On 2007-05-24 03:24:01 -0400, Patty Winter (patty1@wintertime.com) said:
> In article <7Ea5i.18527$3P3.12411@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> Brian K wrote:
>>>
>> What is the Chautauqua Institute? Is it one of those fancy drug rehabs
>> for rich folk? Just wondering...
>
> Heavens, no! Perhaps you've already taken a moment to look it up
> yourself, but in case not, It's a 100-year-plus-old center for
> the education of body and mind. Around the turn of the century
> (the previous one), chautauquas were a *huge* pheonomenon
> across the country, with thousands and thousands of people
> attending lectures, concerts, etc. Read up on it sometime;
> it's interesting. Besides the original center in NY, there's
> also still a chautauqua organization in Boulder, Colorado.
Known for classical music and other fine arts, accompanied by the
Christian religion in LARGE doses.
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