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THE CATHEDRAL THRIFT HOUSE FOLLIES TROIS

OOH-LA-LA!

CHILD HALL THEATER

The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia

THE CATHEDRAL THRIFT HOUSE

Starring Nellie Holleman, as Store Manager

PRESENTS

Follies Trois OOH-LA-LA!

BENEFITING

MOTHERHOOD BEYOND BARS

Starring Amy Ard, as Executive Director AND INTRODUCING

KAREN AND ROD BUNN as Honorary Co-Chairs

MARY BONDURANT CAROLE DAVENPORT REBECCA MCCUNE RENA SARTAIN

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS

WARD BONDURANT ANNE STACY TOM CARPENTER

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

PENELOPE MALONE JULIA MICHENER JACK O’CONNOR DOUG O’BRYAN

MATT RICHARDSON SAMANTHA PUCKETT DALE ADELMANN DEL KING

TIM GUNTER HUDSON MOSS NORTH ATLANTA JAZZ COMBO JACKSON YOUNG

MARIE WESTMORELAND ROBBY COMER

ANDREA BLOCK BOOG CANDLER ALLISON CONRAD TRIFF COOK

MELANA DICKSON KENDRICK DOPP HOLLY KIELY NIKI LATHAN

MARY HUNTER MAXWELL LISA MCNAMARA HOLLY SIMS DAISY STARR

JENNIFER VAN HORN LYNN WILMOTH CAROLYNNE WILLIAMS JOHN BEANE

JIM COLEMAN MICHAEL CARRIN COBY NIXON AMELIA RANDALL

PAUL UNDERWOOD

RICH ROSZEL SOUND DESIGN DORSEY DELONG PRODUCTION MANAGER

DAN MURPHY PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATOR SARA CRAIG-GOODELL ART

SAM CANDLER STAGE MANAGER

Bonjour and Welcome to Child Hall Theater!

We are overjoyed that you have come to experience our third Cathedral Thrift House Follies, Follies TroisFollies Trois – Ooh-La-La! Thank you so much for being here.

All net proceeds of tonight’s performance benefit a wonderful prison ministry, Motherhood Beyond Bars. We are grateful that the Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars, Amy Ard, is with us tonight. Please direct your attention to Amy’s presentation about the amazing work they are doing to help end the cycle of incarceration in Georgia. Please also consider making a donation to Motherhood Beyond Bars by credit card by scanning the QR code on the back of your program or by writing a check and giving it to one of our volunteers.

Tonight’s honorary co-chairs are Karen and Rod Bunn. If you don’t know Karen and Rod, you are missing out! Their grace and generosity penetrates the halls of the Cathedral of St. Philip. Karen shares her extraordinary musical talents by playing the organ at our Hispanic services. She is a weekly fixture and vital pillar of our growing Hispanic community at the Cathedral. Rod can be seen quietly serving as chief usher from early morning until the end of the day nearly every Sunday and holiday, and also serves on the Friends of Cathedral Music board. Karen and Rod embody the spirit of giving and hospitality that we treasure at the Cathedral Thrift House.

The Follies would not be possible without you, our honorary co-chairs, and the fabulous work and dedication of our extraordinary Thrift House manager, Nellie Holleman; Thrift House Board chair, Tom Carpenter; the Thrift House board; Julia Mitchener, our clergy representative on the board; the amazing Thrift House staff and volunteers; the incomparable clergy and staff of the Cathedral of St. Philip; and, of course, H & F Bottle Shop in the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center, who have donated the wine for all three of our Follies performances.

Cheers to all of them and to all of you! Please sit back and enjoy the show!

Mary Bondurant, Follies Chair

Scenes/Musical Numbers

Prelude ....................................................................................... NORTH ATLANTA JAZZ COMBO

Welcome to the Follies! TOM CARPENTER, Chair of the Cathedral Thrift House

MARY BONDURANT, Follies Chair

KAREN AND ROD BUNN, Honorary Co-Chairs

NELLIE HOLLEMAN, Cathedral Thrift House Manager

AMY ARD , Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars

Masters of Ceremony

DOUG O’BRYAN and MATT RICHARDSON

“Cabaret” SAMANTHA PUCKETT, Cathedral Choir

Accompanied by TIM GUNTER on piano. Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb.

“The Night They Invented Champagne”on tap .................................. PENELOPE MALONE

Song from the movie Gigi, music by Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan J. Lerner.

LES MODELES DE COCO CHANEL

Introduced by NELLIE HOLLEMAN and ROBBY COMER, Cathedral Thrift House

RENA SARTAIN, NIKI LATHAN, MELANA DICKSON, ANDREA BLOCK, MARY HUNTER MAXWELL, KENDRICK DOPP, BOOG CANDLER, AND DAISY STARR

“La Vie en Rose” .................................................... THE REV. CANON JULIA MITCHENER

Accompanied by TIM GUNTER on piano. Music and Lyrics by Edith Piaf.

“Fly Me to the Moon” and “Tea for Two” on Piano ...... THE VERY REV. SAM CANDLER

Fly me to the Moon: Music by Bart Howard. Tea for Two: Music by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar.

LES MODELES DE CHRISTIAN DIOR

Introduced by NELLIE HOLLEMAN and ROBBY COMER, Cathedral Thrift House

JENNIFER VAN HORN, TRIFF COOK, CAROLYNNE WILLIAMS, DORSEY DELONG, LYNN WILMOTH, HOLLY SIMS, HOLLY KIELY, LISA MCNAMARA, AND ALLISON CONRAD

“I Love Paris” ................................................... SAMANTHA PUCKETT, Cathedral Choir

Accompanied by TIM GUNTER on piano. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

“Big Spender”

LESLIE CARON and GENE KELLY accompanied by JOHN BEANE, ROD BUNN, MICHAEL CARRIN, JIM COLEMAN, COBY NIXON, AMELIA RANDALL, PAUL UNDERWOOD, and MARIE WESTMORELAND, Cathedral Ushers. Music from the musical Sweet Charity, written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields.

“Happy Birthday” ........................................................

DALE ADELMANN, TIM GUNTER, DEL KING and HUDSON MOSS, Cathedral Choir

Karen and Rod Bunn, Honorary Co-Chairs

Karen and Rod met on a blind date at an organ dedication recital at the University of Tennessee, Music Department. At the time, Karen was studying piano pedagogy and later organ. Rod was studying engineering.

Later, after they married, they frequently attended the Metropolitan Opera performances in Atlanta on Saturday evenings and then Sunday worship services at the Cathedral of St. Philip. Rod said that being married to a church organist means one always knows where the best church pipe organs and musicians are located!

In 2000, in pursuit of new opportunities, Karen and Rod moved to Atlanta. Rod had retired from the University of Tennessee, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Biology, where he had been one of the division directors, an engineer, and a scientist while also working at Oak Ridge National Labs for well over 30 years. In 2002, Karen and Rod were confirmed at the Cathedral of St. Philip and became members. Not long after their first visit, a kindly gentleman wearing a red carnation and name tag asked them to carry the Oblations at the Presentation portion of the service. As most of you know, that man was Dr. Emile Fisher, a long-time usher and Chief Usher. As you can imagine, they both became ushers. This began their lives at St. Philip.

Throughout the years, Karen and Rod have been active in a number of St. Philip volunteer opportunities. Karen participated with the youth group as a chaperone for an overnight stay at the Cathedral. She and Rod went bowling with them. That was the first time Rod knew that Karen could bowl. Thank goodness that Karen had bowling lessons with the Girl Scouts. Rod had no training and just watched. At the annual Christmas Eve Children’s Pageant, you will notice quite a few lambs rambling up the aisle. Karen answered the call to make five of those lamb costumes, which are still being used today. Around 2004, two members of the Hispanic congregation offered to teach a Level I and Level II Spanish class, and Karen signed up. One of her assignments was to read a scripture in Spanish for the Hispanic service held in the Mikell Chapel. It was there that she realized that the service didn’t have anyone to play the organ. She offered her services as an organist to Father Rodrigues, and he accepted. Karen has been playing for the Hispanic congregation since that time. She says this has been a wonderful way to experience a culture of gracious manners, good food, music, and quinceañeras. She and Rod have made many great friends as a result. Karen and Rod both have served on the Friends of Cathedral Music board. Rod serves on the Cathedral Chapter, as one of the Chairs of the Stewardship Committee, a member of the Cathedral Curate Advisory Committee, a participant in the Community of Hope seminar series for several years, The Cathedral Worship Committee, Fisher House Renovation Project and the Usher Ministry.

With all this said, Karen and Rod have said that St. Philip is a wonderful church home, and they are honored to be Co-Chairs of the 2024 Thrift House Follies.

Thank

DIAMOND

PATRONS

(Gifts of $1,000 or more)

Karen and Rod Bunn

Penelope Malone and John Champion

H & F Bottle Shop

Sarah Kennedy

Rebecca McCune

Nancy and Randy Rizor

Carolyn and Bill Shiverick

Susan and Patrick White

Stanley B. Williams

PLATINUM PATRONS

(Gifts of $600)

Barbara and Frank Bazzel

Ann and Larry Burns

Linda and Tom Carpenter

Mary Caroline Cravens and Will Sugden

Carole Davenport and Lisa Lonvick

Nancy and Max Ferguson

Anne and Drury Ghegan

Lucy Vance and Bill Ide

Patricia (Trish) Lewis

Anne and David Stacy

Lynne and Warren Wood

Claudia Barnes and Linda Wickham

Emily and Eric Bleke, Sara and Donnie Chapman, Mary Hunter and George Maxwell, Jenny and Alan McClure, Melody and Marvin Palmore, Marion and Martin Tilson, Jennifer and Dan Van Horn, and Marion and Hamilton Williams

Janet and Jep Hogan, Diane and Bud Keller, Lynda and Roger Moister, and Dianne and Vern Otwell

Vicki and Rusty French, Harriet and Kip Kirkpatrick, Lynne and Will Nelson, and Jerilene and Nat Saughter

GOLD PATRONS (gifts of $300)

Cindra Brown

Mary Mercer

Lombard and Everett Puri

Julie and Rocky Rief

Gay and Ron Shook

AND WITH DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE OTHERS WHO MADE THIS EVENING POSSIBLE, INCLUDING:

Our Donors Our Customers Our Cast

Cathedral Thrift House Staff and Volunteers Cathedral Clergy and Staff

Cathedral Sextons Cathedral Ushers Peachtree Road Farmers Market

Cathedral Bookstore Dr. Dale Adelmann Liz Aull

Mary Alice Barrington Susan and Andy Bennett Lawrence Booker Ben Bryant The Very Rev. Sam Candler John Cook Bruce Crabtree

Sara Craig-Goodell Ralph Daniels Dorsey DeLong Stephen Douglass

Dondi Dubose Keith Dumke Jesus Hernandez Gina and Linton Hopkins

Charles Jacobs Laura and John Kelly Jane Longino Jeannie Mahood

David McGilvray The Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener Dan Murphy

Sandra Ortega Carol Parker Mimi Pendergrast Nancy Qarmout

David Rocchio Rich Roszel Elizabeth and Jerry Spangler Anne Spengler

Faye Swennes Susan Troutman T. Williams Bela Yeman

Johnnie and Stephen Zarzeka Tenagne Y. Daniels, Tyo Design

Flaky not Flaky: Bake Shoppe and Chocolatarium Honest Harvest Pasta

The Last Straw Little Tart Bakeshop Publix The Spotted Trotter

Sweet Auburn Bread Company

THE CATHEDRAL THRIFT HOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TOM CARPENTER, CHAIR

Peggy Allumbaugh

John Cook, Jr. Triff Cook Carole Davenport

John Kelly Rebecca McCune Carol Parker

Mimi Pendergrast Elizabeth Spangler Susan Troutman

THE FOLLIES PLANNING COMMITTEE

MARY BONDURANT, CHAIR

Carole Davenport Nellie Holleman Rebecca McCune

Rena Sartain Anne Stacy

THE FOLLIES FOOD COMMITTEE

ANNE STACY, CHAIR

Carole Davenport Sheila Duggan Jane Ellington Morgan Ellington

Maureen Goldman

Cathy Hutcheson Jennie Hyman John Kelly

Cynthia Lamb Cathy Lamon Jane Langley Jane Longino Penelope Malone

Jane McLean Cheryl Mullins Carol Parker JoAnn Passarelli Beth Pitzer

Norma Pitzer Mary Rankin Lisa Rowe Rena Sartain Barbara Shannon

Elizabeth Spangler

Anne Spengler Fay Swennes Cynthia Taleb

Susan Troutman Lynn Wood Johnnie Zarzeka

The Cathedral Thrift House garden sale is on Saturday, May 4 and we need your donations of wonderful garden items (small garden statuary, clay or ceramic pots in nice condition, birdfeeders, etc.). Our customers would LOVE what you may not love anymore. Thank you for your donations and continued support!

Donations accepted: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Visit us at 1893 Piedmont Rd. NE

With special thanks to its vendors who donated food for tonight’s event: TheLast Straw ... .

Be all that you can Be!

The Cathedral of St. Philip is looking for any number of good women and men… To Be Ushers!

For details, speak with Rod Bunn any Sunday or email to: rdbexe@bellsouth.net

BTW… We need Junior Ushers as well!

AUTOGRAPHS

THE BENEFICIARY

Motherhood Beyond Bars ensures a healthy start for infants born to incarcerated women by providing a network of comprehensive support for mothers and caregivers. They support and strengthen families with the goal of long-term, healthy reunification and a permanent end to cycles of incarceration in families.

Pregnancy and birth should be a time of transformation, not trauma. Every woman should have access to quality care and compassionate childbirth support. Every child born deserves to be bonded from birth and supported by a community of care. Women moving beyond prison should be prepared to parent with confidence.

Motherhood Beyond Bars works towards this vision by offering critical resources to both mother and child before birth and long after. Their programs include tailored support for the mother and other caregivers, providing supplies like diapers, and help with accessing social services and navigating other paperwork. They also provide necessary education and support for successful reentry into society, and foster healthy, strong relationships between mother and child. Lastly, they conduct research and collect data relating to the impact of incarceration on families. This allows them to advocate for policy reforms and improve programs to respond to the real, expressed needs of these families. Please help us support Motherhood Beyond Bars by donating!

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