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Art Show Has Kings Point “Hooked” News of Kings Point Staff On February 16th and 17th, 2010, the Kings Point Art League held its annual Art Show in the Banquet Room of the Kings Point Clubhouse. This year’s theme was “Hooked on Art” and, if you were not hooked before you came to the event, you certainly were when you left. Both the quality and scope of the work was astounding. Nearly 200 artists submitted pieces including oils, acrylics, watercolors, mixed media, graphics, charcoals, inks and sculptures. As appreciative patrons, fans and art lovers mixed and mingled – exploring the art and snacking on refreshments – Shirley Bengston provided a
Don’t Miss the Spring Fling! Submitted by Matt Permuth, Assistant GM at Kings Point
Diane G. Simon took home Best of Show honors for her watercolor entitled “Table for Two?”
Chairman, Sue Corbett
March 2010
soundtrack of live piano music. But quality art was not the only thing those who took in the show had the opportunity Assistant Chairman, to appreciate. Just outside the gallery doors three unique pieces Sylvia Fell
of art, submitted by Sue Corbett, Sylvia Fell and Diane G. Simon, respectively, were being raffled to support two artist-chosen charities: The Emergency Squad Art Show To Page 2
March 9th 2010 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The annual Spring Fling Community Festival will be held outside on the Kings Point Clubhouse front lawn. There will be a large tent with a lot of the community groups, including cloggers, Zumba fitness, Hawaiian dancers and many more. Come see classic cars and golf carts, meet folks from the Emergency Squad, watch the “Love My Pooch” dog show and take part in many other exciting activities. And, of course, sample some of the incredible FOOD! Come join the festivities March 9th! This event is free to attend. Bring your lawn chair and have a great time at this funfilled event. Be there to ring in the Spring! *In the event of rain, the festival will be held in the Borini Theater www. KingsPointManagement.com
The Pelican Players Breaking Legs, Having Fun and Inspiring Futures
News of Kings Point Staff Since 1980 the Pelican Players Community Theater Group has been providing a venue for creative people to express their talents and theater fans to experience great, affordable entertainment. The very first year they produced three shows – the Spring Show, the Fall Show and the Follies – and have been doing so ever since. The hundreds of actors, singers, musicians, writers, backstage hands and support staff are all volunteers. They may not all have previous theater experience, but they all bring a love for theater and a passion to entertain. “The quality of the people you get here in Kings Point and the surrounding communities is phenomenal.” Says Dick Yarger, onetime college Provost and now regular Pelican stage sensation, “The talent and coordination involved is amazing.” Just how good are the shows?
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Chet Budziak, Marketing; Dick Yarger, Scholarship Chairman; Chuck Wirick, outgoing President. In Front: Courtney Driggers, Scholarship Recipient
Chet Budziak, Marketing Director and producer of the upcoming spring show, “Love, Sex and the IRS”, put it this way: “You want to know how to tell that the Pelicans put on a good program? The shows sell out. Fast.” Recently, the News of Kings Point had an opportunity to sit down with some folks involved in Pelican Players to talk about their plans for the upcoming season and what, exactly, they
Follies Choirs
do with all the money they take in. The answer might surprise you. For the past 26 years, since 1984, the staff and volunteers of the Pelican Players have been providing scholarships to deserving students of the performing arts so that they may continue their studies at the
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collegiate level. The program offers scholarships valued at $1,000 per semester for up to eight semesters to students graduating from three local high schools: East Bay, Riverview and Lennard. The only requirement is that the students choose a major in the field of the arts. Pelican Players To Page 5
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