CORONADO VISITOR CENTER


MANAGER NAMED Coronado’s very busy Visitor Center recently welcomed a new leader as Janet Francis joined the staff of the Coronado Historical Association as Visitor Center Manager.


Janet has worked in non-profit throughout her professional career, specifically in sports and fitness, hospitality and the healthcare industry. Most recently she served as Director of Special Events at the


National MS Society, responsible for the Bike MS Bay to Bay Tour Cycling Event, which raises $2 million annually.


Before that she spent 15 years at the Olympic Training Center as Manager for Athlete & Community Relations, where she was responsible for Visitor Center operations, which included tours of the 150-acre complex and hospitality for guests from all over the world. Additionally she was responsible for athlete services, media and public relations and special events. Prior to this role, she ran the Foods and Nutrition program, responsible for athlete and guest food production, nutrition education and special events.


A graduate of San Diego State University in food science and nutrition, Janet worked her way through college at The Sea Lodge Hotel in La Jolla before starting her career at Scripps Mercy Hospital. She and her husband Barry have been married 27 years, and have two daughters, Lauryn and Torrey, who both attended Coronado High School. Janet’s father–in-law, Jack Francis, grew up in Coronado on Loma Ave and graduated from Coronado High in 1947.


“I’m excited to be a part of an organization that preserves and shares the history of


Coronado with visitors and locals through the Coronado Museum of History and Art, education programs, special tours and workshops,” the new Visitor Center Manager enthused.


Janet Francis is replacing Katherine Matlack, who recently left CHA to become Office Manager/Registrar for Balboa Park’s Junior Theatre.


Save the date for our Volunteer Luncheon. Thursday, April 25, 11:30-1:00pm at Bistro d’ Asia Please RSVP to Janet by 4/22.


CoSA STUDENTS PERFORM KINGSTON TRIO Music!


During their Spring Recital on March 19, talented students in the Instrumental Music Department at the Coronado School of the Arts performed pieces ranging from classical to jazz, piano to electric bass. These included virtuoso solo performances, jazzy numbers, and chamber groups. And to the delight of an overflowing audience, the young musicians also reprised four popular Kingston Trio numbers as the "grand finale" of the recital! The students had been working for weeks with Artist-in-Residence Joey Harris (former member of the Beat Farmers and nephew of Trio member Nick Reynolds) and CoSA's Instrumental Music Director Matt Heinecke, who both performed KT songs with them.


This CoSA performance was in conjunction with CHA's current museum exhibit, Kingston Trio: A World of Music, and was made possible with special funding from Leslie Reynolds and the Kingston Trio Legacy Project.


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Joey Harris and Matt Heinecke perform alongside Instrumental Music students in the Black Box Theatre.


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