Press Release 09/2007

Strand Theatre Preservation Society to Present a

PotLuck of Entertainment with the Release of Cookbook.

The Strand Theatre Preservation Society Performing Arts Committee, in Conjunction with the Fundraising Committee of the Society, will kick off the sale of their new cookbook, Entertaining Recipes and Memories, with a Taste –N-Tell and a potpourri of entertainment presented by WV Enterprises, POTLUCK: Stories and Songs About Women, Wisdom and Food.

POTLUCK is a feast of stories, songs and poems that will satisfy your soul, lift your heart, and tickle your funny bone. Karen Vuranch, Julie Adams, and Colleen Anderson have gated their best and very favorite pieces about cookery and community and the connection between them. This hour long live performance is full to the brim with laughter and love.

Karen Vuranch, who has been called West Virginia’s First Lady of Storytelling, tours throughout the U.S. as well as internationally. Julie Adams is a singer/songwriter and featured vocalist for the radio show Mountain stage, since 1983. Colleen Anderson is a writer, designer, and songwriter whose work has been published by Redbook, and Arts and Letters, among others. With Adams, she leads an annual songwriting workshop called Sources of Song at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico.

The cookbook kickoff and Potluck program will be a two hour presentation, held on Sunday September 9, 2007, 4:00pm at St Jude Hall in Glen Dale. The event will encompass a food tasting hour and the performance of PotLuck. Tickets for the event are $10.00 per person and may be purchased at the following locations: Neubauer's Flowers, the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce, Moundsville Pharmacy, and Hughes Design and Gift Gallery in Wheeling. It is suggested that tickets be purchased in advance but will be available at the door in limited numbers.

For more information please call 845-5833.