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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='background:white'><strong><span style='color:#333333'>Southern Fried Chicks Comedy Tour at LCCC’s Stocker Arts Center</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span><span style='color:#333333'>Get ready an evening of down home humor when the Southern Fried Chicks comedy tour stops off at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>The tour stars Etta May and two special guests from the “Chick’s Hen House,” Sonya White and Karen Mills. The comedy trio will perform at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 13. The show is part of Stocker’s<a name="_GoBack"></a> Performing Artists Series.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'>Tickets are $36 for orchestra; $29 for mezzanine; and $10 for LCCC students and youth 18 and under. Valet parking is available for this show for just $5 per car. Tickets for the performance and valet parking <span style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span><a href="http://www.stockerartscenter.com">www.stockerartscenter.com</a><span style='color:#333333'>, or by calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at (440) 366-4040 from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday and 90 minutes before curtain time. Tickets are also available at the box office, located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>Since the debut of their one-hour comedy special on CMT, the Southern Fried Chicks have played to venues packed with people and laughter. Life and love in the USA has never been funnier as when the original “desperate housewives” give their points of view. The show has been compared to the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, but with better hair and bigger attitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>Etta May<b> </b>has been described as “Minnie Pearl with a migraine.” Winner of the prestigious American Comedy Awards Stand-up Comic of the Year, she has appeared on “Oprah,” CMT, “Comic Strip Live,” plus many others. She is an audience favorite of XM and Sirius radio comedy channels and on syndicated radio shows, “The Bob and Tom Show”<i> </i>and “The Rick and Bubba Show.”<i> </i>She is a regular on CMT countdown shows and featured programming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>Sonya White, originally from Virginia, combines her Southern charm with big city smarts. She has appeared on Fox Network’s “Nightshift,” Family Channel’s “Big Brother Jake” and on national promos for that “Dancing with the Stars”<i> </i>alum Jerry Springer, and his infamous show, “The Jerry Springer Show.”<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>Karen Mills<b> </b>is a native Tennessean and makes one thing clear through her clean and clever comedy: “I am not a Southern Belle, unless I need to be.” She is a veteran comedian who has worked with Jon Stewart and was a contributing writer for “<em><span style='font-style:normal'>The</span></em> Rosie O’Donnell Show.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:#333333'>For more information on this and other upcoming performances at Stocker Arts Center, visit </span><a href="http://www.stockerartscenter.com">www.stockerartscenter.com</a><span style='color:#333333'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#000066'>Kim Carrasquillo</span></b><span style='color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#000066'>Writer, Project Coordinator | Marketing and Outreach Initiatives</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#522C1C'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Lorain County Community College | 1005 N Abbe Road | Elyria, Ohio 44035<br>t: 440.366.4822</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'> f: 440.366.4113 e : </span><u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu">kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu</a></span></u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>LCCC website: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/"><span lang=FR>www.lorainccc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>