recital
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDA'PIONtS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
In the spirit:of furthering friendly relations with our Sister County,
Taichung, the Board of Supervisors agree to co-sponsor along with the
Coordination Council of North American Affairs, Republic of China,
Anita Lee Mixson, who will sing in a benefit recital at the Palace of
Fine Arts in San Francisco on February 15, 1986 at 7:30 p.m.
BACKGROUND:
In 1956, Anita left Taiwan for the United States in order to pursue her
musical education. She studied at the Julliard School of Music in New
York and the Westminister Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, where
she earned her Master of Music Degree. She was the first Chinese woman
to sing as .a soloist in Carnegie Hall .
Anita began teaching at Diablo Valley Community College in 1980 and later
opened her own shcool , The Northern California Academy of Performing
Arts. For the past five years , through the Anita Lee Mixson Studio, Inc. ,
she has taken her Contra Costa County students on cultural exchange tours
to Taiwan where they have performed for thousands of people.
Antia's recital will cover a broad range of music, from the classical
art songs of Mozart to Verdi 's Opera to Broadway show tunes and a
number- of selections of Chinese classical music.
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County Administrator ATTESTED Jnniinry 21, 1996
Supervisor Schroder Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
SuperuiSors and County Administrator
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