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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face=Arial
color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG><FONT size=4>Order tickets today for Ashtabula's
biggest and best ever Halloween bash!</FONT> </STRONG></FONT></P>
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face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=5>"Stage Fright!"</FONT></STRONG></P>
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color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face=Arial
color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>will be held Saturday, October 25th
</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face=Arial
color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>8p.m. - 1 a.m.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>at the Ashtabula Arts Center</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face=Arial
color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>For adults 21 and over </STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><FONT face=Arial
color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>Tickets are $15 per person</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>and must be purchased in advance
</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>(party will be sold out and walk-in tickets will
be unavailable).</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>(440) 964-3396</FONT></STRONG></P>
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face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>Includes three rotating bands "Blues
Project," "The King Pins" and "Bar Trek!"</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>Plus Chinese Auction, 50/50 raffle, games,
costume contests, prizes, beer and wine cash bar and more!</FONT></STRONG></P>
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size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Who
knows more about dressing up in wild costumes and make-up than the staff and
volunteers at the Ashtabula Arts Center?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Halloween has become one of the most popular holidays in the country and
the Arts Center has decided to go all out celebrating it this year. “Stage
Fright!” will fill the center with a full evening of Halloween fun for adults
age 21 and over on Saturday, October 25th.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>This John
Leombruno tribute/Arts Center fundraising party will be held from 8 p.m. - 1
a.m. and will feature three rotating bands—“The Blues Project,” “The King Pins”
and “Bar Trek” who have all volunteered to play throughout the event.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The evening will also include a Chinese
auction filled with art items donated by local artists, a 50/50 raffle, games,
costume contests and more.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For a
small fee local artist Ralph Bacon will be drawing caricatures of guests in
their costumes and guests can also get a tarot card reading by “a mysterious
gypsy woman.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A buffet of snacks
and hors d'oeuvres such as “sweet and sour eyeballs,” “mildewed spinach nibbles”
and “severed finger cookies” will be served and there will be a beer and wine
cash bar. </FONT></P>
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size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Arts
Center staff knew immediately that they could pull off a fantastic Halloween
party.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their theater prop cabinets
were already bursting at the hinges with lots of things that could be used for
great decorations. What they don’t already have, they knew their art department
could make.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They have tombstones
and an old coffin that has been seen on stage several times in show such as
“Evita.” A number of female volunteers who will spend the evening selling raffle
tickets and leading games and contests will be made up to look like
“Frankenstein’s brides,” wearing old bridal gowns found in the theater’s costume
loft.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tim Dorman, who does much of
the lighting design for the Arts Center’s theatrical productions, will be
designing lighting for the party as well as putting together some old horror
movie and spooky comedy show clips that will be shown on the large expanse of
walls in the gallery.</FONT></P>
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size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Arts
Center staff came up with the idea for the Halloween party as a way to raise
much-needed funds. “When the economy is doing poorly, one of the first things
the government cuts is funding for the arts,” says Pamela Hammond, public
relations/marketing coordinator for the Arts Center. “As schools cut their
budgets, they also cut arts programming. As families try to tighten their
budgets at home, it is often their spending on entertainment and the arts that
is reduced.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At the Arts Center, we
needed to find some extra ways to raise dollars this year in order to keep up
with the higher costs of utilities and everything else that we are also being
faced with.”</FONT></P>
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size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The
party will also be a tribute to the late John Leombruno, a long-time local
drummer who died this past year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>“John
loved music.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He was all about
music,” says Jim Fuller of ‘The Blues Project’ and ‘The King Pins.’ “John worked
by day as a banker and he was very good at it, but his real love was music.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He loved drumming and he was always
looking for places to hear live bands. What really made John special to me
though, was that he was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things for other
people.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He lived his whole life
with an attitude that was always asking ‘what can I do for you?’ Even after he
got sick and people would call to ask him how he was doing, John would turn the
conversation around to find out how they were and if there was anything he could
do for them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He was just an
ordinary guy but he was an extraordinary one as well.” </FONT></P>
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size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>“We are
very grateful to the bands and the many volunteers and donors who are coming
together to make the party a success,” says Hammond. “Our intention is to pack
the evening so full of great activities that people will be talking about the
party for years to come.”</FONT></P>
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size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><STRONG>Tickets are available for sale at the Arts Center, 2928 West 13th
Street in Ashtabula or by phone at (440) 964-3396. Tickets are $15 per person,
age 21 and over only.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Underage
ticket holders will not be admitted.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Ticket sales are limited to 150 persons.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All proceeds will benefit the Ashtabula
Arts Center.</STRONG></FONT></P>
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size=2></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The
Ashtabula Arts Center is funded in part by the Ohio Arts Council.</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pamela Hammond<BR>Public Relations/Marketing
Coordinator<BR>Ashtabula Arts Center<BR>Phone/Fax: 440.964.3396<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:aac@ashartscenter.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>aac@ashartscenter.org</FONT></A></DIV></BODY></HTML>