CREATURE COMFORTS BENEFIT EVENT
– MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009

Thank you so much, everyone who participated in and attended this very successful event. The final tally from ticket sales and onsite donations was a whopping $2,090.00, all proceeds to the Fred Victor Centre’s pet-friendly shelter. As I promised, here are the names of participants and the literary pieces, dramatic scenes or songs they performed:

LIST OF PERFORMERS AND PERFORMANCE PIECES:

Clayton Ruby – “Macavity: The Mystery Cat” by T.S. Eliot

Jessica Holmes – “Blabka Chabka” by Jessica Holmes

Andy Barrie – “The Last Will and Testament of Silverdene Emblem O’Neill” by Eugene O’Neill

Dixie Seatle – excerpt from Bear by Marian Engel

Ross Petty – “Adventure Dog” by Dave Barry

Christie Blatchford – excerpt from My Dream of You by Nuala O’Faolain

Matthew Brown & Melissa Veszi – scene from Sylvia by A.R. Gurney

Linda McQuaig – four dog poems from Biscuits in the Cupboard by Barbara Nichol

Yannick-Muriel Noah – “Un bel di vedremo” from Madama Butterfly by Puccini

Joe Fiorito – excerpt from The Closer We Are To Dying by Joe Fiorito

Fiona Reid – excerpt from Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Tom McCamus and Chick Reid – scene from Glenn’s Pets by Bill Richardson

Stephen Ouimette – excerpt from Strider by Leo Tolstoy

Nancy Palk – “Lying in Bed in the Dark, I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona” and “Another Reason I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House” by Billy Collins

Melanie Doane & Ted Dykstra – “Never Doubt I Love” by Ted Dykstra and Fiddle Medley (traditional)

Erika Ritter – excerpt from The Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath by Erika Ritter

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