Article Contributed on: 2/29/2008 10:16:43 AM
The Arvada Rotary Club will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary during the weekend of March 7th and 8th with a celebration gala at the Marriott West. They will have a cash bar and dinner and the Queen City Jazz Band will play on Saturday, March 7, 2009. The celebration will continue at the Ralston Valley High School gym on Sunday, March 8, at 5:00pm with a basketball game between the Harlem Ambassadors and the Arvada All Stars. A dinner will be put on by Arvada Rotary after the game for fans to meet the players.
The Queen City Jazz band has been performing New Orleans Dixieland style jazz in the Denver area since they began playing at the Mon-Vue Village in the 1950s. They celebrated their own 50th Anniversary last year. They have played in many places over the years, including the Carribean, Holland and Switzerland, plus many jazz festivals in North America. The group recreates the style of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver and Ma Rainey. They are one of the most recognized revivalist jazz bands in the country.
Cocktail reception begins at 5:30pm, with dinner at 6:30. The Queen City Jazz Band begins at 8:00pm-11:00pm. The Denver Marriott West is located at 1717 Denver West Blvd. Ticket prices include: Individual, $95, 1/2 a table of 5, $451(5% discount), table of 10, $855(10% discount). For more information on this event call King Nelson at 720-308-4427.
On Sunday, March 8,The Harlem Ambassadors are coming to Arvada to play The Arvada All Stars at Ralston Valley High School. The Ambassadors are a team with dazzling ball-handling tricks, high-flying slam dunks and have fun with hilarious family comedy. The Arvada All Stars are a sound, athletic basketball team made up of Arvada's finest police officers, Rotarians, and faculty members from Ralston Valley, Pomona, and D'Evelynhigh schools, and are coached by long-time winning basketball coach at Arvada High School, Coach
Tom McCormick.
This is a show you don't want to miss! Besides having a fun time watching a great basketball show, you will have an opportunity to win an autographed Harlem Ambassadors' basketball! There will also be a Team Shop where you may purchase souvenir merchandise.
The game will be at Ralston Valley High School at 80th and Alkire on Sunday, March 8th at 5:00 p. m.Tickets are available at Arvada High and Ralston Valley High, The Arvada Printery at 57th and Independence, Roffler's of Arvada at Brentwood and Ralston Road, and at The Bank of the West at 58th and Carr Street. Tickets are $6 for students and seniors(over 60) and $8 for adults.
The proceeds go the Arvada Rotary Club to help finance the
Harold R. Carver Memorial Academic Scholarship and The Al Kilpatrick Vocational Scholarship programs. These scholarships are available to students in Arvada and the Jefferson County area.
Join us and enjoy a wonderful afternoon of basketball, while contributing to the education of our community.
Sponors of this event are The Arvada Rotary Club and the
Denver Marriott West Hotel,
Personal Benefit Services, Bank of the West,
Peerless Tires 4 Less, Culligan Construction, 1st Bank, Aamco Transmissions of Arvada.
For additional information, Call Dan Hershberger at 303-506-8332 or Randy Hardwick at 303-431-1200.