First Fall 2005 Meeting

The first British-American Students Association meeting of the semester will be next Thursday, September 8, @ 6:30 pm in the GC (Graham Center). We hope to catch up with some familiar faces and see many new ones! The first meeting is going to be a fun and informative one...expect lots energy and friendliness!

We will update this post soon confirming the location which will be somewhere on the second floor of GC = ) .

NOTE: Please see the following entry for updates to this meeting.

Membership Guidelines

The British-American Students Association (BASA), the British culture club of FIU, aims to foster the love of Great Britain and to share in the knowledge of British culture, history, traditions, and ideals.

The Association is not restricted to students and faculty of British descent, but also invites our Commonwealth friends and those with an active interest in British culture. There are two forms of membership in BASA:

Full Membership

Full members pay a non-refundable $20.00 for the entire school year, fall and spring. In most cases, dues will be paid in full by the second meeting of the fall term for those wishing to join in the fall. Membership recruitment is all year round, fall and spring, with no change in admission for those entering in the spring term.

Membership includes but is not limited to the following:

• Club t-shirt
• UK/USA Dictionary
• UK patch, name tag, and pins
• Membership folder
• Food (NOT snacks) at our monthly meetings, four per semester
• End-of-year awards and prizes based on membership participation at club events
• Ability to vote for and run for office

Associate Membership

Associate members, as well as full members, belong to the general listserv mailing list, which announces general club participated events such as meetings, social gatherings (such as Pub and Curry Nights), and sporting events.

To join, sign up to our mailing list (look for the link on the left-side link bar titled "Mailing List") and either email basa@fiu.edu or join us at our next meeting by checking the events calendar.

Coldplay Concert

On Wednesday, 13 September 2005, a group of us (9) will be going to see the English act COLDPLAY at the Sound Advice Amphitheater in West Palm Beach. Tickets range from $35-70 plus tax.

Tickets sold out rather quick BUT we do have one (1) spare ticket ($60) that's up for grabs if anyone from the FIU community is interested. It is seated next to three others from our party. Interested? Email us at this address.

As an alternative, Sound Advice may have squeezed in some more space (lawn) so tickets may still be available via ticketmaster. Good luck!

Coldplay's third album X&Y (2005) has reached the top of the album charts and is on course in becoming one of the biggest sellers of all time.

• It is believed 464,000 copies were sold by Saturday, 11 June, making it the second fastest-selling album since records began in the early 1990s.
• Only the 1997 Oasis album, Be Here Now, has ever performed better in its first week, with 695,761 copies sold.
• X&Y knocked Oasis' newest album, Don't Believe The Truth, from the top spot (haha : P ).
• HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said: "This has been an important event for the industry, we've been waiting for this release for a long time."
• Coldplay's earlier albums, Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head, also re-entered the chart on Sunday, 12 June, at numbers 19 and 23.

Taming of the Shrew (in 1920s Miami)

I, for one, am proud to let you know that under the direction of BASA's very own faculty advisor, Phillip M. Church, FIU Theater and Vizcaya Museum and Gardens will be presenting a (relatively) modern interpretation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

MIAMI - Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and Florida International University Theatre will present a unique interpretation of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew on August 11, 12 and 13 at 8 pm and August 14 at 2:30 pm. Directed by FIU Theatre’s Phillip M. Church, the play is set in 1920s Miami, when agricultural industrialist James Deering created the European-inspired Vizcaya. Deering wintered on the property from 1916 to 1925. Performances will be in the renovated historic Vizcaya Village Garage.

This special collaboration between Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and FIU Theatre marks the first public program in Vizcaya Village and celebrates an intersection of architecture, history and performance with Shakespeare’s classic play. In addition, a panel discussion will be held on Sunday, August 14 at 1:00 pm

To purchase tickets, call 305-860-8425. General Admission $10, Students and Seniors $8. All performances will be Sign Language interpreted.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 3251 South Miami Avenue. Free parking on west side of South Miami Avenue next to the Miami Museum of Science, www.vizcayamuseum.org.