'Swing Fling' is April 28 at GO ART! -- theme is 'Come back to the 1940s'
The 2018 GO ART! spring awards gala will be held in a new venue this year -- at GO ART! itself, in historic Seymour Place in Downtown Batavia.
The theme of "Swing Fling" is "Come back to the 1940s," it will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 28, and feature music, dancing, appetizers, a cash bar, live radio show and awards.
Geneseean Awards will go to:
- Organization of Year: Genesee Chorale
- Individual Artist of the Year: Lisa Roeseler, Medina High School Medina High School A Cappella Choir Director
- Supporter (of the cultural sector) of the Year award will go to one of three nominees: Bryan DeGraw, 810 Meadworks, OR Diana Kastenbaum, Pinnacle Manufacturing, OR Brian Kemp, T-Shirts Etc.
Tickets: $20 for non-members, $15 for GO ART! members.
Contact GO ART! at goart.org, 343-9313, or stop in at Seymour Place, located at 201 E. Main St.
Platinum Sponsors for the Swing Fling are: WBTA, and Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel.
Gold Sponsors are: J. Leonard McAndrew Funeral Home, Jim Burns Photography.
Silver Sponsors are: Carrotman Productions, St. Joseph Catholic School.
(To help attendees prepare with flair for this affair, we offer this link about the 1940s -- here -- and it's a real Humdinger, as they used to say. And also, for your listening pleasure, this obscure oldie, here.)
