Greetings!
Let's face it: The Basie needs your help. We have many thrilling performances coming up soon but the following four benefit events in particular will be something truly special and you won't want to miss them. Buying tickets to our special benefit events supports the Count Basie Theatre Foundation and helps keep the Count Basie Theatre going strong! You can purchase tickets by clicking right from this email or by calling the box office at (732) 842-9000. We thank you for your support, and we'll see you at the shows! Sincerely,
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Count Basie Theatre Gala Dinner & Dance
8th Annual Spring Benefit
 Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 7:30PMTickets: $350 & up*
(*Call 732-224-8778 x118 or email rwarnick@countbasietheatre.org to purchase)
HUGE NEWS!!! GARFUNKEL CANCELS BUT THE JUNE 5TH GALA LIVES ON!
We're taking advantage of this turn of events. The party has moved to the Basie stage so we can really party like rock stars! Come celebrate our Honorees Marshall Knopf and Hugh Ward with great music, delicious food and raucous fun!
NEW TICKET CHOICES:
$500 DONATION -
Includes June 5th Gala plus a VIP ticket to a show of your choice at the Count Basie Theatre (based on availability)!
$350 DONATION -
Includes one ticket to June 5th Gala only
RSVP TODAY: CALL 732.224.8778 X118 or EMAIL RWARNICK@COUNTBASIETHEATRE.ORG
ATTIRE: "FUNKY" CASUAL
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The Max Weinberg Big Band
Tickets: $500 & up*, $250, $190, $125, $100, $50
(*$500 & up VIP seats within first 12 rows, must call 732-224-8778 x118 or email rwarnick@countbasietheatre.org to purchase. Ask about Pre-Reception!)
Legendary E-Street Band drummer MAX WEINBERG's dream to create his own swinging 15-piece Big Band is a reality. Debuting Christmas week of December 2009 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, this hard driving unit was an instant hit. Drawing from a repertoire that includes tried and true, yet updated, 1960's-era Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson-even a new swinging take on The Beatles and
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - THE MAX WEINBERG BIG BAND will swing the audience into a frenzy. This is a group that upholds the grand show business maxim, if you will: "LOOK SHARP-PLAY SHARP."
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The Fab Faux
Annual Summer Benefit Concert Event
 Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 8PM
Presented by: Count Basie Theatre Foundation
Tickets:
$500, $150, $120, $100, $50, $35
VIDEO PREVIEW
An annual and always sold-out Basie tradition, The Fab Faux are, according to Rolling Stone Magazine, "The greatest Beatles cover band." Featuring Will Lee from The Late Show with David Letterman; Jimmy Vivino from the Max Weinberg 7 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien; record producer Rich Pagano; Frank Agnello (Marshall Crenshaw, Phoebe Snow); and Jack Petruzzelli (Joan Osborne, Rufus Wainwright), this is the band to see if you want to know what it might have been like if The Beatles toured behind their later albums, with a healthy portion of the early guitar-based material as well.
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An Intimate Evening with Will Ackerman
Benefit Concert to Support Our Facade Renovation
 Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 8PMPresented by: Count Basie Theatre FoundationVIDEO PREVIEWJoin us for this rare concert appearance
with Will Ackerman, Grammy Award-Winning Composer, Musician,
Producer, and Founder of
Windham Hill Records (Michael Hedges, George Winston) with special guest
David Cullen in the intimate setting of the Two River Theater at
21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank.Tickets: $49, $69, VIP $159 (includes post-show reception and meet and greet with Will Ackerman). To purchase tickets call Two River Theater box office: 732-345-1400 or online at www.trtc.org. For VIP Sponsor tickets: call Rachel Warnick at 732-224-8778 x118 or the Two River Theater box office at 732-345-1400. About Will Ackerman: Universally recognized as the preeminent pioneer in the new age music movement, and the founder of Windham Hill Records, Will Ackerman's career spans more than three decades of remarkable vision, single-minded determination, fervent business savvy, and "a thorough love of the mystery of making music." Learn more at www.williamackerman.com |
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LET'S FACE IT
Count Basie Theatre
Facade Restoration
In 2010, The Count Basie Theatre will once again undergo a major renovation, this time to the exterior of the building, and is launching the "Let's Face It" campaign to fund the work. Although scaffolding will cover the front of the building, the shows will go on. An all-new, historical looking façade will replace the faded and structurally impaired pink brick front. A refurbished theatre marquee with energy efficient lighting, and new energy efficient windows will be included in the project.
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Count Basie Theatre
Foundation
The Count Basie Theatre Foundation was created in 2005. Its mission is to provide operating support to the Theatre, raise the capital needed to restore the facility and to create an endowment for the Theatre.
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SAVE THE DATE
Black Crowes
Sunday, October 17
Tickets go on sale to Count Basie Theatre members (at the Fellow level and above) on June 9 and go on sale to the general public on June 11.
Want to become a Fellow member so you can buy early? Click HERE!
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TAKE A SEAT
Campaign
Did you know you could purchase or dedicate a Theatre seat?
CLICK HERE to learn more about our Take Your Seat campaign
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The Count Basie Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.
CLICK HERE to donate now!
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