Regional talent featured in benefit performances for memorial scholarship fund
Sept. 25, 2008
HARRISBURG –‘Meghan’s Night,’ an evening of song, dance and theatrical performances, will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center on the Harrisburg Campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community.
The benefit, which is a public fund raiser for the Meghan Freas Scholarship Fund in the HACC Foundation, includes a dessert reception following the performances and a silent auction during the evening.
Performers include a variety of regional talent from HACC students and community members, including:
§“Connect,” an original contemporary dance piece from Company C, featuring HACC student Adam Newborn and former HACC student Sara Longcroft;
§“Braziliera” from “Scaramouche Suite,” a double grand piano duet by Darius Milhaud performed by Thomas Hostetter and Bill Ingraham;
§Vocal solos by Heather Weaver, Bryden McGarry, Scott R. Richards and Angela Ruediger;
§Flamenco dance by Lori Friedlander, and
§Irish step dancing featuring dancers from Rebel Heart.
Proceeds will be put into a scholarship fund designated for a HACC student pursuing an interest in International Theatre Studies. The fund is in memory of Meghan Freas, a HACC student who passed away from complications resulting from a vehicle accident in May 2008.
Tickets are $30 adult and $15 student. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the box office at 231-ROSE (7673).
To donate auction items or for sponsorship information, contact Teri Guerrisi at 780-2576 or Lynne Dillard at 780-2363.