JAVS Summer 2001

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jOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY

William Primrose died almost 20 years ago on 1 May 1982. ]AVS would like to celebrate his life by offering some insight into a side of his personality that may not be generally known: Primrose's sense of humor. ]AVS solicits short reminiscences of a whim sical nature from any who knew Primrose and might have an incident or story to relate involv ing him. If there is an occasional poignant note, that is acceptable also. Please submit these short

accounts of no more than 500 words by September 30 to:

Dr. David Dalton 4444 Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 david_dalton@byu.edu

tel. 801-378-4953 fax 801-378-6708

The new AVS website, located at www.americanviolasociety.org, is up and run ning. The site contains membership informa tion, AVS historical highlights, the 2001 AVS

National Teacher Directory, Table of Contents pages for back issues of ]AVS, and links to related sites. Be sure to bookmark this AVS site!

Congratulations on this honor, and please accept our thanks for your fine work! We all look forward to continued cooperation be tween viola.com and the new AVS site as we both serve the needs of the local and world viola communities.

AVS would like to thank Allan Lee for his out standing work in facilitating the electronic communication among violists, and for setting up viola.com. As a gesture of our appreciation for Allan Lee's work in online viola resources, the board of AVS has unanimously voted to grant Allan a lifetime membership in AVS.

Viola by Gaetan Sgarabotto, ca. 1910, rare copy of a C. A. Testore 1740, 407 mm, perfect, Beare cert. possible, with Sartory bow, US $78,000; phone 0049/2872-80 31 30, email info@entschichten.com

Leila Riley, widow of Dr. Maurice W Riley, and a great friend and supporter of the Inter national and American Viola Societies, died Monday May 7, 2001 of natural causes at the Hospice of Washington, D.C. She is survived

by sons George and Ben ofWashington, D.C., and John of Henderson, Nevada, and their respective families. A memorial service will be held for her in Ypsilanti, Michigan.