2012 Pot of Gold Luncheon presented by AT&T
 Celebrating Rainbow Days’ 30^th Anniversary

Honoree:                 Mrs. Nancy Ann Hunt, Community Leader and Philanthropist

Honorary Chair:    Mr. Donnie Nelson, General Manager of The Dallas Mavericks

Co-Chairs:               Heather Appel and Julie Halverson

Emcee:                      Todd Whitthorne, CEO, Cooper Concepts

Entertainment:      Eddie Coker and the Children of Rainbow Days

Music:                       The Judy Moore Duo, JM Productions

Media Sponsors:   Park Cities News and Grand Luxe Magazine

Date & Time                        Friday, April 20, 2012 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location:                  Hilton Anatole, Dallas; Chantilly Ballroom

                                    2201 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75202

Attendance:             Approximately 600 guests anticipated

Event Purpose:      The 15^th annual Pot of Gold Luncheon, presented by AT &T, will commemorate Rainbow Days’ 30^th Anniversary. We are thrilled to honor Mrs. Nancy Ann Hunt this year, who is a long-time supporter and friend to Rainbow Days and to have Mr. Donnie Nelson, General Manger & President of Operations of the Dallas Mavericks as this year’s Honorary Chair. Through table sponsorships, a silent auction, chance drawing and donations, the event’s goal is to raise over $200,000 to benefit over 14,000 children and families in the Dallas area who Rainbow Days serves each year.

About Rainbow Days: Rainbow Days is a Dallas-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and prepare children to live a life filled with hope and promise. Founded by current CEO Cathey Brown, Rainbow Days has served  more than 140,000 children & parents in the Dallas Metroplex and trained over 37,000 youth service professionals to facilitate Rainbow Days’ award-winning Curriculum-Based Support Group (CBSG^®) Program and other prevention programs locally, as well as state and nationwide.  Through support groups, classroom-based life skills education programs and special services for homeless children, Rainbow Days positively impacts over 14,000 children and youth each year. Rainbow Days is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and as a 501 c (3) organization, receives funding from a several federal and state grants, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, foundations, corporations, and individual donors.       

Tickets are $125 per person.     

Rainbow Days/Pot of Gold Luncheon Contact:  Tiffany Beaudine / Phone: 214-217-3814 /   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Media Contact: Sharon Adams, Adams Communications Public Relations Direct Line/Fax: 214.343.4402 / This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Vanessa Williams is Featured Entertainer for
Curtain Call 2012 Honor the Children in the Year of the Dragon
benefitting Dallas Summer Musicals and their Education and Outreach Programs

Join us on Saturday, March 31 for this exciting evening of dinner, concert and dancing!

Multiple Grammy-nominated singer, Broadway, television, and film star, Vanessa Williams is the featured entertainer for Curtain Call 2012 Honor the Children in the Year of the Dragon benefitting Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) and its education and outreach programs.

          Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in entertainment today.  She has sold millions of albums worldwide and she has achieved critical acclaim as an actress on stage, in film and on television.  Her albums "The Right Stuff," "The Comfort Zone" and "The Sweetest Days" have yielded such classic hits as "Save the Best For Last," "Dreamin," "Work To Do" and "Love Is," and the Academy Award-winning single "Colors of the Wind," from Disney’s "Pocahontas," among many others.

Slated for Saturday, March 31, 2012 at The Music Hall at Fair Park, Curtain Call 2012 promises to rock the night, beginning with a cocktail reception, live and silent auctions, gourmet seated dinner followed by the show featuring Vanessa Williams, then dessert, cocktails and dancing at the Curtain Call Cabaret late night party. Sandy and Steve Watson are event chairs. Local well-known top real estate agent Ellen Terry is honorary chair.

          Proceeds from Curtain Call support Dallas Summer Musicals' mission to bring the Best of Broadway to Dallas and provide for children's education and outreach programs.  Sponsors’ support will bring the magic of musical theater to so many children who otherwise would never experience it — magic created through programs such as DSM High School Musial Theatre Awards, Seats for Kids, DSM Academy of Performing Arts, Kid’s Club, and Stage Right.
          Some very compelling numbers for DSM’s educational and outreach programs: In 2011, Seats for Kids brought in 3,481 children who had never seen a live theatre performance before. The Stage Right program has over 230 participants and Kids Club has over 1,020 members. The DSM Academy of Performing Arts’ production of music and scenes from OLIVER! and selections from Disney’s JUNGLE BOOK KIDS is on Saturday, June 23^rd at The Hall of State Theatre in Fair Park.
          The newest addition to DSM’s roster, the 1^st Annual DSM High School Musical Theatre Awards, culminates in an awards ceremony show at The Music Hall at Fair Park Saturday, May 5, 2012.

           Gala tickets begin at $500 per person and include the entire evening’s offerings. Tickets for the concert only are $50, $30 or $15 each. All gala underwriting opportunities and benefits are available through the web site at: http://www.curtaincallgala.org.    Concert only tickets can be purchased at The Box Office, 5959 Royal Lane, #542 in the Preston/Royal Shopping Center.  Tickets are also available by calling Ticketmaster at
1-800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Sponsors:                  Dallas Summer Musicals season sponsors are American Airlines, Dallas Morning News, Metro PCS, WFAA Channel 8, and Texas Instruments.  Curtain Call 2012 media sponsors are Modern Luxury Dallas and Park Cities News/The Waters Family.

Contact:                Melissa Ogden, Director of Development at DSM, 214-413-3961 and email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

About Dallas Summer Musicals

Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) is the preeminent nonprofit presenter of Broadway theatre in North Texas.  DSM produces, presents and promotes excellence in live musical theatre with year-round performances for diverse audiences of all ages, impacting the lives of children and families through community outreach and education and enriching the cultural landscape of Dallas/Fort Worth, North Texas and the Southwest Region. Visit the website at www.dallassummermusicals.org

·               DSM High School Musical Theatre Awards:

Patterned after Broadway’s Tony Awards^®, the event celebrates the power of the Arts to significantly improve all areas of education. Show business veterans and community celebrities come together to spotlight the achievements of high school students and their school’s musical theatre programs. DSM awards scholarships to a number of outstanding and deserving participants. Students are nominated by their teachers and judged by a separate scholarship committee.  The first annual awards ceremony will be held in May 2012.

·               DSM Academy of Performing Arts:

The first component of Dallas Summer Musicals’ outreach initiatives, DSM Academy of Performing Arts, extends the legacy of former DSM Managing Director Tom Hughes’ vision, to create the broadest possible avenue for dramatic expression within our community.  In 1999, the DSM Academy of Performing Arts was established to provide training for students ages 7 – adult, as well as continuing education for adults in theater arts.  Professional instruction helps students integrate the disciplines of singing, dancing, and acting into the unique genre of musical theater.  To ensure access and availability, the school offers limited scholarships to promising students with limited financial resources. Instruction includes classes, workshops and performance. When possible, workshops are provided by cast members of productions playing at Dallas Summer Musicals.

·               Seats for Kids: Created in 2003 to provide a meaningful theater arts experience to low-income, at-risk and special needs children, Seats for Kids serves approximately 2,000 children each year.  Nonprofit youth agencies and Title 1 schools are eligible to participate in the program. DSM provides children, their teachers and chaperones with free tickets as well as a professionally drafted study guide to support attending the performance.  In 2011 DSM provided this program to coincide with productions of STOMP and .

• Kids Club: This free membership program for kids was created to develop tomorrow’s musical theater audience.  Through exciting activities, special events, backstage tours and informational       exchanges about shows included in the Kids Club membership, children gain an interest, knowledge and appreciation of the performing arts.

• Stage Right: In 2005, the Stage Right program to introduce at-risk youth ages 12-15 to arts and cultural events, was created in partnership with the Dallas Police Department.   Together, DSM and DPD are “Raising the curtain for education and spotlighting the appreciation of the arts through experience and positive quality lifestyles.” The students entering the program are recommended by Dallas area teachers and counselors and other youth programs including Boys & Girls Clubs, Girls Inc. and Dallas Recreation Centers as part of their ongoing efforts to keep students from joining gangs, getting involved in drugs and crime, or engaging in other activities that prevent their enjoying success in school.  Stage Right, with educational support from the Phoenix House, seeks to raise awareness of the arts, increase appreciation for different lifestyles and also increase self esteem.

• Discover Theatre:  In 2007 Dallas Summer Musicals added a program specifically for children in grades K-6.  The inaugural year included DISNEY’S CINDERELLA KIDS and THE JUNGLE BOOK KIDS.  Building on its year’s initial success, DSM brought in FRANKLY BEN, FROG AND TOAD and FLAT STANLEY to entertain, educate and empower young people in elementary school. Nearly 6,000 students participated in this program in 2010.

The public can play a part in bringing the Best of Broadway
to the young people in our community!

Charitable contributions are vital to the sustainability of these initiatives at Dallas Summer Musicals.  Please assist DSM in its mission to build awareness for the enjoyment and educational values of musical theater as it does so through its ongoing outreach programs.

For more information including sponsorships, booking or program details, please contact the DSM Development Department at 214.413.3959 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 

Gala event is Saturday, February 18. Sponsorships and underwriting available.

Fly Away with The Bridge |A Night In The Emerald City
Celebrating The Bridge Breast Network’s 20 Years of Service
Kicks Off at the Marquee Grill & Bar

Joining event chairs Janie Morris and Hamilton A Sneed were
Lynn McBee, Dena Miller, Mrs. Highland Park 2012 and Dawn Neufeld of VH1’s Football Wives

Fly Away with The Bridge - A Night In The Emerald City celebrating The Bridge Breast Network’s 20 years of service in North Texas kicked off at the Marquee Grill & Bar at Highland Park Village with an evening beginning with cocktails and gourmet bites in the patio and bar and ending with guests shopping at Anne Fontaine, Q Custom Clothier and Stella McCartney, all donating a portion of their sales to The Bridge Breast Network.

          As the champagne flowed, VeeV Açaí Spirits were poured alongside delicious hors d’oeuvres prepared under the supervision of executive chef Tre Wilcox and the exciting news began.

Event chairs Hamilton A Sneed and Janie Morris welcomed guests and reminded everyone that The Bridge Breast Network is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save lives by providing access to diagnostic and treatment services for breast cancer to low income, uninsured and underinsured individuals, serving women and men in 16 counties in the DFW area.

(Photo: Janie Morris-Groom, a Fly Away With The Bridge Chair; Finley Moll, an Honorary Chair)

Hamilton introduced Honorary Chairs Finley Moll and Dr. Sally Knox, who reiterated the powerful and positive impact The Bridge Breast Network has on lives every day.

        

( Photo: Hamilton A Sneed, a Fly Away With The Bridge Chair; Debbie Stagg, Million Air Dallas, a sponsor)

(Photo: Sue King, Hedy Rittenmeyer, President, Board of Directors, The Bridge Breast Network)

 Janie recognized the Board of Directors, including Suzanne Bock Grishman, Board Advisor; Hedy Rittenmeyer, President; Sheila Taylor, Vice President and Interim Treasurer; Karen Gray, Secretary; Dr. Keith Argenbright; Mitch Dean; Jessica Hoffmann; Walton Taylor, MD and Linda Perez Yater and introduced event Co-Chairs, Tracey and Micah Goins.

Tracey thanked this evening’s event sponsors: Marquee Grill & Bar, M&M Special Events, Laura’s Events, Highland Park Village, Stella McCartney, Q Custom Clothier, Anne Fontaine, Equinox, Gilt City, Kiehl’s, VitaminWater, POPLife Jewels by Jacque Martin, Bootglams, HELPS Tea and Chocolate Secrets and named the event sponsors and partners to date, including host location, Million Air Dallas, plus VeeV Açaí Spirits, Classic BMW, Community Coffee, Adams Communications Public Relations, HAS Events, Lomo Creative and Grand Luxe Magazine.

Hamilton announced Preview Host Committee and Event Host Committee members would be joining everyone for dessert, cocktails and shopping beginning at 7:30 PM. Detailed listings are below.

At Stella McCartney were Finley Moll; Dena Miller, Mrs. Highland Park 2012; Kimberly Hall Alexander and Tara Harper. Joining supporters at Anne Fontaine were Sherri and Dr. Mason Yeary, Dawn Neufeld, from VH1’s Football Wives and her husband retired NFL player Ryan Neufeld. At Q Custom Clothier were Dawn and Jon Mellon.

Slated for Saturday, February 18, 2012, Fly Away with The Bridge – A Night In The Emerald City celebrating The Bridge Breast Networks’ 20 years of service will be held at Million Air Dallas’ brand new airplane terminal and hangar in Addison, with hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dessert and dancing to the live tunes of TruBone Band.

Celebrity chef stations include Tre Wilcox from Marquee Grill & Bar, along with fellow executive chef and restaurant stations serving up fabulous dinner and desserts: Tim Bevins, Craft Dallas; Tim Byres, SMOKE; Tiffany Derry, Private Social; Jeff Harris, BOLSA & Bolsa Mercado; Chad Houser, Parigi & Café Momentum; Juliard Ishizuka, Dee Lincoln’s Restaurant & Bubble Bar; Kent Rathbun, Rathbun Concepts; Abraham Salum, Komali.

Join in the live and silent auctions and an exciting online auction, including an experience from Top Chef All-Star Tre Wilcox: Training with Tre for one week, including four hours each day in the kitchen plus chef’s tasting for two at the end of your culinary experience. Priceless!

Preview Host Committee members are Dena Miller, Dawn and Ryan Neufeld, Dan Pritchett. Event Host Committee members are Kimberly Hall Alexander, Tara Harper, Lynn and Allan McBee, Torii and Katrina Hunter, Jerricka Kelly of Odyssey Concierge, Dawn and Jon Mellon, Maribeth Peters, Sherri and Dr. Mason Yeary.

          Tickets start at $125.00 for general admission and tables with general seating beginning at $1,000 with sponsorships available. For details visit the web site at www.bridgebreast.org/flyaway or contact Event Chairs Janie Morris at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or 214-908-1234, Hamilton A Sneed at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or 214-454-5683 or The Bridge Breast Network Office, Terry Wilson-Gray, Executive Director at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 214-821-3820.

History and Mission:. 

In the past decade, The Bridge Breast Network has served over 100,000 North Texans and connected more than 10,000 with medical treatment. The Bridge Breast Network was founded in 1992 to serve as the link between uninsured and underinsured women and men and the life-saving care they so desperately need. Only through the help of volunteers and generous donations from the North Texas community is The Bridge Breast Network able to carry out this vital mission. Status or circumstance shouldn’t be a factor in the fight against breast cancer. Cancer doesn’t care whether a person is Asian or Caucasian, 16 or 60, insured or not. The care shouldn’t discriminate either.

 
For every dollar donated, Bridge clients receive nearly 10 times that amount in medical care.  Hundreds of physicians and medical facilities in the Metroplex have volunteered their professional services or drastically reduced their fees to make a large discount possible.  Your tax-deductible donation goes toward lifesaving evaluations and treatment, such as biopsies, medication, and chemotherapy.  

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Photos by Rob Wythe

Please join us for the Oak Cliff Lions Club 2011 Boot Scootin' Extravaganza next Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Salon Las Americas, 1004 Fort Worth Avenue in Oak Cliff. 

The Western-style dinner/dance features some great homestyle country cooking including BBQ Brisket, potato salad, cole slaw, pinto beans and dessert plus tea and coffee. 

Country music entertainers will be District Lions Renee Francey and Britnie Rosenbalm, and Oak Cliff Lions Club members demonstrating line dances. 

Tickets are $50 each that include the Reverse Raffle where the winner receives a $5,000 credit card of his/her choice, or $25 for dinner and entertainment only without the raffle. 

For more information please visit www.oakclifflions.org.