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Annual JUBALEE Gala Takes Place October 29 on Jay Pritzker Pavilion Stage in Millennium Park

CHICAGO, IL â€” The Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), the worldâ€™s first year-round presenter of American tap dance and contemporary percussive arts, launches its 23rd season with JUBALEE, its annual gala benefit supporting performance, education and community programs. This special evening, hosted by broadcast legend and civic leader Bill Kurtis, takes place October 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

JUBA Award and performances

At this yearâ€™s JUBALEE, CHRP will honor Susan and Ted Oppenheimer, longtime supporters of the arts and public education. Susan served as CHRP Board Chair from 2008 to 2009 and led the strategic planning session that resulted in the establishment this year of the American Rhythm Center, providing rehearsal, administrative and education program space for nine leading cultural institutions in the Fine Arts Building. Ted is president of the Oppenheimer Family Foundation, established in 1933 and best known for its Teacher Incentive Grant (TIG) program, which underwrites the outstanding efforts of Chicago Public School teachers who enhance and enrich the educational lives of their students through project-based learning.

The evening begins with a cocktail reception and a silent auction, followed by performances featuring CHRPâ€™s resident ensemble BAM!, Kalapriya, FootworKINGz and many of Chicagoâ€™s finest percussive dance artists. The evening concludes with dinner, a live auction and a dessert reception where guests can meet the performers.

Honorary Chairs are Richard and Diane Weinberg. Gala co-chairs are CHRP board members Michael Foster and Diana E. Harris. Charter One Bank is this yearâ€™s JUBALEE Title Sponsor.Â

CHRPâ€™s 2012 JUBALEE gala benefit is also sponsored by Live Marketing, DotPress, Lakeside Bank, Jewell Catering, Absolut Vodka, Rodinia, Chicago Sweet Connection Bakery and Rent Com.Â

Tickets to JUBALEE are $150, $175, $250 and $500. Raffle tickets are $20 each, or $100 for six, for a chance to win two seats on the 50-yard line for the Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers game December 16 at 12 noon, including complimentary underground parking and access to United Club Level and two nights in a corporate suite at DeWitt Place Hotel. For information or to purchase tickets, visit chicagotap.org or call 773-281-1825.

The 2012 JUBALEE gala benefit is proudly sponsored by Live Marketing, Lakeside Bank and Rent Com.

Global Rhythms 8â€”November 2012Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

CHRP returns to Millennium Park with Global Rhythms and Thanks 4 Giving, a series of shared revenue, contemporary percussive arts performances November 24 and 25. The program features the Chicago premiere of ScrapArtsMusic, a Vancouver-based company that creates unforgettable performances using kinetic instruments skillfully crafted from industrial scraps. Five virtuosic and innovative drummers make up this entertaining contemporary invented instrument ensemble. Performances are November 24 at 8 p.m. and November 25 at 3 p.m. at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

Funding

CHRP is supported by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Target, The Boeing Company, The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The Arlen and Elaine Cohen Rubin Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, The Jeanette & Jerome Cohen Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development, Live Marketing, Charter One Foundation, The James S. Kemper Foundation, Dr. Scholl Foundation, Arts Midwest, The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, The Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg Family Foundation, L&L Hardwood Flooring, So Danca, Peopleâ€™s Gas, The Service Club of Chicago, The Walmart Foundation and generous individual donors.Â

About Chicago Human Rhythm Project

Founded in 1990, Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) builds community by presenting American tap dance and contemporary percussive arts in world-class and innovative performance, education and community outreach programs. During the last 22 years, CHRP has produced multiple community-based collaborations involving shared revenue programs, concerts and touring opportunities, including:

annual National Tap Dance Day concerts, featuring an array of tap and percussive dance artists
a shared revenue program designed to assist Chicagoâ€™s budding tap community to build capacity through audience development, created in 2001
Thanks 4 Giving, another innovative shared revenue program launched in 2005 as part of its annual Global Rhythms concerts at the Harris Theater, through which CHRP has partnered with more than 100 Chicago-based nonprofits to raise funds for a wide variety of service agencies
participation in the 5th Anniversary Beijing International Dance Festival, assembling 70 artists to represent the United States
establishment of the American Rhythm Center (ARC), providing a shared, affordable and sustainable education, rehearsal and administrative facility for several leading Chicago arts organizations in the historic Fine Arts BuildingÂ
curating the first ever, full-length performance of concert tap dance on a main stage of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 7, 2012

CHRPâ€™s vision is to establish the first global center for American tap and percussive arts, which will create a complete ecosystem of education, performance, creation and community in a state-of-the-art facility uniting generations of diverse artists and the general public.

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