Thursday, March 25, 2010

Join Me At A Cocktail Party Friday April 23: Benefit for Puppetmaking and Cleaning Up the Hudson River

Photo David Chmura

Hudson River Pageant Benefit

Type: Causes - Fundraiser
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: ACA Galleries
Street: 529 West 20th St. 5th Fl, Btwn 10th Ave and West St.
City/Town: New York, NY

DescriptionSupporting Earth Celebrations' Hudson River Pageant Engaging Youth and Community to Restore the Hudson River and Address Climate Change in NYC.

Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Cocktail Party

7pm-10pm

Includes Open Bar with Wine by Premier Cru Wine Merchants

Hor D'oervres

Light Dinner Fare

Spectacular Costumed Characters

Silent Auction

Festive Attire



Featured Performances by: Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, Jules Cazedessus - Original Songs, Among Other Great Artists and Performers

CO- CHAIRS

Dorian & Je!rey Bergen and Joel Bluestein

BENEFIT COMMITTEE

Nadia Amara & Edward Tobin, Nina & Peder Anker, Eric Baum, Phoebe Bernard & reg Fukutomi, Valerie Block, Philippe Buhannic & Katherine Haimo, Jules Cazedessus, Ray Dowd , Katherine Freygang, Jan Hanvik, Marianne Hyde, Richard Jordan, Iva Kaufman, Meg & Steve Kayman, Mary Lapides, Hans Li, Genevieve Maquinay Deseglise, Emmy McIntyre & Brett Peiser, Sara Oppenheim & Al Boland, Mark Pepper & Regula Wetli, Gwynne Rivers, Georges Romano, Bruce Rosenthal, Marc Seago, Martha Shaw, Bob Townley, Wendy Wheeler Smith, Dr. Iven & Pamela Young

ARTISTS COMMITTEE

Michele Brody, Alice Farley, Jon Fields, Julie Goodman, Becky Hubbert, David Hykes, Louda Larrain, Janet Morgan, Lucrecia Novoa, Inge Ray, Johanna Schwarzbeck, Kristine Shook, Pavla Uppal, Drew Vanderburg, Rick Vazquez, Izaskun Zabala



All proceeds benefit Earth Celebrations' Hudson River Pageant: Art & Ecology Project, an educational project engaging youth and community to restore the Hudson River and address climate change in New York City. Earth Celebrations is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering ecological awareness through the arts. The project engages participants through a series of workshops from March through May, creating spectacular puppets and costumes for the Hudson River Pageant. The culminating pageant is an ecological performance art event featuring a parade highlighting the native river species and habitats, with featured
performances at the various piers and sites along the route in the downtown portion of the

Hudson River Park on Saturday, May 22, 2010, 1-6pm.
Felicia Young - Founder/Executive Director
Please RSVP by Friday, April 9
Benefit Party: $100 per ticket
(212) 777-7969 or mail@earthcelebrations.com

For online payment visit:
earthcelebrations.com/river-restoration/hudson-river-pageant-bene"t/
For more information view our website:
http://www.earthcelebrations.com/

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO EARTH CELEBRATIONS: 20 EAST 9TH STREET #16E, NEW YORK, NY 10003

ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.

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