[July 21, 2009] BRIEF: Theater group turns to Internet to raise $$ Tweet PASADENA, Jul 21, 2009 (Pasadena Star-News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Hoping to raise $50,000 to fund its annual performances and classes for young dancers, the nonprofit Pasadena Dance Theatre has organized an on-line auction, the first in its 50-year history, officials said Tuesday. Approximately 150 items -- from gym memberships to hotel and airfare packages to baseball tickets -- are posted on-line at www.cmarket.com (search for "Pasadena Dance Theatre" under the "Browse Auctions" tab). Bidders have until until midnight July 31 to post bids on the items, which were donated for the fund-raiser, officials said. "The dance theater is a small company and we don't hold a big fund-raiser with 500 people with a live auction," said Jim Retorsion, the theater's board president. "The on-line auction was a very effective, efficient way to reach out to a lot of people." Proceeds from the auction will go to the theater company's conservatory, which trains dancers as young as 5, and to its company of professional dancers, who stage several performances a year, including "The Nutcracker." [email protected] (626) 578-6300, Ext. 4494 To see more of the Pasadena Star-News or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/.com/. Copyright (c) 2009, Pasadena Star-News, Calif. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]