Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 02/13/2008 09:54 AM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 02/13/2008 09:56 AM
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Tickets and Sponsorships Now Available for the Fourth Annual Calaveras Follies!
Angels Camp, CA.... It’s Follies Time! Tickets are now available for the fourth annual Calaveras Follies, slated for Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Mark Twain Hall, Frogtown, Angels Camp. Well-known community members will again take the stage, impersonating celebrities and lip-synching popular songs, in a show that gets more ambitious and surprising every year. The Calaveras Follies is the largest annual fundraiser for the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program and is presented by Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program volunteers, Frogtown and Murphys Creek Theatre. Early ticket buyers sit closer to the stage. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased through Frogtown at (209) 736-2561; credit cards are accepted.....
Now is also the time for businesses and individuals to secure sponsorships and reap benefits like priority seating, advertising, publicity, and DVDs of the show. Sponsors sit closest to the stage, and sponsorship levels range from $500 to $5,000. Major sponsors to date include Mark Twain St. Joseph’s Hospital; Weber, Ghio & Associates; Bank of Stockton; Calaveras County Office of Education; Century 21 Sierra Properties; and Wayne and Sandy Fuller. Sponsorship information is available by calling Donna Shannon at (209) 754-4997.
Follies attendees are encouraged to don their most festive garb (that means really dress up!) for the occasion. Guests will enjoy sumptuous appetizers and a full no-host bar when doors open at 6:30pm, and the show begins at 7:30pm. Directed by Terri Wilson with choreographic assistance from Terry Richardson and Kathy Mazzaferro, the 2008 Follies should knock the socks off this year’s lucky audience. As is the Follies' tradition, “Frog Oscars” will be bestowed upon the best of the best after the audience votes are tallied. Coffee and dessert will round out the evening, and fans will have the opportunity to mingle with the entertainers and congratulate the winners! Photos from the past three Follies can be found online at www.calaverasfollies.com
The elegant Follies Raffle will return this year with even more luxurious prizes, available only to cast members and attendees. Brimming with donations of fine local wines, golfing packages, overnight adventures and other decadent delights, last year’s prize baskets (worth $500-$1000 each) generated nearly $4,800 for the mentoring program. Tickets are $10 each, six for $50 or fifteen for $100.
The Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program is a countywide program based on the Big Brothers Big Sisters model and administered by the Calaveras County Office of Education. The youth served are students in 1st through 12th grades who want a mentor and are referred to the program where they are matched with safe, caring adults who offer support, guidance and friendship and help them make healthy life decisions. For more information about the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program, please call 736-6078 or visit online at www.calaverasmentoring.org.
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