Ticket sales have begun for ââ?¬Å?An Evening with Rosemary Clooney,ââ?¬Â a Chautauqua performance and cocktail party hosted by The Friends of Audubon on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 6 p.m. in the Audubon Museum.
Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson. The event will be a fundraiser for the Audubon Theater Project and will feature an actress portraying Kentucky-native and Grammy Award winning artist Rosemary Clooney. Live music, hors d�oeuvres, cocktails, prize raffles and an inspirational film montage of Clooney�s career are all part of this event honoring one of Kentucky�s most treasured entertainers.
Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Ky., in 1928. In 1945, she and her sister Betty won a spot on Cincinnati, Ohioââ?¬â?¢s radio station WLW as singers. After her first recordings with Tony Pastorââ?¬â?¢s big band, she broke out on her own with a hit single ââ?¬Å?Come On-a My Houseââ?¬Â in 1951. From duets with Marlene Dietrich to her role in the 1954 movie ââ?¬Å?White Christmasââ?¬Â with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen, Clooney was always in good company throughout her career. By 1956, she had her own half-hour syndicated television musical-variety show ââ?¬Å?The Rosemary Clooney Show.ââ?¬Â
Rosemary Clooney, an entertainer in every sense of the word, continued to perform even late into her life. She sang a duet of ââ?¬Å?Green Eyesââ?¬Â with Barry Manilow on his 1994 album, ââ?¬Å?Singinââ?¬â?¢ with the Big Bands.ââ?¬Â
She also guest-starred on ER, the television medical drama starring her famous nephew, George Clooney in 1995. Rosemary Clooney died in June 2002 from lung cancer. She is buried in Maysville, Kentucky.
For more information, call the park at (270) 827-1893.
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