[NEohioPAL] Beck Center and CCBMRDD Present Razzle Dazzle 9: It's About Time!

Mon May 11 12:08:45 PDT 2009

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CONTACT:        Missy S. Toms, 216.521.2540 x22 or mtoms at beckcenter.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    May 11, 2009

Razzle Dazzle 9: It's About Time!

Beck Center and CCBMRDD Present Community Talent

Lakewood, OH-Beck Center for the Arts and the Cuyahoga County Board of
Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities (CCBMRDD) present Razzle
Dazzle 9: It's About Time! on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16, 2009,
at the Beck Center for the Arts Music-Armory Building. Show time for
both performances is 7:30 p.m.

Cast and crew members are made up of participants in the Rocky River
Adult Activities Center's (AAC) inclusive musical theater program,
consumers served by CCBMRDD and Rocky River AAC, and community
volunteers. They will perform fun tunes centered around the theme of
time, including "Sunday Morning," "Manic Monday," and "Everybody's
Working for the Weekend." The evening will also feature a musical
performance by Gavin McIvor, a participant in the Beck Music Therapy
program, an art exhibition with works from participants in the Beck Arts
Therapy program, and works for sale from HeARTworks, the CCBMRDD art
gallery.

Tickets for the opening night performance on May 15 are $15 and benefit
the Beck's Department of Creative Arts Therapies. A post-show reception
includes a meet-and-greet with the performers, a Chinese raffle, and
prize giveaways. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by
calling 216.521.2540 x10.

The show on May 16 is free and open to the public and includes a special
musical performance by the Rocky River and Maple Heights Adult
Activities Center Choirs. Doors open 20 minutes prior to the show.

Creative arts therapies are the prescribed use of the arts,
therapeutically, to facilitate change, or to maintain functioning, which
contribute to the quality of life. Music and art therapists serve people
of all ages with special needs. In therapy, the arts are used to
encourage personal growth so all individuals may further develop skills
that help maximize their potential.

"Being part of the community and celebrating it is what Razzle Dazzle is
all about," says Tara Griest, Beck's associate director of Creative Arts
Therapies. "This is a feel good show, and we greatly value our
longstanding partnership with the CCBMRDD and Rocky River AAC. The pride
on the participants' faces and music will definitely move you."

For more information, call Ed Gallagher at 216.521.2540 x12 or Sue Duffy
at 216.736.2722.

One of the region's largest arts organizations, Beck Center for the Arts
is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional
theater productions, arts education programming in dance, music,
theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for
special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring local and
regional artists.

To position the Beck for long-term sustainability, the Beck Center's
Board of Directors has launched a Strategic Growth Initiative, entitled
Open for Imagination. The campaign goal is to raise money to create a
working capital fund by August 31, 2009. Tax-deductible donations may be
made online at www.beckcenter.org or mailed to Beck Center for the Arts,
17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107.

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Missy S. Toms

Director of Marketing & External Affairs

Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH 44107

mtoms at beckcenter.org

216.521.2540, ext. 22

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<http://beckcenter.org/class/catalogSu09.pdf> . 

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Posted by:

Fran Storch

Beck Center for the Arts

Publications Manager

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH  44107

(216) 521-2540 x20

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