Continuing The Dream February 6, 2007

Various high-profile Western Pennsylvania arts organizations will combine their singing and dancing talents at Heinz Hall on Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30 PM, for an extraordinary performance to honor the memory and vision of the late Mayor of Pittsburgh, Bob O’Connor. Mayor O’Connor died from lymphoma in September and all proceeds from the event will benefit lymphoma research of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

This event, entitled “Continuing The Dream,” is being produced and directed by Greenfield native Kenneth Nickel, a former principal with the Pittsburgh Ballet and current dance department head and ballet master for the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School of Midland, PA. “Continuing The Dream” will include performances by the following groups Attack Theatre, Bach Choir, Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh, Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), Dance Alloy Theatre, Duquesne University Tamburitzans, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, Mendelssohn Choir, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, Pittsburgh Youth Ballet, Prime Stage, Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance, UMOJA African Arts Company, Voices of Harmony.
Tickets for “Continuing the Dream” start at $25 through $100.

To order by phone: Call 412.392.4900 (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; weekend hours vary according to performance schedule). Credit cards accepted include American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard and VISA.

To order in person: The Heinz Hall Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, from noon to 4 p.m.; weekend hours vary according to performance times.
To order online, visit www.pittsburghsymphony.org

Order by phone, in person or online. The “Continuing the Dream” performance is sponsored by Heinz Hall, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Western PA/WV.

Official Website: http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org