Dancing for Safe Haven 2013

Painting designed by Rhonda Polen Wernick; Logo designed by Collide Creative. Please click the logo above for more info.

UPDATE MARCH 4, 2013: “And the winners are…” Please click here for winners and details about this wonderful event!

“Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair would have been impressed,” said Tennessean Society Editor Rusty Terry of last year’s Dancing for Safe Haven. 

Be part of this most delightful partnership on behalf of homeless families March 2, 2013, 6:30 at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza.

TICKETS: $200 per person; Tables of 10 available for $2,000. Click here to PURCHASE TICKETS online.

CAN’T ATTEND, BUT WANT TO DONATE? We welcome donations from those who cannot attend, you can even make your donation in the honor of one of our dancers. Click here to make a donation.

WHEN: March 2 2013; Cocktails at 6:30 p.m.; Dinner at 7:15 p.m.

WHERE: Loews Vanderbilt Plaza

ABOUT THE EVENT: The 4th Annual Dancing for Safe Haven Family Shelter will take place March 2 at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza. It features a dancing competition of local celebrities paired with professional dancers from Dance World, dinner and more! Serving as Masters of Ceremonies are: Fox 17 Mornings Host Kelly Sutton and 107.5 The River Morning hosts Woody and Jim.  Judges for the event include: Heather Byrd, Ted Clayton, Jana Davis and Chet Parlavecchio. Click here to read more about our Masters of Ceremonies and Judges. Complimentary parking Caterpillar Financial garage. The dress for the event is Festive Cocktail Attire.

2013 DANCING CHAIRS: Deb Varallo, Founder and Owner Varallo Public Relations; John Steele, Senior Vice President of Human Relations at HCA; Bob Tuke, partner at Trauger & Tuke.

2013 HERO AWARD: We will be honoring longstanding supporters of Safe Haven and our community, Karen and David Conrad with the 2013 Hero Award. The Hero Award honors a volunteer who has exhibited extraordinary leadership, vision and dedication. Click here to read more about our Hero Award recipients.

2013 CELEBRITY DANCERS: To date, our celebrity dancers include: John Dwyer, anchor News Channel 2; Darrell Freeman, founder and executive chairman at Zycron; Kate Herman, president and publisher at  the Nashville Business Journal; Meredith Libbey, assistant to the director Metro Nashville Schools; Vicki Yates, anchor/reporter Channel 5. Please click here to read more about the celebrity dancers and their professional dance partners.

Prizes will be awarded to the judges’ favorite, audience favorite and online favorite! THE ONLINE VOTING HAS CLOSED. IF YOU TRY TO VOTE, IT WILL SHOW YOU THE RESULTS AND INDICATE IT THE POLL IS CLOSED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. THANK YOU FOR VOTING!

 

PRESENTING SPONSOR: HCA/TriStar

 

 

 

 

Click here to see all of the Dancing for Safe Haven Sponsors.

Sponsor the event: Sponsorships are still available for Dancing for Safe Haven. Click here to download a sponsorship packet. Contact Trey Lipman with questions or for more information. For a complete list of our current sponsors, click here.

For more information,  please contact Trey Lipman.

Special thanks to the designers of our Dancing for Safe Haven logo and art work. The painting of the dancers was designed by Rhonda Polen Wernick with Dancing Art. The wording/logo and printed invite were designed by Becky and Kevin Tucker with Collide Creative. Please click here for a full size view of the artwork and logo and to find out more information about the designers.