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Rivership Romance Hosts River-bound Comedy Show To Benefit Victims of Hurricane Katrina

SANFORD , FL – September 12, 2005

The RIVERSHIP ROMANCE announces its September 18th SPECIAL EVENT FUNDRAISER for those affected by Hurricane Katrina:

• A St Johns River Cruise,
• Delicious Rivership dinner
• Hilarious comedy with BRIAN BRADLEY, BEAR WEBB and JIM CARLTON
• SILENT AUCTION running throughout the evening
• Guest hosts including Nikki Pierce of WDBO
• All proceeds contributed to the Day Spring Baptist Church to directly benefit the displaced families of Waveland , MS .

Sunday, September 18th, 2005

Boarding at 5:30pm

Sailing from 6:00pm 9:00pm

433 North Palmetto Avenue

Sanford , Florida

( Lake Harbor Marina )

ADMISSION: $50.00 plus tax for cruise/dinner/entertainment

About The Comics:

COMEDIAN BRIAN BRADLEY. Orlando native and UCF Theatre Graduate Brian Bradley is one performer who breaks down the wall between audience and stage. Difficult to categorize, Bradley combines acting, traditional stand-up comedy and improvisation in every show. Audiences are more than simply spectators--Brian casts them as co-stars. He has been an MC at the world famous Comedy Store and a regular member of the Comedy Store Players Improv group with Robin Williams, Andy Garcia, Jonathan Winters and Lucy Webb, and is now a comedy favorite at colleges and nightclubs throughout the country. Since his development as a comedian he has also starred Broadway in the revival of Grease as the DJ Vince Fontaine, where he received FABULOUS reviews, and has appeared in over twenty sitcoms, six films, and is currently the spokesperson for the new Sweet and Low syrup product line.

COMEDIANNE BEAR WEBB - BEAR WEBB lives in two worlds...the regular, real world of middle school teacher, parent, and family member....AND she’s a stand up comedian living in the warped world of her imagination.

Bear has been teaching middle school for almost twenty years, surviving hormonal seventh graders, administrators, and demented parents. She’s been doing stand up for almost four years, surviving road trips, bad sound systems, lousy hotels and demented audience members. In her hilarious act, Bear observes her worlds, her family and survival in the twenty first century, and we go along for the ride. She’s a native Floridian, mows the lawn, fixes the car, and makes a darn good margarita.

Bear has won numerous comedy competitions throughout Florida and has recently appeared on WKMG’s late night comedy show. She has also been a member of the Central Florida Comedy All Stars, and made a recent debut at two of New York ’s most famous comedy clubs, The Improv and The Comic Strip.

JAZZ GUITARIST, SINGER, COMEDIAN JIM CARLTON - Jim Carlton lives in Mount Dora , Florida and regularly performs throughout the state. His act is a combination of standup comedy and standard songs from the Great American Songbook. Jim Carlton began his music career in 1962 with Jim Stafford and Gram Parsons in their rock band the Legends. He's written material for several performers including: the Smothers Brothers, Gallagher, Pat Paulsen, Joan Rivers, Roger Miller, Mason Williams and Jim Stafford. He has also produced two TV pilots at Universal Studios and has written for a number of popular network television shows including the New Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on CBS in 1988 and 89 and frequently created special material that appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Arsenio Hall Show, Nashville Now, Thicke of The Night and Late Night with David Letterman. In addition, Jim wrote the script for The Pirates Adventure, a popular attraction that is currently running in Orlando , and has written special material for the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis .

Recently, Jim composed liner notes for several CDs including a series of re-released albums by jazz guitar-great Howard Roberts, a Byrds retrospective album, Sanctuary IV and two reissues of the late jazz guitarist Joe Pass. He has also completed a series of interviews with 22 of the worlds greatest jazz guitarists that

is due for release in book form in 2005 by Mel Bay Publications.

In 2001, Jim co-produced a CD for Sundazed Music entitled Another Side of This Life - The Lost Recordings of Gram Parsons, a compilation of recordings he made of Parsons in 1965 and 1966. Also in 2001, Jim was featured as a guest speaker and panelist at the prestigious music industry function South By Southwest in Austin ,

Texas . Currently, Jim is writing reviews and artist profiles for a number of prominent national jazz magazines.

Entertainment for this fundraising event has been scheduled in association with John DiDonna and provided by:

VICKI ROUSSMAN of VIR PRODUCTIONS VICKI ROUSSMAN - Since returning to Orlando in 1985 Vicki has been booking and producing entertainment shows and now owns VIR Productions, teaches Stand Up Comedy, paints, and takes care of her dog. She grew up in Orlando , graduated from USF and received her MA from the U. of Iowa . She served as a Student Activities Director/College Union Director at a number of colleges, prior to becoming an agent and free lance live entertainment producer in New York.

For twelve years she produced the FunnyEola Project for the City of Orlando and is currently the producer of Cranes Comedy Concerts for the City of Altamonte Springs as well as other events for corporate, private, cultural and educational clients.

For information please contact Captain Robert Hopkins at 407-321-5091 or John DiDonna at 407.314.4272 / jdidonna@bellsouth.net