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Gutter Dance 6
Set for Thursday, May 7
Uwe von Schamann, director
of development for the J. D. McCarty Center
for children with developmental disabilities
in Norman, has announced that the sixth annual
Gutter Dance charity-bowling event will be held
on Thursday, May 7, at the Sooner Bowling Center
in Norman. Registration and dinner are from
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Bowling begins at 7:00
p.m.
"The Gutter Dance
has become a very popular event with our supporters
and sponsors," said von Schamann. "It's
an evening to have fun, relax and bowl. The
best part is that you don't have to be a bowler
to enjoy the evening. We have many first time
or once-a-year bowlers who participate."
Gutter Dance 6 is a two
game event that provides everyone with an opportunity
to win something during the evening. The Gutter
Dance will award trophies to the first, second,
third and last place teams. The trophies are
being provided through the courtesy of Cimarron
Inlay, Inc.
For the creative bowlers,
the Gutter Dance will award a prize to the team
with the most creative bowling team shirts.
"The real draw to
this event," explained von Schamann, "is
the 7-10 split roll off. We take the top ten
high game bowlers and they get one chance to
pick-up a 7-10 split. At stake this year will
be a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS courtesy of Marc
Heitz Cherolet."
Another interesting twist
to this event is the ability of the bowlers
to use a ringer to improve on their scores.
For just $10, bowlers can purchase the use of
a local king pin with a very high average to
add to their score. Bowlers are limited to using
ringers twice during the event.
Registration and dinner
begin at 6:00 p.m. Dinner is provided to the
Gutter Dance participants. For all others a
dinner ticket is available for $10. Dinner is
being provided by the RibCrib. Dinner tickets
are available at the door.
This year's Gutter Dance
6 is presented by Key Construction and sponsored
by Marc Heitz Chevrolet, the RibCrib BBQ and
Grill, First American Bank, Dr. Randall Venk,
DDS and Blake Virgin, attorney at law.
"There are a couple
of different ways people can participate in
Gutter Dance 6," von Schamann explained.
"First, you can enter a team consisting
of four bowlers. The entry fee is $200. Entry
forms can be obtained from our sponsor's locations
or you can contact me at 307.2804. Second, people
can be lane sponsors. Lane sponsorships are
available for $100 per lane. Interested sponsors
can contact me for more details."
Proceeds from the Gutter
Dance 6 will go into the Camp ClapHans scholarship
endowment fund. Camp ClapHans is a summer camp
project of the McCarty Center.
The J. D. McCarty Center
is Oklahoma's center of excellence in the care
and treatment of children with developmental
disabilities. Founded in 1946, the hospital
only treated one diagnosis…cerebral palsy.
Today, the McCarty Center has treated more than
70 diagnoses in the developmental disability
category. The McCarty Center is the only hospital
of its kind in the state. In an average year,
the hospital will see children from 70 of Oklahoma's
77 counties.
For more information about
the J. D. McCarty Center visit www.jdmc.org.
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