Mann and Partners, LLP Sponsors 2009 Show Tune Showdown

 The 2009 Showdown will be hosted by Tone Cluster, a local choir. Three teams of singers, each representing an Ontario arts organization, will sing a selection of Broadway and off-Broadway show tunes in front of three local celebrity judges. The team garnering the most points will be awarded the grand prize of $500 for their organization. Mann and Partners, LLP will provide a prize of $250 to the second place team.

Audience members can get into the act by volunteering to sing songs randomly selected by the MC during the ‘Showdown’ rounds. Those brave enough to take on the challenge can award the points they win to their favorite team. This year’s three local judges are: James Caswell, Music Director and Conductor for the Canadian Centennial Choir; Kathleen Petty, CBC Radio host; and Alex Munter, former city councilor and current Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa.

Tickets are $16 in advance and $20 at the door, and may be purchased at The Leading Note, mother tongue books, After Stonewall, Wilde’s, Collected Works and at www.ticketweb.ca. More information is available by email at showtuneshowdown.publicity@yahoo.ca.