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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=962491214-21042008>If you, your
friends, or loved ones are US Veterans, and/or if you'd like to represent and
promote your Veterans' group during the performances of Canton Cabaret's <EM>A
Tribute to the USO</EM>, please contact Lois DiGiacomo (executive director) at
330.456.7397 or <A
href="mailto:rainbowrep@neo.rr.com">rainbowrep@neo.rr.com</A>. Thanks for your
service.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=962491214-21042008>We'd love to see you
at the show!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=962491214-21042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">WHO: <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Canton Cabaret Musical Dinner Theatre<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">WHAT: <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>“A Tribute to the USO”<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">WHEN:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Fridays, May 16th and 30th:<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Dinner </B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="19"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">7pm</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Show </B><st1:time Minute="0"
Hour="20"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">8pm</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Sundays, May 18th and June 1st<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Dinner </B><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="13"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">1pm</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Show </B><st1:time
Minute="0" Hour="14"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">2pm</B></st1:time><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">WHERE: <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Metropolitan Centre Grand Ballroom, 601 Cleveland Ave. North,
<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Downtown Canton, OH 44702<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">TICKETS:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Dinner and show
tickets: $42.50<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Show-only tickets: $25<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Table of 8: 10% discount<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">HOW:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></B>By phone at 330.499.6177; by email at <A
href="mailto:ccdtreservations@yahoo.com"><FONT
color=#0000ff>ccdtreservations@yahoo.com</FONT></A>; or at the door</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Canton Cabaret Musical Dinner Theatre proudly presents
“A Tribute to the USO,” an original production directed by Rose Forrester. The
performances are scheduled for Fridays, May 16th and 30th with a
</SPAN><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="19"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">7pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
dinner and </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="20"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">8pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
show, and Sundays, May 18th and June 1st with a </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0"
Hour="13"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> dinner and </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="14"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
show. Tickets for dinner with show are $42.50, and show-only tickets are $25. A
10% discount applies for reservations of a table for eight. Tickets are
available by phone at 330.499.6177; by email at <A
href="mailto:ccdtreservations@yahoo.com"><FONT
color=#0000ff>ccdtreservations@yahoo.com</FONT></A>; and at the door. Standard,
vegetarian, and gluten-free menu options are available.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Tribute</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> recognizes the mission of
the USO: to provide recreation, morale, and welfare-type services to uniformed
personnel and their families. </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Northeast
Ohio</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> performers include Todd
Cooper, Diana Daniel, Cody Wood, Joseph Ledford, Rose Forrester, Melissa Day,
and The Average White Broads, who will provide entertainment as tribute
performers portraying (respectively) Bob Hope, Ann Miller, Bing Crosby, Red
Skelton, Kate Smith, Debbie Reynolds, and the Andrews Sisters. <SPAN
class=962491214-21042008>Dancing during the performances is
encouraged!</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">All veterans in the audience
will be recognized at each performance, and all area veterans’ groups are
encouraged to represent and promote their groups and to display any literature
or information at the shows. Please call Canton Cabaret’s Executive Director,
Lois DiGiacomo, at 330.456.7397 to make arrangements for
display.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The
production site, Metropolitan Centre’s Grand Ballroom, has been restored to its
1926 grandeur, including the original chandeliers (photos at <A
href="http://www.cantoncabaret.com/"><FONT
color=#0000ff>www.cantoncabaret.com</FONT></A>). The venue is handicap
accessible and offers free parking at the door.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Canton Cabaret, partially funded by ArtsInStark, the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">county</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Arts</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Council, is a production arm of the
</SPAN><st1:PersonName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rainbow Repertory
Company</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Janelle Hannum
Schmidt</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canton, OH
44735-5878 USA</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">330.806.6520</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"No artist is ahead of his time. He
IS his time. It is just that others are behind the time."--</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Martha Graham, modern dance pioneer
(1894-1991)</SPAN></P>
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