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REACH FOR THE STARS BENEFIT
featuring "Dancing for the Stars" Ballroom Dance Competition

6:00 PM
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Young Friends of the Kravis Center

present

The Seventeenth  Annual

 Reach for the Stars

To Benefit the Kravis Center's
S*T*A*R (Students and Teachers Arts Resource) Series
and Education Programs

 featuring

“Dancing for the Stars”
Ballroom Dance Competition
with Gourmet Food and Fine Wines

Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 6 p.m.
The Cohen Pavilion & Dreyfoos Hall Lobby

GOLD SPONSORS
Marcie Gorman-Althof
David and Ingrid Kosowsky
Hillie Mahoney
Sydelle and Arthur I. Meyer Foundation

SPONSORS 

                              Susan Z. Bloom                              
Jane M. Mitchell
 

Additional support is provided by
Bonefish Grill, Boynton Beach
Braman Motorcars Palm Beach
Celebrity Cruise Line
Eileen’s Cruise and Travel
Ellison Graphics Corporation
The Palm Beach Post
Total Wine & More, Boynton Beach
Phase 9 Design Printing Web and Valentine Designs.

COCKTAIL ATTIRE

Level A: $75 Young Friends Members
(Young Friends Members must call the box office for tickets 561-832-7469)
(maximum of 4 tickets at the member price for Young Friends Members)
Level B: $100 General Admission
Level C: $175 Premium*  (*includes assigned floor seating and valet parking)

For more information or to order tickets
561-832-7469 •  www.kravis.org/reachforthestars

 

Ballroom Dance Competition Participants


Celebrity Dancers

J. Gwendolynne Berry ~ Swirl Girl, The Palm Beach Post

Suzanne Boyd ~ CBS 12 & WFLX FOX 29

Josh Cohen ~ WZZR Real Radio 94.3 / Clear Channel Radio

Mayor Lois Frankel ~ City of West Palm Beach

Marci Gonzalez ~ WPTV News Channel 5

Liz Quirantes ~ CBS 12 News

Rochelle Ritchie ~ WPTV News Channel 5

Corey Saban ~ THELAW.TV

Steve Walsh ~ NFL QB and Cardinal Newman High School Head Football Coach


Instructors & Studios

Brian Baker ~Caruso Dancesport, West Palm Beach

Angelo Caruso ~Caruso Dancesport, Palm Beach

Claude Crevier ~ Park Avenue Dance, West Palm Beach

Lesley Elsbury ~Arthur Murray, Tequesta

Kyoung-im Kang ~ Park Avenue Dance, West Palm Beach

Livia Maciel ~ Caruso Dancesport, Palm Beach

Herb Vazquez ~ The Palms West Ballroom, Royal Palm Beach

Armando Vega-Perez ~ Caruso Dancesport, West Palm Beach

In addition to the local ballroom dance competition, Ohio Star Ball Professional Latin Champions,
Roman Kutskyy and Anna Kovalova, will perform a ballroom show dance exhibition.
Roman and Anna were placed 4th in the U.S. National Championships in '09.
They were U.S. National and U.S. Open Professional Latin Rising Star Champions in '08.
They are current Ohio Star Ball Champions and currently ranked 3rd in the U.S.A.


Judges

Frank Cerabino ~ The Palm Beach Post

Leslie Gray Streeter ~ The Palm Beach Post

Steve Caras ~ Palm Beach Dramaworks, NYC Ballet Dancer and Photographer

 
Emcee

Tim Byrd “The Byrdman”


Hillie Mahoney ~ Correspondent

 
Costumes

Deirdre Baker ~ Deirdre of London 

 

Additional support is provided by Bonefish Grill, Boynton Beach, Braman Motorcars Palm Beach, Celebrity Cruise Line, Eileen’s Cruise and Travel, Ellison Graphics Corporation, Ibis Liquors, The Palm Beach Post, Phase 9 Design Printing Web and Valentine Design.
 

Participating Restaurants
Blue Martini West Palm Beach
City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill
Echo
Executive Coffee Services Inc.
Grease Burger Bar
Ironwood Grille
Kona Grill
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant
Morton’s  The Steakhouse
Palermo Bakery
Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar
Ruth’s Christ Steak House
Temple Orange at the Ritz Carlton, Palm Beach
Whole Foods Market
Zuccarelli’s Restaurant
Michelle Bernstein Restaurant  at the Omphoy

 Raffle Tickets $50 each
(Only 400 tickets available)
1st Prize: 7 day Alaskan Cruise for 2 on Celebrity Cruise Line
2nd Prize: Excursion for 10 to Bonefish Grill Boynton Beach
3rd Prize: BMW Cruise Bicycle
Please call Kravis Center Box Office to purchase your tickets at 561-832-7469

 

Only 400 tickets will be distributed.  Tickets are $50 each payable to The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., 701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, 561-651-4429.  This is not a tax deductible donation.  Your name will be registered with each ticket or chance and assigned a ticket number.   All tickets will be entered into the drawing to be held at the Reach for the Stars Benefit on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at approximately 7:30pm at the above referenced address.  Ticket purchasers need not attend the Reach for the Stars Benefit or be present to win.   Participants must be at least 18 years of age.  Winners will be selected at random from eligible ticket entries and winners, if not present, will be notified by phone or certified mail.  Prizes cannot be returned for a refund or exchange.  All applicable taxes are the responsibility of the winners.  Airfare not included for the Cruise.  This cruise has been purchased by the Kravis Center from undesignated funds donated to it.   Purchase/contribution is not require to enter.  All entries must contain name, mailing address and phone number to be valid.  Kravis Center staff and their immediate families are not eligible to win.  The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.  100 % of such gifts are retained by the Center for its operations.  A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION (#SC-03470) AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED


 

 

 

Event Location
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL, 33401
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