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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NEWS
RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CONTACT:
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Missy
S. Toms, 216.521.2540 x22 or <a href="mailto:mtoms@beckcenter.org">mtoms@beckcenter.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
May 11, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Razzle Dazzle 9:
It’s About Time!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Beck Center and
CCBMRDD Present Community Talent</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lakewood, OH—</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck Center for the
Arts and the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation & Developmental
Disabilities (CCBMRDD) present <i>Razzle Dazzle 9: It’s About Time!</i>
on <b>Friday, May 15 and</b> <b>Saturday, May 16, 2009, at the Beck Center for
the Arts Music-Armory Building</b>. Show time for both performances is 7:30
p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Being part of the
community and celebrating it is what <i>Razzle Dazzle</i> 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</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> on<span
style='color:black'> the participants' faces
and music will definitely move you.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information, call Ed
Gallagher at 216.521.2540 x12 or Sue Duffy at 216.736.2722.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To position the Beck for
long-term sustainability, the Beck Center’s Board of Directors has
launched a Strategic Growth Initiative, entitled <i>Open for Imagination</i>.
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 <a
href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a> or mailed to Beck
Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###<span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Missy S.
Toms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Director
of Marketing & External Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Beck
Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>17801
Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Lakewood,
OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="mailto:mtoms@beckcenter.org">mtoms@beckcenter.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>216.521.2540,
ext. 22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Support the Beck Center and the
arts with a tax deductible contribution. <b><a
href="http://beckcenter.org/support.htm">Donate today!</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><i>Evil Dead: The Musical</i></b>
College students, demons...and show tunes! May 8 – June 14. <b><a
href="http://beckcenter.org/seats/evildead.htm">Purchase tickets today!</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Enroll today for summer camps and classes in dance, music,
theater, and visual arts:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><b><a
href="http://beckcenter.org/class/catalogSu09.pdf">Summer 2009 Classes</a></b>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;
color:green'>P</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> </span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Please
consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Posted by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Fran Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Publications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>17801 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>(216) 521-2540 x20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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