Welcome to Russian National Orchestra
 Bay Island, Newport Beach, Summer 2005
I would like to welcome our guests from Russia
It is probably not often they have to take an electric boat to get on stage.
 On behalf of our City - - I would to tell you a little bit about Newport Beach. We are almost 100 years old. Not me - - - the City. What defines our community is the Bay and the Pacific Ocean. You can see the natural beauty. It provides recreational opportunities...
 Boat on it
Surf on it
Swim in it
And some of us just like to sit and watch it. It is our own special open space. And tonight it provides a backdrop second to none for this magnificent Orchestra.
At this place, At this moment in time. 
The coming together, the confluence, Of a World Class Arts in a World Class Community.
This event is a complicated undertaking.
Thanks to Malcolm Hill for carrying it through.
The audience that is assembled
What some of you may not know – is a diverse group
- Long time Residents,
- Members of the Clergy
- Leaders in Science, Technology, Medicine
- Entrepeneurs, Corporate Executives
- Volunteers
- Those in Public Service
 And Tomorrow evening – there will be a public performance at a city park
5th and Marguerite/ Grant Howell Park – 6:30 p.m. – all of our residents
Many of our residents travel around the world
To distant lands – seeking out the Finest in the Cultural Performances.
To New York, Vienna, Salzburg, Milan
And now for the first time in 100 years
We have the most outstanding, the finest wind quintet in the world to perform here in Newport Beach. As we go into the next 100 years let us establish a tradition of having world class arts in our world class community.
 We know that RNO is synonymous with constant innovation and imaginative musical enterprises
As our community moves into the 21st century let us do so with innovation and imagination
Welcome to Newport Beach
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