5th Annual
ACE Awards
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 5:30pm
The Highdive, 51 E. Main, Champaign
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40 North | 88 West - Champaign County's Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council - presents the ACE (for Arts, Culture and Entertainment) Awards to recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions to the cultural life of Champaign County. The awards are given out annually during National and Illinois Arts & Humanities Month.
ACE AWARDS TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AND ONLINE.
The 5th Annual ACE Award winners will be announced during a special event held inside The Highdive in downtown Champaign on Thursday, October 22. Doors open at 5:30pm.
- 7 Winners
- Complimentary beverages and hors d'œuvre by English Hedgerow
- Live Music featuring acclaimed sitarist Indrajit Banerjee, tabla player Subrata Bhattacharya and vocalist Nirmalya Roy
- Multimedia presentations by ACE Title Sponsor Dreamscape Design with Psymbolic Visual Communications
Tickets are $20 each. To purchase with a credit card, click here.
Discounts available for group purchases. To inquire, email sbentz@40north.org.
The 2009 ACE Awards are sponsored by Buzz and Dreamscape Design, Inc.
The ACE Awards honor the efforts of local individuals, businesses, artists, teachers, arts organizations, volunteers, government and community leaders who enrich the culture of Champaign County through their hard work and creative energy. The nominations made by the public become the basis for the deliberations of an independent panel of seven community-based judges — representing a broad cross-section of Champaign County — who are charged with selecting each year’s 40 North ACE Award winners. These are the people and enterprises helping art live here in Champaign County!
The ACE Awards honor outstanding achievements in these seven categories:
- Education ACE
- Media ACE
- Advocacy ACE
- Spotlight ACE
- Creative Community Service ACE
- Business ACE
- Lifetime Achievement ACE
Performers presented through a partnership with Rhythm and Raag, An Institute for Indian Performing Arts. In addition to music and dance instruction, Rhythm and Raag provide outreach services to the Champaign-Urbana Public Schools and the larger C-U community.
To read more about the performers, visit this page. For more information on Rhythm and Raag, visit http://www.channingmurray.org/RhythmRaag.html.
ACE Title Sponsors:
ACE Sponsor:
ACE Supporters:
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
ACE Benefactors:
Jon "Cody" Sokolski and Marci Dodds
Kathleen Harleman
ACE Contributors:
Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS), University of Illinois
CMH Properties, LLC
Russ & Nick Taylor / ReMax Realty Associates
Individual ACE Donors:
David Morse
Peter and Joan Hood
Peter and Kim Fox
Robert and Nobuko Graves
Rosann Noel
With additional support from: The Champaign County Convention & Visitors Bureau, the City of Champaign and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
With special thanks to:
The ACE Awards Planning Committee
Patrick Harness
Anna Hochhalter
Brad Jenks
Ellen Kirsanoff
Jody Littleton
Rod Reid
Janet Soesbe
Gabe and staff of The Highdive
Nitin Bhosale
Crystal Womble