Local Media vs. the Mayor “Dancing for the Stars”
Mar 24, 2008 - Mayor's Office
(Monday, March 24, 2008) City of West Palm Beach Mayor Lois J. Frankel will be taking on the local media and “Dancing for the Stars” in a live ballroom dancing competition as part of a fundraiser to benefit the Kravis Center’s S*T*A*R (Students and Teachers Arts Resources) series and education programs.
Mayor Frankel will take on members of the local media vying for the coveted “Dancing for the Stars” trophy. The Mayor is being coached by her dance partner Angelo Caruso. She will be competing against Suzanne Boyd and Eric Roby from CBS 12 News and Fox 29, weekend anchors Bob Kaple and Meredith McDonough from WPBF News 25, Toni May from WXEL TV’s South Florida Today and anchorwoman Tania Rogers from WPTV NewsChannel 5. The evening will also feature a performance by the United States Latin Champions.
The fifteenth anniversary Reach for the Stars benefit, which will feature the “Dancing for the Stars” live ballroom competition, will be held Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Cohen Pavilion. Ticket information is available at kravis.org/reachforthestars or by calling 561-832-7469.
The S*T*A*R* Series strives to build broad-based support for the arts by nurturing young people’s innate connection to art and providing maximum accessibility. The program brings classroom curriculum to life for tens of thousands of students each year, offering the most current, challenging and artistically diverse young people’s programming.
