The days are long, the lake and sky beckons, vacations are upon us-and ODN is honoring summer this year by consolidating our summer schedule with a summer musical celebration at Ravinia, in Highland Park, on August 16.  This means two changes in our normal routine:  There will be NO program meeting in July and the August event will be the THIRD Thursday instead of the fourth.   Sing, snap your fingers, dance under the stars, and relive the 60s with the music of the Four Tops (Reach Out, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch,  Shake Me Wake Me) and the Temptations  (Get Ready, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, My Girl, The Way You Do the Things You Do). 

Ravinia is accessible via car and by Metra train from the Ogilvie 
Transportation Center on Madison St.   Special concert trains stop IN the park right in front of the gate and return 15 minutes after the end of the concert.   If you stay later and miss the train, the regular Metra stop (and later trains) are a few blocks away.  Lawn admission is $10.   The show starts at 8 PM.

We will gather beginning at 6:30 for a picnic and social time in an area to the left of the walkway connecting the Carousel and Mirabel Restaurants.  The walkway is left of the stage and lined with statues, and we will be about halfway back.  We will have a banner that says "ODN" and will post a couple of cell phone numbers in a later email.  Bring a picnic dinner and a bottle of wine (or buy it in the park).  Bring lawn chairs, blankets and candles.

Purchase tickets online at www.ravinia.com for a $3 surcharge, by phone at (847) 266-5100 for a $5 surcharge, at the box office in advance, or use Ravinia dollars.

Happy summer. n employee satisfaction, retention and change management.