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22......Information26......Royal Winnipeg Ballet36......The Klezmatics44......Miss Nelson has a Field Day68......Davina & The Vagabonds and Hot Club of Cowtown73......Whar ton Circ le

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ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET: THE WIZARD OF OZ

Wednesday, March 25, 2020Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall

THIS PERFORMANCE IS SPONSORED BY

SERIES SPONSOR

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Today’s performance will run approximately 115 minutes, with a 20-minute intermission.

Founders: Gweneth Lloyd & Betty FarrallyArtistic Director Emeritus: Arnold Spohr, C.C., O.M.

Founding Director, School Recreational Division: Jean MackenzieFounding Director, School Professional Division:

David Moroni, C.M., O.M., D.Litt, (h.c.)

Artistic Director & CEO: André Lewis

ARTISTSSophia Lee

Dmitri Dovgoselets

Yayoi Ban, Elizabeth Lamont, Chenxin Liu, Alanna McAdieTristan Dobrowney, Yosuke Mino, Yue Shi

Katie Bonnell, Sarah DaveyStephan Azulay, Liam Caines, Ryan Vetter

Jaimi Deleau, Elena Dobrowna, Katie Simpson, Sarah Joan SmithJoshua Hidson, Peter Lancksweerdt, Michel Lavoie, Liam Saito

Jenna Burns, Amanda SolheimParker Long, Bryce Taylor

Associate Artistic Director: Tara BirtwhistleSenior Ballet Master: Johnny W. Chang

Ballet Masters: Caroline Gruber, Vanessa Léonard, Jaime VargasSchool Director: Stéphane Léonard

Recreational Division Principal: Nicole KeppProfessional Division Principal: Suzanne André

Teacher Training Program Director: Johanne GingrasStage Manager: Candace Maxwell

Assistant Stage Manager: Leslie Watson

ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLETTHE WIZARD OF OZ

Story lines and visual elements from the classic motion picture The Wizard of Oz provided by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.

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Kansas Puppeteers:Yue Shi Liam SaitoJenna Burns Joshua HidsonPeter Lancksweerdt Bryce TaylorRyan VetterMichel LavoieParker LongTristan Dobrowney

Munchkin Ladies:Amanda Solheim Elena DobrownaKatie Bonnell Rachel Gibbs Sarah Davey

Munchkin Men:Tristan Dobrowney Parker LongBryce TaylorMichel LavoieJoshua Hidson

Curly Cues:Alanna McAdie Chenxin Liu Elizabeth Lamont Ruffians:Peter LancksweerdtYue Shi Liam Saito

Yellow Brick Roadies:Peter Lancksweerdt Parker LongBryce Taylor Michel Lavoie Ryan Vetter Joshua HidsonTristan DobrowneyLiam Saito

Trees:Amanda SolheimChenxin LiuElena Dobrowna

CAST

Dorothy ..........................................................................Sophia Lee

Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch ..............................................Jaimi Deleau

Aunt Em/Glinda/Emerald Ballerina ..................................... Yayoi Ban

Uncle Henry/Emerald Officer ............................... Tristan Dobrowney

Farmhand/Scarecrow ............................................... Stephan Azulay

Farmhand/Tin Man ....................................................... Yosuke Mino

Farmhand/Lion..............................................................Liam Caines

Prof. Marvel/Green Whiskers/Wizard ..................... Dmitri Dovgoselets

Toto .............................................................................Jenna Burns

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Female Poppies:Elizabeth LamontSarah Davey Rachel GibbsChenxin Liu Katie Bonnell Elena DobrownaAmanda Solheim Alanna McAdie

Male Poppies:Tristan DobrowneyParker LongPeter Lancksweerdt Bryce TaylorLiam SaitoRyan Vetter Michel LavoieJoshua Hidson

Poser Ladies:Katie Bonnell Rachel GibbsAmanda SolheimElena DobrownaSarah Davey

Poser Men:Liam SaitoBryce Taylor Michel Lavoie Parker LongJoshua Hidson

Bell Hops:Peter Lancksweerdt Ryan Vetter

Snake Puppeteer:Tristan Dobrowney Elizabeth Lamont

Pop Corn Girls:Chenxin Liu Elizabeth Lamont

Winged Monkeys:Liam SaitoJoshua HidsonParker Long

Monkey Puppeteers:Ryan Vetter Yue Shi Amanda Solheim Bryce TaylorPeter Lancksweerdt Michel LavoieJoshua HidsonElena DobrownaRachel Gibbs

Winkie Men:Michel Lavoie Yue Shi Bryce TaylorPeter Lancksweerdt

Winkie Women:Chenxin Liu Rachel Gibbs Sarah Davey Katie Bonnell Elizabeth LamontAmanda SolheimElena DobrownaAlanna McAdie

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KansasIt is morning on Uncle Henry and Aunt Em’s farm in Kansas, and the farmhands goof off between chores, ignoring Dorothy, who feels unappreciated and dreams of a place far away. Their unpleasant neighbor, Miss Gulch, arrives to complain about Dorothy’s little dog, Toto, threatening to take him away. Toto escapes and Dorothy runs away with him. On the road, Dorothy meets a showman, Professor Marvel, who urges her to return to the farm as a twister approaches.

The Twister & MunchkinlandDorothy is lifted into the sky by the twister and travels for what seems like an eternity. Suddenly she plops to the ground with a thud. The twister has taken her to the Land of Oz, where she meets the Munchkins and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Dorothy’s bed has fallen upon the Witch of the East, killing her, and freeing the Munchkins from her power. As the Munchkins celebrate, the Wicked Witch of the West arrives to claim her sister’s magical ruby slippers and avenge her sister’s death. But in a flash, the ruby slippers appear on Dorothy’s feet, thwarting the Witch … for the moment. Dorothy wants to go home to Kansas. The Munchkins tell Dorothy that surely the Wizard of Oz will help her, and she sets off down the Yellow Brick Road towards the Emerald City to find him.

Along the Yellow Brick RoadAlong the way, Dorothy and Toto meet three new friends who need help: a Scarecrow whose head is full of straw; a Tin Man with an empty chest, and a Lion who is afraid of his own tail. Dorothy invites them to join her to see if the Wizard can help them, too. When the Wicked Witch fails to intimidate Dorothy and her friends, she creates a beautiful field of poppies whose scent is poisonous. Glinda causes it to snow, and the poppies melt away, revealing the gates of the Emerald City. Dorothy and her friends boldly knock on the gates, but the Guard with the Green Whiskers and his Assistant send them away.

The Emerald CityThe Guard sees that Dorothy is wearing the ruby slippers and assumes she must be a person of great importance. He welcomes the friends into the Emerald City. As they are preparing to meet the Wizard, the Witch flies by with another warning to Dorothy: give her those slippers! Unsettled, the group is led into the Wizard’s throne room where they ask for his help. He tells them that to prove themselves worthy of his assistance they must bring him the broom stick of the Wicked Witch of the West.

Winged Monkeys and the Witch’s CastleDorothy and her friends depart in haste, and as they make their way to the Witch’s Castle, they are set upon by the Witch’s Winged Monkeys, who capture Dorothy. The Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion sneak into the castle to try to free Dorothy and Toto,

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who have been imprisoned by the Witch and the Winkies, her slaves. Amid the chaos, the Witch makes a grab for the ruby slippers; Dorothy defends herself by throwing a bucket of water on the Witch, who melts into nothingness. The friends take her broomstick and return to the Emerald City.

The Humbug and Dorothy’s Return HomeIn the Throne Room, the Wizard is reluctant to help Dorothy and her friends, when Toto discovers a befuddled man behind an emerald wall: it turns out that the Wizard is a humbug. He’s not a wizard at all, but an ordinary man from Kansas who found himself in Oz after he lost control of his hot-air balloon. The Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion impatiently remind him that he promised to help them, but the Wizard points out that they don’t need his help: they have already shown brains, heart and courage beyond measure. As for Dorothy, he tells her that he will take Toto and her to Kansas himself in his hot-air balloon. As they prepare to depart, Toto runs off, and Dorothy chases him, but it’s too late … the wind has already taken the Wizard, leaving Dorothy and Toto behind. Glinda appears, telling Dorothy that her ruby slippers will take her home. Dorothy says farewell to her friends, and with the aid of the slippers, wills herself home. Dorothy awakens to finds herself at home in Kansas, with Toto asleep at her feet.

A note from Choreographer Septime WebreMy relationship with all things Oz, in four easy steps:

1. I grew up in the Bahamas until I was about twelve, and every Sunday, driving to a small missionary church my family attended we’d pass a tiny greying abandoned house plopped in the brush near a beach. We called it Dorothy’s house; it looked as though a Caribbean hurricane had dropped it there, like Dorothy’s house landing in Munchkinland. My siblings and I were obsessed with the Oz books and read every book in the series multiple times.

2. When I was twelve years old we moved to South Texas, and my brothers and sister and I bought a whole suite of marionettes for 99 cents each in Mexico. We spent the whole summer re-costuming these string puppets to create a full cast of Oz, and we painted elaborate backdrops to fit the full-sized puppet house my parents had ordered for us from FAO Schwartz. We created what we thought was a rather extravagant puppet version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which we toured all over South Texas – from nursing homes, to orphanages, to church bazaars.

3. A few years later, in my late teens, I ran a youth summer program for the local Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with the Texas School for the Blind and a social service agency which provided support for kids with Down syndrome. That

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summer I directed a production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with the majority of the principal roles played by blind teens and the Munchkins played by youth with Down syndrome. It was such a celebration of humanity.

4. And now, Oz, the ballet. Over the years I had toyed with working on a ballet adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz but had resisted; both the book and the film are such perfect works of art, and I wasn’t quite sure I could illuminate anything about the story that hadn’t been said by the source material. But over time I realized the marvelous characters invented by L. Frank Baum beg to be danced, and that so much could still be discovered using our metaphorical language of ballet. I’ve been living with this magical tale for so long, working on this ballet has been like coming home. And there’s no place like it…

A note from Composer Matthew PierceMusic or choreography … what comes first? People ask this frequently when they witness a new ballet. Music, the simple answer, has always preceded choreography in the collaboration Septime and I have enjoyed through five full-length ballets. Septime crafts a libretto that defines a sequence of storytelling moments and dances and I translate the psychology of the narrative and the muscular movement into music. Dancers need a rhythm to move to and a melody to inspire them. Anything can be an inspiration: a snip of song, a dance step, a simple count, a painting, a tone of voice, an episode from a television series, a character description. Free association and improvisation shape the creative process, and this spontaneity is the reason for our success. Studio time with Septime follows, where I humbly witness the mysterious kinesthesia and “listen” to the dancer’s moving song. The happiness of the music in this ballet is a direct reflection of the working relationship Septime and I have. The mélange of influences creating the joy span the decades, 1920s big band, 1950s cool jazz, 1970s glam rock, late 1970s disco and 1980s new wave. Septime and I examined our collective 20th-century popular music favorites and rendered the memories into a playful aural journey. You’ll hear a reference to screaming electric guitars in the brash and noisy orchestration, big band swing in the liberal use of glissandi (slides) in the strings and trombones and cool jazz in the unusual inclusion of a tenor saxophone in the orchestra announcing to Dorothy, “We aren’t in Kansas anymore.” L. Frank Baum’s story of Dorothy and the 1939 film spurred the creation of this collaborative project that required an open mind, an open heart, a fantastical spirit and an unrestrained imagination.

A NDR É LEW IS (Artistic Director & CEO) has spent the majority of his career with Canada’s first professional dance company, accepting the position of artistic director in 1996. Since then,

Lewis has been the driving force behind the new and innovative works that have dramatically rejuvenated the company’s repertoire.

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Lewis has commissioned numerous blockbuster ballets such as Mark Godden’s Dracula in 1998, Jorden Morris’ critically acclaimed Peter Pan in 2006 and Moulin Rouge® – The Ballet in 2009. He was instrumental in the 1999 creation of a new Nutcracker for the company and in 2013, Lewis commissioned another outstanding new creation in conjunction with New York choreographer Lila York. The full-length ballet The Handmaid’s Tale was a bold adaptation of the novel of the same name by Governor General Award-winning Canadian author, Margaret Atwood. In 2014 for the RWB’s 75th anniversary season, Lewis commissioned choreographer Mark Godden to create the groundbreaking work Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation representing the many stories, both told and untold, of Indian residential school survivors and their families.

Lewis has been a judge for the Varna International Ballet Competition, USA International Ballet Competition, and the Youth American Grand Prix. Further underscoring Lewis’ passion for dance are his multiple appearances at the Rural Retreat for International Dance Leaders, held in England. His work has been recognized through receiving both the Governor General’s Meritorious Award and the Jubilee Medal.

SEPTIME WEBRE (Choreographer) is the artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet and the Washington DC-based S&R Foundation which launched Halcyon Stage in 2017, a new interdisciplinary performance and dialogue series. From 1999 until 2016, Webre served as the artistic director of the Washington Ballet and from 1993 to 1999 was the artistic

director of the American Repertory Ballet based in Princeton, New Jersey. During his tenure at The Washington Ballet, the institution enjoyed unprecedented growth in the scope and quality of its work on stage, its school grew from 325 students to 1500 students, and the organization developed impact fu l community engagement initiatives including the award-winning Dance DC and TWB@THE ARC, both of which he founded. Webre launched an array of artistic initiatives for the Ballet including The American Experience, which developed great works of literature into full-length ballets, including The Great Gatsby and Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. He also developed partnerships with many colleague arts institutions in the Washington DC area, including collaborating with Imagination Stage on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2012, and The Little Mermaid in 2016. As a choreographer, Webre’s works appear in the repertoires of ballet companies throughout North America, including Pacific Northwest Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Colorado Ballet, Ballet West, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, and many others. He has served on the boards of Dance/USA and Dance Metro DC and his work has received numerous honors, grants and awards. He holds a degree in history/pre-law from the University of Texas at Austin, and is the seventh son of a large, boisterous Cuban-American family.

M AT T H E W PI ERC E (Compose r) Composer-violinist Matthew Pierce is celebrated for his new classical scores commissioned by major American ballet

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companies. He has written ballet scores for Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Ohio Ballet, Ballet Met, Cincinnati Ballet, Miami Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Ballet Hawaii, Post Ballet, Ballet Coeur d’Alene, Colorado Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, New York City Ballet, Houston Ballet, Ballet Austin and the San Francisco Ballet. Night, a full orchestra score set to a Chagall-inspired dreamscape ballet has been seen at the Opera Garnier in Paris, Covent Garden in London and City Center in New York. Sarah Kaufman of the Washington Post called his 2012 score for Washington Ballet’s Alice (in wonderland), “The cherry on top: Pierce’s visionary result, a shimmering landscape that weaves together bits of our own world – Asian, Middle Eastern, pop riffs, jazz – with a contemporary edge and a spirit of discovery. And, yes, wonder.”

MICHAEL RAIFORD (Scenic Designer) is a scenic and costume designer based in Austin, Texas. In Austin his work has appeared at Ballet Austin including world premieres of Exit Wounds (costume and set), Belle Redux (costume set and video direction), Mozart Project (scenic design), and The Magic Flute (scenic and puppet design). Also in Austin: Austin Lyric Opera, ZACH Theatre and the Rude Mechanica ls. Michael ’s work has also been seen at Opera Boston, Central City Opera (Colorado), The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, South Coast Repertory, Cleveland Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, Playmakers Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Ford’s Theatre (Washington, DC), New Victory Theatre (New York), Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The Lyric Theatre (Oklahoma City), and Actors Theatre of Louisville where he designed 20 product ions

including twelve world premieres for Humana Festival of New American Plays. Michael’s most recent adventure: director of Blast: The Music of Disney, Tokyo and national tour of Japan. He is a creative consultant/director in architecture, advertising, and, yes, marching band/DCI and WGI. Education: MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for 10 years. Member of United Scenic Artists. Visit flickr.com/photos/michaelraiford/sets.

LIZ VA NDA L (Costume Designer) “Architect of the body in extreme movement,” Liz Vandal’s costumes reach the ultimate goal: “Equilibrium between esthetics and technique,” aesthetics as beautiful as it is functional. Vandal started her career as a fashion designer. Self-taught, she entered the universe of clothing more than twenty-five years ago. From dazzling beginnings she brought her originality to the rigorous domains of dance, circus, cinema and special projects, building a company of excellency. Great partnerships link her with numerous choreographers and dance companies around the world: Edouard Lock; Compagnie Marie Chouinard; Margie Gillis; José Navas; Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal; Le Ballet National du Canada; The Washington Ballet; Mannheim Theater; Stuttgart Ba l let (Germany), l ’Opéra de Paris; Göteborg Theater (Sweden), and Hong Kong Ballet. She explores all domains of show business, from creating costumes for The Backstreet Boys’ Black ‘n Blue Tour, to films including The Lathe of Heaven directed by Philip Haas and La Turbulence des f luides by Quebec director Manon Briand. In the circus world, Vandal designed flamboyant insect costumes for OVO, the 25th Cirque du Soleil show,

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Cirkopolis, a Cirque Éloize creation and the opening duo for ‘LES 7 Doigts de La Main’s new creation Tryptique. Collaborating with multinational IGT (International Gaming Technology) in Las Vegas, Vandal created Avatar costumes approved by Jon Landau and 20th Century Fox. As a consultant, Vandal offers her services to Sportswear mult inat iona l Oxylane to develop avant-garde products. As the company continued to expand, an incomparable opportunity led Vandal’s creativity to Azerbaijan for the first European games in 2015 where she designed an incredible 3000 costumes for the closing ceremony. Since 2017 Cirque du Soleil floats onto the sea, on cruise ship Meraviglia with Vandal’s costumes dressing up two shows: Viaggio and Sonor. Vandal’s creativity has no boundaries.

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THE KLEZMATICS

Thursday, March 26, 2020Shirley K. & Athanase J. Pasant Theatre

SERIES SPONSOR MEDIA SPONSOR

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Tonight's program to be announced from the stage.

Tonight’s program will be performed without intermission. Approximate running time is 90 minutes.

THE BANDRichie BarshayMatt DarriauLisa Gutkin

Frank LondonPaul MorrissettLorin Sklamberg

Since their emergence more than 30 years ago, the Klezmatics have raised the bar for Eastern European Jewish music, made aesthetically, politically and musically interesting recordings, inspired future generations, created a large body of work that is enduring, and helped to change the face of contemporary Yiddish culture. Often called a “Jewish roots band,” the Klezmatics have led a popular revival of this ages-old, nearly forgotten art form.

They have performed in more than 20 countries and released 11 albums to date – most recently the album Apikorsim (Heretics), produced by Danny Blume (who helped the band win a Grammy in 2006) and the first of the band’s albums to feature only the six members. On their Grammy-winning 2006 album Wonder Wheel, the Klezmatics set a dozen previously unsung Woody Guthrie lyrics to music, widening their stylistic base by largely diverging from klezmer. They have also recently served as the subject of a feature-length documentary film, The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground.

During their third-of-a-century existence, the Klezmatics have collaborated with such brilliant artists as violinist Itzhak Perlman, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner and Israeli vocal icon Chava Alberstein, plus many other prominent artists working within multiple genres.

Today, with three original members – Lorin Sklamberg (lead vocals, accordion, guitar, piano), Frank London (trumpet, keyboards, vocals) and Paul Morrissett (bass, tsimbl, vocals) – still on board, alongside longtime members Matt Darriau (kaval, clarinet, saxophone, vocals) and Lisa Gutkin (violin, vocals), the Klezmatics are without a doubt the most successful proponents of klezmer music in the world.

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The Klezmatics’ music is rooted in but is not a strictly traditional variety of the klezmer genre. Rather, it is a comfortable hybrid that appeals equally to those with no previous exposure to the music and those already familiar with it.

“Klezmer,” says London, “is the unique sound of East European Jewishness. It has the power to evoke a feeling of other-worldliness, of being there and then, of nostalgia for a time and place that we never knew.”

Although tradition is at the core of what they do, since the beginning the Klezmatics have adapted to the artistic sensibilities of a contemporary world. “Klezmer has everything you want, ethnically, and yet it’s so intertwined with American culture,” says Morrissett. “We want to make sure that we are part of a living tradition, and living traditions change; they don’t stay in a pickled form.”

Indeed, the Klezmatics are very much of the modern world. Says London, “By putting forth a consistent and coherent political and aesthetic Yiddish/klezmer music that embraces our political values – supporting gay rights, workers’ rights, human rights, universal religious and spiritual values expressed through particular art forms – and eschewing the aspects of Yiddish/Jewish culture that are nostalgic, tacky, kitschy, nationalistic and misogynistic, we have shown a way for people to embrace Yiddish culture on their own terms as a living, breathing part of our world and its political and aesthetic landscape.”

“People are quite detached from their Jewish roots,” says Gutkin. “The Klezmatics fill an incredible void.”

Formed in New York in 1986, the Klezmatics quickly built a devoted following that expanded outward once word spread about this exotic new band that was bringing klezmer back from the abyss. For some fans, the group’s appeal went beyond the music itself. “People have a need for something to hold onto,” says Gutkin. “They want to be part of something.”

Throughout the years a wide range of lyrical ideas has inhabited the Klezmatics’ songs, ranging from contemporary issues of global import facing each of us to matters of intimate love, and from leftist politics to age-old Jewish mysticism. “From early on,” says Sklamberg, “even before we made a conscious effort to make the music our own, we decided that if we sang songs, they would be ones we believed in.”

Live at Town Hall, the 2011 Klezmatics release, captures the group’s March 5, 2006, 20th anniversary concert at the New York venue. Recorded in conjunction with the On Holy Ground documentary, the set features a cross-section of music from throughout the Klezmatics’ history, and includes a lengthy list of special guests, among them previous members David Krakauer and Margot Leverett, who had never recorded with the band until this gig. The repertoire draws from the group’s earliest days and material as recent as the Guthrie adaptations.

Says London, “We wanted to celebrate being together for so many years with everyone who has been part of our family.”

Indeed, the Klezmatics have always been as much about community as music. Says Sklamberg, “The energy and support we received from the local community fueled the band, rather than it being a particular sensibility. At the very least it allowed us the freedom to be us.”

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Over a quarter-century after their formation, the Klezmatics remain committed to their music and to the close relationship they share with their fans. “In 1986,” says Sklamberg, “I never imagined that preserving, disseminating and helping to redefine Yiddish music would become my life’s work. I certainly don’t think we sound like anyone else.”

Indeed, they don’t. Never have and – should the Klezmatics (hopefully) last another 30 years – it’s a safe guess that no one else ever will!

RICHIE BARSHAY (Percussion) began drumming inside kitchen cabinets at an early age and continues banging on things worldwide to this day. Noted for his work with the Herbie Hancock Quartet (’03-’07), he’s been dubbed “a major rhythm voice on the rise” by DownBeat magazine, and The Guardian (UK) praises “the arrival of a major innovator who also knows how to have fun.” Find him on tour and recordings with names like Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Esperanza Spalding, the Klezmatics, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, Lee Konitz, Natalie Merchant, Bobby McFerrin, and Pete Seeger among others. Since 2004 he has led outreach projects across five continents as an American musical envoy with the U.S. State Department. He can be heard on over 80 recordings as a sideman, and on his two self-produced albums: Homework featuring Herbie Hancock (2004), and Sanctuary featuring Chick Corea (2014). Based in New York City, he is an AmSAT-certified Alexander technique teacher and maintains a private practice for performers and non-performers to learn better mind-body coordination and ease of movement. www.richiebarshay.com

M ATT DA R R I AU (Kaval /Clarinet /S a xophon e) h a s c ont r ibuted to t he Klezmatics’ music ever since they released their debut album, Shvaygn = Toyt (Silence = Death), in 1988, but it wasn’t until 1995 that he became an official member, just

in time for their fourth release, Possessed. Matt’s full integration into the group was the culmination of a personal and musical journey that began back in Indiana, where he grew up “in an arty household where my father held international folk-dance parties featuring Israeli, Balkan, Greek and Scandinavian dance music.” Although the elder Darriau came from French Catholic stock, “He loved and embraced Jewish and Eastern European culture,” says Matt.

Darriau, who describes himself as a “musical polyglot,” was a jazz fan first and foremost, but once he arrived in Boston, where he attended the New England Conservatory of Music’s Third Stream program, he began looking to world music for new inspiration. “We spent a lot of time in the international sections of used record stores and passed tapes along to each other,” he says. “It developed from there, with an intention of integrating improvisatory ideas with this music.”

Klezmer, Balkan and Celtic music all gave Matt the creative outlet he sought, and even today, when the Klezmatics take a break from their busy touring and recording schedule, Matt keeps himself sharp by playing Irish, Balkan, klezmer and jazz and leads his own Balkan rhythm quartet, Paradox Trio. He has made music for dance, theatre and film, including a recent commission from Chamber Music America for his avant-

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swing band, Ballin’ the Jack. In addition to the Klezmatics, he has collaborated with Gunther Schuller, Elliott Sharp, Marc Ribot, George Schuller, Theodosii Spassov, Mark Feldman and many others.

Some of Darriau’s other recent projects include Yo Lateef, a jazz quintet inspired by the music and legacy of Yusef Lateef, the Recycled Waltz Orchestra and Disastro Totale with Yuri Lemeshev of Gogol Bordello and Celtic Eclectic, with its original take on Irish music featuring uilleann pipes player Ivan Goff. He has also recorded and performed with David Byrne, Marc Ribot, Roberto Rodriguez, Itzhak Perlman, Ken Butler, Ben Folds Five and many others in the New York and world scene.

Matt Darriau was named one of the most inf luential jazz musicians of the past 15 years by Jazziz magazine for bringing Balkan rhythms and melodies into jazz.

LISA GUTKIN (Violin/Vocals) joined the band on violin and vocals with 2002’s Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf! album. She was brought to the group via early recruit Matt Darriau when the two musicians were playing together in a Celtic band called Whirligig. Darriau played Gutkin some old recordings of Jewish violinists, and “I flipped,” she says.

The Klezmatics were a natural home for Lisa. “I grew up playing classical violin and then bluegrass, Irish, a host of other international styles and backing songwriters,” she says. “I had made a pact to only play Irish music but the Klezmatics was such a fantastic band, and these old recordings mesmerized me. So when the Klezmatics called me I decided to give it a try. I had an immediate feel for it, but it took many years before I felt that I understood klezmer deeply.”

In fact, landing in the Klezmatics represented something of a personal sea change for Lisa. “I spent my summers in a leftist bungalow colony started by my grandmother, great

aunt and their friends in 1929,” she says, “and my grandmother used to drag me to Yiddish singing sessions, which I simply hated. It was old people’s music, and it was too schmaltzy. Oddly it was my paternal grandfather’s more cantorial voice that I referenced in my head more than my maternal grandmother’s Yiddish singing when I was learning the phrasing and note emphasis.”

Born in Brooklyn to a musical family, Lisa was already playing in orchestras by age eight, and soon winning awards for her classical playing. In her teens she branched out into Irish, bluegrass and rock, and then went on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree in classical violin at the Aaron Copland School in Queens, NY. Her prowess quickly attracted the attention of the international and folk music communities, and Lisa began playing with a wide variety of artists, from the Southern Italian music theater group I Giullari di Piazza to Amigos del Tango, the Waverly Consort and, as part of the Fast Folk Collective, singer-songwriters such as Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and the Roches. Her diversity and improvisational skills have led her to numerous gigs with the likes of John Cale, Steeleye Span, Jane Siberry and the Irish artists Tommy Sands, John Whelan, Steve Cooney and Cathie Ryan. No less an icon than Pete Seeger called Lisa’s “Gonna Get Through This World” – one of two pieces she composed for the Klezmatics’ Grammy-winning album Wonder Wheel – “a piece of genius.”

Most recently, Lisa has been co-composer, co-music director, actor and musician in the Tony Award® winning play Indecent, written by Paula Vogel and directed by Rebecca Taichman. Her previous Broadway experience was as a member of the band in Sting’s production, The Last Ship. She also composes for film, radio, television and theatre. She can be heard on two songs she composed for episodes of Sex and the City’s final season, and she made a cameo on-screen appearance on the show (with the Klezmatics).

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She also accepted a composing commission for Song For New York: What Women Do While Men Sit Knitting and put in a stay at the MacDowell Artist Colony. She’s worked with the Pilobolous Dance Company’s Davenen (with the Klezmatics), Ralph Lee’s Mettawee River Company, Pat Cannon’s Foot & Fiddle Dance Company and the Phoenix Theater Company’s As You Like It, and was music director for the Lincoln Center Director’s Guild production Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, music director for the New York Renaissance Festival in Sterling Forest, N.Y., and co-orchestrator for Song of Songs by Elizabeth Swados.

Gutkin also leads fiddle styles workshops at folk festivals, as well as master classes and artist residencies for universities and folk organizations, and many of her private students are or have gone on to become professional musicians.

FRANK LONDON (Trumpet/Keyboards) The word prolif ic doesn’t even begin to describe Frank London. Of course, there is the Klezmatics, which he co-founded in 1986. Frank plays trumpet and keyboard and sings with the group and he’s written many of the Klezmatics’ most popular songs. But his mile-long resumé has also seen London adding virtuosity to hundreds of concerts and recordings by everyone from John Zorn to They Might Be Giants, Mel Torme to Iggy Pop, Pink Floyd, Youssou N’Dour, LaMonte Young, Allen Ginsberg and LL Cool J. Called the “mystical high priest of Avant-Klez jazz,” Frank has made 30 solo recordings and is featured on over 400 CDs. His current projects include the dance theater work Salomé, Woman of Valor (with Adeena Karasick), the Yiddish-opera-in-a-Cuban-nightclub, Hatuey (with Elise Thoron), Astro-Hungarian band Glass House Orchestra, Sharabi (bhangra-klez with Deep Singh), Ahava Raba (with Cantor Yanky Lemmer), and Vilde Mekhaye (Eleanor Reissa + Frank’s

Klezmer Brass Allstars). He’s a regular face on New York’s cutting-edge downtown club scene and music festivals everywhere, and has written dozens of scores for theatre, film and dance. He collaborated with Judith Sloane on 1001 Voices: A Symphony for a New America for the Queens Symphony Orchestra and choir. He was music director for David Byrne and Robert Wilson’s The Knee Plays, collaborated with Palestinian violinist Simon Shaheen, taught Jewish music in Canada, Crimea and the Catskills, and produced CDs for Gypsy legend Esma Redzepova, and Algerian pianist Maurice el Medioni. He was even featured on the soundtrack to Sex and the City!

Of course, London is mainly known for his contribution to contemporary Jewish music. When he first heard klezmer music, Frank says, “I was very blown away by the funky rhythms, the polyphony, the wild old-world, old school ornamentation, the particular way it expressed its Jewishness and how the instrumental music was not at all kitschy or corny the way most Jewish music I had heard up to that point was.”

Frank London graduated from New England Conservatory with a degree in Afro-American music. While living in Boston, he played with a host of diverse groups, from the Klezmer Conservatory Band (a founding member, playing on their first six recordings) to the Haitian band Volo-Volo to the salsa band Los Hermanos Pabón, Mark Harvey’s new music big band Aardvark, the world music group Les Misérables Brass Band, and the improvisational Ensemble Garuda. “Playing a genre or style of music is like learning a language,” he says. “You need to know the vocabulary, grammar, syntax, content, history, idioms and inflections in order to become fluent. But improvisation is outside of style; it focuses on the sonic ontology of music. What is sound? What are the aesthetics of sound and silence? These questions are at the center of all my music.”

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After settling in New York City in 1985, London began working with the all-star ensemble led by auteur Kip Hanrahan (which also included Jack Bruce of Cream), and then started working with Hasidic wedding musicians and learning the style and repertoire of Jewish music, as well as becoming involved in Hasidic philosophy and community. He also became a member of Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy. Then, after answering an ad for klezmer musicians, Frank met Lorin Sklamberg, and the Klezmatics came to be.

Among London’s other projects are the internationally acclaimed folk-opera A Night In The Old Marketplace, Davenen for Pilobolus and the Klezmatics, Great Small Works’ The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln and Min Tanaka’s Romance. His Klezmer Brass Allstars’ CD Carnival Conspiracy was awarded the German Grammy; the Hasidic New Wave’s entire recorded oevre has been released as a boxed set on Tzadik Records, he completed two commissions for Carnegie Hall and served as an artist-in-residence in Krems, Austria. Green Violin, his musical theatre piece about the Soviet Yiddish theatre written with Elise Thoron, won a Barrymore Prize for best new musical. London is on the faculty of SUNY Purchase, and is currently artistic director of KlezKanada. With each new undertaking, London brings his knowledge of the music’s traditions and aesthetics with him, “showing a way for people to embrace Yiddish culture on their own terms as a living, breathing part of our world and its political and aesthetic landscape.”

PAUL MORRISSETT (Bass/Tsimbl) When he’s not busy with the Klezmatics, Paul Morrissett – who has been with the group since their first album – spends much of his time fiddling for dances. “I love dance fiddle,” he says. “When people are dancing in front of the Klezmatics, that’s always a high for me.”

Morrissett is an avid collector and player of the instruments of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia and has studied with many masters of these traditions. In addition to the tsimbl, which is similar to the hammered dulcimer, he has recorded and performed on Hardanger fiddle, violin, nyckelharpa, gadulka, baritone horn, accordion and tamburitza. He has been on the staff of numerous music camps as an instructor, including Fiddles and Feet, Lark in the Morning, Buffalo on the Roof, Ashokan Northern Week and Balkan Music & Dance. Paul enjoys playing for contra and English country dances.

Morrissett has a long history with this particular art form. “It’s my childhood music,” he says. “I was an international folk dancer as a kid.” While living in Colorado in the late 1970s, before he joined the Klezmatics, Paul, who also learned piano as a child, played for international folk dancing events. He attended graduate school for a couple of years and then moved to New York, where he started dabbling in different kinds of music, mostly Balkan, then Scand inav ian. “A l l of th i s wa s essentially amateur stuff,” he says. “Then I started playing bass, and once people found out about that, I got more work as a bassist. I ended up with a pretty good bass-playing gig!” he deadpans about his successful tenure with the Klezmatics.

That gig came about when the group’s previous bass player decided to leave. Lorin Sklamberg, one of the group’s co-founders, gave Paul the call. He admits he wasn’t well-versed in the genre, but he quickly found himself immersed. “I had heard klezmer and was interested in it, but I didn’t know anybody who was playing it. To me it’s a f lavor of something I’d been dancing to since I was a kid, the Eastern European modes, so it was not a stretch at all. I was fooling around with all these

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different ethnic musics and here’s one that has everything you want, including lots of people I already know discovering their own culture. And yet it’s so intertwined with American culture.”

LORIN SKLAMBERG (Lead Vocals/Accordion/Guitar/Piano) The legendary music critic Robert Christgau has described Lorin Sklamberg’s voice as “transcendent, ethereal and sensual,” while a writer for FolkWorld gushed that the Klezmatics’ frontman “brings tears into my eyes with his fabulous way of singing.” Since he co-founded the legendary k lezmer group in 1986, Lorin Sklamberg has been on the receiving end of countless tributes of that nature – his crystalline, expressive vocalizing never fails to have an emotional impact on all within its range.

Sklamberg, who says he “sang before he spoke” and taught himself to play guitar, piano and autoharp, has been involved in the world of Jewish music since he was 15 years old, when he co-founded a band, Rimonim, with three Hebrew school classmates at his conservative shul in Alhambra, California. After being introduced to klezmer, Lorin began to seek out songs within the genre, but it wasn’t until after he moved to New York in the early ’80s that he was able to incorporate klezmer into the music he performed.

Prior to that move, Lorin attended two California universities and dabbled in early music, opera, American folk and pop and Balkan and East European musics, in addition to dancing and singing in four semi-professional ethnic song and dance ensembles. He studied voice, guitar, accordion and oud and served as the cantor at USC’s Hillel House and Los Angeles’ gay and lesbian synagogue, Beth Chayim Chadashim.

“It was through this last experience that I became part of a gay-Jewish-radical faerie

folk duo, Pilshaw and Sklamberg, and traveled the country for a summer performing house concerts and shows in gay bars,” says Sklamberg. “We even recorded a commercially released cassette, Bending the Rules.”

While attending a Balkan singing workshop with Michael Alpert, the great Yiddish singer, Alpert “took me aside and played me a cassette of him performing a song on the seminal Yiddish band Kapelye’s then-unreleased first record,” says Lorin. “That gave me the idea that this was something that I, too, could do. It was the moment that eventually led to me literally finding my voice.”

But New York beckoned , a nd L or in headed east in 1983. Since the creation of the Klezmatics, Sklamberg has continued to find his voice and apply it to a number of disciplines. He has also worked for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research for almost 20 years, first as a jack-of-all-trades, graphic designer and Yiddish typesetter, and then as its sound archivist. For 14 years he was the coordinator of KlezKamp: The Yiddish Folk Arts Program, and co-founded Living Traditions, the non-prof it that sponsored it for seven of those years.

“The K lezmatics remain my primary musical outlet,” says Lorin, “but I have a couple of side projects: one is an ongoing series of programs of (primarily Hasidic) Jewish spiritual music with bandmate Frank London, the other is an exploration of the Yiddish and Irish song traditions with Dublin-born vocalist Susan McKeown.”

Lorin can be heard on some 50 CDs, and also composes and performs for film, dance, stage and circus, produces recordings, and teaches and lectures from London and Paris to Kiev and St. Petersburg. By day he continues to work as the sound archivist for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

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Saturday, April 25 & Sunday, April 26, 2020Shirley K. & Athanase J. Pasant Theatre

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CASTMiss Nelson/Coach Viola Swamp ......................................... Emily GroveCoach Armstrong/Principal Blandsworth .............................Sam McCallaDaniel #88/Mabel the Cafeteria Lady ........................... Parker FitzgeraldKenny #30 ....................................................................... Dakota DavisPatrick #63 ..................................................................Austin Ray BeckLauren the Cheerleader................................................... Morgan Maxey

Book, Music & Lyrics by JOAN CUSHING

Book, Music & Lyrics byK. DOUG MILLER

Musical Direction by PAMELA MCLAIN

Producer/Tour Director SALLY FIORELLO

Based on the book Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard & James MarshallText copyright © 1985 by Harry Allard. Performed by arrangement with

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

presents

Scenic Design byMICHELLE HARVEY

Lighting Design byJOHN MICHEAL MOSS II

Costume Design byLYLE HUGHTON

Stage Manager/Tech & Lighting Director

TREY NICHOLSON

Properties Design byBECK SCHLABACH

Audio Engineer/Asst. Technical Director

RYAN BRAZIL

Assistant Scenic DesignerBIANCA FOLGAR

Assistant Lighting DesignerWILL ELPHINGSTONE

Sound Design byMARCO SALINAS

MISS NELSON HAS A FIELD DAY

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Today’s performance will run approximately 65 minutes, with no intermission.

ROBYN FLATT (DCT Founder & Executive Artistic Director) co-founded DCT in 1984 with start-up funds of $500. Under her artistic leadership, the theater’s creative and operational stature has grown over the past 30 years to reflect its current annual budget of more than $4 million. Her theatrical career has brought her acclaim as a professional director, actor and lighting designer. During her tenure as a member of the Dallas Theater Center resident company, she served as assistant artistic director and director of Theater-in-the-Parks. She holds an MA degree from Baylor University and studied with Etienne Decroux, Jua na Laba n a nd Ha nya Holm. Among Ms. Flatt’s many acting credits include two roles she created for award-winning world-premiere productions: Dewey Dell in Journey to Jef ferson and Martha Ann Sickenger in Preston Jones’ The Oldest Living Graduate. Her directing credits at DCT include several world premiere adaptations by Linda Daugherty of Steven Kellogg’s story books; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Miracle Worker; Island of the Blue Dolphins; and other critically acclaimed productions such as And Then They Came For Me and To Kill a Mockingbird. She has served on the boards of AATE, ASSITEJ/USA, and CTFA. She is a recipient of the 500,

Inc.’s prestigious Ken Bryant Visionary Award, Dallas Historical Society’s 1999 Excellence in Community Service for Creative Arts, the 2002 Leon Rabin Standing Ovation Award, and the Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award. Ms. Flat t i s a member of the College of Fellows of American Theatre and was recently treasurer of the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. She was nominated by the Dallas Morning News arts staff for both the 2010 and 2015 Texan of the Year Award. Robyn was honored in 2016 with the Orlin Corey Award for Artistic Excellence from the American Alliance for Theater and Education.

K . DOUG MILLER (Director /Choreographer) is the director of the Musical Theater Conservatory and a resident director at Dallas Children’s Theater (DCT). His directing credits at DCT include the local productions and national tours of Stuart Little; The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs; Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type; Giggle, Giggle Quack ; and How I Became a Pirate. Other shows at DCT include A Charlie Brown Christmas; Into the Woods; ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and Miracle on 34th Street. He also served as performance director for Barney & Friends (PBS) for several seasons. Mr. Miller is a professional

MEET THE DIRECTORS

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EMILY GROVE (Miss Nelson/Coach Viola Swamp/Dance Captain) is excited to be making her DCT debut! Dallas For t Worth (DFW ) a rea cred it s include Marilyn Pursued by a Bear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lily &

Joan Theatre Company) and Bright Star (Firehouse Theatre). Emily has toured nationally with the Barter Players of Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA, and locally with Greenville Theatre in Greenville, SC.

MEET THE TOURING COMPANY

union stage and broadcast actor and has directed at most professional theaters in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and Oklahoma. He has received the Dallas Theatre League, The Column, Dallas Observer, and the prestigious DFW Critics Forum Awards for Acting & Directing.

PAMELA McLAIN (Musical Director) has been a musical director, pianist and instructor in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for almost 20 years and f irst came to DCT in 2005 as the pianist for a staged reading of The Music Lesson. In the following years, she played for several DCT camps and auditions. More recently, she served as musical director for DCT’s main-stage productions of Seussical; Goosebumps: Phantom of the Auditorium; Tomas and the Library Lady; The Snowy Day; Ella Enchanted ; DCT Academy’s Next Stop Broadway; and this season’s productions of Little Women and School House Rock. Pam is also an instructor for DCT’s Musical Theatre Conservatory and for the Blue Pegasus Players, DCT’s class programming for students with sensory processing issues and other special needs.

SALLY FIORELLO (Producer/Tour Director) began her association with Dallas Children’s Theater in 1984 and has since served as a director, designer, actor and consultant for numerous DCT productions. In 1998 she joined the staff as producing director of the national touring company. Miss Nelson Has a Field Day marks her 22nd touring production in a distinguished line of shows, which includes the nationally acclaimed And Then They Came For Me; Most Valuable Player; and A Midnight Cry: The Underground Railroad to Freedom, which she also directed. She has worked as a designer and/or performer with The Haymarket Theater Company, Pegasus Theater, the Dallas Symphony, the Dallas Opera, Bootstraps Comedy Theater and the Broadway touring production of Patio/Porch. As a master puppeteer and senior designer with the critically acclaimed Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts, Ms. Fiorello has performed throughout the country and served as art director for the award-winning children’s television pilot Discovery Outpost. Ms. Fiorello is a recipient of the Dallas Theater Critics Forum Award.

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PARKER FITZGERALD (Daniel #88/Mabel the Cafeteria Lady/Company Manager) is thrilled to be on his sixth national tour, and his second with Dallas Children’s Theater. Audiences wi l l remember h im a s the ka rate chopping Ant in last season’s Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly. DCT mainstage credits include Suessical, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and The Jungle Book. On tour, he appeared for two seasons in both Casa Mañana’s Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells and Wishing Star Production’s Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer: The Musical. An active member of the DFW theater community for over a decade, he has been seen onstage at Casa Mañana, Lyric Stage, Theater Three, and others. Parker holds a BA in theatre from Texas Wesleyan University.

AUSTIN RAY BECK (Patrick #63) is beyond thrilled to make his touring debut with Dallas Children’s Theater. His acting credits include Thalia in Xanadu, Sky in Mamma Mia!, Riff in West Side Story, Nathan Leopold in Thrill Me, and Carlos in Legally Blonde. Mr. Beck is a trained dancer in multiple styles, has choreographed numerous musicals, and teaches dance to a wide variety of ages. He would like to thank his friends, family and his two cats, Jack & Tobias, for all their love and support! He couldn’t do it without y’all.

TREY NICHOLSON (Stage Manager/Technical Director/Lighting Director) returns to DCT’s national tour where

he served as last season’s lighting director & assistant technical director. Trey is an accomplished lighting technician local to the Orlando, FL, area. Prior to joining DCT’s national tour, he was the resident designer for the Putnam County School District in his hometown of Palatka, FL – a position he enjoyed as an opportunity to educate youth in the area about the wonders of technical theater. Trey’s regional credits include Ghost the Musical; Always...Patsy Cline; Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery; Elvis Has Left the Building; Guarded (world premiere); The Rocky Horror Show; Legends in Concert; and more!

SAM McCALLA (Coach Armstrong/Principal Blandsworth) is delighted to be making his Dallas Children’s Theater debut! His DFW area credits include Shakespeare in Love (Shakespeare Dallas), Our Town (Circle Theatre), and Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (Casa Mañana). Sam has also worked regionally with Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA, National Theatre for Children in Minneapolis, MN, Greenville Theatre in Greenville, SC, and Village Repertory Company in Charleston, SC.

DAKOTA DAVIS (Kenny #30) is so excited to be making his touring debut with Dallas Children’s Theater! His DFW credits include Mush in Newsies (Lyric Stage), Sonny in Xanadu and Malcolm in The Full Monty (MainStage Irving-Las Colinas), Johnny Casino in Grease (Firehouse Theatre), and

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Caleb in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Garland Summer Musica ls). Mr. Davis holds a BFA in musical theatre from Hardin-Simmons University. Unrelenting thanks and praise to Sophia, Rose, and Blanche. Thank you for being a friend.

MORGAN MA XEY (Lauren the Cheerleader) is ecstatic to be making her touring debut with Dallas Children’s Theater. DFW area credits include ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Oliver!, and The Wizard of Oz (Casa Mañana); Sophie in Mamma Mia! (Brick Road Theatre); Polly in The Boyfriend and Lucy in Bright Star (The Firehouse Theatre); and Hello, Dolly! and Kiss Me, Kate (Garland Summer Musicals). Ms. Maxey holds a BFA in theatre

performance from Baylor University.RYAN BR AZIL (Audio Engineer/Assistant Technical Director) holds a BFA in theatre with an emphasis in design and technology from Sam Houston State University. He has worked several seasons at Six Flags Over Texas where he was the sound assistant to the entertainment sound supervisor. Locally, Ryan has served as sound engineer for the Texas Shakespeare Festival, Theatre Arlington and Rover DramaWerks. He was awarded second place in the 2014 Kennedy Center College Theatre Festival National Sound Design Competition for his work on Machinal by Sophie Treadwell. Ryan would like to thank his friends and family for their support and love.

DCT PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

Production Manager ................................................................................. JUSTIN A MILLERAsst. Production Manager/Rental Coordinator ......................................JANEL VILLATOROTechnical Director ..............................................................................................JOSH SMITHAssistant Technical Director ................................................................JEFFREY STANFIELDStaff Master Electrician ........................................................................JASON MONMANEYElectrician.............................................................................................. ALLIE BUTEMEYERCostume Shop Manager .............................................................................LYLE HUGHTONAudio Engineer .................................................................................BRIAN CHRISTENSENFacilities & Education Production Manager ................................... JOHN MICHEAL MOSSScenic Artist ............................................................................................... EMIY HAUEISENCarpenters ................................GUS CORTEZ, JUSTIN HIGGINS, ALLIE BUTEMEYERProduction Interns ........................... EMILI RAMOS,ALEXANDER DELACRUZ-NUNEZ

Dallas Children’s Theater’s Production Staff is responsible for all sets, costumes, lighting, props, furniture, scenic painting, sound, and special effects used in this production.

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CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MUSIC THAT ENDED WWII

Wednesday, May 13, 2020Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall

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Tonight’s program will run approximately 110 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission.

DAVINA and THE VAGABONDSDavina Lozier: Piano & VocalsZack Lozier: Trumpet & Vocals

Andrew Foreman: BassConnor McRae Hammergren: Drums Vocals

Ben Link: Trombone

HOT CLUB OF COWTOWNElana James: Fiddle & VocalsWhit Smith: Guitar & Vocals

Jake Erwin: Bass & Vocals

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the iconic music that ended WWII, the legendary tunes of Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Louis Prima, The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald and more are brought to life by two remarkable bands, each with their own dynamic sound and style. Davina and the Vagabonds’ edgy vocals and superlative musicianship combine jazz and the blues for a uniquely ageless sound while the Texas trio, Hot Club of Cowtown, ignites the stage with their hot jazz and Western swing.

DAVINA & THE VAGABONDSAND

HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN

THE FINEST HOUR

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DAVINA and THE VAGABONDSSET LIST

I Wonder

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street

The Patty Cake Man

That Old Black Magic

Is You is or is You Ain’t My Baby

As Time Goes By

Four or Five Times

Knock Me a Kiss

Too Late to Worry Too Blue to Cry

Caldonia

I’m Beginning to See the Light

Evil Gal Blues

Boogie – Woogie Na Favela

It’s Been a Long, Long Time

Salt Peanuts

Intermission

Louis Armstrong – Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Mae Morse – Louis Prima

Louis Jordan – Billie Holiday – Ink Spots – Dinah Shore

Dizzy Gillespie – Helen Forest – Al Dexter – Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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HOT CLUB OF COWTOWNSET LIST

A number of these songs – but not all of them – will be performed tonight

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Along the Navajo Trail

Autumn Leaves

Besame Mucho

Don’t Fence Me In

Far Away Blues

I’ll Be Seeing You

It Had to Be You

It’s Only a Paper Moon

J’Attendrai

Loverman

My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time

Oklahoma Hills

Shame on You

Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight

Stay a Little Longer

They Took the Stars Out of Heaven

You Don’t Care What Happens to Me

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David Slater & Julia Goatley ** Joan E. Wright, MPH, Ph.D.

Business Retailers Insurance Company

SAPPHIRE CIRCLE ($6,000 & above) Gerald & Jean Aben Ken & Sandy Beall Sally & Ralph Beebe John & Marie Black Carol & Ronald Dooley Mohamed Elnabtity, MD, FACS & Rania Zagho Dr. Hiram & Dolores Fitzgerald Gina & Scott Golde Nancy & Mark Hollis Dr. Ronald N. & Carol R. Horowitz Charlene Lazette Susan & Michael Maasberg P. Chad & Rebecca Myers Dr. Douglas & Mrs. Arlene Ruben Eloy J. Trevino Clifton & Dolores Wharton Jeff D. Williams & Joy M. Whitten Susan & Kenneth Wisser

Businesses Ingham County and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing Clark Trombley Randers Consulting Engineers Rick’s American Cafe/Harrison RoadHouse/Beggar’s Banquet Mayberry Homes Oral Surgery Associates of Lansing Palmer, Bush & Jensen Family Funeral Homes Paramount Gourmet Coffee PNC Bank Portnoy & Tu DDS, PC Tri-Star Trust Bank Warner Norcross + Judd LLP Inner Circle Wharton Gifts

GARNET CIRCLE ($4,500 & above) Anonymous ** Mary Anne Adams Janet Alleman-Trumbull, Ph.D. & George T. Trumbull ** Richard & Susan Bingham Michael Costello Lynette & Robert Davison David & Constance Donovan

** Robin & Sharron Frucci ** Dr. Charles & Marjorie Gliozzo ** Melody & Frederick Hasselback Victoria & Kevin Kell ** Margaret F. Metzger Scott & Stacey Schabel Diane & James Shaheen ** Mary & Jay Smith Karen E. Spak & Dale K. Howe Gary L. Stone Christine & Michael Swords Helen & Robert Ward

Businesses AF Group The Centennial Group Granger

DIAMOND CIRCLE ($3,000 & above) Anonymous ** Virginia P. Allen Allyse & David Anderson ** Carol & Michael Anderson Dr. James Bader & Merri Van Dyke Laurie & Lawrence Bass Bob & Tami Bauer Thomas & David Block-Easterday Peggy & Mike Brand John & Martha Brick Dr. Paul H. & Carol B. Conn DeDe & Rick Coy James & Patricia Croom Eileen Ellis Sandy & Gary Evans Judith & Sam Eyde Erin Frisch & Andrew Hagman Betty Gadaleto Phillip & Nancy Harns ** Dale & Mary Harpstead Sally & Jeffrey Harrold Dave Havrilla & Karen Bush Havrilla Donald & Jan Hines Patty & John Hollenbeck Mark & Marcia Hooper James & Rosalie Huber Bob Hughes & Dianne Sheppard Teri & William Hull Mr. Stuart P. Jeffares & Dr. Kim Coleman Barbara & Thomas Kovachic Jackie & Bill Lack Jane & David Ledebuhr Vivian Leung & James Sype * Douglas Mains Georgia Markakis

Wharton Center gratefully recognizes our Circle Members for their philanthropiccontribution to Wharton Center’s general fund. Donations are used each season to support

operating expenses not covered through ticket sales.

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appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

** Audrey Martin ** Pamela & Joseph Mauro Melanie & Benjamin McGuire Marvin McKinney James M. & Sue O. Miller Marianne Miller ** Connie Mohney ** Michael & Betty Moore David & Karen Noe Katherine & George Noirot Marilyn & George Nugent ** David & Marilyn Nussdorfer Vincent & Nicole Nystrom ** Mary Lou O’Connell Brad & Barbara J. Oyer Mr. & Mrs. James D. Parish Lori Shader-Patterson & Ronan Patterson Mr. Dennis J. & Mrs. Debra L. Perry Drs. William & Linda Peterson Mary Beth & John Pirich Mary & Edgar Ploor Rodney & Therese Poland ** Brenda & Stephen Ramsby Victor Rauch & Ellen DeRosia Gary Reetz & Barb Stone Reetz Julie & Rolland Scheels ** Scott & Deb Sellers Dr. Lawrence & Mrs. Arlene Sierra Ronald & Mary Simon Harvey & Barbara Sparks ** Lisa L. Swem & Elizabeth A. Hoger Frank & Avril Tegge Sharon & Russell Thornton, II Richard D. Weingartner Brian & Denise Williams Robert Zelmanski & Milo Woodard William Woodbury & Jody Young-Woodbury Judith A & Dr Paul M Zack Lyn Donaldson Zynda

Businesses ** Arts Midwest Touring Fund Brogan, Reed, Van Gorder &Associates/ Ohio National Financial Services Comerica Foundation Foresight Group, Inc. Honigman, LLP Lansing Board of Water & Light ** Lansing Institute of Behavioral Medicine Plante & Moran, PLLC ProAssurance Casualty Company Richmond Brothers Wolverine Development Corporation

CRYSTAL CIRCLE ($1,850 & above) Anonymous Dr. Beth Alexander Sharon & Bruce Ashley Lynn & Michael Atkins

Dr. Steven & Mrs. Janise Aubry ** The Honorable Laura L. Baird & George Zulakis Susan & Scott Baldwin Scott & Amy Basel Leslie M. Behm Robert F. & Cheryl L. Best Carolyn & Bob Boger Charles & Kathleen Bonneau Cara A. Boucher Michele Boutwell Diane M. & Brian W. Brady ** Phil & Vicky Branstetter David & Patricia Brogan Greg & Chrissie Brogan Virginia & Kenneth Brooks Theresa & Joseph Butcher Barry J. Carr Drs. Chu-Hsiang Chang & Russell Johnson Sue & Mark Chatterley Gerry Lynne & Tom Chirgwin Wendy & Eric Cook Elaine V. Cowen Dr. Julie A. Dodds & William Humphrey Judith & Douglas Drake Sharon Ellis & Mark Henne Judith & Michael Flintoff Gloria & Robert Floden Kathy E. Fore Gretchen & John Forsyth Van & Marci Fox Janet & Richard Fullmer Mary Lou & Roland Gifford Glenn & Trish Granger Mr. & Mrs. John O. Grettenberger Mark & June Haas Cindy Hales Joyce & Dennis Haner Vanessa & Steve Harkins Cynthia & Patrick Harrington ** Dr. Lauren Julius Harris Lawrence & Mary Hennessey Bob & Michelle Hill Heidi & Joseph Holicki Barbara & Jerome Hubbuch Brian Huggler & Ken Ross Laurie & Tomas Hult Jon P. Humiston Karin & Mark Jaeger Dr. Rafael Javier & Dr. Mary P. Sharp Dr. Tom M. & Jane S. Johnson Stephanie & Peter Kramer Elaine Kritselis & Nicholas Kritselis Cathy & Craig Lazar Mike & Sue Leffler ** Jason Lilly & Dana Tatman-Lilly Donald Loding & Sharon Watson ** Olin & Jan Mace Dena & Michael Markey

Drs. Cathleen McGreal & William Kerry Miller Judge David & Nancy McKeague Barbara D. McMillan ** Patrick McPharlin Richard & Susan Mermelstein Cathleen & Russell Meska ** Dr. Brandon Minnick & Summer Minnick David & Jill Mittleman Dr. Thomas K. & Sheila T. Moore C.A. & T.A. Moyerbrailean Barbara & Stephen Musselman ** Timothy Nelson ** Donna & Gerald Oade Dr. J. Keith & Helen Ostien ** Theresa & Timothy Owen Jon-Jay & Ross Pechta Drs. Chris & Debra Peterson Mark Reckase Kerry & John Roberts * Michael & Elaine Serling C. Edward Sherry Eric Simmons & Dr. Carol A. Miskell Simmons Dr. S. Paul Singh ** Dr. & Mrs. David B. Smith ** Deidre & Douglas Smith Kathryn & Scott Smith ** Dan & Jean Snyder Kathleen M. Soltow * Dr. Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. & Dr. Ellen Li Rich & Trish Steffens Lanette Stevens & Roger Brooks Sandra C. & Noel W. Stuckman Lori & Rich Studley Dr. Dennis J. & Mary Dawn Sullivan Joni & John Sztykiel Michael L. Thomson Susan & Jack Townsend Bruce & Beverly VandenBerg Lynne & Ted VanDeventer Merrilyn C. Vaughn-Hoffman Dr. Henry M. & Cathy J. Vaupel John Wales Christine & Jeffrey West James White & Martha Shortlidge White ** Rajkumari & Richard Wiener Carolyn & John Willoughby Joan & Richard Witter Linda & Michael Woodrow Andrea L. Wulf John A. & Judy A. Wurzler Rhonda & David Zimmerman

Businesses Comprehensive Psychological Services, P.C. Coral Gables Restaurant Governmental Consultant Services, Inc. Karyn’s Dance Place, Inc. L.O. Eye Care

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appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

** Maner Costerisan Mercantile Bank of Michigan Michigan State Medical Society ** Oade, Stroud & Kleiman, P.C. Piper & Gold Public Relations SuttonAdvisors, PLC TechSmith Corporation ** Window World

PLATINUM CIRCLE ($1,250 & above) Anonymous Norman Abeles Dr. Nwando Achebe & Dr. Folu Ogundimu Becky & Brian Acheson Richard & Dawn Adams Larry Alber & Patricia White * Deanna & Gregory Alwin William & Emily Anderson Jill M. Andringa David Arend & Telka Arend-Ritter Michael & Lisa Ash Robert & Lorna Ashley Jacqueline & Philip Babcock Dr. & Mrs. John A. Baker, III Jill Baker Deborah & Clark Ballard Greg & Michele Ballein Joyce M. Banish Bob Bao Lorie Seitz-Barbieri & Charles E. Barbieri Patricia Lloyd Barnas & John Barnas Lawrence A. Barnes Drs. Patricia Barnes-McConnell & David McConnell Donald & Neil Baron Andrew & Lisa Barrone Gregory & Lisa Basore Jacob Beningo Susan & Vincent Benivegna Dana & Richard Bennett David & Mindy Berridge Jennifer & David Bertram Nancy & Monty Bieber Monique & Roy Bierwirth Linda & James Bissell Danielle & William Bivens Jason & Danielle Blanchard Michael & Nancy Bobinski Drs. David & Diane Boes Candyce L. Boyd ** Susy & Howard Bradshaw Anita & Mark Brett Dr. John C. & Susan H. Brewster Dr. Daniel A. & Leona B. Bronstein David B. Brower Angela & Gregory Brown Peggy Pawelek Brown & Alex Brown Penny & Gary Brydges ** Richard & Shirley Buckmaster Rhonda & Michael Bueche

Sandra Burr David Byrens * Sherri & Andrew Campbell John & Irene Cantlon Jeanne Cargill Donna Carpenter Denise & Thomas Carr Julie Cavanaugh Patrick & Joanne Cebelak Eleanor Chapin Dr. Leonard H. & Eleanor M. Charchut Drs. Steve & Heather Charchut Thomas Cobb Maria Constant Byron & Dee Cook Lynn D. Cooper Corie Costello Ruth & Richard Cottrell Dr. John P. & Martha K. Couretas Kimberly & Colin Cronin Koula Curtis Mike & Gloria Danek Diana D’Angelo & Dr. Martin Hawley Jennifer & Matt Danko Stephen W. Davey William Davidson II & Mary M. DuChene * Jana & Randall Dean Ernest & Janet Delfosse Kathleen & Kenneth Deneau Patrick & Robin Dickson Dr. Christina D. Difonzo ** Sara & Brent Dolan Kathleen & Thomas Dominguez Debora & Richard Doubrava Kelly & Erik Drake Judith Dunn Julie & John DuPuis Janet Emery Samuel & Tracey Epley Dr. Eva L. Evans David Evjen & Megan Halpern Robert J. & Janet Fabiano Dale F. & Kathleen C. Feldpausch Maureen Fitzsimmons Nova & William Fleming Trustee Melanie & John Foster ** Kenneth Frankland Harry Fratzke Barbara J. Frey & Nicholas R. Thines Matthew Frisch & Family ** Deborah Galvan Carol Gatewood Jill Gawronski David A. & Debra R. Gift Dr. & Mrs. Gary Gillespie Scott & Sara Gillespie Jay Gillotte Diane & John Goddeeris Michael & Ruth Goergen John F. Goodwin & Sheri Thelander

** Shawn & Theresa Grady Pamela L. Gray David & Lorraine Green Margie Griffith Renee & John Gulliver Kiran & Sanjay Gupta Drs. Dave & Rashi Gupta Debra J. Hahn James & Elizabeth Hallan Susan B. Hallman & Juris Pagrabs Alane & Philip Hanses Dr. Stephen B. & Karen L. Harsh Ruth & Larry Hartwig Jennifer Hawkins ** Bill & Marti Heil Jan Hemenway Susan & Michael Henderson ** Dr. Ralph E. & Patricia A. Hepp Eric & Kristie Hewitt Lisa Hildorf & Mark Castellani Eric W. Hoffman Kathleen & Joel Hoffman Jacqueline & Donald Holecek Meegan Holland Steven & Robin Hooks David D. & Iris O. Horner Anne M. House Carrie & Maxie Jackson Debra & William Jackson Sharon Jaksa Dr. Michael & Wendy James Karen & Jerry Jennings Sandra & Richard Johnson Timothy J. Johnson Drs. Margaret Z. & John W. Jones Clarence S. Jones Edwardeen & Paul Jones ** Karen Jurgensen & Robert Parks Goran & Mandy Jurkovic Kavita & Prashanth Kale Timothy & Melissa Kaltenbach Dr. Padmani Karna Dr. John E. & Jean P. Kaufmann David & Holly Kazyak Mollie Keifer MaryJo & Arthur Kelley Neelam Kher & Susan Molstad Drs. J. James & Gloria H. Kielbaso Marsha & Warren Kifferstein Judy Kleeves Martha & Lee Kliebert Sally & Richard Knoll Kevin W. Korpi Karen & Patrick Kozdron Antonia & James Kraus Janet & David Kuehn Pat & Donald Lamison Dr. Ronald & Dawn Lanford Thomas & Bonnie Lawitzke Don LeDuc & Susan Coley

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appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

Christine & John Leodler Laurie Linscott & Irving Lesher, III James Levande Cheryl & James Little Pam & Gus Lluberes Beth & Terrence Lower Beth Lundy Ralph & Judith MacKenzie Clare Mackey Katrina & Larry Mackley William & Erin Mansfield Sandra & W.D. Mason Michelle Massey Billi D. Mathias ** Aaron Maturen Denise Maybank Gabriele Mayer & Steven Pueppke Dr. Colin & Sharen Mayers Maddie & Jason McCormack Nancy & Bruce McFee Mara McGill Drs. Dennis L. & Estelle J. McGroarty Richard D. McLellan, J.D. Irene M. Mead Pamela Mesack Rachel & Gregoire Michaud Carol & Doug Miller Dr. James Miller & Dr. Rebecca Lehto Robert D. Miller Suzanne Mills Lyle Mindlin & Julie Laframboise ** Robin & Betsy Miner Swartz Thomas O. & Patricia M. Mitchel Monika Mohan & James Salliotte David C. Molenaar Elizabeth Moore ** Andrina & Douglas Morence Mike Mowery Nancy Muhlbach ** Edward & Jean Napierala Dr. Patrick & Erika Noud Dr. Harold E. & Donna M. Old, Jr. Lizabeth & Mark Olson Dr. Dawn S. & Mr. Ryan B. Opel Eric & Shelbie Opiela Valerie A. Osowski Joseph G. & Lorraine E. Osypczuk * Sandra & Gary Paesens Bridget & John Paff Donald Noble & Christine Pahssen-Noble Ellen & Douglas Paige W. Spencer Parshall Richard A. & Susan E. Patterson ** James & Jennifer Paul Gay & Dwight Peterson Christal & Gar Pettit ** William & Mary Pfaff ** Judith Pieczynski David J. Price & Marcie J. Alling Bonnie & Dick Radway

John & Cindy Raven John & Leza Rebera Tom & Mary Reed Jeanne Eberle Richter & Dr. Melissa Halvorson Smith Nora Rifon, Ph.D Nancy & Mitchell Rinek Brendan & Kimberly Ringlever Vivianne & Anthony Robinson Margaret A. Rohman Marcia & Stanley Rosol Albert Ross & Lori Jungbluth-Ross Laurie M. Rozek Gary Rudnicki Shirley & David Rumminger Nancy & Richard Runels Marcia & David Rysztak Karen M. Salmon William F. & Mary L. Savage Earl & Margarette Schmidt Jerry R. & Pamela J. Schreiner Catherine & Gary Schrock ** Cathleen & James Schultz Stephen Schwitzer Brent & Kimberly Scott James Sellman Margery S. & Lawrence H. Shanker Scott & Charlotte Sherman Mary Kay & Tom Shields Stacy & Michael Shingles Dr. David A. & Ann D. Shneider Martha & Richard Simonds Barbara & Karl Sjolander Barbara Smith Jeannette & John Smith Kimberly Snook Sandra E. Soifer & Paul Goldner William & Mary Lou Somerville Brian & Cindy Sommer ** Linda Sowers Robert & Wendi Spagnuolo Dottie & James Spousta Glinda Starr Jim & Sharon Stock Jacqueline M. Stowell Katie & Philip Strong John Stucko Rosie Swart Dr. Peter B. & Victoria L. Tacia Thomas & Ruth Taliaferro William & Joianne Tennant Stephen & Carol Terry Phyllis & Mark Thode Carolyn & Bob Thomas Drs. Michael & Suzanne Thomashow Diane & Paul Thompson Paula & Mark Thompson Dr. John E. & Trena E. Thornburg ** Renee J. Tierney * Avni & Harnoor Tokhie

Marcia & Michael Torrey Madeline Trimby & Robert Walter Dr. Gregory M. & Joan M. Uitvlugt Catherine A. Variano Patricia & John Wald Timothy Walling & Bobbette Marantette-Walling JoAnn & George Walter William Weiner & Paula Latovick ** Carol M. Welch Darlene & Bob Wenner Dr. Craig & Cindy Wheeler Laura & Roger Wilkinson Angela Wilson Robert & Catherine Wilson * Margaret & William Woehrle Dr. Joan E. Wood Patricia Wysong Thomas Yaksich Peter & Christen Yoo Mark J. & Andrea R. Zajac Dr. Mathew & Jennifer Zatkin Kyan & Steven Zeller Amanda & Kurt Zinn Timothy J. Zlomak & Colin E. Ohl Konny & Nikki Zsigo

Businesses B/A Florist & Plant House Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau Modern Bookkeeping Serkaian Communications Van Atta’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop

GOLD CIRCLE ($650 & above) Anonymous ** Jane Andros Frank Baker Jack Baker & Robert Welch ** Fred Baker-Nowinski * Sherry Barnhart Shannon & Mark Beckman Sara & Scott Bernstein Carol L. Besse Paula & Roger Bjornstad ** Leonard Bornor & Penny Wallace Alexis & Dennis Branoff Gretchen Bria David J. & Loretta K. Briggs * Scott Brooks Dr. Suzanne H. Brouse William & Cheryl Bupp Joan Burke ** Lawrence P. & JoAnne A. Burrill ** Carl A. Calille * Beverly & Mark Campbell Nancy & Thomas Campbell Marlene & David Carron ** Laurie & David Chapin

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appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

Lyle & Lois Chick ** Gary L. & Judy H. Clark ** Thomas L. & Jan L. Clark Barbara & James Cleland ** Marion & George P. Contompasis Joy L. Costar Nancy E. Craig ** Al Crooke ** Patricia & John Czarnecki Julie E. Day Cheree A. De Golia ** Sharon R. DeBar Carol S. Demlow Maureen & Douglas DeYoung Kathi Dunn Dr. James & Marcia Engelkes ** Lorel & Thomas Evans ** Martha E. Ewing Mike Farrell Theresa A. Fedewa-Wells J. Louise & John Findley ** Mary Jane Flanagan & Grant Skomski Mark & Stephanie Fleming Kris Flint Mary & Ralph Fogwell David & Janis Forbord ** Dan Fox ** Lisa & Jay Francisco Mary & Paul Gadola Alice Gale & Michael Spaniolo Theresa Gale ** Laurie & James Gallagher Jennifer & Michael Gardner Joyce Gingrich Nancy S. Gott ** Judy Green & G. Ron Welch ** Richard D. & Patricia K. Greene ** Arnold Greenfield & Patricia Brown Kimberly Griffin & Bruce Rowe ** Subhash Gupta & Joanne Sorlie Susan & Jonathan Hall ** Patricia & Raymond Hammerschmidt Jill & Scott Henry James & Mayette Hicks Suzette & Konrad Hittner Marti Howe Martha & Marquis Hudson Jack & Roberta Jacobowitz Dr. Richard S. Johnson Barry & Janice Johnson Douglas Johnston ** Julie & Donald Kagey Donna & Michael Kaplowitz Catherine Kerschen ** Marsha & Timothy Kessler * Elizabeth & James Kinsey Karen A. Kiser ** Sheri A. Knowles David & Aletha Kuenstler James D. & Kathleen M. Lammers

** Mary Ellen Lane Drs. Peter A. & Glenda L. Lappan ** Cleo-Rae Lavey ** Donna & Carl Lawson Tammy S. Leach Dr. Carol B. Levin Melissa & James Lewis Stephen & Iris Linder ** Doreen J. Logan ** Susan Long Brad & April Lunsford ** Samuel & Rita Luppo Lois Lynch Diann Maldonado Cosme Daniel & Tracey Malin Roger & Carolyn Manning ** Veronica & David Matejko Mary McCulloch Rebekah & Michael McKenney ** Dr. David W. & Alison K. Michelson Drs. Robert J. Miller & Shelagh Ferguson-Miller Kenneth Milne & Ellen Rasmussen Milne Jana & John Moore ** Linda Mulder Dr. Benson S. & Bette J. Munger Patricia K. Munshaw & Dana Munshaw Brazil Judith & Wayne Niles Barbara & Kevin Nilsen * Katie & Richard Norton ** Shari & James Nussdorfer Ann E. Parker Laurie & Curtis Parker * George Parkerson ** David R. & Judy K. Pfaff Carma Philip Jane & Craig Pilditch ** Laura J. Priebe Siri & David Rainone ** Daniel & Lucy Reeves Helen G. Reinhart ** Diane & John Revitte Thomas & Susan Rippy Gail & John Roberts Barbara Robie Marilyn & Lowell Rothert Anne Kelly-Rowley & Jerry Rowley Alice Schehr Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Schiffer Vicki & Larry Schneider Mary & David Sciamanna Kandice L. Scott Zelda Seidenberg Tim & Rene Shireman Jeffrey B. Simbob ** Pauline Sondag ** Subhash Gupta & Joanne Sorlie Brenda & James Spackman ** Steven T. & Esther M. Spees

Carol Squires Vesna & Gordan Srkalovic Laura D. Stebbins * Brian Stonestreet Dr. Gale M. Strasburg & Christine H. Reay ** Dr. Leslie N. & Anne P. Stumpos * Donald Thomas Teresa & Roger Thornburg ** James Tidd Ilene Tomber ** Sherry & Peter Trezise ** Alexa Marie Vitek ** Carol & John Voss ** Dr. John & Angie Walling, Jr. Stephanie & Stephen Ward Rochelle & Robert Washabaugh Dr. Richard P. Weber Col. Joseph L. Webster, Jr. Jane & Clarence Weiss Barbara S. Wepman Jefferson & Wendy Westwood Dr. John White, Jr. Linda & Scott Wilson Amy J. Winans Nancy Wing Drs. Richard & Andrea Witkowski ** Karen Wood ** Valerie & Christopher Wright Corinne R. Wynants-Jankowski Sally & James Young ** Yasmeen & Kevin Youngs ** Ms. Sandra Zarr

SILVER CIRCLE ($300 & above) Anonymous Nancy L. Abramson Donna Ackley Edith & Bruce Allen Judith & Alex Allie Jennifer & Matthew Allswede David & Gloria Ambrose Connie & Matthew Anderson Jeanne & Jason Tippett Kip J. Anderson ** Gloria & Stephen Anderson Sarah & James Anderton Rebecca S. Armstrong Robert Arnold Mary Jo & William Atchison Kathryn & James Ault Sam M. & Mary E. Austin Katherine K. & John R. Aylsworth Valma Bader & Richard Randolph Carolyn & William Baird Carol & David Baker Suzanne C. & Samuel A. Baker Beth Barna Cloyd W. & Candace J. Barnes Kelly Barson Dale Bartlett

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appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

Kelly Bartlett Pamela & Paul Bartlett * Annette Barton Paula & Don Batch Susan Bathke & Stuart Landay ** Karen & Robert Batterham Joan Bauer Kenneth C. Beachler ** Carol & Richard Beard Laurie Bechhofer & Leon Puttler Susan Fleming Bence & James Bence Cheryl L. Benjamin Jessica A. Bennett Stewart Binke & Christine Nichols * Andrea & Lance Binoniemi Karen & Thomas Bird Charlene Birgy Pamela & Donald Bishop Charlee & Alan Black William G. Blanchard ** Brooke & James Bleicher Larry & Ryan Fewins-Bliss Gilbert J. Blok Sarah Blom ** Cheryl & Stephen Blonde Coralene & Basil Bloss Lance & Angie Boldrey Diane Boroughf Jeff Borton & Barbara Anderson-Borton Susan L. Brand Michael & Deborah Brenton Allison Breuer ** Doris Brewer & Thera Curtis Patricia & George Brookover Eileen Brooks Arlene M. Brophy Julie & Ross Brower Arlene & Daniel Brown Jane M. Buher * Tyson Burghardt, M.D. Linda Burnard Patricia Burton Sherry Byrnes JodieAnn Boyd Cady & Dean A. Cady Kristen & Shawn Calabrese Anita Calcagno Karen & John Caldwell Andrea & Doug Campbell Anna & Dennis Campbell ** Julie Ann & James Campbell Michael & Cheryl Cardamoni Brian Carter & Michelle LaFave Debra Chamberlain Michael Chapman & Gary Lindsay Nancy K. Chapman & Robert Karabees Kay Cherry Cynthia & Edgar Church Shelley & Ronald Cichy Alexis & Gerald Clark * Carolyn & Mark Clark

Marjory L. Clay Dr. James S. & Constance R. Close Dr. David J. & Noel E. Closs ** Susan & Peter Cobbett Connie Cogswell ** Denise & Patrick Cole David K. & Nancy A. Colflesh ** Paul & Tracy Collins Joshua Collopy Charles H. & Judith L. Connelly Andrew P. & Sandra D. Conner Jacqueline & Bruce Cook Sarah & Steven Cook ** Michelle Coolidge * Kelly Coppins Tom & Sherry Corwin Darlene Costello * James & Kimberly Cotter Carol & Howard Cousineau Geoffrey Cradit & Joyce O’Brien-Cradit Carol & Robert Cramer David & Loraine Craun Linda & Louis Cravotta Peter & Karen Cronk Vickie Crouch Connie & Robert Cullum ** Dale Dadd & Valerie Shebroe Elizabeth & Douglas Daligga William D. & Linda E. Dansby Don Davis Paula & Theodore Debnar William & Nancy DeFrance Sherri DeMarco & Joseph Ross Kathryn Dewsbury-White & Gilbert White Robert C. Dickins Judith & Daniel Dickinson * Linda & Jonathan Dickinson Deborah Diesen Ms. Terra Dodds Eleanor Doersam Debra & Lewis Dotterer Phillip Doud Tad & Sue Duemler Teresa & Rick DuPuis Jeanette M. Eastham Peter & Janice Eckel Dr. Patricia A. Edwards Georganne D. Ehlert Janet & Gerald Eidt Ellen M. Eisele Dr. Frances F. Ekern Corless & Keith Eldred Katherine & Trent English Nancy Enslin * Courtney Estala Patricia A. Fackler Beverly & Robert Fairbanks Kimberly & Daniel Farley Mary Farrand ** Samuel F. & Elizabeth M. Febba

Beth Fields Joseph Filip Steve & Nicky Findley Jill & Jerome Fine Timothy Fisher ** Jim & Elaine Flore ** Joan Forgrave ** Jackie & James Forkner ** Barbara & James Forney Richard W. Fortner Joan A. Foss Gerald C. Fox Phyllis & Ronald Fox ** Pamela Fraley Betty L. Francis Janet & Ed Franks Deb Freeman Jean & Arthur Frentz Susan & Chris Friend Ruth Galas Jason Galicki Sarah & Joseph Garcia ** Ray Garcia Jennifer & John Garcia ** David Gard & Gwen Wittenbaum ** Thomas Giddings Linn & Troy Gladstone Anna Glaser-Platte & Jerry Platte Kenneth S. & Karen B. Glickman Dr. George & Susan Graeber Kay & Andrew Granskog Anne & William Seery Jean Green Timothy D. Greenman Kim & Ronald Grinnell Roger & Marilyn Grove Mark & Linda Grua Dr. Peter & Charlotte Gulick, Sr. Celia & Igor Guro Kurt & Barbara Guter Al Hakala Lauren Hall-Tate Donna Hamilton Kurt & Claire Hankenson Janette H. Price Deborah L. Harrison Theresa Harrison Linda Harrold William & Joan Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Hastay Kendra & Edward Heath Sha’marie Heberer Colleen & Eric Hegg Margo Heiden Patrice & James Heinzman Christine Hennessey Dr. Richard E. & Lynn O. Hensen * Constance Henslee Susan & Robert Herner Donna Herrle

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appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

Tom & Michele Hile Linda L. Hill Susan HIll & Connor Shelton Marlene & Robert Hind Mr. & Mrs. Douglas & Marisol Hissong Ann Hoisington & Dean Kimmith Charles & Elizabeth Holcomb Marie & Douglas Holem ** Melvin & Verna Holley * John Holmstrom & Theresa Barnes-Holmstrom Drs. Frederick L. & Barbara A. Honhart Richard Honicky & Kathleen King Terri J. Hooper Roger Hoopingarner & Marian Stoll Joan & James Hornak Brian J. Howard * Gregory Holzhei John Hulbert Janet & Arden Hundey Fayyaz Hussain Charles Hutchins ** Barbara & Daniel Ilgen Christopher Inman & Andrew Driska Elaine & Emil Jackinchuk Amy Jo Jacobson John Jerome & Jaye Hamilton * Heidi & Alexander Johnson Colleen Johnson & Ellen Ives Mary Ann Johnson Debra Jones Pamela & Gerald Jones ** Elizabeth & Mark Jones Dr. John W. & Nan B. Judy, Jr. Arlene Jury Gwynne & Mark Kadrofske * Heidi Kaiser Michelle Kaminski & Dan Hamilton Susan & Larry Karnes Wendy & Gary Kashenider Constance & Gus Kavalaris Mary J. & Robert C. Keller Julie & Gary Kelterborn ** Tyler T. Kendle Linda Ketcham & Donald Telles * Edward King Margie & Boyd Kinzley ** Robert & Janet Kirkbride Gaylord L. & Eileen E. Kleuckling Karrie Bosanic Anne & William Knox Laurie Kohl * Richard Kohler Delphine Kolacki Cheryl L. Kompsi ** Robert & Susan Korte Kimberly & Michael Kovalchick Mary Krasny Deidre & Kevin Krause Cynthia Krauz

Brad & Kristen Kremer ** Mary Jo & Robert Kunkle, II Robin & Richard Kustasz * Maria & Michael Kuzmich Margaret Kyser Kristyn & David Ladd Marilyn Laughlin Rita Richardson & Thomas Law Lisa & John Lawitzke Jane & Michael Laycock Hue T. Le ** Ruth & Robert Lendt Suzanne J. Levy Mary L. Liechty Stephanie Livingston & Andrew Elms Dr. Gus M. & Katie E. Lo David & Laurie Lockman Judith & Wayne Loescher Carolyn Longton Kathryn & Robert Lovell Kelly & Mary Lynch Elizabeth Lyons Marguerite Mahler ** Joanne Mahoney & Deborah Wieber John & Maureen Malone Katharine Manganello Michelle & John Mapes Patricia Marin & John Yun Christy & Bradley Marks Catherine & David Marr Lindsey Martin Robert Matson Maureen & Duane Mayhew Lori McAllister Teddi M. McAttee Pam & Michael McCormack * Corinne McElwee Matthew McKune Helen & John McLaughlin Claudia McLoughlin Evalyn & Paul McNamara Judy E. McPherson Nancy & Charles Meddaugh Robert F. Mellor & Roger L. Rochowiak Dick & Renee Merchant Gavin J. Smith & Mary C. Mertz-Smith Dr. William & Mrs. Elizabeth Meurer Robert Michela ** Barbara Middleton Lisa & Timothy Miles Dr. Steven Miller & Sandra Schian-Miller Edna & Everette Miller Jennifer Miller Dr. Anna E. & Michael E. Miller Kristine & David Milligan Nelson Missbach & Judy Tant Michelle & John Mitchell Tom & Laurie Mitchell Amy & Andrew Moeder David & Magdalena Mooberry

* Susan Moore Lynn Munoz Patricia & Gary Murphy Sharon L. Myers Christine & Theodore Nastal Kristine & William Neale Connie Neese Theodore Neff Mary Nehls-Frumkin & Jeffery Frumkin Robert & Carol Nelson Henry J. & Nancy L. Nelson Laura B. Newlin Irv Nichols Barbara Nielson Jessica A. Nieuwkoop & Matthew Snell Thomas & Rosalie Nitzsche Sally & Carlton Nogle ** Betty & Douglas Noverr Julia & Michael O’Connor Mary & Thomas O’Connor David & Jan O’Leary Zola & Stanley Olson Eleanor E. Omoto Katherine H. O’Neill Allison Ouellette Dr. Edward & Tina Oxer Jeffrey Padden Robert & Kitty Padget Bruce & Maggie Papesh Drs. Leslie Papke & Jeffrey Wooldridge ** Ann Pappas Louise & Lee Paquette Lois Park Barbara Parsons Jane & Douglas Paterson Sandra Patterson William & Shirley Paxton Odile & Richard Perry Janice & Dale Pettengill * Ginger & Charles Petty Robin & Daniel Phillips Gary Philpott Jane A. Harrell & Judith Pick Jim Pike Andrew Pittsley Carol Ann Pixley Howard & Nell Pizzo Drs. Jacob Plotkin & Susan Schuur Patricia Podoll Ronalee M. Polad Chloe E. Polzin Carol Prahinski & Flemming Mathiasen Helen J. Preston * Tammy Proux Tracy & John Prush Tara & Douglas Pugmire Patricia & Andrew Quinn * Kevin & Karen Quinn ** Todd Quiring & Esther Spencer Aileen & Crispin Quitos

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appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

Diane Rardeen & Teresa House-Rardeen Cheryl & James Reed ** Sharon M. Reeves * Twila & James Reighley Teri J. Richardson * Marilyn Rider Brian Riley Karen & Chuck Risch Margaret L. Rockwell Coral & Stuart Roller ** Esther Romblom Winifred H. Rome Christine & Donald Root Merry A Rosenberg Gretchen & Dennis Rosenbrook Nancy & Mark Rudd David Russell & Karen Conroy ** Valerie Rutz ** Lori Ryland Ruth L. Sablich ** Marie Sanborn Jeanne & Lawrence Sartor Robert & Rosemary Schaffer Kevin & Shawna Shaw ** Jeffrey Schenker & Michelle Traven Mary & Dana Scherer Cynthia & Paul Schluckebier Teresa Schmidt ** Ann Schmitz & James Woehrle John & Deborah Schneider ** Margaret Schneider Eric Schneidewind Denise & Thomas Schroeder Polly & Ben Schwendener, Jr. Drs. Arthur & Elizabeth Seagull * Anne & William Seery T.J. Segerlind & Sarah Underwood Segerlind Karen & Robert Seppala Sharon S. Shamka Kevin & Shawna Shaw Heidi & Robert Sheehan Jack G. & Carol A. Shepard Deborah Sherrod & Sheryl Judd Rebecca & John Shives Dorothy Shonkwiler Elizabeth Simmons & R. Sekhar Chivukula Susan & James Simons ** Charlotte Sinadinos & Russell Launer Zoe P. Slagle Kenneth & Donna Slater Nancy J. Small Shelly & Mark Smith * Michelle & Todd Sneathen Rhonda & Richard Sorrell Tom & Deborah Southworth ** Craig Sparks & Roberta Tisdale Carol & James Spoelma ** Jackie & Eric Staib Tom & Randi Stanulis

JoAnn Stefani Dr. Barbara & Mr. James Steidle Bill & Sue Stelzer Daniel McCole & Jill Stephenson-McCole Kathleen & Michael Stiffler ** Judith Stoddart & Alfred Goodson Marlene & Don Stone Thomas W. & Janet L. Stone * Amy & Gary Strickler Kenneth D. & Nancy A. Stringer Joseph & Barbara Strittmatter Ronald & Georgina Styka Linda & Wayne Summers Rose Ann & Fred Swartz Shirley A. Swick Barbara & Michael Szkotnicki Laura L. Tafelsky Carl Taylor & Florene McGlothian Taylor Thomas & Connie Taylor * Donald Telles Chelsea & Brendon Thiede ** Gladys M. Thomas Carol Ann & Morris Thomas * Mary & Joseph Thompson ** Kay Toben * Justin & Katrina Robinson Deanna L. Toth Joan Travis ** Megan & Michael Tressel ** Joan & Robert Trezise Penelope Tsernoglou ** Georgiann & Richard Tunningley Elizabeth Turpin Kathryn VanDagens & Daniel VanOverbeke Vickie Vandenbelt Linda J. VandenBerg Richard M. & Kathy L. Vanderbeek * Jennifer VenDerHeide Megan Foldenauer * Carl VanderZee Lillian & Ronald VanHouten Brian Vecsei Kathleen & Gary Vermeulen Kara & John Villarreal Ann & Timothy Vogelsang Janet & Donald Volk ** Edith Wacksman Mizue & James Wagner Lynnell Wakley Julia & Kenneth Walz Nancy & William Wardwell Cynthia & Mark Warnshuis ** Sara Wassenaar Jane Waun Ronald & Nancy Wefel Larry R. Welch Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Whelan Linda L. Widener Angela Wieber

Laurie K. Sommers & David W. Winder Margaret Wochaski Mr. & Mrs. Phil Wolfe Patricia Zajac & Mark A. Cowles Leslie & Juan Zamora Suzanne Ziel Paul J. & Jamie A. Zimmer Karl Zinn ** Cheryl & Carl Zuidema * Mark ZumMallen

Business Public Policy Associates, Inc.

BRONZE CIRCLE ($125 & above) Anonymous Christoph Adami Ms. Marsha E. Albritton & Mr. James T. Leffler * Jane & Daniel Alessandrini William C. & Jane E. Allen Andrea Amalfitano Donna S. Anderson Theodore K. & S. Joanne Anderson * Melissa & Jeff Andresen Betty & Keith Apple Charles G. Apple Mary Ann Austin Jacqueline & Philip Babcock * Dawn L. Baker Richard D. Ball Rose & Bryan Bareham Polly & Douglas Barr David Barry Joanne & Jack Bass Debra & Mark Bathurst Holly Baumgartner Ronda & John Beach Jane & Gary Beaudoin Susan & David Beck Katie & Joel Beltran Stephen Bennett Drs. Arnold & Claire Berkman Mary & Cornelis Beukema Nicole & Clay Bidwell Robert & Sandra Bierwagen Donna & Joe Billig Frederick W. Bissinger Paula Bladen Donna Blaszczak Karyn & Erik Bloch Richard Block & Marcia Horan * Dan Boehning Candace & Robert Boldrey Jean & Shane Bolley * Michelle Bonilla * Mary & Philip Booth * Rebecca & Paul Bossenbroek * Willard & Maria Bowerman Marilyn M. Bowker

W H A R T O N C I R C L E

8 1Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season

appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

Tyler J. Braddock Jennifer Bradley Dr. Harold & Jeanne Braeutigam Teresa Brantley Emmett & Karen Braselton Julia Ryan-Brawner & Bobbie G. Brawner Kathleen & Gerald Brazil Dr. Martha W. Bristor Tamela & James Brouillette Elaine & Murray Brown Susan L. Brundage Harry Brunet & Ruth Foiles Brunet Chris & Edward Brynn Rosemary & Earnest Bullion * Lou Ann & Henry Bullough Eileen M. Bur Ms. C. Lark Burger Lawrence & Evelyn Burgess Diana & George Burgoyne Barbara J. Burke Peggy H. Burke ** Barbara & Steven Bursian * Francesca Buskulic Thomas & Lisbeth Byerley Peggy & George Campbell * Michael Carey Mary Carlson Lynette Chekan Maynard A. & Carol M. Christensen Sandra & Frank Ciloski Janet & Robert Clark Barbara Coey Monica & Rick Collett * Heather Collins * Jeannie & John Commet Shyrlann Cone Sharon & Jim Conroy Mr. & Mrs. Jacob E. Cook * Linda Coy Richard Coy & Wendy Mead Frank & Diane Cranmer Louis & Linda Crenshaw * Todd Culver & Trude Rodli-Culver Anne Dafoe Dr. Marcos Dantus Heather Davidson * Bristol Day ** Mary Day Condalee & Peter Decker Denecia Deford * Christina DeJong & Todd Wilson Robin & James DeMuth Heather DeRose Sheila M. & Scott W. Dill MaryLou Dillon Lisa Dixon Kimberly & Dean Dockter * Laurel & Roger Doherty Ellen Dohr & Scott Loveridge Benjamin & Kelly Dollard

Laima & Ernest Dome Conrad Donakowski & Judith Wharton Donakowski Lou Douglas Davia & John Downey Anthony & Ruth Drago Tonya Droessler & Daniel Goatley Mrs. Darrell F. Duffield Jennifer Dunham Christine & Lynn DuVal Marilyn Duvall Christine Dwyer-Jaroszewicz Jennifer J. & Jason R. Early Rev. James F. Eisele Anna R. Epkey Jennifer & Mike Esper * Ryan Fajardo Dr. Philip L. & Elaine K. Fanson * Mary & Wade Finney David Fitzgerald Patricia Fitzpatrick Jewell Flajole Andrea Flitton June Forman Mills * Natisha & James Foster George A. & Diane M. Fox Patricia Fox * Melissa A. Fragnoli Donna & Paul Freddolino * Martha & Thomas Froman Mary Jo & Jeff Fuhrman Jacqueline & Stephen Fuller Lois A. Furry & Phillip Knapman Heather & Craig Galecka Linda M. Garbarino Donna Gardner * Brian Garrett Deanna & Timothy Gates * Amy & Osama Ghannam John A. Gibbs Kimberly Giordano Yvonne N. Glenn John & Tomoko Gnodtke Monica & James Goble Erik & Cheryl Goodman William F. Goodwin, Jr. Steve & Patricia Goorin Linda K. Graesser Mary J. Graesser Audrey Grant Delight Greenberg Tammy J. Griffin Casey & Mary Griggs ** David Gruber Leta Guild Frances Hackney ** Ralph J. Haefner Marge Hall * Mark Halstead Dorisa J. & John P. Hamm

Helen Hansens ** Lisa M. Hansknecht Wendy Hardt & Donald Winey Michael & Jennifer Hardy * Laura Harkema Ann Tukey Harrison * Rachel & Doug Harshbarger * Jeanne & Paul Hartman Carrie & Clinton Hawks * Jacqueline & Walter Hawthorne Genevieve Healy Margaret L. Hebekeuser Shawna Hessling * Roberta & Richard Higginbotham Richard & Alice Hill * Kimberly & Jeffrey Himelhoch * Swapna Hingwe Donna J. Hobart * Jaime Hoffman Kathleen & Erin Hoffman John Holck Patrina & David Hoppe Arlene & Mark Houston Brandi Howell * Jennifer Hsu * Alice & Allan Huber Shirley & Roger Hughes Janet & Arden Hundey Arden P. Irwin Michelle L. Jacobs Margaret & John Janssens * James Jarrett Lesa Jarski Pamela & Vernon Jarvi Susan & Brian Jennings James Jersey & Barbara Stevens Jersey James & Nancy Jewett Nancy Johnston Arlene & Ashley Jones * Heather Jones & Timothy Slawinsky Arlene & Mark Jones Virginia Judge Brad & Victoria Jurgensen Jane & Thomas Kalchik Eileen & Kenneth Kapka Kathy & Charles Karpinski Shiv Karunakaran Suman & Gauresh Kashyap Drs. Donald Kaufman & Elizabeth Hutchinson Hanna & Norman Kelker * Kelsey Kelling Kim & Paul Kelly Verlecia Kelly & Kenneth Johnson Roger P. & Meredith A. Kennedy * Sharon Ketchum Lisa & Charles Klein Patrice A. Klein Heather Kleinhardt Rebecca A. Kopf

W H A R T O N C I R C L E

8 2Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season

appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

W H A R T O N C I R C L E Michael & Lihting Kostrzewa Evelyn & Paul Krause Carol Krieger Cynthia Kruska * Donald Kuhnlein & Lauri Read Karen Kumon-Sinclair Mika Kunk Michael Beratta & Judith Lamphere * Alexis Langtry Suzanne Laningham & Allen Holzhausen Amanda & Jason Lantz ** Sean M. Larson * Jamie LaVigne Richard & Carol Lehman Will & Lisa Lemanski Laraine & David Levin Carl & Margaret Liedholm Dr. James T. Linnemann & Ruth L. Eggert- Linnemann April & Patrick Logghe Mike Longenecker Ronald & Judy Lott * Cindy Lounsbery & Dave Giordan * Casey & Rachel Lubahn Greg Ludden Sue & Robert Lutton * Victoria & Roger Lynas Cybelle A. Lyon Marie Lyons Margaret Mahaffy Mary & Kenneth Marton Raymond & Susan Brian Mattes & Dr. Elise Zitkin Joan & Jeremy Mattson Shalimar & Robert Maynard Judith & Darold McCalla Gretchen & Michael McLellan David B. McCloy * Barbara & William McConnell * Ann McGarry John & Heidi McGarry Shelly & Mark McGee Michael McGlynn Sheila M. McGreal * Tricia & Jon McKay Pollyanne & Larry McKillop Patricia & Michael McKimmy Dr. Robin L. Miller & Dr. Miles A. McNall Kay McNeal Judith McQueen Christine McQuade Mrs. Hugh B. McVicker Laurie & Martin Mecher Kathleen E. Melville-Hall Bettie & Paul Menchik Lauri Ellen Mendelsohn & Daniel J. Dunn Kimberly Metzer Carol J. Micale Patricia & Randall Middlin Sandra & Jack Midgley

Murley & Alan Miller Denise Miller Erica Montressor & Matthew Sterling Glynda & Donnell Moorer, Sr. Marie & Craig Moreland Paul Morley Gordon D. Murphy Sarah & Stephen Musko Maggie & Jacob Myers Shelby Nakon John Nielsen & Naomi Gaynor Neilsen Barbara & James Neubeck Laura & Kai Nimtz * Catherine & Eric Novak Brenda L. Nuffer Pamela Nyquist * Neil O’Brien Georgia A. Old Michele Olind Douglas Osborn Debbie Osborne Richard Pallister & Kathleen Wight Kerry & Matthew Parent Shirley & Joseph Paris Cody Paseka Michelyn & Ernest Pasteur Deborah & Thomas Pavlak Maria & Richard Pearse Thomas Pegler Dorothy & Giovannino Perri John Person & Terry McKenney Person Anthony Piper Debra & Jon Powell Martha Powelson Greg & Denise Pratt Susan & James Pratt Kristen & Steven Pricco * Elyse Prosniewski Ann & Ira Purchis ** Dawn & Morris Pysarchik Rachel Quinn Arlene & Clark Radcliffe Susan & Mark Rantz Clark & Jennifer Rasmussen * Elaine & James Rauschert Matthew Redshaw Sandra & Jeremy Reed Christine & John Rehagen Lewis D. Resnick Julie & Robert Richardson ** Susan & William Richardson * Cynthia Richmond Amy & Jon Riekse * Joseph & Karen Riley Patricia Roethele Daniel & JoAnne Romanek Rick Ruble Robin & Jeffrey Rudnick Robert E. Ruigh * Retta Salstrom

* Anita Sandel & Colin Mallory Roy Saper & Nell Kuhnmuench Ann Saunders David F. Savickas, Ph.D. Michael Sheetz & Gina Polce Scheetz Rebecca Schein Carol L. Scherer Freida & John Schneeberger Ken Schoepf * Rachel Schumann James & Christine Schweigert Mary A. Scoblic Michelle Scott David & Rebecca Shane Allyn Shaw, Ph.D. Anastasia & Ashton Shortridge Julie A. Sinclair Sharon & David Sinclair Stuart D. Sleight Samantha Sloma Joan & Ronald Smith Ruth & Curtis Smith Marian E. & Dennis Smith Mary E. Smith Maria M. Smyka Tori & John Sordyl Rick Soucy * Angela & Kevin Southworth * Patricia Spreng * Barbara & Ajit Srivastava Connie & Michael Stevens * Elaine & Donald Stevenson Nancie Stoddard ** Jessie Storey-Fry Elias Strangas & Jane Turner Bobbie Stuart Cynthia J. Sundberg Kathleen & Michael Sweat Cindy & Michael Swix Anne Szczubelek Marlene & Dave Tebben Patricia & Brad Thelen Pamela A. Thompson, D.O. * Subasree Thompson Colleen & Keith Tinsey Shannon & Alfred Torres William C. & Linda S. Trevarthan Jo E. Trumble Linda Trumbull John & Allene Tucker Perrine A. Tufnell Stacy M. Turke Judith & Gordon Tuthill * Abigail & Nathan Tykocki Rachelle VanDeventer Virginia VandeVord Catherine & Vyautas Virskus Candy & Robert Voigt Pamela & Patrick Walsh Rebecca & Eric Walters

8 3Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season

appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

W H A R T O N C I R C L E Sheridan Warden Joann Warren Stephanie A. Warren Anne & Thomas Watson Jane & Paul Wei * Glenda Weiss Dr. Timothy & Jan Wellemeyer Joelene & William Wellman Barbara V. White Gretchen & Walter Whitmer * Aurles Wiggins Katherine Wilcox Cynthia Williams Karen Willson Amy & Christopher Wilson Gloria & Robert Wilson Joseph T. Wing * Jillian & Brian Winn * Maureen & Lynn Winslow Ralph & LeAnn Witgen Christopher Wojcik Linda & Philip Wolak Gail & Alan Wolfe Marie Wolfe & Nancy Warner Clover Lee Wolford Lisa Woodcock-Burroughs Ken & Kay Woodring Barbara Worgess * Christopher Wright Elaine Wright Linda K. Wright Gwen Wyatt * Ellen Zienert Susan K. Zimmerman Irma & Harvey Zuckerberg

In Honor Of: Susan K. Croley

8 4Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season

appear in boldface. * New Donor ** Donors who have increased support to new membership levels.

Nancy L. AbramsonMichael C. AdrianLarry Alber & Patricia WhiteJan Alleman Trumbull In honor of Mr. Larry W. ReevesSarah AllenLinda K. ArensMichael & Lisa ArmstrongCheryl & John BakerLorie Seitz-Barbieri & Charles E. BarbieriDevon BarrettMichael & Deborah BaughmanDale BartlettThomas & Lynn BartlettLaurie & Lawrence BassLaura Bates & Joseph VerreauMichael & Deborah BaughmanJohn & Ronda BeachKim BeattieLeslie BehmKaren & Thomas BirdCatherine &Lawrence BlatnikThomas & David Block-EasterdayDonna & Dennis BlueNikkie & Jarrod BradfordDiane & Brian BradyPeggy & Mike BrandKathleen & Gerald BrazilCynthia BredernitzAllison BreuerChrissie & Greg BroganDavid & Patricia BroganCarol BrownellLanny & Molly BrunetteNorris & Carol BrysonJoan BurkeRaymond & Betsy BushThomas & Sharon ButlerBZEMS Group at Merrill LynchThe Capitol Collective1Kristen & Shawn CalabreseCynthia A. Cameron, Ph.D.John C. ChiodiniPatrick Y. ChiuChu-Hsiang Chang & Russell JohnsonBrian & Lori ClarkJoy ClayLarry Coates

Carol & Paul ConnApril Clobes & Glen BroughCorie CostelloMichael CostelloHeather L. DavidsonCheri L. DeClercq, Ph.D.William & Nancy DeFranceLynne & Bruce DevereauxDewpointSheila & Scott DillFrances C. Dittrich Dr. Jerry Dodgson & Carole DodgsonKathleen & Thomas DominguezElizabeth & James DoyleCaroline DudaTricia & Eric EidsmoeKeith & Corless EldredNancy ElwoodNolan EricksonSandy & Gary EvansDave & Patricia FinnieMichael & Judith FlintoffSusan & Chris FriendSonja Fritzsche & Ronald SchwartzJeffery Frumkin & Mary Nehls-FrumkinMary Ann Galluci In memory of Larry SierraBarbara GarveyDeanne & Timothy GatesPatricia & Donn GatesMary Lou & Roland GiffordSharon E. GillisonDaniel Goatley & Tonya DroesslerSarah & Nolan EricksonTroy & Linn GladstoneScott & Gina GoldeBert Goldstein & Linda ReiffJudy Green & G. Ron WelchMargie GriffithDave & Rashi GuptaDeborah & Michael HarrisonThomas E. Heasley, IIIMargo HeidenPatrice & James HeinzmanLaura HemingwayLawrence & Mary HennesseyElizabeth Hepola & David RothLisa Hildorf & Mark Castellani

Dennis & Lynda HillRobert Hollenshead & Lily GeeDavid & Christine HollisterMark & Marcia HooperCarol & Ron HorowitzAnne HouseLisa HuberPatricia HuddlestonJon P. HumistonNed & Evelyn JacksonMichelle JacobsSteven & Katherine JapingaColleen Johnson & Ellen IvesJeri JohnsonKaren Jurgensen & Robert ParksBill & Jan KahlDavid & Holly KazyakMarsha & Warren KiffersteinJacqueline A. KillingsworthBonnie KnutsonTheresa KonecnyMary Ellen LaneCallie L. LangenderferPeter & Glenda Lappan Ruth & Robert LendtKathy Loveberry In honor of Ms. Peggy D. LuxPeggy D. LuxMarie LyonsNathan Maas & Amy AdamsOlin & Janice MaceLarry & Katrina MackleyAli & Sunita MahdaviDrs. Wilford & Sarah MaldonadoJohn & Maureen MaloneGeorgia MarkakisAudrey MartinMichelle MasseyVeronica & David MatejkoRoberta Matheson & Allen RussellBrian Mattes & Elise ZipkinJill MazzolaPaul & Lora McAdamsMelissa & Dan McCanceBarbara McIntyreMarvin McKinneyMatthew T. McKuneHelen & John McLaughlinBarbara McMillanTrevor McMinn

Seats 4 Kids is a scholarship fund that provides free tickets to localyouth who could not otherwise afford to attend a performing arts event.

S E A T S 4 K I D S

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S E A T S 4 K I D SMichael McNairThomas MetevierKristen MetzgerCarol & Doug MillerDenise E. MillerElizabeth MooreThomas & Sheila Moore In honor of Mrs. Lisa B. RentzMarilyn & Eddie MooreMarie & Craig MorelandJacob & Maggie MyersSharon L. MyersSarah E. NestleWilliam & Elizabeth NewberryBarbara & Kevin NilsenKaren & David NoeGeorge & Katherine NoirotMary Lou O’ConnellMelissa OesterleGeorgia A. OldLisa & John OlivaMelissa P. OppenlanderHelen & Keith OstienSusan M. PalacLouise & Lee PaquetteJan & Jim ParishRichard & Donna ParrNancy PassananteChristopher PetersonJudy Kay & David PfaffKaren & Joseph PhillipsGary PhilpottJane & Craig PilditchDavid & Kristine PoulsonTammy ProuxJoyce & Jimmy PutnamRae Ramsdell & George OrbanRonald ReynoldsJulie RiceKimberly & Brendan RingleverBarbara RobieMargaret RockwellGary RudnickiAlbert Ross & Lori Junbluth-RossShirley & David RummingerRuth SablichMary & William SavageScott & Stacey SchabelSheil & Thomas SchimpfAndrew & Erin SchorCathleen & James SchultzT. J. Segerlind & Sarah Underwood SegerlindZelda Seidenberg

Debra & Scott SellersSharon Senk In Honor of Mrs. Carolyn R. ScheinMichael & Elaine SerlingToni SessomsRobyn SheelyCatherine Short Weaver & Mark WeaverJanice & William SimpsonDavid Slater & Julia GoatleyRhonda SmithRichard SnearyMark & Elizabeth SnyderJohn & Karen StarcevichGlinda StarrMargo & Guenter StorkChristine & Michael SwordsLynn & Michael TannerFrank & Avril TeggeMary Lou TerrienThe Capitol CollectiveThe Mansfield Family FoundationPhyllis & Mark ThodeKay TobenDavid & Amy TrattKathryn VanDagens & Daniel VanOverbekeDr. Gail VanderstoepLynnell & Dennis WakleySharon Watson & Donald LodingEdith WacksmanCol. Joseph L. Webster, Jr.Richard D. WeingartnerJohn & Tammara Wenzel, III, D.O.Jane & Clarence WeissPatricia White D.V.M. & Larry AlberRajkumari & Richard WienerJane A. WilenskyStephan & Gail WilcoxBrian & Denise WilliamsElaine J. WrightAndrea WulfThoms M. YaksichFrances & Stephen YelonJuan & Leslie ZamoraDavid & Rhonda ZimmermanSally & Dan ZimmermanLyn Zynda

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AnonymousEthel & John AnthonySue & Bruce AugensteinJohn Depew BarkhamBetty & Jack BarnesKenneth C. BeachlerJane M. & Robert H. BeckerJohn L. & Marie J. BlackThomas J. Block & David L. EasterdayCharles & Kathleen BonneauGregory & Christine B. BroganDr. & Mrs. Daniel A. BronsteinMr. David BrowerMr. & Mrs. Douglas D. BrownRoy & Carolyn BuckinghamClyde & Ellen BurtonJeanne CargillStella & Jerry CashPhoebe (Pat) ClarkAndrew P. & Sandra D. ConnerMs. Diana E. D’Angelo & Dr. Martin C. HawleyKevin & Lauri DraggooMr. & Mrs. Peter J. Eckel, Jr.Eva EvansDr. Maxine A. EyestoneJoe & Betty GadaletoShirley & Bruce GoodrichMaxwell & LeAnn GoodwinFrances & Daniel HamermeshElizabeth Hoger & Lisa SwemLinda K. GraesserDorisa J. & John P. HammDr. Gilbert & Mrs. Susanna HarrellMichael G. & Deborah L. HarrisonDavid E. HavrillaC. Richard & Susan M. HerroldElizabeth Hoger & Lisa SwemMeegan HollandSelma & Stanley HollanderAnnie D. HolmesMarcia & Mark HooperRobert B. & Dolores L. HughesJack & Roberta JacobowitzRich & Tracy JohnsonMrs. June E. JohnstonWalter J. KachelskiDrs. Lois J. Karl & J. Roy Black

Warren M. KiffersteinPatrice KleinSam & Cheryl KnoxJacquelyn & William LackMs. Marilyn R. Laughlin Arthur R. LueddersJoseph & Jeanne MaguireWilliam MarklewitzVeronica & David MatejkoMartha Miller MaxwellJoanne & E. Jerome McCarthyMr. & Mrs. J. Bruce McCristalDonald R. & Barbara D. McMillanDoug & Carol MillerRobin and Betsy Miner-SwartzMilton MuelderPatricia K. MunshawCarol OverleyMr. & Mrs. James D. ParishTeck Yew & Daisy PeeMax & Shirley PloughmanRichard & Shelley PulliamDave & Mary Ann ReinhartSharon R. RubleDrs. Lou Anna K. & Roy J. SimonMs. Sharon K. SkinnerDr. & Mrs. David B. SmithSharon & Richard SmithRichard SnearyJudith A. & Lonny L. SnowPamela SteckroatAndrew Sulen, Jr.Mrs. Sally A. SwissBarbara & Michael SzkotnickiLinda A. Tanner, in memory of Elizabeth CharlesFrank A. TeggeJoe, Maggie & Eloy TrevinoCelia TullochMr. & Mrs. Arthur VineRichard D. WeingartnerCarol M. WelchClifton & Dolores WhartonAlbert A. WhiteJeff Williams & Joy WhittenGeorge W. WinchellMary D. Zehner

With thoughtful and creative estate planning, you can provide future support toWharton Center for Performing Arts. We invite and encourage you to contact the

Development Office at (517) 353-4640 to explore estate planning strategies.

Wharton Center gratefully thanks those who have chosen to remember and support the performing arts through a charitable bequest in their estate plans.

L E G A C Y C I R C L E

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Endowments provide a foundation of stability and support. Gifts to endowments are made with the understanding that the principal is continually preserved and the total amount of the gift is invested. Each year, only a portion of the interest earned is spent while the remainder reverts to principal. In this respect, an endowment is a perpetual gift.

Wharton Center gratefully acknowledges those individuals/organizations that have funded named endowments through gifts of cash or their estate plans.

E N D O W M E N T S

Alexander Family Endowment for Children’s Theatre and Arts EducationJohn D. Barkham Endowment Kenneth C. Beachler Arts Management InternshipStuart and Judy Birn Endowment for Youth TicketsJohn L. and Marie J. Black Endowment for Broadway and EducationThomas & David Block-Easterday Endowment for Jazz PerformanceThomas J. and David L. Block-Easterday Scholarship Fund for Youth TicketsCharles & Kathleen Bonneau EndowmentMichael and Margaret Brand Endowment for Arts EducationJohn R. and Martha L. Brick Endowment for Classical Music/EducationChristine B. and Gregory D. Brogan Endowment for Dance PerformanceApril M. Clobes and Glen F. Brough Endowment for Dance Kevin and Lauri Draggoo Endowment for Volunteerism and Community EngagementEndowment for Arts EducationMaxine A. Eyestone Endowment Foster Swift Collins & Smith Law Firm Endowment for Jazz Performance and EducationRobin & Sharron Frucci Endowment Joe and Betty Gadaleto Endowment for Performing Arts Internship Dr. Shahriar & Dokhy Ghoddousi EndowmentMaxwell Asa & LeAnn B. Goodwin EndowmentGlenn D. and Sherry K. Granger Endowment for Family Performance/EducationGilbert & Susanna Harrell Endowment for Arts EducationMichael G. & Deborah L. Harrison Endowment for Arts EducationRobert & Carol Hildorf Endowment for Jazz Performance and EducationThe Elizabeth Hoger and Lisa Swem Endowment for Arts Education Meegan Holland Endowment for Music, Dance and Theatre Stanley & Selma Hollander EndowmentStanley & Selma Hollander Endowment for Chamber MusicAnnie D. & Robert A. Holmes Perennial Garden EndowmentMarcia & Mark Hooper Endowment for Performing Arts EducationCarol & Ronald Horowitz Endowment for Youth Access to the ArtsIn The Wings @ Wharton Center Inner Circle Endowment for Arts EducationJazz and Classical Music Endowment

The Hari Kern and late Ralph Edminster, M.D. Endowment for Arts Education Warren M. Kifferstein Discretionary EndowmentThe Jackie Killingsworth Endowment for Arts Education Bonnie & Robert Knutson Endowment for Musical Theatre Larry P. Lee Endowment for Youth & Family Access to the ArtsJoseph and Jeanne Maguire Endowment for JazzMansfield Family Foundation Endowment for Seats 4 KidsMartha Miller Maxwell Endowment for Arts EducationJoanne N. and E. Jerome McCarthy Endowment for Arts EducationRichard D. McLellan Endowment for Dance PerformancePatrick and Victoria McPharlin Endowment for Arts EducationDoug and Carol Miller Endowment at Wharton Center MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway EndowmentMSU Federal Credit Union Institute for Arts & Creativity EndowmentDennis & Deborah Muchmore Backstage EndowmentPatricia K. Munshaw and Dana Munshaw Brazil Endowment for Arts EducationWilliam R. & Denise Nielsen Management InternshipNancy S. Passanante Endowment for Arts EducationBetty Price Retail Management Internship EndowmentShelley and Richard Pulliam Endowment for Youth TicketsNancy and Mitchell Rinek Endowment at Wharton CenterTom and Mary Kay Shields Endowment for Musical TheatreArlene and Lawrence Sierra Family Endowment for Arts EducationDrs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Endowment for Jazz Performance/EducationDrs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Discretionary EndowmentSharon Kouts Skinner EndowmentRichard C. and Sharon M. Smith Endowment Richard Sneary Endowment for Musical Theatre and Arts EdudationKaren E. Spak and Dale K. Howe Endowment for Arts Education Harvey and Barbara Sparks Endowment for Arts EducationFrank A. Tegge Discretionary EndowmentJoe & Maggie Trevino Performing Arts EducationWatson-Shannon Management InternshipRichard D. Weingartner Arts Education EndowmentWharton Center EndowmentWharton Center Endowed Enhancement FundJoan Wright Endowment for Young Playwrights Festival and Arts EducationWilliam Wright Endowment for New Works & Initiatives

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Wharton Center wishes to thank the following corporate partnerswho help to underwrite the 2019-2020 season.

AF GroupArts Council of Greater LansingArts Midwest Touring FundAuto-Owners InsuranceB-Dry System of Central & West Michigan, IncBrogan, Reed, Van Gorder & Associates/Ohio National Financial ServicesBZEMS Group at Merrill LynchThe Centennial GroupThe Christman CompanyClark Trombley Randers Consulting EngineersComerica FoundationComprehensive Psychological Services, P.C.Coral Gables RestaurantDelta Dental of MichiganDewpointDisneyThe Doctors CompanyFarm Bureau InsuranceForesight GroupGovernmental Consultant ServicesGrangerGrewal Law PLLCHonigman, LLPJackson National Life Insurance CompanyKaryn’s Dance Place, Inc.L.O. Eye CareLansing Board of Water and LightManer CosterisanMayberry Homes

Mercantile BankMichigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and National Endowment for the ArtsMichigan RadioMichigan State Medical SocietyMSU Federal Credit UnionPalmer, Bush & Jensen Family Funeral HomesPiper & Gold Public RelationsPlante Moran, PLLCPNC BankPortnoy and Tu, DDS, PCProAssurance Casualty CompanyRetailers Insurance CompanyRick’s American Café/Harrison Roadhouse/Beggar’s BanquetSutton Advisors, PLCTechSmith CorporationTri-Star Trust BankWarner Norcross + Judd LLPWharton Center Inner CircleWKAR Radio & TelevisionWolverine Development Corporation

C O R P O R A T E S P O N S O R S