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Fran Sansing, artist and Gulf Breeze resident, will be exhibiting her jewelry artwork with beads, pearls, coral and many others too numerous to name. Looking at a display of Sansing's creations is like touring an art gallery of mixed media. The public is invited and this is an event you don't want to miss! For more information about the show, call the Pensacola Art Museum at 850- 432-6247. World Laughter Day HO! HO! HA! HA! HA! World Laughter Day will be celebrated all over the world on Sunday, May 4. The local celebration will be on May 4 at 3 pm at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church. The purpose is to spread the message of world peace and promote good health through laughter.
Come join this celebration on Sunday afternoon at St. Francis of Assisi at 1 St. Francis Drive in Gulf Breeze and become part of the grass-root movement for better health and shared love. Laughter is a universal language. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a sense of humor. Contact Alice Caruso at abcaruso@mchsi.com or 850- 934-6317 for more information. The Optimist Club of Pensacola Beach The Optimist Club of Pensacola Beach presents their Beach Ball 2008 on Friday, April 25 at the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front featuring fantasy island music by Joe Occhipinti and his band. The cost is $65 per person. There will be a cash bar at 6 p.m., a seated dinner at 7 p.m. and dancing until 11 p.m. One hundred raffle tickets at $100 each will be sold prior to the event. From these donations, $5,000 will be donated to Pensacola Beach Elementary School and $5,000 will be raffled off at the event. The grand prize is $2,500. Raffle ticket holders do not have to be present to win.
Sponsorships are also available. Call Bettie Lee Sundstrom at 850-436- 2079 or 850-384-7436 for information or to make reservations. Ballet Pensacola's Dancing With The Stars Gala Ballet Pensacola announces its annual fundraising gala, May 3, at 7 p.m. at My Spayce in downtown Pensacola. It is sure to be the event of the season. The Dancing with the Stars Gala is Ballet Pensacola's largest fundraising event of the season and allows Ballet Pensacola to continue to pursue its mission of enhancing the cultural landscape of Northwest Florida. Proceeds from the event support the Dance Chance scholarship program that provides access to the arts to individuals who otherwise would find it financially impossible. It also enables Ballet Pensacola to produce its Discover Dance outreach program that introduces the performing arts to schoolaged children throughout Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties.
As part of the annual gala, Ballet Pensacola is holding a drawing for an exquisite white gold and diamond forum necklace from Beré Jewelers valued at over $2,000. Tickets will be sold until the Gala on May 3, when the lucky winner will be drawn. The winner need not be present to win. Tickets are $20 each. Funds are generated to help Ballet Pensacola to continue its mission, including providing outreach programs and scholarships to individuals who may never have access to the performing arts.
Tickets may be obtained at the Ballet Pensacola office or by calling 850-432-9546. Please help us make this year's fundraiser the best ever. Tickets for the evening are $100 per person. Gold and Silver sponsorships are also available at the $1,000 and $500 levels respectively. For more information, contact Bobby Ball at 850-432-9546 or bobbyball@ balletpensacola.com.
Friends of the Gulf Breeze Library generally have two book sales each year to raise money for the library. Unfortunately, the contributions of books for the sale, which would have been in March, were too few. So the Friends of the Gulf Breeze Library are asking the community to contribute enough books in May so that a sale can be scheduled. Please contribute any paperbacks and hardbacks, fiction and non-fiction books you no longer need. Cookbooks, travel books, biographies and jigsaw puzzles are popular. Textbooks and encyclopedias are not needed and do not sell well. If a potential contributor needs to have books picked up, arrangements can be made by calling the library at 850-932-5166. Pensacola Camellia Club The regular third Tuesday monthly meeting of the Pensacola Camellia Club was held April 15 in the Garden Center on 9th Avenue in Pensacola. The program, presented by Second Vice President and Program Chair John Davy, was titled "Propagating Camellias by Air-layering and Rooting." Davy is a commercial nurseryman with Panhandle Growers in Milton. The public is invited, free of charge and light refreshments will be served. There will be no regular meetings during the summer months. There will be a picnic for members and guests on Saturday, May 10. The third Tuesday meeting in August will be a nohost dinner at a location to be announced. Regular meetings will resume in September. New officers of the Pensacola Camellia Club were installed at the annual banquet and mini-camellia show in February at the Pensacola Yacht Club. Officers installed were President Dr. Tom Birdwell, First Vice President Bill Lyford, Second Vice President and Program Chair John Davy, Third Vice President and Membership Chair Dr. Gordon Eade, Treasurer Thekla Morris and Secretary Norman Vickers. New board members include Dr. Bill Bennett, Carol Comber, Jack O'Donnell, Roger Vinson and Dr. Ben Williamson. Immediate past President Skip Vogelsang gave a summary of his year as president. At their annual banquet, what do Camellia People do for entertainment? They have a minicamellia show for themselves. Winners of that show were Carl Brady who won best bloom in three categories and Roger Vinson and Bob Bothfeld, one category each. Norman Vickers was named Person of the Year for his work with the Camellia Club, especially in membership and publicity. Jazz and classical guitarist Arturo provided music for the occasion. For information and membership, call Gordon Eade at 476-4760. |
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