Opera Carolina Madama Butterfly (composer - Giacomo Puccini) artists, who performed on Tuesday were Annette Daniels (left), who portrays "Suzuki", Ai-Lan Zhu (right), who sings her debute role "Cio-Cio-San", and Mark Tysinger (center), OC's assistant conductor and chorus master. This luncheon performance was made possible by Charlotte Rotary member James W. (Jim) Wright who is president of Opera Carolina.

Two of Charlotte Rotary's best - Bill Loftin Sr.(Heritage Printers) and Jim Evans (Evans Construction Company) -  look like they're investigating something interesting ...

Ever the marketer, Bob Freedman is pictured putting the sales pitch for a BellSouth phone card to the kind-hearted John Rogers (Covenant Presbyterian Church.)

Charlotte Rotary President Ronnie Pruett is justly proud to have his handsome son, Stephen K. Pruett as his special guest at Charlotte Rotary.

What a treat it was to have our friend Parker Whedon at the March 16th meeting and, as our speaker,  Donna Lisenby, Catawba Riverkeeper and one of only 21 riverkeepers in the U.S.  Donna was accompanied by Michael McLaurin, executive director of the Catawba River Foundation and what an intriguing program they presented.

Dr. Bill Lind and Jay Deyton pose for a good Rotary photo as taken by our official photographer-at-large Bert Voswinkel!

Bill Loftin,Sr., Claire Erb and Bob Peterson enjoy a bite to eat at Four Points Hotel, our official Charlotte Rotary meeting site in uptown Charlotte.

Bob Freedman (BellSouth head honcho), Donna Lisenby (a real, true riverkeeper!) and Michael McLaurin (a key part of the Riverkeeper team) make an attractive trio.

Michael McLaurin, Donna Lisenby, our president Ronnie Pruett and Dr. Bill Lind stand for the official "pose" following a well-attended and popular weekly Tuesday Rotary meeting.

Vernon Anderson (Anderson and Anderson) and Ed Montague ... two of Charlotte Rotary's stalwarts who have played key roles in the success of our club.  Vernon and Ed have been active in Rotary for a combined total of 47 years!