North Texas Performing Arts Announces
2nd Annual North Texas Performing Arts Celebration Station
and Lucky Stars Casino Night at The Shops at Willow Bend
Face painters, Balloon Artists, games, contests, live art demonstrations and performances await the North Texas community on Saturday, September 14th between 10AM and 5PM during the 2nd Annual North Texas Performing Arts Celebration Station at the Shops at Willow Bend. The fun-filled free family event will showcase fifty North Texas non-profits participating in North Texas Giving Day made possible by Communities Foundation of Texas.
Registration begins at 10:00 am in Grand Court (between Neiman Marcus and The Food Court) and the first 500 families will receive a special gift bag compliments of the Shops at Willow Bend.
The Main Stage will feature performances throughout the day including a performance by North Texas Performing Arts at 11:30 a.m followed by a Proclamation offered by Plano City Council Members Mayor Pro Tem Rick Smith, Rick Grady, and Lilly Bao officially opening the big event. Nationally recognized comedian and magician Bo Gerard who has shared the stage with Bill Gates, Glen Close and Terry Bradshaw and honored with the prestigious “Telly Award” will perform at 12:30p.m. transforming the audience with his humor and tricks.
“The Shops at Willow Bend have a history of making the mall available for the community” according to Director of Marketing Amy Medford. “The Shops at Willow Bend are thrilled to be a part of the 2nd Annual North Texas Performing Arts Celebration Station at The Shops at Willow Bend supporting our mission to bring awareness to these non-profit’s worthy causes.”
“NTPA’s North Texas Giving Day allows donors large and small to play a part in the world’s largest one-day fundraiser” says NTPA Chief Executive Officer Darrell Rodenbaugh. “We are proud to support this incredible opportunity to showcase North Texas’s non-profits.”
Later that evening the North Texas Performing Arts hosts its “Lucky Stars Casino Night” at the Willow Bend Center of the Arts between 6:30-11:00p.m. Tickets are $60 and includes casino games, hor’dourves, karaoke, cash bar, dancing and lots of fun with a special Poker Tournament begininng at 6:00 p.m. for an additional $25. Funds raised go to support the non-profit North Texas Performing Arts to underwrite scholarships, programming and capital campaign needs.
This special event currently includes the involvement of the following North Texas non-profits:
Junior League of Collin County, Communities Foundation of Texas, North Texas Performing Arts, PISD Education Foundation, Chamberlain Ballet, , Children’s Chorus of Collin County, Children’s Health, Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation, ysociety, Plano Premier Girls Lacrosse, New Hope Education, 3to1 Foundation, Agape Resource and Assistance Center, Hendrick Scholarship Foundation, Altruistic, A Small Miracle Foundation, Plano Art Association, Rosa Es Rojo, Inc., We Got Your Six, Moms in the Making, Coram Deo Academy, The Autism Community in Action, International Festival, ArtCentre of Plano, and My Possibilities.
“I am honored to be joined by co-chair and fellow board member Joanne Rodriguez in putting together this exciting event.” says Founder of Plano Children’s Theatre and VP of Development Sara Egelston Akers. “We intend to offer a very special day for our Plano community and the non-profit organizations joining us on this special day.”
The event is sponsored by the North Texas Performing Arts, Legacy Texas Bank, Junior League of Collin County, Communities Foundation of Texas, California Pizza Kitchen, The Shops at Willow Bend, Dallas Karaoke, Nothing Bundt Cakes, The City of Plano, Plano Cultural Arts Commission.
