|
Michael
Feinstein and Linda Eder featured Entertainers for
the Dallas Summer Musicals Curtain Call 2008
presented by Comerica Bank
Sally
and Forrest Hoglund, Honorary Chairs
Wendy Walker and Robert Witte, Co-chairs
Grammy-nominated
performer, composer and arranger Michael Feinstein and Jekyll
& Hyde Broadway star Linda Eder provided the
featured entertainment for Dallas Summer Musicals' annual Curtain
Call Gala on Saturday, February 16, 2008 in the Chantilly
Ballroom at the Hilton Anatole Hotel.
Michael Feinstein is nationally recognized as one of the premier
interpreters of American popular song as well as one of the foremost
experts and interpreters of George Gershwin's music.
Linda Eder's career is built on a solid Broadway base, but reaches
far beyond it. Over the years, passionate fans across the country
have packed concert venues,
including New York's Carnegie Hall, for her performances.
Together, Michael and Linda's shows have received rave reviews
from fans and critics alike.
Now in its fourth year, Curtain Call is a spectacular
evening of entertainment preceded by an elegant seated dinner
and live and silent auctions of exciting items and unique packages.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Southwest's oldest and largest
nonprofit theatre company, the Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) and
provide for children's education and outreach programs, such as
the Seats for Kids program and Stage Right.
"We're honored to co-chair this exciting event," said
co-chairs Wendy Walker and Robert Witte. "We'd especially
like to thank the Hoglunds for their support, our hard-working
committee, members of the DSM board and the DSM staff. Everyone
has come together and is working very hard to make Curtain Call
a huge success."
Wendy Walker joined the DSM board of directors this year and served
on the 2007 Curtain Call Gala Committee. "Funds raised
from Curtain Call benefit thousands of low-income, at-risk and
special needs children, giving them the opportunity to experience,
perhaps for the first time, the magic of live theatre. Supporting
this event will truly touch the lives of our community's young
people and their families."
Walker adds, "Dallas Summer Musicals is one of our greatest
community assets and a jewel of this city. Michael Jenkins
and his DSM team are remarkable, bringing the best of Broadway
to Dallas."
Walker
currently serves as the director of media relations at Baylor
Health Care System. She is a member of the Junior League
of Dallas, Victims Outreach Advisory Board, Public Relations Society
of America and Dallas Press Club. She also is a 2004 graduate
of Leadership Dallas.
Curtain Call co-chair and DSM Board Member Robert Witte spoke
of the unique opportunity to combine a spectacular evening with
a powerful purpose: "Curtain Call 2008 will provide an unforgettable
night of entertainment and a few surprises that our patrons will
not want to miss. As we work to raise $500,000 to benefit
DSM and its education and outreach programs, we know that our
collective efforts will positively and permanently impact the
lives of hundreds of children and youth through all that DSM does
in the community."
Witte, an attorney with Winstead PC, is past Board Chair for the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas, President of the OU Club
of Dallas, and a member of the Dallas Arts District Alliance Board
of Directors and the Leadership Dallas Alumni Board. A lifelong
fan of musical theater, Witte has performed at venues ranging
from the 1986 World's Fair in Vancouver, to Carnegie Hall (in
2006).
Everyone involved would also like to especially thank Comerica
Bank for their sponsorship and all of the generous underwriters
and sponsors, without whom this event would not be possible.
Curtain Call 2009 is by reservation only and sponsorships are
available. For more information, please contact the Dallas Summer
Musicals Development Office at (214) 413-3957 or visit www.curtaincallgala.org.
For
more information about the entertainers, visit their websites:
http://www.lindaeder.com/default.asp
http://www.michaelfeinstein.com/
|
