RPO MONTHLY LUNCHEON

HCMS RPO RESERVATION FORM

Location: Houston Racquet Club
10709 Memorial Drive, Houston (77024)

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Event Schedule (in-person)
11:30 AM - Social
12:00 PM - Luncheon and Announcements

12:20 PM - Introduction of Speaker and Program

Event Schedule (if attending virtually)

12:00 PM - sign on to Zoom and socialize in chat rooms

12:20 PM - Introduction of Speaker and Program

Cost
Cost is $35 per person. Virtual registrations are free. you may pay by credit card online below or by calling Debbi Eschenbach, 713-524-4267, ext. 245. If paying by check, make your check payable to HCMS RPO and either mail to 1515 Hermann Dr., Houston, TX 77004-7126 or bring your check to the meeting.

If you are new to the RPO and this is your first time attending a meeting, your lunch will be complimentary.

**When registering you must indicate if you are attending in person or virtually.

Topic & Speaker
"The Dancer and The Devil - Russian's Poison Lab" by John O'Neill and Sara Caton Wynne, authors

The Dancer and The Devil is a survey of individual victims of Stalin’s secret, but notorious Laboratory One. More than half the book is devoted to Stalin’s poisoning (previously unknown) of history’s greatest dancer, Anna Pavlova, in 1931. Pavlova is often cited as the greatest of all ballerinas and at the time of her death, the world’s most loved woman. The book tracks her magical life in parallel with Stalin’s brutal life and work on the poison lab. After her early life, it continues with the great Imperial Ball of 1903 (where Pavlova became famous) through the development of her deeply sad dance – The Dying Swan. It tracks her amazing travels by ship and train of more than 300,000 miles from 1915-30 around the world, often seeding ballet for the first time, including Mexico in 1919 where she was the first to dance the Jarabe Tapatio that became Mexico’s national dance. She danced in a lighted bullring under threat of death if she appeared. Based on materials not available to other biographers, Dancer follows her to her death by poisoning in 1931 at Stalin’s direction.

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Please be aware, in order to participate in HCMS RPO in-person events, we require all attendees to have an up-to-date COVID vaccination. Masks are optional. Your attendance personally attests to your agreed-upon, up-to-date COVID vaccine status. There is no need to supply proof of vaccination. For members who are not up-to-date, please check to see if a virtual option is available.

No Refunds after end of day May 10, 2024