Thanks to everyone for an amazing benefit on Monday April 11th. Please check out the article about the event. I had no idea the event was even being covered. All of a sudden I'm being interviewed. It was crazy. The event made $1,000. It was slightly less than I had hoped for but it still raised more than some people expected. The overall feeling of the evening was that not enough is being done for these families and many of the guests hope to see more fundraisers continue to pop up. As a matter of fact, my husband's new boss at STAPLES is looking for a local community charity to support and Michael suggested the Allentown Family Fund. So, now I am trying to think of new and creative ways for my husbands store to raise money.
At Monday night's event, there was a lot going on. In one room there was a Tricky Tray set up with 20 prizes. We made over $200 on the Tricky Tray. We had great prizes like 6 course dinner for 2 with wine pairing, tickets to 2 different theaters, salon and spa gifts, jewelry, and all sorts of amazing stuff. Many people went home happy! Some not so much but it was all in good fun and for a great cause.
In another room there was entertainment with local singers and musicians from the Lehigh Valley. There were local celebrity bartenders selling their own cocktail creations and donating all their tips back to charity. There was some amazing foods like oysters on the half shell, scallop ceviche, pork pate, tabouli, sushi, and lots more. We had a collection for the Second Harvest food bank as well. All in all it was a successful event!
Check out one of my songs: Dance Ten, Looks Three
IN OTHER NEWS....
- I will be playing Mrs. C in Happy Days The Musical at Pines Dinner Theatre from June 10 - August 21.
- I am working on my next children's musical and will hopefully touring this new children's musical in the Lehigh Valley area in the late summer early fall and then hopefully along the eastern seaboard. And who knows..maybe nationally!
- I will be forming my own non-profit theater company. Recent events have proved that I need to form my own company. Too many issues have been coming up that disrupt my ability to live my life. Poor business practices have been getting under my skin and it's now time that I set my feet firmly on the ground and put my non-profit experience and performance experience to the test. I have so many supportive friends that have already agreed to lend their expertise and advice to help me to get this going. I'm so excited!
- Don't forget to check out my new website.
- I'll be starting a new cooking VLOG on YouTube. There is no title right now, but a lot of people ask me for my recipes and how I get a month's worth of groceries for hardly any money and so I'm going to start a VLOG. My first blog will come out in May and I hope you'll all check it out!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” ~ Lucille Ball
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: This is some insanity that Mim and Jay introduced me to a couple of years ago. INSANITY!
RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Sun-Dried Tomato Alfredo with Grilled Chicken over Pasta.
Ingredients:
1 lb chicken tenderloins
1 lb pasta ( I use penne or tricolor rotini)
1 jar Alfredo sauce
3-4 sun-dried tomatoes
Olive Oil
salt and pepper
Garlic
crushed red pepper
First boil water for the pasta. Next, salt & pepper the chicken and grill. In a saute pan add the alfredo sauce and heat. In a blender add sun-dried tomatoes and about 1/4 c. olive oil. When full blended add to alfredo sauce. Add 1 t garlic, s&p to taste, crushed red pepper to taste. When it comes to temp, add the grilled chicken to the sauce. Finish cooking the pasta. Drain well and pile the pasta in a bowl and top with the sauce and chicken. I sometimes top it with parmesan cheese. Enjoy! It's yummy!
Kirsten Alm
eida received her B.A. in Theater and Speech from Wagner College. For twelve years, Kirsten doubled as a professional fundraiser for a large non-profit arts organization and an actor, director, choreographer, and playwright. She has performed in more than forty shows all over the U.S. She spent four months touring the country with the Omaha Theater Company's production of 'The Little Engine that Could' as the Red Dress Doll. She performed nearly 80 performances in 36 states. In New York City, Kirsten was part of the cast for the award-winning 'Skin Deep' by Mary Lynn Dobson (Fringe Festival winner 2009) which has won top honors from the 2010 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and originated the role of Lavender Blue in the eerily funny 'Professor Von Awesome's Traveling Caravan of Cautionary Warnings.' Kirsten appeared in the U.S. premiere of 'Scandalous! A new musical based on the life of D.H. Lawrence' in New Orleans and appeared at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in the World Premiere musical 'The Butterfly Project' which raised money for children's cancer research. Other credits include Children of Eden (Mama Noah), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(Narrator), Hello Dolly!(Minnie Fay), Beauty and the Beast(Silly Girl & Madame de la Grande Bouche), The Sound of Music(Mother Abbess), Annie(Star-to-Be), Oliver!(Widow Corney), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(Rosemary), My Fair Lady(Featured Dancer), Promises, Promises!(Featured Dancer), Nunsense I & II(Sister Leo), Gypsy(Tessie Tura), Guys & Dolls(Featured Dancer), Back to the 80s(Debbie Cox), Seussical the Musical(Gertrude), Snoopy!(Sally Brown), Pippin(Featured dancer), Carousel, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors(Chiffon), and many more.
In film/tv, Kirsten has appeared in the upcoming comedy 'Big Guns', 'Three Chris'', and filmed the independent short 'Westfield' with Clocktower Productions. She has also appeared in two episodes of 'The World's Most Astonishing News'.
She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Newark Boys Chorus and Triad Ensemble and the Spotlight Cabaret with Allentown Public Theater. She was a founding member of the Boonton Parks & Recreation Theatre Company for young performers where she not only directed and choreographed the shows for the company but also acted as lead fundraiser, costumer, lighting designer, marketing director as well as scenic and props designer. Kirsten also taught dance for the recreation department to children ages 7-12. Kirsten has also dabbled in play writing for children's theater. Her twisted version of "The Three Little Pigs" (a musical from the Big Bad Wolf's perspective) was produced at Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick, NJ.
Kirsten teaches drama classes at the Civic Theater in Allentown, PA to grades Pre-K through 4. She also is the Program Coordinator/Facilitator for the "Reading with Cat in the Hat" literacy promotion program where she tours to at-risk communities and performs as the Cat in the Hat. Kirsten also offers an audition class to high school students which helps students audition confidently. Her effective teaching style is requested by groups in PA and NJ and NY.
She is also the owner and operator of 'Star of the Day' Event Productions. A one-of-a-kind full service birthday experience.Audio
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