Nashville Opera Guild Hosts Children's Spring Fantasy Fashion Show & Prelude Party

Nashville Opera Guild presents two special events as part of the organization's biennial runway exhibition. The Children's Spring Fantasy Fashion Show will be held at the Noah Liff Opera Center at 3622 Redmon Street in West Nashville on Sunday, March 7 from 2 to 4 pm. Tickets are priced at $60 for Gold Runway, $50 for Silver Runway, and $35 for general admission seats. Refreshments will be served and an assortment of exciting silent auction items will be displayed in the Noah Liff Opera Center's Ragsdale Family Lobby throughout the show. Reservations are available by calling Nashville Opera at (615) 832-5242 no later than Monday, March 1st.

Nashville Opera's dynamic and affable Education Director Stuart Holt will serve as Master of Ceremonies for The Children's Spring Fantasy Fashion Show. The event features the Coco Bonbon's clothing line from Jeanne's Fantasia modeled by more than 20 children, and Blush Boutique will present several of the newest adult fashions. In addition, Nashville Opera's Mary Ragland Young Artist Program members will offer scenes from The Three Little Pigs, an operatic adaptation of the classic fairy tale set to the music of Mozart. Performers include mezzo-soprano Stephanie Foley-Davis, baritone Joshua Zink, bass-baritone Aaron Grant, tenor Michael Foreman, and pianist/music director Emily Senturia.

Nashville Opera Guild Children's Spring Fantasy Fashion Show co-chairs Susan Creagh and Patsy Weigel added a special silent auction preview party for 2010, The Prelude. The soiree, which includes hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, and music, will be held at the home of Mary Leland and Mark Wehner at 31 Erwin Court on Wednesday, March 3 from 6 to 8 pm. Tickets can be purchased through Nashville Opera and are priced at $30 per person. The Nashville Opera will perform a small selection of popular arias in this intimate setting. Proceeds from both fundraising events benefit Nashville Opera's expanding educational outreach initiatives, including the Mary Ragland Young Artist Program and HCA/TriStar Nashville Opera On Tour which brings opera performance to thousands of students each year.

About Nashville Opera Guild
For the more than 20 years since its founding, Nashville Opera Guild members have preserved and promoted Grand Opera in Middle Tennessee through their support of Nashville Opera. The Guild believes that opera is the gateway to all fine arts-poetry, music, sculpture, painting, design, and dance.

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