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Musical Extravaganza Successfully Kicks off Endowment Campaign

The communitywide effort to kickoff Shelter House’s Endowment Campaign did indeed 'raise the roof' at the Johnson County 4-H Fair Grounds on March 27th and 28th 2010. June Braverman directed the event and pulled out all the stops in creating a musical extravaganza that included 160 local performers from a variety of performance groups. The audiences for the evening and matinee performances clapped, laughed, cheered, and sang to express appreciation and support.

The musical was a success in many ways, but most impressive of all was the communitywide effort to raise awareness of and funds for Shelter House’s Endowment Campaign – Keeping the Doors Open.  Funds raised from the event will go directly to the Shelter House Endowment Fund at the Community Foundation of Johnson County.  The fund is exclusively for operational support.

We have a long list of individuals, businesses, and organizations to thank for making this event successful.
Thank you to the performance soloists and groups:  

• Acoustic Mayhem
• Iowa City Young Footliters
• Iowa City Footliters Act II
• Nolte Academy of Dance
• Old Capitol Chorus
• Primetime (Metro Mix)
• Hawkettes Supreme
• 1970s Regina Rockettes
• Dreamwell Theatre
• The Quire
• City Circle Acting Company
• Best Buddies of City High
• Joel Myers
• Richard Paulus
• Patti McTaggart
• Jeff Cave
• Lynn Klein
• Marcia Hughes
• Mike and Laurel Haverkamp
• Ani Alegre-Femenias

Thank you to the following organizations and artists who made this event happen:

Michael Stokes of City Circle Acting Co. of Coralville for stepping in as technical director the week before the show…Young Footliters for Iowa City sound equipment, rehearsal  space and arrangements, costumes, props and Parent- Power! Regina High School for nuns’ habits, Brenda Christner, Johnson County Fair Board, Dottie Ray, J Frahm Music, West Bank.

We thank the following individuals for putting it all together and converting Building C into a performance hall:

Director: June Braverman
Assistant Directors:  Pam Waechter, Kimberly Finnley, Mary Madlock
Technical Director: Michael Stokes
Stage Managers and Props:  Evie Stanske, Ruth Fisher
Set Crew: Dick Schwab, John Gross, Jerome Johnson, Jerry Mennenga, Will Weibel, Thomas Paintin, Thomas Paintin, Tom Paintin, Beth Beasley, Greg Schroeder, Genia Jackson, Meg Kiekhaefer, Katherine Burford, Bill Laubengayer, Doug Paul

Shelter House Door Backdrop for Stage:

• Home Ec Workshop
• Old Capitol Quilters Guild – Helen Dietrich, Pauline Harrison, Ruth Langhough, Teresa Lane, Nancy Lea Vesseur, Nancy Rehling, & Kathy Wilder
• Rhinestone Cowgirls (United Action for Youth)
• The Keep Arts Collective – Katie Parry, Eric Asboe, Abbey Palmer, April Cypher, Emma Borges Scott, Blueberry Morningsnow, Maria Haberers, Jasmine Trice, Danielle Kimzey, Leslie Jamison, Tal Zamir

Lights: Maria Schroeder, Nicky Beaurivage
Costumes & Props: Donola Leong, Evie Stanske
Sound: Herb Loops, Michael J. O’Brien
Publicity: Linda Schreiber; Genia Jackson, Katherine Burford
Slide Show: Dan Alder, Alder Artz & Nat Alder
Photographers: Wayne Carlson and Steve & Jackie Jensen
Special lyrics and music adaptations: June Braverman
Video Service: Tim Sheets
Refreshments donated by: Cookies and More, Deluxe Bakery, New Pioneer Coop, The Bread Garden, The Cottage, The Java House
Flowers: Hy-Vee Floral Department, Waterfront

 Sponsors

	City Circle Acting Company of Coralville for lighting  equipment, technical support  and production affiliation and Maria Schroeder for direction.
	Dreamwell Theatre for lighting equipment
	Iowa City Community Theatre for staging equipment
	Rausch Productions, Inc., Cedar Rapids for plasma screens and towers for slide show.

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