2024-09-17T00:55:48-04:00 2024-04-30 263397213 EICHSTAEDT CPA & ACCOUNTING LLC 1200 HOSFORD ST STE 106 HUDSON WI 540169316 990EZ 2023-05-01 465508799 REUNION '64 INC REUN 6514916051 1009 MCKUSICK ROAD LANE NORTH STILLWATER MN 55082 RICHARD E SPARKS DIRECTOR, TREASURER 6187862811 2024-09-16 true false KAY EICHSTAEDT P00492467 7153865166 2024-09-16 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X JFKTHELASTSPEECH.ORG X X 6739 1354 5384 1 6739 26571 26571 -19832 334293 314461 X 39700 19868 294593 294593 334293 314461 334293 314461 X EDUCATIONAL FILM PRODUCTION 2021 FORM 990 EZ PART III LINE 28 ACCOMPLISHMENTS PRODUCTION OF A FILM AND BOOK IN THIS ERA OF POLITICAL TENSION, WHEN CIVIC CULTURE IS FRACTURED AND WHEN THE VALUE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS IS QUESTIONED, A MESSAGE FROM 1963 HAS PARTICULAR RESONANCE TODAY. TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED, PRESIDENT KENNEDY CAME TO AMHERST COLLEGE TO HONOR THE POET ROBERT FROST. HE SPOKE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POETRY AND POWER AND OF A VIEW SHARED WITH FROST THAT POWER MUST BE EXERCISED, BUT WISELYTEMPERED BY A MORAL RESTRAINT INSPIRED BY THE ARTS AND A LIBERAL EDUCATION. AND, HE SPOKE OF THE OBLIGATION OF THOSE GIVEN A RUNNING START IN LIFE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. REUNION '64 BROUGHT THOSE MESSAGES FORWARD THROUGH PRODUCTION OF A FILM, JFK: THE LAST SPEECH, A BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE, A DRAFT TEACHERS' GUIDE, AND A WEBSITE, JFKTHELASTSPEECH.ORG. A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR WAS THE COMMISSIONING OF A NEW SYMPHONY, JFK: THE LAST SPEECH, BY COMPOSER ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK. THE WORK WAS CO- COMMISSIONED BY THE DALLAS SYMPHONY, THE INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY, AND THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA AT THE JFK CENTER IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE 30-MINUTE SYMPHONY INCLUDES NARRATION OF LINES FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S SPEECH AT AMHERST COLLEGE INTERSPERSED WITH LINES FROM ROBERT FROST POEMS, WHICH ARE SUNG. THIS LIBRETTO WAS PREPARED BY NEIL BICKNELL, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AMHERST CLASS OF 1964 WHO HEARD KENNEDY SPEAK. THE SYMPHONY PREMIERED SUNDAY, JULY 16TH 2023 AT THE HISTORIC CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM IN BOULDER, COLORADO, HOME OF THE COLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL. ATTENDEES INCLUDED THE COMPOSER, FIFTEEN OF ROBERT FROST'S DESCENDANTS, THE TRUSTEE OF THE ROBERT FROST ESTATE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROBERT FROST SOCIETY. THE FILM, JFK: THE LAST SPEECH, WAS SCREENED ON THE CHAUTAUQUA CAMPUS SUNDAY AFTERNOON JUST PRIOR TO THE EVENING'S CONCERT. ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES IN 2023 INCLUDED: DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - OCTOBER 6, 7 AND 8. THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT THE KENNEDY CENTER - OCTOBER 26 (THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF JFK'S SPEECH AT AMHERST) AND OCTOBER 28. INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY - OCTOBER 27 AND 28. AMHERST COLLEGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - NOVEMBER 11 (HOMECOMING WEEKEND). YALE PHIHARMONIA - NOVEMBER 16. THE FILM CONTINUES TO BE SHOWN, BOOKS ORDERED, AND THE WEBSITE UPDATED. 26071 26071 ROBERT R BENEDETTI DIRECTOR, PR 000.00 0 NEIL C BICKNELL DIRECTOR, VP 000.00 0 ROBERT A KNOX DIRECTOR 000.00 0 ROGER M MILLS DIRECTOR 000.00 0 RICHARD E SPARKS DIRECTOR, TR 000.00 0 CHARLES C STOVER DIRECTOR, SE 000.00 0 false false false false false false false false false MN RICHARD E SPARKS PO BOX 176 ELSAH IL 62028 6189469317 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 34700 100 28000 7278 1354 71432 34700 100 28000 7278 1354 71432 71432 17 4 2 2 25 5492 765 1322 6503 5384 19466 90923 9 0.78560 0.84390 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 14,082 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION SCHEDULE A, PART II, SECTION B, LINE 10: OTHER INCOME IS SALES OF BOOKS, FILM, AND SYMPHONY PRODUCED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THEIR MISSION OF SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF JOHN F KENNEDY'S SPEECH AT AMHERST COLLEGE. FORM 990-EZ, PART II PART II, LINE 24, 990-EZ: "OTHER ASSETS" ARE COMPRISED OF RAW FILM FOOTAGE TAKEN FOR PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING THE FINAL FILM, WORK ON EDITING, SOUND TRACKING, FINISHING, COMMENCEMENT OF ANTHOLOGY, AND WEBSITE IN SUPPORT. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 OTHER ASSETS 294,593 294,593 TOTAL 294,593 294,593 FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 2021 FORM 990 EZ PART III LINE 28 ACCOMPLISHMENTS PRODUCTION OF A FILM AND BOOK IN THIS ERA OF POLITICAL TENSION, WHEN CIVIC CULTURE IS FRACTURED AND WHEN THE VALUE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS IS QUESTIONED, A MESSAGE FROM 1963 HAS PARTICULAR RESONANCE TODAY. TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED, PRESIDENT KENNEDY CAME TO AMHERST COLLEGE TO HONOR THE POET ROBERT FROST. HE SPOKE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POETRY AND POWER AND OF A VIEW SHARED WITH FROST THAT POWER MUST BE EXERCISED, BUT WISELYTEMPERED BY A MORAL RESTRAINT INSPIRED BY THE ARTS AND A LIBERAL EDUCATION. AND, HE SPOKE OF THE OBLIGATION OF THOSE GIVEN A RUNNING START IN LIFE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. REUNION '64 BROUGHT THOSE MESSAGES FORWARD THROUGH PRODUCTION OF A FILM, JFK: THE LAST SPEECH, A BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE, A DRAFT TEACHERS' GUIDE, AND A WEBSITE, JFKTHELASTSPEECH.ORG. A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR WAS THE COMMISSIONING OF A NEW SYMPHONY, JFK: THE LAST SPEECH, BY COMPOSER ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK. THE WORK WAS CO- COMMISSIONED BY THE DALLAS SYMPHONY, THE INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY, AND THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA AT THE JFK CENTER IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE 30-MINUTE SYMPHONY INCLUDES NARRATION OF LINES FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S SPEECH AT AMHERST COLLEGE INTERSPERSED WITH LINES FROM ROBERT FROST POEMS, WHICH ARE SUNG. THIS LIBRETTO WAS PREPARED BY NEIL BICKNELL, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AMHERST CLASS OF 1964 WHO HEARD KENNEDY SPEAK. THE SYMPHONY PREMIERED SUNDAY, JULY 16TH 2023 AT THE HISTORIC CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM IN BOULDER, COLORADO, HOME OF THE COLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL. ATTENDEES INCLUDED THE COMPOSER, FIFTEEN OF ROBERT FROST'S DESCENDANTS, THE TRUSTEE OF THE ROBERT FROST ESTATE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROBERT FROST SOCIETY. THE FILM, JFK: THE LAST SPEECH, WAS SCREENED ON THE CHAUTAUQUA CAMPUS SUNDAY AFTERNOON JUST PRIOR TO THE EVENING'S CONCERT. ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES IN 2023 INCLUDED: DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - OCTOBER 6, 7 AND 8. THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT THE KENNEDY CENTER - OCTOBER 26 (THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF JFK'S SPEECH AT AMHERST) AND OCTOBER 28. INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY - OCTOBER 27 AND 28. AMHERST COLLEGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - NOVEMBER 11 (HOMECOMING WEEKEND). YALE PHIHARMONIA - NOVEMBER 16. THE FILM CONTINUES TO BE SHOWN, BOOKS ORDERED, AND THE WEBSITE UPDATED.