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Gutter Dance IV Benefits Summer Day Camp Scholarship
Fund
The Gutter
Dance IV, a charity-bowling event benefiting
the J. D. McCarty Center for children with developmental
disabilities, was held Thursday, May 10 at the
Sooner Bowling Center in Norman. Twenty-three
teams made up of 92 bowlers with varying degree
of skill rolled them down the alley to raise
money for the McCarty Center's summer day camp
scholarship fund.
"This event just gets
better with age," said McCarty Center director
of development, Uwe von Schamann. "We more
than doubled our net revenue for this event
over last year. It continues to grow in popularity
with our supporters. We've got returning teams
that request to be placed next to other teams
because of the fun they've had together in previous
years."
According to von Schamann,
this year's Gutter Dance raised $7,500 and not
all the money is in yet.
The Gutter Dance format
has become quite popular. Bowlers bowl two games.
Trophies are awarded to the first, second, third
and last place teams. "Because this event
is for bowlers of all skill levels we wanted
a way to recognize the efforts of those who
weren't bowlers but were willing to try it for
the benefit of the kids," explained von
Schamann.
The highlight of the evening
is the 7-10 split roll off. The top ten individual
high score bowlers get one shot at making a
7-10 split. The bowler making this shot this
year would win a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt from
Marc Heitz Chevrolet in Norman. Ten bowlers
tried, but no one made the shot this year.
The first place team in
the Gutter Dance IV was "Out of Order".
The team members were Bart Wharton, Kent Vig,
Tim Howard and Payton Redick. Both Vig and Wharton
have been on teams that have won first place
in the Gutter Dance three out of four years.
The second place team was
"Oklahoma Goodwill". Team members
were Lynn Statton, Adolph Rando, Chris Daniels
and Jimmy Bond.
The third place team "Touchstone
Energy". Its members were Bob Weaver, Scott
Williams, Lloyd Parks and Brandon Wilkey.
The last place team was
"Orthocare Incredibowls". Team members
were Gary Birks, John Brigance, Kelli Nelson
and Mindy Carey.
The J. D. McCarty Center
is Oklahoma's center of excellence in the care
and treatment of children with developmental
disabilities from birth to 21. Founded in 1946,
the hospital only treated one diagnosis…cerebral
palsy. Today, the McCarty Center has treated
more than 70 different diagnoses in the developmental
disability category. In an average year, the
McCarty Center will see children from 70 of
Oklahoma's 77 counties.
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| The Gutter Dance IV charity-bowling
event benefiting the J. D. McCarty Center's
summer day camp scholarship fund was won
by "Out-of-Order". The team members
are (l-r) Bart Wharton, Kent Vig, Tim Howard
and Payton Redick. Wharton and Vig have
been on teams that have won three out of
the four Gutter Dance events. A total of
23 teams made of 92 bowlers participated
in this years Gutter Dance IV. |
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