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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Angie Summers Column: It May Not Be Broadway, but It is CATS

Posted on: Friday, 24 February 2006, 09:00 CST

By Angie Summers, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas

Feb. 24--Some people just have a knack for holding an audience's attention.

One such talented person is Cheryl Ford Mente, executive director of the Creative Arts Theatre & School. A familiar face in the community, Mente joined the CATS family in January 2004 and has worked tirelessly, helping the nonprofit organization succeed.

She will be back in the footlights Saturday night at the CATS' Talent Showcase, "A Night at Mardi Gras." Mente and Donna Cates are chairwomen of the event, which will include more than 30 performing arts acts from adults and children.

Tickets are just $5 for the show, which is scheduled for 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Creative Arts Theatre & School, 1100 W. Randol Mill Road. You can purchase tickets at the door. Call (817) 861-2287 or learn more online at www.creativearts.org.

Winning news: Arlington residents James and Marilyn Helzer have reason to celebrate.

Their quarterhorse, Fredricksburg, captured first place last month in a championship race at Sunlake Park horse-racing facility in Sunland Park, N.M.

The Helzers are well-known in horse racing circles. One of their quarterhorses, the Refrigerator, earned more than $3 million in his five-year racing career.

Musical revue: Retired truckdriver Harold Minnick is just one of the great singers you can hear perform today with the Johnnie High Country Music Revue at Arlington Music Hall, 224 N. Center St.

Minnick spends his volunteer time singing at area nursing homes and performing with the Chord Busters, a ukulele band organized by senior citizens who visit the Arlington Senior Recreation Center on Eunice Street. .

Other performers will include Ashley Smith, Wayne Reed, Hillary Stanton, Jeff Miller, Molly Senkowsky, Adrian Johnston, Nicole Grunwald, Nichole Spicer, Brittany Pegrenet, Elisabeth Ivy, Drew Hallford, Chad Gage, Brandon Turnbow, Jerry Lee Keeton, Katelyn Gilliham, Libby Dorsey, Milam Delebarza, Shelby Stroud, Kendra Leigh, Kelly Woodson, Butch Blackmon and Johnnie High.

Tickets range from $11 to $16 for the show, which starts at 7:30 p.m. Call (817) 226-4400 or visit www.johnniehighscountrymusicrevue.com for more details.

Pancake Day: Purchase a ticket for Pancake Day and help Arlington Kiwanis Club members celebrate nearly half a century of flipping pancakes to help the community.

Proceeds from Pancake Day, a community tradition since 1959, benefit local youth programs and other community-service projects.

Tickets are on sale for the annual event. The $5 ticket will get you all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, milk, coffee and soft drinks between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 313 N. Center St.

Contact any Kiwanis member or call (817) 496-1535 for tickets, which also will be sold at the door.

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Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)

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