Have ya’all heard about that insane 3-Day Walk thingamajig? It’s a fundraiser for the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in the form of an intense athletic event, not unlike the old AIDS Ride, for which women strap on running shoes and walk twenty miles each day for three days straight. (And many–most–of these women are not very athletic to begin with.) Folks take this thing very seriously; they log insane mileage, all the long fundraising like madwomen, because participating in these walks requires a hefty “down payment.”
Some walkers get pretty creative about their fundraising efforts, and among them is local songstress Patty Matthews. She’s throwing a concert tonight to compliment her 3-Day fundraising efforts, and she has invited some of the best local singers to join her onstage. Among them: Patty Nieman, Christina Baldwin (Jeune Lune’s Carmen!), Erin Duffy, and my best friend Andrea Leap. See it at 7:30 p.m. at Loring Playhouse. No reservation necessary.
Coming soon, when I’m not so swamped: my thoughts on Ballet of the Dolls and The Elephant Man opera.
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