Broadway Star Liz Callaway to Carry out at April 21 Occasion
You don’t need to journey to New York to listen to a Broadway star! Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Liz Callaway will carry out a 90-minute live performance at Samford Legacy League’s thirteenth annual Scholarship Celebration on April 21. Described as “an incomparable expertise” and a “quintessential feminine voice of 80s Broadway,” Liz starred within the unique casts of Child, The Three Musketeers and Miss Saigon and acquired widespread approval for singing “Reminiscence” in her long-standing position as Grizabella in Cats.
Along with her quite a few roles on Broadway, Liz has had a second profitable profession singing in quite a few animated options. She sang the Academy Award-nominated track “Journey to the Previous” in Anastasia and is the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and the King of Thieves and The Return of Jafar. Her animated voice work additionally contains characters in Magnificence and the Beast, The Lion King II: Simba’s Pleasure and The Swan Princess.
Culminating the Legacy League’s program 12 months, the annual Scholarship Celebration will embrace a reception, seated dinner and a live performance worthy of acclaimed venues all over the world. The April 21 efficiency will assist present Samford College scholarships for college kids who’ve confronted challenges together with homelessness, inner-city violence, abandonment and the demise or incapacity of a mother or father.
The reception and dinner are introduced by Samford Eating by Sodexo, and the Liz Callaway live performance is introduced by Vulcan Supplies Firm. Different sponsors embrace Buddies of the Samford Legacy League, EBSCO, Altec, Baptist Well being System, Hoar Building, John 3:16, Marathon Electrical Contractors, Medical Properties Belief and Areas.
The occasion, which is open to the general public, can be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Reservations are required and vary from $120-$150 per individual ($60-$75 tax deductible). Discover extra info and make on-line reservations at samford.edu/legacyleague.
Samford Legacy League’s Scholarship Celebration
Thursday, April 21
Covenant Presbyterian Church
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Seated dinner
8 p.m. Program & live performance
$120-$150 per individual ($60-$75 tax deductible)
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For reservations and extra info, go to samford.edu/legacyleague.