An elegant evening with dinner, show, and silent and live auctions presented by the AAA Auxiliary.
Honorees: Gene and Billie Yeager
$95.00 per person.   VIP Preferred Seating $115.00
Call Andrea Willerth at (909) 336-6595 for additional information and reservations.

The Arrowhead Arts Association presents its 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner, with this year’s theme:  “Silver Lights of Broadway” at the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa on Saturday, May 30, 2009. The evening will include dinner and a fabulous show featuring the incomparable Shirley Jones.

The event will begin with a no host bar at 5:00 pm, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and entertainment at 8:00 pm.  There will also be silent and live auctions with all proceeds going toward children’s music programs.

Tickets to this memorable event are $95.00 per person.  
VIP Preferred Seating $115.00
and can be reserved by calling Andrea Willerth at (909) 336-6595.

The Shirley Jones story is the quintessential American Cinderella Dream.  As the talented youngest member of her Smithton, Pennsylvania choir, Shirley demonstrated her talent at the age of six.  Shirley grew up to win the Miss Pittsburgh Beauty Pageant and soon found her way to New York after high school graduation.

At an audition as a replacement in the chorus of “South Pacific,” Shirley was discovered by Rogers and Hammerstein.  Her first stage appearance quickly followed and R & H arranged for a movie audition for Shirley as Laurey in “Oklahoma” opposite Gordon MacRae, which she landed, and Gordon also costarred with Shirley in “Carousel.”

Many movies followed, such as “The Courtship of Eddie's Father,” “April Love,” and “Bedtime Story.”  In 1960, Shirley won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her powerful portrayal opposite Burt Lancaster in “Elmer Gantry.”   One of Shirley's proudest achievements as Marion in “The Music Man” has been hailed as one of Columbia's most successful films.

Shirley and “The Partridge Family” enjoyed a large television audience for four years.   Two Emmy nominations came her way for her dramatic work in “Silent Night, Lonely Night” and “There were Times, Dear.”   Shirley made guest appearances with many variety shows, headlined in Las Vegas, returned to legitimate theater and, over the last decade, has also returned to films.

Shirley and her husband, TV producer Marty Ingels, live in the San Bernardino mountains and travel often with their active careers and philanthropic interests.   Visit www.shirleyjones.com.

The Arrowhead Arts Association is honored to welcome Shirley Jones as the featured entertainer for its 25th Anniversary Gala, “Silver Lights of Broadway” on May 30, 2009.

 

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