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 #wmMessage #wmMessage /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}</style></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">For Immediate Release</span></u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">April 17, 2013</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center" mce_style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Dancing Wheels’ World Premiere of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Daring to be Dumbo</i>: </span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">A Springboard for a Countywide Anti-Bullying Campaign</span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">As<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>top recipient of the Cuyahoga County Arts and Culture’s “Creative Culture” grant, The Dancing Wheels Company will initiate a year-long campaign to bring new hope and a vision of possibility to those who<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>have struggled with the indignities of bullying and other social injustices.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">About the Production:</span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">The springboard for the campaign is the world premiere of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Daring to be Dumbo</i></b>, an eye-opening production performed by Dancing Wheels’ dancers with and without disabilities and choreographed by the esteemed film maker, director and choreographer David Rousseve. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Premiering May 9-11, 2013 at the Saint Ignatius Breen Center, Dancing Wheels’ version of this timeless classic will be set in a modern junior high school.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>With its heartwarming moral lessons of embracing differences and conquering adversity, this story will be a welcomed addition to the Dancing Wheels’ family-friendly repertory.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Complete with a vibrant “dream sequence” featuring the “Pink Elephants on Parade”, the multi-media production brilliantly encompasses a video backdrop, new musical orchestration by Steve Eva and the Chagrin Valley Studio Orchestra, and larger than life-size puppets by Robin VanLear to create a truly magical story for the young--and young-at-heart.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Dancing Wheels’ cast of 15 dancers will play multiple roles, with the featured role of the outcast Dumbo character played by Dancing Wheels’ 5-year veteran dancer Dezare Foster, and her “side kick” Timothy played by Jen Sikora, the Company’s first student and now professional wheelchair dancer.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The production will open on May 9 & 10 with 10:30 a.m. student matinee performances for over 1,000 school age children from across Northeast Ohio who will be bused in for the performance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Following the student matinees will be two public performances Friday evening, May 10 and Saturday afternoon May 11.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;l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yle="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><br></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">About the Creative Culture Project:</span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Prior to the performance and during the three-day run,<span style="color:red" mce_style="color:red"> </span>camera crews will be on hand to film rehearsals and the production and to capture interviews from artists and patrons.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The goal is to find real-life stories of those who have risen above ridicule and isolation of “being different” to discover lives of dignity and achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>These interviews, along with a series of others from notable individuals in the community, will then be included in a made-for-television documentary slated to air on WKYC TV-3 in Spring of 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>After the airing, the documentary and the production of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Daring to</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">be Dumbo</i></b> will be excerpted and taken out to schools, libraries, and community groups throughout Northeast Ohio, and eventually nationwide.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The entire project is intended to inspire and evoke positive conversation around the importance of accepting everyone as equals-- especially those who dare to be different!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">About the Company & School:</span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">As America’s first and foremost physically integrated dance company, the Dancing Wheels Company travels the globe performing, teaching, and speaking to over 30,000 people each year.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The Company of 15 dancers has performed more than 50 works from esteemed choreographers throughout the world and has had the honor of working on stage with <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>such luminaries as Ben Vereen, Christopher Reeve, Tommy Tune, Robin Williams and Gloria Gaynor— to name a few.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The School of Dancing Wheels serves more than 2,000 children and adults with and without disabilities each year.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>In Cleveland, the Company & School has built strong partnerships with such organizations as Achievement Center for Children, United Cerebral Palsy of Northeast Ohio, Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, Cleveland Clinic’s Arts & Medicine Institute and Akron Children’s Hospital. The Company and School have a distinctive mission to bring arts opportunities and experiences to children and families who might not otherwise have the equal advantage to participate.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>As an innovative art form, the Dancing Wheels Company has brought joy and hope to over 5 million people worldwide for more than 3 decades.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal" mce_style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:red" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:red"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Tickets to Daring to be Dumbo:</span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Production and event tickets for Friday, May 10’s opening night performance and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Cirque Soirée</i></b> pre-party, performance, and after party are $100.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Tickets to only the performance and after party are $55.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Saturday, May 11 matinee performance and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Dumbo’s Circus Celebration</b> after party are $25 for adults and $15 for children under 12.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Student matinee performances are $5 per student.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">For more information and to purchase tickets log onto </span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dancingwheels.org" mce_href="http://www.dancingwheels.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">www.dancingwheels.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> or call (216) 432-0306.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Event Location</span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">The Breen Center for the Performing Arts</span></div> <div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">St. Ignatius High School</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">2008 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Sponsors</span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, Invacare, Key Bank, MetLife Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, The Bruening Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, The Emerson Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The John P. Murphy Foundation, The Kennedy Center, The Kuhn Family Foundation, The Sherwin Williams Company, and Target.</span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Contact:</span><span style="mso-tab-count:1" mce_style="mso-tab-count:1">  </span><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Mary Verdi-Fletcher </b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><span style="mso-tab-count:1" mce_style="mso-tab-count:1">                    </span><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">President/Founding Artistic Director</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="tab-stops:45.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" mce_style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><span style="mso-tab-count:1" mce_style="mso-tab-count:1">                    </span><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Michael Bargas</span></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><span style="mso-tab-count:1" mce_style="mso-tab-count:1">                    </span><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Marketing/Public Relations Manager</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="font-size:12pt;tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"><span style="mso-tab-count:1" mce_style="mso-tab-count:1">                    </span><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">(216) 432-0306</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="font-size:12pt;tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="font-size:12pt;tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;tab-stops:45.0pt" mce_style="font-size:12pt;text-align:center;tab-stops:45.0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">###</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin" mce_style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"></span></div> <div></div><div><br></div></span></body></html>