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Stars On Ice Coming to the Town Toyota Center

February 10th, 2012 | Posted in Event News, Member News | by Craig
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 EMMY AWARD WINNING STARS ON ICE

Launches 2012 “Love ‘n’ Life” Tour

Headlined by a Select Cast of Olympic and World Champions 

The Premier Figure Skating Tour Brings Its New Production

Co-Directed and Choreographed by Skating Superstar Kurt Browning

to theTownToyotaCenterinWenatcheeon Sunday, February 26 at4:00 p.m.

 

Tickets On Sale Now!

 

Wenatchee, WA – The world’s premier figure skating tour, Stars on Ice, has brought together a superstar ensemble of Olympic, World and National Champions from all over the globe for the 2011-12 season.  Stars on Ice will present a limited engagement, command performance tour that will visit 10U.S. cities which have hosted sold out shows throughout the history of the Tour. The Emmy Award winning production will visitWenatchee,WA onSunday,February 26, 2012 for a4:00 PM performance atTownToyotaCenter.

Stars on Ice has always showcased the unique combination of athleticism and artistry which is figure skating, in a cutting edge premier entertainment spectacular. In 2010, Stars on Ice highlighted North American superiority in the Winter Olympics. Last year, Stars on Ice celebrated its 25-year legacy by bringing the world an unparalleled cast of legends past, present, and future. In 2012, the “Stars on Ice Love ‘n’ Life” tour will get a new infusion of creativity from legendary skater, Kurt Browning, who will co-direct and choreograph this year’s production.

“I am thrilled and a tad intimidated with the opportunity to choreograph Stars on Ice,” said Browning. “My relationship with this tour has been wonderful for over two decades, and I want to give this new role with the show my best effort like I did, and still will, as a skater.” 

Stars on Ice, founded by Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton, is one of the premier touring entertainment events in the world.  Tickets for the “Stars on Ice Love ‘n’ Life” Tour in Wenatchee are on sale now!  Special on-ice seating is available upon request. Group discounts are available for parties of 10 or more.  Tickets start at $25 and are available via www.towntoyotacenter.com and the Town Toyota Center Box Office. Please visit www.starsonice.com for more information as well as exciting show announcements.  

 

About Stars on Ice

Founded in 1986 by skating icon Scott Hamilton, the Stars on Ice tour has played more than 1,000 shows for over a quarter of a century. Past tour performers include Olympic Gold Medalists Kristi Yamaguchi, Katarina Witt, Dorothy Hamill and Torvill & Dean. The Tour has won three Emmy Awards, one ACE Cable Award (Best Sports Special), and is recognized as the finest ice production in the world. Stars on Ice is produced by IMG, the world’s premier Sports, Entertainment and Media Company. For more information about the tour, visit www.starsonice.com.  Keep in touch with Stars on Ice on Facebook: www.facebook.com/starsonice and on Twitter: @starsonice, www.twitter.com/starsonice.   

 

 

Guests of Mission Ridge Receive Wine Discounts

January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Member News | by Craig
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Mission Ridge skiers score wine discounts in Wenatchee Wine Country!

Skiers at Mission Ridge can show their day pass the weekend they ski or season pass to get discounts at these wineries:

Quincy: 

White Heron: waived tasting fees and 10% off wine purchases

Jones Of WA Winery:  10% off wine purchases

Wenatchee/East Wenatchee:    

Stemilt Creek Winery:  waived tasting fees and 10% off wine purchases

Chateau Faire le Pont Winery:  10% off wine purchases

Martin-Scott Winery:  10% off 3 or more bottles to day-pass holders only

Snowdrift Cider Co.:  10% off cider purchases

The Wenatchee Visitor Bureau: 1/2 price tasting fees and 10% off wine purchases

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Local Businesses Support Safe Teen Drivers

January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Business News, Member News | by Craig
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Wenatchee HS and Local Businesses hold Distracted Driving Campaign for Teens!

The Wenatchee Police Department, High School staff, local Farmers Insurance agents and Precision Collision Auto Body recently held this year’s distracted driving safety campaign at Wenatchee High School. 18% of distraction related fatalities in America are cell phone related as reported on the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s web site. When students arrived at school on Tuesday January 10th, they saw a new Ford F150 that had recently Read More »

SeaPort Airlines to Serve Pangborn

December 29th, 2011 | Posted in Business News, Member News, The Chamber Guy Blog | by Craig
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This morning Seaport Airlines announced it will start service on March 1 from Pangborn Airport to Yakima and Portland.  Service will include three round trips each weekday and one weekend round trip.  This is great news for our Valley, central Washington, and Pangborn Memorial Airport. 

Before I go any further, time for full disclosure.  In addition to my job as Chamber Director, I am an elected Chelan County Port Commissioner (since December 2006).  The Port of Chelan County jointly owns and operates Pangborn Memorial Airport with the Port of Douglas County.  One of my primary responsibilities as a Commissioner is Pangborn airport.  I am very familiar with Pangborn and the impacts of this news. but shouldn’t be considered totally disinterested.

Let me start at the beginning of the Chamber’s support of Pangborn (at least since I have been Director).  In October of 2004 a great conference Read More »

News from the PAC

December 19th, 2011 | Posted in Business News, Member News | by Rebecca
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OnStage: News from the PAC
  Patron eNewsletter: December 2011
Upcoming Events

at the PAC 2012

 

ARRIVAL:
The Music of ABBA
Sponsored by Davis, Arneil Law Firm
Wed, Jan 25 at 7:30 pm
Performing with WVSO

 

NANDA presents

THE JACKET
A Van Doren Sales
Family Series Event
Wed, Feb 8 at 7:30pm

 

The Second City

Fri, Feb. 17 at 7:30pm

We’ve Got Talent!
Sat, Feb. 18 at 10am
Sat, Feb. 25 at 7pm

Icicle Arts presents
Sonia Dawkins
Prism Dance Theatre
Fri. Feb 24 at 7pm

Damn Yankees
Tues, Feb 28
Two Shows: 4pm & 8pm

MozART Group
Tues, Mar 6 at 7:30pm

Zorro
A Van Doren Sales Family Series Event
Thur, Mar 29 at 6:30 pm

Frankie & Nina’s
Big Italian Wedding
Sponsored by Cascade Autocenter
Fri, April 20 and
Sat, April 21 at 7:30pm

Chocolate Confessions
Fri, April 27 at 7:30pm

Stuart Little
A Van Doren Sales Family Series Event
Tues, May 15 at 6:30pm

Dancing Divas
Sponsored by Macy’s
Fri, June 1 at 6:30pm

For more details of these events and other community events, visit PACWEN.org.

Happy Holidays.

This is a time for goodwill, thanksgiving, reflection and celebration. The Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee wishes you the time and opportunity to enjoy the treasures of the season.
Goodwill
Glenn Kelly
Two community members were honored for their efforts of goodwill during the Holiday Spice Variety Show on Thursday, December 1. The Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee awarded Glenn Kelly and Terry Johnson the 2011 Stanley Lifetime Achievement
Terry Johnson
Awards. Glenn Kelly, a longtime musician and music educator, received his award in the Professional Division, and
Terry Johnson, an architect
and founding member of PKJB Architects, received the Volunteer Division award for volunteering his talents and time to help the PAC. Thank you, Terry and Glenn, for your wonderful contributions to our community.
Click here to read more about these recipients.

 

More Goodwill. . .
Festival of Trees was a success – but only because of the generosity from many amazing community supporters.  From the community members who donated a mini-tree or wreath, to the community businesses that sponsored a large tree, to the restaurants that donated food for Ladies night and the committee members who worked hard to make all the festival events a success. Thank you so much for supporting Festival of Trees and helping us to raise over $80,000 for the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee.
 

Thanksgiving

The PAC is thankful to you – our wonderful community. Through your support, patronage, membership and donations, we are able to provide a setting for programs that enhance the cultural and intellectual growth of the community.
The PAC is proud to offer quality performances and honored to be the stage that showcases the fabulous local talents in our communities. Thank you – the Appleaires, the Apollo Club,  Icicle Arts,  Icicle Creek Center for the Arts,  Common Bond 5,   Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Chorale,  Next Step Dance Studio,  Fabulous Feet,  Music Theatre of Wenatchee,  Eastmont High School,  WV College, Wenatchee High School,  Icicle Creek Youth Symphony,  Apple Blossom, and Job’s Daughters  – for choosing our stage to present your events and thank you for supporting the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee.
 

Thanksgiving continued! 

One PAC supporter is giving thanks for one lucky raffle ticket! Sheila Callihan is the lucky winner of the 2011 Festival of Trees Raffle Tree, sponsored by Total Travel. Not only does she win the beautifully decorated raffle tree – currently on display in the lower lobby of the PAC – but she wins four amazing trips, compliments of Total Travel. Her trips include a five-night stay at the Halekulani on Waikiki, HI (including airfare from Seattle to Hawaii), a ten-day cruise, two-nights in Las Vegas and two-nights in Lake Tahoe.
Sheila’s winning raffle ticket was drawn during Holiday Spice – the official wrap-up of Festival of Trees. Sheila called the next day and said she was very excited to have won and had already visited with Terry Thompson at Total Travel to start making travel arrangements. She thinks she’ll hit Las Vegas first – but not decided. Decisions, Decisions. Congratulations Sheila. Thank you to everyone who purchased a raffle ticket to help support the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee.
 
Reflection: The Sounds of Christmas

This Saturday and Sunday two community partners will be performing together here at the PAC. The Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Columbia Chorale present The Sounds of Christmas, this Saturday, December 17 at 7 pm and Sunday, December 18 at 4 pm. Tickets are still available but going quickly.  There will be a Concert Prelude with both Directors – Dr. Nikolas Caoile of the Symphony and Dr. Mike Hibbett of the Columbia Chorale – on stage an hour before each show. Join us for the Sounds of Christmas. Click here to purchase your tickets online.
 
Celebration: If you Give a Moose a Muffin  
The holidays are a time to celebrate, but for students, holiday vacation is REALLY something to celebrate! Parents, what will you do with your students over the long winter break? We have a solution for Monday, December 19! Bring them to the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee for a special Magik Theatre production: If you Give a Moose A Muffin, a fun musical adaptation of the popular children’s book by Laura Numeroff.  Magik Theatre is a renown children’s theatre group which produces plays based on children’s books with a goal of stimulating children to think clearly and creatively. Interested in attending If you Give a Moose a Muffin? Click here for tickets.  Click here to download the study guides from Magik Theatre.
 
Celebration: New Beginnings 
Here’s another reason to celebrate – the PAC has a new director!
Rita Brown will ring in 2012 as the Executive Director of the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee.  Rita brings experience in development and fundraising as well as strong community ties here in Wenatchee and all over the Pacific Northwest. Click here to read the November article from the Wenatchee World.

Rita says she is very excited about being involved with the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee.  “I’ve always thought of this center to be a wonderful community asset and I look forward to being a part of it,” Rita said. “There is such a wonderful atmosphere here and I want people to experience and enjoy it.”
Rita’s goal is to make the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee feel truly accessible to community members of all ages and background. Welcome Rita!
 
PAC Volunteers Needed

We are looking for volunteers interested in being a part of Team PAC in the New Year – specifically as a head usher or in the Box Office. We have some really exciting events coming up in 2012 and need your help to make our season run smoothly.
It’s EASY and it’s FUN!  Box office shifts are only a few hours between 11:30 am and 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday (evening and weekend shifts are available).  You may work as little or often as you like and training is provided. It’s a snap! Make new friends, talk with lots of people that make our community great and help support a nonprofit. Click here to learn more or contact Sarah at 665-9096.
Holiday Schedule
The PAC Box Office will be closing from December 22, 2011 through January 2, 2012. Please be sure to purchase your tickets and gift certificates for the holidays before 5:30 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011. Happy Holidays!
 
It’s Not Too Late to Give

At this time of year, you don’t have to look too hard to find a place to make a donation. It’s not too late to give your gift of support to the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization which makes all gifts tax deductible. When you give to the Performing Arts Center, you will receive a tax donation letter before the end of the year!
We also have four tiers of membership – all of which are tax-deductible. Don’t know what to get that “hard-to-buy-for and has-everything-already” person on your list? Give the gift of membership, and with four levels to choose from, it’s a gift to fit any budget. Bronze Memberships begin at only $35!  Gold Membership (starting at $150) will put their name in the Season PACBills while a Platinum Membership (starting at $500) will add their name to the lobby signage. Diamond Memberships begin at $1,000 and include invitations to special PAC events.  Corporate memberships are also available.
If you’re feeling like you’re running out of time, or that you’d prefer to hand-deliver your gift, you can come visit us during business hours during these last two weeks of December. Call the business office at 509.665.9096 for more information about how you can give a special gift this year and support the performing arts in our community.
Sarah Wilkins

Marketing and Outreach Managerp. 509-665-9096 / e. Sarah / f. 509-667-9032

Visit www.PACWEN.org to view the promotional video of our 2011-12  Season
THANK YOU TO OUR SEASON SPONSOR – THE WENATCHEE WORLD

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