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MUSIC
CENTER DISTINGUISHED ARTIST AWARD
May
21, 2003
The Music Center Distinguished
Artists Award will be presented to legendary dancer Cyd
Charisse (Singing in the Rain, Band Wagon, Brigadoon,
Silk Stockings), two-time best actor Academy Award winner
Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer 1979, Rain
Man 1988), television star John Ritter (Three's
Company, Hearts Afire, Eight Simple Rules) and
acclaimed composer John Williams (Star Wars, Saving
Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Indiana Jones,
E.T., Jaws) at the 19th Music Center
Distinguished Artist Award Gala, 6:30 p.m., Monday, June 16 at
the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 9500 Wilshire, Beverly Hills.
Presenters include actress Debbie
Reynolds and actor Henry Winkler. Ms. Reynolds
starred with Ms. Charisse in Singing in the Rain in 1952.
The evening will be hosted by
multi-talented actress director, dancer, singer Debbie Allen
who founded and directs the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Culver
City. Students from the Academy will perform at the event.
Tickets begin at $350; for information, call 213 972-3306.
Connie Abell of
Brentwood chairs the event. Established in 1982, the
Distinguished Artist Award is the West Coast equivalent of the
Kennedy Center Honors and the Music Center's most prestigious
recognition given to performing artists. A complete list
of past honorees by year follows.
The Distinguished Artist Award
gala is produced and hosted by the Music Center's Club 100,
founded in 1976 and comprised of more than 100 women who promote
the performing arts through education, advocacy and fundraising.
Current Club 100 President is Astrid Rottman of Century
City. Club 100 also sponsors the annual Bravo Awards-underwritten
by the DAA-established by the Education Division of the
Music Center in 1983 to honor exemplary arts education.
The Music Center, which opened
December 6, 1964 as a public/private partnership with the County
of Los Angeles, is one of the three largest performing arts
centers in the nation and includes the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion, the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre and the
Walt Disney Concert Hall opening this October. Each year, more
than 1.3 million people attend performances by its resident
companies at the downtown Los Angeles complex. In addition, the
Music Center provides the finest in arts education to more than
1 million students and teachers each year in schools and
community centers throughout the region.
www.musiccenter.org
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