By Dan Neverett The Carson City Leisure Hour Club members continue celebrating the organization’s 127th year with a presentation on the upcoming Jazz and Beyond festival. At the club’s dinner meeting on Thursday, May 16, Cherie Shipley, a member of the event planning committee, will talk about the annual Jazz and Beyond festival, how it formed, and the impact it has had on the community. Jazz and Beyond is scheduled for August 16 to August 25, 2024. Ms. Shipley is a vocalist/entertainer, who performs several styles of music with area bands and throughout the U.S. She is lead singer with the Take This (jazz combo) and the Sagebrush Rebels band (country-western). She has led Live Open Jazz Jam Sessions at Living the Good Life Bistro and Sassafras in Carson City and sung as guest soloist with the Carson City Symphony and the Mile High Jazz Band. Ms. Shipley participated as a performer with the Jazz & Beyond - Carson City Music & Art festival for several years and joined the Steering, Performance, and Promotion Committees in 2014. The Leisure Hour Club, established in September of 1896, is Carson City’s oldest continuously meeting social organization. The organization is focused on its goal of promoting knowledge on important issues, science, music and literature. Its motto of "Let knowledge grow from more to more" comes from Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam. Information for individuals interested in joining the organization or attending the dinner meeting can be obtained by contacting the club at 775-302-8820 or email: lhcreservations@gmail.com. Dinner meeting reservations are required and must be made prior to 5 pm on Sunday, May 12.