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February 16, 2007
Several artists are joining together to help raise money for artist Nina Boothe, a former Lake Highlands Junior High art teacher for more than 30 years whose home burned to the ground last November. Her art collection, library and supplies have all been lost.
An art sale where five artists will donate a portion of their proceeds to Boothe will be 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at 1003 Cardinal Lane in Richardson.
Artists represented include Ed Auger, Randy Findley, Mitsuka Iwahiro, Sarah Scott and Carol Stum. All are Skylight Artists members except Findley, who teaches art at Richardson High School and is an accomplished potter.
Boothe is president of the Texas Art Educators Convention and was in Fort Worth for the convention at the time of the fire.
For more information, contact Sarah Scott at 972-234-1486 or visit www.creativefocusbiz.com.
Posted by Angela Chambers 
at 11:13 AM (E-mail this entry)
The Pearce High School Excellence in Education Gala will be held Saturday, Feb. 17, at Brookhaven Country Club, 3333 Golfing Green Drive in Farmers Branch.
Silent auction items will include vacations to Cozumel or East Texas lake houses, Southwest Airlines tickets and a ride around the city in a small plane.
Each organization and team has put together a themed basket, including “Nights of romance” from the orchestra and a Texas A&M basket from the track team.
Seating is limited to the first 320 reservations. For more information, contact Lisa Albert at 972-733-4252 or Lisa Dunne at 972-407-1969.
Posted by Angela Chambers at 9:54 AM (E-mail this entry)
Collin County Ballet Theatre will perform a “Romance and Revelry” concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive.
Tickets are $12 students, $15 for side orchestra seats, $20 mezzanine and $25 center orchestra. Seniors receive a 20 percent discount. To purchase tickets, call the Eisemann Center box office at 972-744-4650. For more information, call 972-403-1012.
Choreographer George Ballanchine’s famous Rubies pas de deux will be performed by Michele Gifford and Chung Lin Tseng, formerly of Texas Ballet Theatre.
The concert opens with romantic ballet Songs of the Heart set to ballades sung by Jason Coosner, musical director of Hathaway Ballet Academy in Plano. A live piano soloist will accompany the ballet.
“Romance and Revelry” will also include a new contemporary ballet created by company resident choreographer Micki Saba.
The CCBT invited regional choreographer Rob Davidson to create a new ballet for the youth ensemble called Tossing & Turning.
Company artistic director Kirt Hathaway will choreograph a new classical ballet to close the performance.
Posted by Angela Chambers at 9:11 AM (E-mail this entry)
