5th Annual Light the Lights!

Benefit Concert for the Castro Valley Center for the Arts
Friday, February 29, 2008
7:00PM
Redwood Chapel
19300 Redwood Rd., Castro Valley

Lovers of Broadway musicals are in for a treat as the Castro Valley Arts Foundation presents the 5th annual Light the Lights Benefit.  Alice Lynn, New York star of theater, film, television and cabaret will be the featured headliner, with Maestro Michael Morgan, Music Director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, returning as guest emcee.  Select music students from Castro Valley High School, and Creekside and Canyon Middle schools will provide a memorable evening of song.  Over 400 students will take part in this annual concert!

This lively evening will be held on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 7:00 pm at Redwood Chapel, 19300 Redwood Road, Castro Valley.  This event benefits the Castro Valley Center for the Arts, Castro Valley’s new 516-seat theater which hosts school theatre productions, concerts, community art shows and other events.

Alice Lynn, a Castro Valley High School alumni, is a veteran performer and has appeared in western regional theatre companies such as: ACT in San Francisco, Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, Denver Center Theatre Company, and  Oakland’s Woodminster.  Her favorite roles include Marian in Music Man, Magnolia in Showboat, and Irene in Crazy for You. Alice also traveled with the Broadway touring company of Cats, playing the roles of Jellylorum and Griddlebone. In the Broadway Tour of Sunset Boulevard, she had the privilege of understudying Petula Clark in the lead role of Norma Desmond. Her highly acclaimed cabaret show has been featured at many venues, including the Plush Room in San Francisco and Don’t Tell Mama in NYC.

In her giddy youth, Alice performed  for four seasons with Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey, where she was featured as the first female singer ever heard in The Greatest Show on Earth.

Alice has enjoyed a varied and creative career in show business.  In addition to her performing arts career she has worked as teacher, writer, composer, director, choreographer, audio and video producer and photographer.  Her portrait photography has been featured in two solo shows in New York City galleries. Each winter, she returns to the Alaskan Arctic to act as the artist-in-residence for the Alaskan Arts Council.

Guest emcee, Michael Morgan¸ is no stranger to Castro Valley. A champion for arts education, Maestro Morgan makes about 100 appearances in the nation’s schools each year. He has worked with the Castro Valley High School students as guest conductor and emcee. We are pleased to have him back again this year.

Download a Light the Lights flyer here.