9th Annual Uptown Theatre Honors event to take place Nov. 3
MOUNT VERNON – The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group (CDG) has announced the date for the 9th Annual Uptown Theatre Honors.
The event will take place Sunday, Nov. 3, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the First Street Community Center Uptown Theatre, 221 First St. NE, Mount Vernon. This year’s honorees include John Bardsley, Bob Campagna, Tommie and Pat Ouverson, Leland Turner and Kevin Carpenter, and Joleen Woods.
The honors gala will include speeches, live musical numbers and a reception attended by the nominees and their families. All are welcome. Admission to the event is free, goodwill donations are appreciated.
The annual Uptown Theatre Honors, Mount Vernon’s version of the Kennedy Center Honors, was initially conceived through fundraising team the A-Go-Gos. The eight-person fundraising group is responsible for raising $17,000 for the First Street Community Center Uptown Theatre through the 2013 “Frank Benesh Memorial Uptown Theatre Telethon A-Go-Go!” In 2019 the A-Go-Go volunteer team merged into the CDG volunteer pool, making the Uptown Theatre Honors an annual CDG event.
The Uptown Theatre Honors seeks to recognize and honor caring, passionate and collaborative individuals who have been responsible for shaping and promoting the arts and culture of the communities of Mount Vernon and Lisbon.
“This year the Uptown Theatre Honors will be honoring seven local men and women who have played a large part in creating and supporting the arts and culture of the communities of Mount Vernon and Lisbon,” said Mary Horst, volunteer chair of the Uptown Theatre Honors Committee. “We are thankful to our partners and funders who believe in the work we do–especially the CDG, Rick and Trude Elliott and the Wellso Family Foundation.”
Further information about the event is available through Joe Jennison at (319) 538-6297 or Trude Elliott at [email protected].
About the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group (CDG)
The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group (CDG), a Main Street Iowa organization, is a 501c6 nonprofit with a mission “to promote and develop the business community, including but not limited to the Main Street District, and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve.”