HOUSTON,
TEXAS – Society for the Performing Arts, bringing the
World’s Best to Houston, just announced that this year’s
annual luncheon will feature guest speaker Amy Chua.
This year’s luncheon is being chaired by Karen Pulaski
Tyrell and will take place on Wednesday, October 26,
2011 on the Jones Hall Stage, beginning at 11:00 am.
Another highlight of the luncheon will be the presentation
of the 2011 Ann Sakowitz Performing Arts Advocate Award to
Patsy Fourticq.
Guest Speaker
Amy Chua’s current book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger
Mother, is an awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and
unerringly honest story of one mother’s exercise in extreme
parenting. Her personal account reveals the rewards, and
the costs of raising her children as her parents raised her,
the Chinese way. Dr. Chua is a dynamic and respected
author with global insights into parenting, world powers,
and economics. A departure from her usual writing, Yale Law
Professor Amy Chua’s third book is a parenting memoir that
espouses Chinese traditions of child rearing and raising her
children for success.
The proceeds
from the luncheon provide the necessary funds needed for
SPA’s Education and Outreach Program, Beyond the Stage
that takes the performing arts into the community to present
unique learning experiences enriching the lives of more than
120,000 underserved children and adolescents in the greater
Houston area annually. SPA’s educational programming
includes Master Classes, Residencies, Teacher
Workshops, Lecture/Demonstrations, Creative
Writing/Choreography Programs, Student Matinees and
Transportation Funding, plus performance tickets free of
charge to Houston’s most underserved students. Research
shows that academic performance improves and dropout rates
go down when students are involved in the arts.
Since 1966,
Society for the Performing Arts has built a reputation as
the most innovative community-oriented nonprofit presenting
organization in Houston. Last season, more than 100,000
Houstonians enjoyed SPA’s performances.
Underwriter opportunities for tables of ten
begin at $5000. Individual tickets begin at $500. For
underwriting opportunities and ticket information, please
contact William Tayar at 713-632-8103 or email
William@spahouston.org. For interview opportunities,
please contact Kathryn Smith at
713-627-8777 or email at
stourtellot@aol.com.
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