2008 SONG & DANCE

The 2008 Song & Dance Celebration honoring Carol Channing was held in the Ventetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel on September 26, 2008.

Performing were Mistress of Ceremonies JoAnne Worley, actress and singer Carole Cook, vocalist Valerie Pettiford, actress Alice Playten, with a special guest appearance by Chita Rivera.

Miss Channing -- who could not attend due to a recent fracture to her hip and femur -- was present on a pre-recorded audio greeting to the guests. In attendance were her husband Harry Kullijian, former Secretary of State George Shultz and Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, plus General Co-Chairs Wilkes Bashford and Michael Barcun, among others.

Miss Channing was honored for her more than six decades in theater, film and music, and the work of the Dr. Carol Channing & Harry Kullijian Foundation for the Arts, which seeks to bring arts back into the schools.

Committee & Patrons

Honorary Co-Chairs
Carole Shorenstein Hays and Dr. Jeffrey Hays
General Co-Chairs
Michael Barcun and Wilkes Bashford

Impresario
Ken and Gail Berry
Sakurako and William Fisher
Thomas E. Horn
Mrs. David Pratt
Charlotte Mailliard Shultz and George Shultz
Roselyne C. Swig
Lonna Wais
Carole Shorenstein Hays and Dr. Jeffrey Hays*
Roz and Mervin Morris*
Joyce Reitman and Joe Drummond
Bruce and Fran Walker*
Diane B. Wilsey

Producer
Cherie Mohrfeld*
Susan and Bill Oberndorf*

Director
Filomena Buck
William Eddelman*

Artist
Michael Barcun and Ronald Schwarz
Philip and Jamie Bowles
Mrs. Stuart Moldaw
Lucretia and John Sias
Charles C. Thieriot
Kay and Frank Woods

Soloist
Thea Bacon
Arlene and Kon Balin
Stefanie Benjamin
Joy Venturini Bianchi
Jeanette M. Harris and William H. Bronson
Alan Brown
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Burnham
Ann Cameron
Julie Candice
Mrs. Newton A. Cope
Richard T. Davis
Delia Ehrlich
Jeffrey Fraenkel and Alan Mark
Joann Franklin-Knox
Mona Geller
Lisa Grotts
Evelyn B. Herman
David Humphrey and Bobby Abernathy
David and PJ Jamison
Herbert B. Kennedy
Mrs. William R. Kimball
Linda Kosut
Matilda and Richard Kunin
Joan and William Larkin
Lois Lehrman
Sylvie Leotin
Jessica MacDermid
Jean and Lindsay MacDermid
Muriel Maffre and Benjamin Pierce
Peggy Millison-Wu
Thomas Morton
Soloist (continued)
Robert and Jan Newman
Winnie Noble
Diane Paskerian
Dr. Eugene H. Peck
Laura King Pfaff
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Robins
Ben and Toby Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rosenthal
Harriet Ross
Allyson Rusu
Arlene and Harold Schnitzer
Karen Sermersheim
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Suharski
James Sykes
Julian Tomchin
Betsy Vobach/Wildcat Cove Found.
Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu
Jan and Monica Zones

Special Thanks
Julian Chang & Stephen Seewer,
Commonwealth Club
Alan Choy
The Painter’s Place, Picture Framers
Sherman Clay & Company
Roberl Sokol, Via Media
Tiffany & Co.
Kim Teevan Productions

Media Sponsor
Nob Hill Gazzette

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