[NEohioPAL]JCC presents Something Wonderful: The Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein

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The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland  NEWS

26001 South Woodland Road

Beachwood, Ohio  44122

For Immediate Release                 Contact: Anne B. DesRosiers

September 9, 2005                                  (216) 541-0345

                                                         e-mail:
abdesr at megsinet.net

The Jewish Community Center Presents Something Wonderful 

The Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein 

Multi-Media Concert Features Radio Personality Bill Rudman 

and Pianist Nancy Maier 

Two Performances Only, September 24 and 25, 2005

at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center

The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Cleveland, in association with Cuyahoga
Community College, presents a musical journey celebrating Broadway's most
famous songwriting team with Something Wonderful: The Musicals of Rodgers
and Hammerstein for two performances only, September 24 at 8 p.m. and
September 25 at 2 p.m. at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus
Performing Arts Center.  

This multi-media concert opens the JCC's 2005-06 Arts and Culture Season and
is hosted by radio personality Bill Rudman, an expert in classic American
song.  The songfest will be co-hosted by music director Nancy Maier (who
also serves as pianist). Sandra Simon and Jared Leal are the featured
vocalists. 

Rudman will explore the legendary Broadway collaboration that began with
Oklahoma! in 1943 and continued through such beloved musicals as Carousel,
South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. In addition to
selections from these and other shows, Something Wonderful will include rare
audio and video clips and dozens of still images.

The concert - part of Rudman's ongoing series "The Song Is You!" - is being
created especially for the Jewish Community Center and will complement the
JCC's production of South Pacific running October 15 - November 6, directed
by Fred Sternfeld.

Rudman said, "These two events will give Clevelanders the opportunity to
explore the world of two great artists - script and lyric writer Oscar
Hammerstein II and composer Richard Rodgers - whose impact on the American
musical can't be overstated. Throughout the course of 16 years and 11
musicals, the team not only gave audiences extraordinary entertainment;
their stories glow with human truth and idealism." 

For 22 years Rudman has produced and hosted the weekly radio series
"Footlight Parade," heard locally on WCLV-FM; since 1998 the program has
been nationally syndicated and is now broadcast on 106 public radio
stations. In April 2005 XM Satellite Radio launched Rudman's show "On the
Aisle" on the network's Channel 28 "On Broadway."

Last season he hosted a sold-out performance of his concert Irving Berlin:
The Proud Father of 20th-Century Song for the Jewish Community Center. 

Nancy Maier is well-known in the Cleveland area as a music director, vocal
coach and accompanist. She is currently music director-coach for the musical
theater program at Baldwin-Wallace College under the direction of Victoria
Bussert. 

Maier is resident music director at Cain Park, where her work has included A
Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Big River, The Music Man, Sideshow,
Goblin Market, Avenue X, tick, tick.BOOM! and the recent Songs for a New
World. She has also music-directed for Great Lakes Theater Festival,
Porthouse Theater, Beck Center and Karamu House. 

Maier has played keyboard for numerous touring productions at Playhouse
Square Center and served as orchestra contractor-keyboardist for Great Lakes
Theater Festival's productions of Gypsy and Anything Goes.

Sandra Simon has enjoyed a diverse career on the concert, musical theater
and opera stages. She has appeared on many area stages in such roles as
Phyllis in Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe and Johanna in Stephen Sondheim's
Sweeney Todd with Cleveland Opera; Violet in Side Show at the Cleveland Play
House and Cain Park; Kathy in The Last Five Years at Dobama Theatre; and at
Cain Park, Marion in The Music Man, Cinderella in Into the Woods and Lizzie
in Goblin Market.

A native of Cleveland, Simon has also performed with some of the leading
early-music ensembles in the United States and Canada including Opera
Atelier, Tafelmusik of Toronto, and Handel and Haydn of Boston. Locally she
is a favorite with Apollo's Fire and the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. She
can be heard on the Eclectra, NPR and Koch International labels. 

Jared Leal, a native of Amherst, is no stranger to the Rodgers and
Hammerstein repertoire. Immediately after graduating from Baldwin-Wallace
College, he understudied and performed the leading role of Billy Bigelow in
the national-tour revival of "Carousel."

Leal spent six years performing in Chicago, where he also served as managing
director of the Actors Center, a professional acting school specializing in
the Meisner acting technique. 

After returning to Cleveland, he performed as tenor soloist at last year's
Focus Festival, singing under the composer's baton for Krzystof Penderecki's
"Te Deum." 

This October he will appear as baritone soloist with the Baldwin-Wallace
Symphony and Chorus in Vaughn Williams' "Sea Symphony," to be broadcast live
on WCLV.

Ticket prices for Something Wonderful: The Musicals of Rodgers and
Hammerstein are $15 for general public; $12 for JCC members; $13 for seniors
and $13 for groups of 10 or more.

To charge tickets by phone call (800) 766-6048 or visit www.tickets.com
<http://www.tickets.com/> . To purchase a group of 10 or more tickets call
(216) 593-6258. Tickets may also be purchased, in person, at any Tops
Markets in Northeast Ohio.

All discounted tickets must be purchased prior to the day of the
performance. On the day of the performance, only full price tickets will be
available and may be purchased one hour prior to the performance at the box
office of the Tri-C Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center, 4250 Richmond
Road, Highland Hills, OH  44122.

A post-performance discussion for Something Wonderful: The Musicals of
Rodgers and Hammerstein, led by Bill Rudman, will take place on Sunday,
September 25 immediately following the performance.

The JCC's 2005-06 Arts & Culture Season is made possible by generous funding
from Roe Green and the Green Arts Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of
Cleveland, the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the Meisel
Family Foundation, and John and Bonnie Osher.

Upcoming performances in the season include Rodgers and Hammerstein's
musical masterpiece South Pacific (October 15-November 6, 2005); Yiddish
jazz combo, Paul Shapiro's Midnight Minyan (March 4, 2006); the JCC's
sixth-annual An Evening of Classical Music ( April 23, 2006) and the
Northeast Ohio premiere of James Sherman's funny and poignant family saga
>From Door to Door (May 4-21, 2006).

The Rain Pryor: Fried Chicken & Latkes show that was scheduled for January
21, 2006 has been cancelled due to the artist's schedule conflict.

Other events in the season are the 2005 Festival of Jewish Books and Authors
(November 7-20, 2005); Playmakers Youth Theatre performances and classes
(November 2005- April 2006); the Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition
Reading 

(May, 2006); and the 36th Annual JCC Photography Show (date to be
announced).

For complete and updated schedules of JCC Arts & Culture Events please call
the JCC at (216) 831-0700 or visit www.clevejcc.org.

The JCC gratefully acknowledges the support of the Holiday Inn - Beachwood.

The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland builds and strengthens Cleveland's
entire Jewish Community by providing exceptional programs and services that
enhance Jewish continuity and Jewish identity in four key program areas:
Health, Wellness and Recreation; Early Childhood Education; Camping; and
Cultural Arts, which are central to the mission of JCC's nationwide.
Membership to the JCC is open to all. The JCC is a non-profit social service
agency that receives funding from the Jewish Community Federation and the
United Way.

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Jewish Community
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style=3D'text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3D5
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Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein =
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face=3DTimes><span =
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Features Radio Personality Bill Rudman <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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face=3DTimes><span style=3D'font-size:13.0pt;font-weight:bold'>and =
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size=3D4
face=3DTimes><span style=3D'font-size:13.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Two =
Performances
Only, September 24 and 25, 2005<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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Eastern Campus Performing <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
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The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City>,
in association with <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Community College</st1:PlaceType>, =
presents
a musical journey celebrating Broadway’s most famous songwriting =
team
with Something
Wonderful: The Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein for =
two
performances only, September 24 at 8 =
p.m. and
September 25 at <st1:time Hour=3D"14" Minute=3D"0" w:st=3D"on">2 =
p.m.</st1:time> at <st1:place
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

This
multi-media concert opens the JCC’s 2005-06 Arts and Culture =
Season and
is hosted by radio personality Bill =
Rudman,
an expert in classic American song.  The songfest will be co-hosted =
by music director Nancy Maier (who =
also serves
as pianist). Sandra Simon and Jared =
Leal are
the featured vocalists. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

Rudman
will explore the legendary Broadway collaboration that began with =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>! in 1943 =
and
continued through such beloved musicals as Carousel, South Pacific, The King and =
I and The Sound of =
Music.
In addition to selections from these and other shows, Something =
Wonderful
will include rare audio and video clips and dozens of still =
images.<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The
concert – part of Rudman’s ongoing series “The Song Is
You!” – is <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>being created
especially for the Jewish Community Center </span></b>and will =
complement the
JCC’s production of <b><i><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>South
Pacific</span></i> </b>running <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>October 15 -
November 6, </span></b>directed by Fred =
Sternfeld.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

Rudman
said, “These two events will give Clevelanders the opportunity to =
explore
the world of two great artists – script and lyric writer Oscar
Hammerstein II and composer Richard Rodgers – whose impact on the
American musical can’t be overstated. Throughout the course of 16 =
years
and 11 musicals, the team not only gave audiences extraordinary =
entertainment;
their stories glow with human truth and idealism.” =
<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

For 22 years =
Rudman has
produced and hosted the weekly radio series “Footlight =
Parade,”
heard locally on WCLV-FM; since 1998 the program has been nationally =
syndicated
and is now broadcast on 106 public radio stations. In April 2005 XM =
Satellite
Radio launched Rudman’s show “On the Aisle” on the
network’s Channel 28 “On =
Broadway.”<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

Last
season he hosted a sold-out performance of his concert Irving Berlin: The Proud =
Father of
20th-Century Song for the Jewish Community =
Center. <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

Nancy Maier is well-known in the =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> area =
as a music
director, vocal coach and accompanist. She is currently music =
director-coach
for the musical theater program at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Baldwin-Wallace</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> under =
the
direction of Victoria Bussert. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

Maier
is resident music director at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Cain</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, where her =
work has
included A Little Night =
Music, Into the Woods, Big River, The =
Music Man,
Sideshow, Goblin Market, Avenue X, tick,
tick…BOOM! and the recent Songs
for a New World. She has also music-directed for Great Lakes =
Theater
Festival, Porthouse Theater, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and =
Karamu House. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Maier
has played keyboard for numerous touring productions at <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Playhouse</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and =
served as
orchestra contractor-keyboardist for Great Lakes Theater =
Festival’s
productions of <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>Gypsy</span></i> and =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Anything =
Goes</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h1 style=3D'text-indent:0in;line-height:normal'><b><font size=3D3 =
face=3DTimes><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></f=
ont></b></h1>

<h1 style=3D'text-indent:0in;line-height:normal'>Sandra Simon has enjoyed a diverse career on the concert, musical theater =
and opera
stages. She has appeared on many area stages in such roles as Phyllis in
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe
and Johanna in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney
Todd with Cleveland Opera; Violet in Side Show at the Cleveland Play House and Cain Park; =
Kathy
in The Last Five Years =
at Dobama
Theatre; and at Cain Park, Marion in The
Music Man, Cinderella in Into the
Woods and Lizzie in Goblin =
Market.<o:p></o:p></h1>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

A
native of Cleveland, Simon has also performed with some of the leading
early-music ensembles in the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
States</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
including Opera Atelier, Tafelmusik of Toronto, and Handel and Haydn of =
Boston.
Locally she is a favorite with Apollo’s Fire and the Cleveland =
Baroque
Orchestra. She can be heard on the Eclectra, NPR and Koch International =
labels.
<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

Jared Leal, a native of <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Amherst</st1:City></st1:place>, is no stranger to the =
Rodgers and
Hammerstein repertoire. Immediately after graduating from <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Baldwin-Wallace</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
he understudied and performed the leading role of Billy Bigelow in the
national-tour revival of “Carousel.”<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

Leal
spent six years performing in <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Chicago</st1:City>, =
where he
also served as managing director of the <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Actors</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
a professional acting school specializing in the Meisner acting =
technique. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>After
returning to <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>,
he performed as tenor soloist at last year’s Focus Festival, =
singing
under the composer’s baton for Krzystof Penderecki’s =
“Te
Deum.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>This
October he will appear as baritone soloist with the Baldwin-Wallace =
Symphony and
Chorus in Vaughn Williams’ “Sea Symphony,” to be =
broadcast
live on WCLV.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Ticket prices for <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Something
Wonderful: The Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein</span></i> are $15 =
for
general public; $12 for JCC members; $13 for seniors and $13 for groups =
of 10
or more.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

To charge tickets by phone call (800) 766-6048 or =
visit <a
href=3D"http://www.tickets.com/">www.tickets.com</a>. =
 To purchase a group of 10 or more tickets =
call (216)
593-6258.  Tickets may also be purchased, in person, at any Tops =
Markets
in Northeast Ohio. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

All discounted tickets must be purchased prior to the =
day of
the performance. On
the day of the performance, only full price tickets will be =
available
and may be purchased one hour prior to the performance at the box office =
of the
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Tri-C</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Eastern</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Campus</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Performing</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Arts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:address w:st=3D"on"><st1:Street =
w:st=3D"on">4250
 Richmond Road</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Highland =
Hills</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st=3D"on">OH</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">44122</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>.<o:p></o:p></=
p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>A post-performance discussion =
</span></font></b>for<b><i><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Something Wonderful: The =
Musicals
of Rodgers and Hammerstein, </span></i></b>led by Bill Rudman<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>,</span></b> will take place<b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold'> </span></b>on<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'> Sunday, =
September 25
immediately following the performance.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The
JCC’s 2005-06 Arts & Culture Season is made possible by =
generous
funding from <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Roe Green and the Green =
Arts
Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland</span></b>, the =
<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland =
Foundation</span></b>,
the <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Meisel Family =
Foundation</span></b>, and <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>John and Bonnie =
Osher</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Upcoming
performances in the season include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s =
musical
masterpiece <b><i><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>South
Pacific</span></i></b> (October 15-November 6, 2005); Yiddish jazz =
combo, <b><i><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Paul Shapiro’s =
Midnight Minyan</span></i></b>
(March 4, 2006); the JCC's sixth-annual <b><i><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>An Evening of Classical Music </span></i></b>( April =
23,
2006) and the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place> premiere =
of James
Sherman’s funny and poignant family saga <b><i><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>From Door to Door</span></i></b> (May 4-21, =
2006).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The <b><i><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Rain Pryor: Fried Chicken =
&
Latkes</span></i></b> show that was scheduled for January 21, 2006 has =
been
cancelled due to the artist’s schedule =
conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Other
events in the season are the <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>2005 =
Festival of
Jewish Books and Authors</span></b> (November 7-20, 2005); <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Playmakers Youth Theatre</span></b> =
performances and classes
(November 2005- April 2006); the <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Dorothy
Silver Playwriting Competition <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:place></st1:City>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>(May,
2006); and the <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>36<sup>th</sup> =
Annual JCC
Photography Show</span></b> (date to be =
announced).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>For
complete and updated schedules of JCC Arts & Culture Events please =
<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>call the JCC at (216) 831-0700 or visit
www.clevejcc.org.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The
JCC gratefully acknowledges<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'> the =
support of
the Holiday Inn – =
Beachwood.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DTimes><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
background:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

The Jewish Community Center of =
Cleveland builds and strengthens =
Cleveland's
entire Jewish Community by providing exceptional programs and services =
that
enhance Jewish continuity and Jewish identity in four key program areas:
Health, Wellness and Recreation; Early Childhood Education; Camping; and
Cultural Arts, which are central to the mission of JCC’s =
nationwide.
 Membership to the JCC is open to all. The JCC is a non-profit =
social
service agency that receives funding from the Jewish Community =
Federation and
the <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">United =
Way</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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