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Civic Center News
Civic Center President & CEO Jeff Chelesvig announcing the 2007-2008 Betts Broadway Series
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The Principal Charity Classic - FORE Our Kids
The Champions Tour returns to Des Moines! The Principal Charity Classic presented by Wells Fargo will be played at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines May 28 - June 1, 2008. Don't miss out on the ONLY professional golf tournament in Iowa! This charitable event is packed with family-friendly activities and of course, golf's greatest players!
The Principal Charity Classic is a wonderful community event and contributes greatly to the economic vitality and quality of life in central Iowa. The tournament also serves specifically as a way to raise money for local non-profit organizations supporting children. Bravo Greater Des Moines (Bravo) is one of five outstanding organizations dedicated to supporting children that will receive the proceeds from the 2008 event!
Last year’s Bravo proceeds were used to support Connecting Kids and Culture, a new initiative developed to provide culturally-enriching educational opportunities for over 40,000 kindergarten through fifth grade students in Polk and Dallas counties of Greater Des Moines. The program provides transportation funding to educational experiences outside the classroom or provides funding for educators to bring local arts and cultural experiences into their schools. In addition, this initiative aligns community-based arts and cultural experiential learning to core curriculum objectives through a one-of-a-kind database found at www.connectingkidsandculture.org.
Please join us at the tournament by taking advantage of this SPECIAL OFFER!! Friends of Bravo Greater Des Moines can purchase Good-Any-One-Day tickets for only $10 (a $5 discount). To order, please visit www.principalcharityclassic.com. When asked for a ticket code, enter "BRAVO" and your cost will automatically be updated.
Birdies for Charity Raises Funds for Applause! Scholarships
As part of the 2008 Principal Charity Classic® golf tournament, the Civic Center is participating in Birdies for Charity®, a fundraising vehicle designed to generate donations for local charities. Donors can either pledge a one-time flat amount, or a per-birdie amount for each birdie made by the Champions Tour players during the three-day Principal Charity Classic, May 28-June 1 at Glen Oaks County Club. When you make your pledge, you have the opportunity to identify the Civic Center as your charity of choice. All Birdies for Charity donations to the Civic Center will fund a new scholarship program that will allow disadvantaged schools to participate in the Applause! Education Series at no cost. Because The Principal Charity Classic is underwriting the administrative costs of this fund raiser, the Civic Center will keep 100% of every pledge.
Make a pledge today by going to www.principalcharityclassic.com and click on Birdies for Charity or call Civic Center Development Assistant, Kari Tindall at (515) 246-2309 to request a pledge form. We hope you will consider supporting the important work we do for kids in Central Iowa!
INTRODUCING THE WILLIS BROADWAY SERIES
This week the Betts Auto Campus announced that it is changing its name to the Willis Auto Campus, continuing the tradition of top quality people providing the best in customer service that has been synonymous with the Betts name for the last 60 years.
Accompanying this announcement, Dealer Principal Rich Willis announced that the Willis Auto Campus will renew its title sponsorship of the Civic Center’s Willis Broadway Series for the upcoming 2008-09 season, set to be announced April 8.
The Civic Center congratulates the Willis family and everyone at the Willis Auto Campus. For more information, go to WillisAutoCampus.com.
THE CIVIC CENTER’S 2008-2009 SEASON ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8
Civic Center President & CEO Jeff Chelesvig will announce the Civic Center’s upcoming 2008-2009 Betts Broadway Series on the opening night of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE from the stage on Tuesday, April 8 at 7:20 p.m.
As announced last year, the Betts Broadway Series presentation of the Iowa premiere of WICKED will headline the 2008-2009 Betts Broadway Series. The Civic Center will announce the full lineup of shows in the Betts Broadway Series, shows at the Civic Center’s Temple Theater, the 2008-2009 Applause! series, and other special events.
Every year the Civic Center urges patrons to become a Season Ticket holder in order to receive the best seats in the house – and this year, it will be the only way to guarantee tickets to WICKED. In addition, the Civic Center will announce an exciting new Season Ticket holder benefit.
 WICKED IS COMING TO DES MOINES
So much happened before Dorothy dropped in. The Civic Center announced Broadway's biggest blockbuster and winner of three Tony Awards®, WICKED, is coming to Des Moines and will be presented as part of the 2008-2009 Betts Broadway Series. WICKED is a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book By Winnie Holzman based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. It tells the story of the remarkable odyssey of how two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.
WICKED sells out very quickly but Central Iowans can guarantee their seats for WICKED by becoming a Betts Broadway Series Season Ticket holder for the upcoming season.
Exact dates and times for WICKED will be announced at a later date.
CIVIC CENTER RECEIVES $1.25 MILLION VISION IOWA CHALLENGE GRANT
Vision Iowa has awarded the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines a Community Attractions and Tourism Challenge Grant in the amount of $1,250,000. The grant sets a deadline of July 15, 2007 for the Civic Center to raise the final $1 million in donations needed to complete the $7.1 million fundraising effort that will underwrite a variety of upcoming facility renovations and improvements.
The best way for the community to make a donation and leave their mark on the Civic Center is by making a gift to the Musical Chairs campaign which will replace all 2,735 seats in the main hall and as well as assisting in other planned capital improvements.
Attention Theater-lovers
We have a full-time Education Manager position available and many part-time positions available. You are welcome to apply for more than one position. The hours for these positions vary greatly and are event driven. We are looking for individuals who will entirely and unforgettably enhance the experience of our guests at the Civic Center.
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