United Way 2000 Talent Show

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Voodoo CDs"><U><B><IMG SRC="4b8c8500.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="80" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Voodoo DeVille Blues Band brings the"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>|</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Tahoma" >Voodoo DeVille </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fund Raiser Benefit "><U><B>Fund Raiser Benefit </B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flag City Grand Opening"><U><B>Flag City Grand Opening</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>United Way 2000 Talent Show</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September 11 Red Cross Fundraiser"><U><B>September 11 Red Cross Fundraiser</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="United Way 2001 Talent Show"><U><B>United Way 2001 Talent Show</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id222.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coatesville VA Medical Center"><U><B>Coatesville VA  Medical Center</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> United Way 2000 Talent Show</div> <bR> <div> <B>On November 16, 2000  United Way of Chester County sponsored a charity fair in the Eagleview Corporate Park located in Exton, PA.  The activities included a Talent Show featuring a number of performers from Bentley Systems.  Voodoo DeVille was enlisted to host the Talent Show, peforming at the opening and closing of the show and providing musical backing and sound support for a number of the performers.</B></div> <div> <B>United Way's Campaign 2000 was a very worthy cause, deverving of everyone's support.</B></div> <div> <B>Many thanks to Frank Conforti - noted author, a great fan, and a connoisseur of Hawaiian shirts - for the photos used here.   </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Click </B></I><A HREF="http://www.uwcc2000.org/talentshow/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uwcc2000.org/talentshow/index"><U><I><B>here</B></I></U></A><I><B> to see expanded coverage of the Talent Show on the United Way of Chester County </B></I><A HREF="http://www.uwcc2000.org/talentshow/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uwcc2000.org/talentshow/index"><U><I><B>web site</B></I></U></A><I><B>, including more performers, photos, and video.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1445e440.png" border=0 width="350" height="324" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> Voodoo DeVille's own King Tonga open the show with his famous fire breathing, fire eating, juggling, magic act.  It was a great start, although they wouldn't allow him into the tent.  Something about a fire hazard.  The Fire Marshall was probably unaware that King Tonga is a registered Pyrotechnologist in the state of New Mexico (actually, that's true).</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.uwcc2000.org/rm/fire.ram" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uwcc2000.org/rm/fire.ram"><U><I><B>See the streaming video of the King's amazing act on the United Way of Chester County web site.</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1455e610.png" border=0 width="350" height="353" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Stacks kicked off the musical portion of the show performing his version of Little Walter's "Off the Wall."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="146275e0.png" border=0 width="295" height="350" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Mike Holliday performed several of his own original compositions.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1475ed40.png" border=0 width="350" height="212" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> And here they are, <I>Unusual Behavior</I>...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1485ef90.png" border=0 width="350" height="249" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Lori Jacobs and Lynn Verdone of <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/89/backflipannie.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/89/backf"><U><I>backflipannie</I></U></A> performed several songs from their CD.</div> <bR> <div> Click<B> </B><A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/89/backflipannie.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/89/backf"><U><B>here</B></U></A> to find out more about <I>backflipannie</I> and their music on mp3.com.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1495e290.png" border=0 width="350" height="297" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The Guthrie Sisters demonstrated their great harmonies.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="14b2ce20.png" border=0 width="300" height="226" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Voodoo DeVille had the great privilege of backing up Liz  Rogers Wolfram as she belted out a few songs.</div> <bR> <div> Click <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/143/liz_rogers_wolfram.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/143/liz_"><U><B>here</B></U></A> to find out more about Liz's music and her CD on mp3.com.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="14c5e3b0.png" border=0 width="350" height="315" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> As the evening winds down, a forlorn looking Rooster, hoping for one more chance on stage, can't bear that the night is nearly over.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>