**PRESS RELEASE**

Today’s Date: January 15, 2008                                   Release Date: Immediate

Subject:  13th Annual Uniquely Auburn Celebration

                To be held Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the PAC

For More Information Contact:  Janice Nelson 206-349-3061

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AUBURN, WASHINGTON – Uniquely Auburn, a FREE community-sponsored celebration of cultural diversity recognizing people, places, and events that make Auburn unique, will be held Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the Performing Arts Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. with a pre-show that includes interactive poetry and crossword puzzling; an art/poetry and cartooning exhibit; and more in the PAC lobby.  The Cascade Middle School jazz quartet: Two Altos, a Barri, and a Tenor, will be performing during the pre-show as well as during the intermission.  The entertainment in the theater will begin at 2pm.  Following the program in the theater, there will be a complimentary New Orleans style “sit-down” dinner.

Uniquely Auburn 2008, “A Reflection of Pride”, will feature Auburn Mountainview High School’s Barbershop Quartet:  Beginner’s Luck; a performance by Auburn Regional Theatre group; a spoken word performance featuring Striped Water Poets; The Children’s Dance Theatre; the Chinook Elementary Coastal Dancers, and more. 

There will be a very special recognition of retiring Auburn Arts Commission members:  Dr. Herman Ansingh, Barbie Sharrard, Pam L. Smith and Steve LePenske.  Stories of other Auburn community members who have contributed greatly to the fabric of our community, including Nancy Colson, Colby Pretz, Kayla Sargent, Debbie Keeley, and Katie Burkhauser, will be featured as well. Dana Hinman has been tapped as the Mistress of Ceremonies.

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Soroptimist International of Auburn, Segale Properties, City of Auburn Arts Commission, 4Culture, Auburn School District, and Trillium, sponsor the 13th annual event. The Auburn Performing Arts Center is located at 700 E. Main Street.

For more information, please call Janice Nelson at 206-349-3061, or visit our website at www.uniquelyauburn.org.

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