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WelcomeGreetings! Welcome to the 7th Annual Celebration of Women & Girls event. We are fortunate to live in a community with so many creative and talented women and girls. Thanks to you, our sponsors, volunteers, donors, and supporters, tonight we come together to showcase some of them. Thank you for joining us!

We are grateful that this night of performances is also a fundraiser for both The Oasis Center and PACE Center for Girls. Both organizations are dedicated to improving and celebrating the lives of women and girls in Tallahassee and this event is really an extension of our work.

Please enjoy the delicious food provided by local restaurants; treat yourself to that “special something” from our wide array of silent auction items, and revel in the music, words, and dance provided by this evening’s performers.

We appreciate your support of The Oasis Center for Women & Girls and PACE Center for Girls. We could not do what we do without your help.

Have a wonderful time!

Kathleen BrennanPresident, The Oasis Center for Women & Girls

Sha’Ron JamesChairwoman, PACE Center for Girls, Leon

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Schedule

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Both PACE and Oasis will receive a

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WelcomeSha’Ron James & Kathleen Brennan

EmceeMelanie Lee

Act IMarcia Porter

Tallahassee BalletDevan MooreMickee Faust

IntermissionSilent Auction closes at the end of intermission

Act II Saundra Kelly

Revised EditionTallahassee Salsa Dancers

In ClosingHaley Cutler-Seeber & Kelly Otte

WE SALUTE

FOR THEIR REMARKABLE COMMITMENT

TO WOMEN & GIRLS.

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Lena JuarezMollie LondotKori PruettErin SjostromJacquelyn Steele

Kathleen Brennan, PresidentAndrea Jones, Vice PresidentMarisa Button, TreasurerPam MacDill, Immediate Past PresidentTiffany HamiltonSavannah Hill

PACE Center for Girls in Leon County is one of 19 PACE Centers around the state. A nationally recognized and research-based model, PACE features a balanced emphasis on academics and social services with a focus on the future for middle and high-school aged girls. The foundation of PACE is the gender-responsive culture, providing a safe environment that celebrates girls, services that take into account how girls learn and develop, and staff that understand the lives of girls.

The PACE Leon Board of Directors works in partnership with the Board of Trustees to ascertain that the center is responsive and accountable to our local community.

PACE Leon Board MembersC. Sha'Ron James, ChairwomanStefanie Bowden, Vice ChairwomanJamie Van Pelt, SecretaryNyla Davis, TreasurerDr. Tiffany ArdleyDr. Genae CrumpGina GiacomoDarryl Jones

Amina KamauGraciela MarquinaJeanna OlsonMike PhillipsDr. Lori RosenbergKristin SnyderValerie Wickboldt

The Oasis Center for Women & Girls believes in the power of women and girls. Founded in 2007, The Oasis Center for Women & Girls is a community resource center dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. At

Oasis, we meet women and girls where they are, equip them with the tools to reach their goals, and celebrate with them as they progress on their journey.

Oasis provides programs, services, and activities designed to address personal, professional, and economic concerns facing women, girls, and their families. Services include sliding fee scale counseling, Single Mom Support Groups, Girls Circle Groups, Girls Can Do Anything! Camp, Women Can Run!, the Trailblazer Project and more. Oasis provides an empowering, safe, and celebratory space for women and girls to come together, dream, achieve, and thrive.

Oasis Board of Directors

We are proud to sponsor the

Seventh Annual Celebration of Women & Girls

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Dr. Tiffany ArdleyMatt Burke

Marisa ButtonHaley Cutler-Seeber

Andrea JonesPam MacDill

Jeanna OlsonKelly Otte

DaMonica Rivas SmithSabrina Rodriguez de Conte

Amy WarmanValerie Wickboldt

Committee Members:

Aisha AllenBrittany AllmanTashani Brown

Au’Bryanna ClaytonHillary CrawfordKamiya Davis

Lynn DorvilSincillia Dutreuil

Achia FloydAlexis Higgins

Taylor HumphriesJeanelle JamesMary JohnsonDebara Jump

Kappa Delta ChiKappa Psi PsiMarcus Lloyd

Alaayfia MasonJessica McDaniel

DaMonica Rivas SmithJamia Sapp

Tasha SevereJacquelyn Steele

Hali TauxeShekicia Thomas

Jamika WalkerJessica Wilson

Amariah Woodruff

Volunteers:

Social Catering & EventsSonny’s BBQ

TasteBudz CateringTexas Roadhouse

The EggTreva’s PastriesTri-Eagle SalesUptown Cafe

Wahoo Seafood Grill

AndrewsHaley Cutler-Seeber

Jeanna OlsonJersey Mike’s

Jennifer and Carl CraigKelly Otte

Lena JuarezMatt Burke

Midtown PiesRefreshment Services Pepsi

Thank you to our food and beverage donors!

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Silent Auction Bid High – all proceeds directly benefit the services at PACE and Oasis! The silent auction will close at the end of intermission. Auction winners will be announced at the end of the show and we would appreciate if you could pay and pick up your item tonight. We accept cash, checks and credit/debit cards.

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Quincie HambyRobin Hassler Thompson

Rodney and Linda Atherton, The Capital Chordsmen

Sabrina & Christy Rodriguez de Conte

Sherrill and Jimmy RagansSugar Art by Amy Warman

Tallahassee MuseumTallahassee Rollergirls

Tammy Pulsifer, ThirtyOneTiffany’s Beautiful Bracelets

Train, Fight, WinWanderlust Salon

Wines for Humanity, Danielle English

Andrea JonesAthena Salon

Bethany KocherBourbon & Birdies, Kristen

SummersCitrine

Gina GiacomoJasmin Richardson-Sutton, Zumba

with Chocolate Waisted FitnessJeanna Olson

Jim Curry and Marisa ButtonKathleen Brennan

Kori PruettKyndra LightLena JuarezMahan Farm

NuberriOneil Brown of OB-Fit, LLC

Pam and Leslie MacDill

Thank you to our silent auction donors!

CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL IS HONORED TO

PARTICIPATE IN THE 7TH ANNUAL

CELEBRATION OF WOMEN & GIRLS

We are honored

to support the

work of

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Emcee

Raised in Tallahassee, Melanie Lee is a champion for women and girls. She is an entrepreneur and successful businesswoman. Melanie was raised in an entrepreneurial family and was taught to work hard and give back. She says “I always remember my parents saying we should help others because others helped us once.” Melanie supports countless human services causes locally, including delivering hot meals through the Meals on Wheels program. She is a graduate of Leadership Tallahassee Class 30 and has received numerous awards for her leadership and service. Melanie is currently serving as a consultant, helping business and causes she cares about achieve success.

Melanie Lee

Thank you to our Star Sponsors!

Dr. Sandra RackleyMarcy Muldrow Sanders

Darby & Robert ScottJacquelyn SteeleJamie Van Pelt

Dr. Tiffany ArdleyKathleen Brennan

Gail DixonRobin Hassler Thompson

Pam & Les MacdillGraciela Marquina

About the Performers

Amy Warman, Performance DirectorAmy Warman is serving as the Celebration of Women and Girls Director and comes with 30 years of experience in theatre and the performing arts. She holds a M.A. and an M. S. in Theatre History, Criticism, and Literature from Florida State University with specialties in Identity Performance, American Dance History, and Teaching Theatre in the Secondary School. She founded the nonprofit theatre collective, Space Coast Mainstage Players in Brevard County, to serve students with exceptionalities and build collaborative performances through county-wide secondary school participation and cooperation. She is currently the Academic Coordinator at PACE Center for Girls and has been there for the past ten and half years where she created the Spoken Word program to provide a platform and support for encouraging and honoring girls’ voices, experiences and contributions.

Marcia Porter: “This Little Light of Mine” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”Award-winning soprano Marcía Porter made her New York solo recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2005. An active recitalist, the soprano has performed in numerous venues throughout the United States, Italy, Brazil, and the Czech Republic and at such prestigious international festivals as the Prague Proms, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Ravinia Festival, and the Ameropa International Chamber Music Festival as well as countless other orchestras and symphonies around the world and nationally. Porter was awarded a 2011-2012 Fulbright Scholars Grant to research and teach in Brazil. Her research was entitled Bridging boundaries through musical collaboration and cultural exchange: a lecture and recital series of contemporary classical Brazilian and African American vocal literature and it focused on African American and Brazilian classical art song. Dr. Porter, a graduate of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in voice performance from Northwestern University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in performance from The University of Michigan. Dr. Porter is an Associate Professor of Voice at The Florida State University College of Music. The Tallahassee Ballet: “Satin Doll” by Duke EllingtonThe Tallahassee Ballet is a regional, nonprofit dance company featuring a diverse repertoire of classical and contemporary ballet performed by both professional and emerging professional dancers. The Tallahassee Ballet promotes appreciation of the dance arts through annual productions, education, and community outreach. Tonight’s performers are Paige Centers, Jillian Grall, Julia Chodyla, Elizabeth Brooks, Mirabelle Woodward, Sarah Barton, Helen Huang, and Anna Kaji.

Devan Moore: “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing” by Stevie Wonder arr. by Tori KellyDevan Moore is a music educator in Tallahassee, FL. She is the Band Director at Fairview Middle School, a role her father had many years ago. Ms. Moore created Fairview’s first full Orchestra. A former member of the world famous Marching 100, Ms. Moore is currently the principal saxophonist with the Tallahassee Winds and frequently performs with the production, Tallahassee Nights Live.

Mickee Faust: Ain’t Gonna Let NobodyThe Mickee Faust Club is Tallahassee’s unique “community theatre for the weird community,” an all-volunteer artistic troupe based in the Mickee Faust Academy for the Really Dramatic Arts in the Railroad Square Art Park. Founded 30 years ago by partners Terry Galloway and Donna Marie Nudd the company is committed to mentoring and producing theater, radio, video and special events that are conceived, written, produced and performed by the people of the Tallahassee and Leon County communities. Tonight’s performers are Jessica, Stella, Lea Anna, Diana, April, Laurie, Sam, Vicki, Val, Christie, Rachel with guitar accompaniment by Larry. Saundra Kelley: Wise Women in Legend & LifeBorn in Tallahassee, Saundra Kelley graduated from Florida State University and later earned an MA in performance art storytelling from East Tennessee State University. A member of the Tallahassee Writers Association, the Big Bend Storytellers Guild, and honorary performing member and immediate past president of the Jonesborough Storytellers Guild [in East Tennessee,] Kelley is an author who performs her short stories in the oral tradition and reads her poetry for the beauty and rhythm of the art. She can be reached at www.saundrakelley.com. Revised Edition: “All My Lovin” and “In My Life” by the BeatlesAll the members of Revised Edition, ladies barbershop quartet, started singing barbershop with Sweet Adeline’s International, a worldwide organization committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony. Sweet Adeline International provides them a rich rewarding experience that changes their lives and helps women find their voice on stage and in their everyday lives. Revised Edition has been a quartet since 2005. We perform in many venues throughout Tallahassee and the surrounding area and also with the Capital Chordsmen, Tallahassee’s barbershop chorus. Tonight’s performers are Linda Schelin (lead), Pat Hunt (tenor), Linda Atherton (bass), and Katie Dale (baritone). Tallahassee Salsa Dancers: Bachata Ladies Styling Team performing Rock With YouTallahassee Salsa Dancers is a local community based latin dance team that focuses on sharing the love of latin dance with the Big Bend Area. This includes group or private lessons, dance workshops, latin dance social events, and performances. Tonight’s performers are Miriam, Candi, Jennifer, Veronica.

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WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT

PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS

THE OASIS CENTER FOR WOMEN & GIRLS

&

Sha'Ron James

PACE Center for Girls

Executive Director

Kelly Otte

We support the 7th Annual

Celebration of Women & Girls!

Thank you to our Superstar Sponsors!

Melanie Lee

Board of Directors

They say it takes a village and that’s true! Thank you to this coalition of leaders dedicatedto improving the lives of women and girls.

MEMBERS

AmbassadorsKathy Archibald

Ann Brennan

AdvocatesJo Ann Armstrong

Kathy ByeGail Dixon

Sarah HammanPam MacDill

June McKinneyNancy Miller

Jeanne O’KonFran Webb

ChampionsKathleen BrennanGlenda Thornton

BenefactorsDianne Anderson

Amy Armstrong GroszosLoranne AusleyDorothy Binger

Teri CleelandElsie B. Crowell

Eva CutlerLena Juarez

Jeanne KimballJessica Lowe-MinorMartha Olive-Hall

Phil Otte

Women Can Run! Conference

Our community, state, and nation need more women in elected leadership. Join us at this non-partisan conference designed to encourage and prepare diverse women to run for o�ce. For more information, visit www.WomenCanRun.org.

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