PRESS RELEASES - OCTOBER 2008

October 7, 2008

Levitt Pavilion Opens Friday October 10
First of 50 Free Concerts Under the Stars Features Brave Combo

Who: City of Arlington and Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts

What: Grand opening of new Levitt Pavilion

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10

Where: 100 W. Abram St. in downtown Arlington (across from City Hall)

Why: To celebrate the opening of the pavilion and the first of 50 free concerts under the stars. The grand opening celebration includes city and state proclamations and ribbon cutting ceremony.

Background
The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Arlington is the fifth and newest member of the family of Levitt Pavilions across the country. It is the only one in Texas.

Arlington’s Levitt Pavilion was made possible by the Friends of the Levitt Pavilion Arlington in partnership with New York-based Mortimer Levitt Foundation. The foundation provided $250,000 in capital funds towards the construction of the pavilion and committed to five years of additional funds for programming at $250,000 per year. The Friends of the Levitt Pavilion raised $1.2 million for the project. The Arlington Tomorrow Foundation awarded the project a $100,000 grant. Other funding sources included park fees and a Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Friday’s concert features headliner Brave Combo, a two-time Grammy-award winning band. Known for polka music, this Denton-based band incorporates a number of dance styles into a mix of rumba, cha-cha, choro and samba.

For more information, www.levittpavilionarlington.org.