Harlem Superstars Planning UMaine Charity Game
Contact: Audra Grady, 581-4194; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO — Members of UMaine’s Athletic Department staff are fielding a team to play a benefit basketball game with the Harlem Superstars April 4 at Memorial Gym — an event that promises an exciting evening of basketball highlights and high jinks.
The game starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door, and proceeds will be split between UMaine’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) and the New England Blind Athletic Association (NEBAA). ASB will use the proceeds to travel to Peru in May for a two-week student service trip; NEBAA will use the funds to host children at a summer camp at UMaine this summer.
The Harlem Superstars is a team of talented, well-known and well-trained players who excel at comedy basketball. They travel to bring comedy basketball to towns and cities throughout the country for personalized games to benefit local communities. Players engage audience members before, during and after the game. A half-time show will include members of the audience, children and an array of comedic tricks.
The mission of the Superstars is to “entertain people of all ages with great classic comedy, dazzling basketball, and intermingling with the crowd.” Players will test the basketball skills of children in attendance, and two will win a prize.
Tickets can be ordered by calling Audra Grady at 581-4194.
“If we can’t take the call personally, we’d like people to leave a message with their full names, the number of tickets and a telephone number,” says Grady, the assistant director of Student Engagement & The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, and adviser for Alternative Spring Break, a program under the UMaine Division of Student Affairs. “The tickets will be available the evening of the game at a will-call area.”
Members of the UMaine team for the benefit game with the Superstars include:
Katie Herbine, associate athletic director, Tanya Adorno, athletic event management coordinator, Justin Rees, assistant women’s basketball coach, Bob Corkum, assistant men’s ice hockey coach, Trevor Singer, assistant men’s soccer coach, Josh MacDonald, equipment manager, Dwayne Wilmot, assistant football coach, Dennis Dottin-Carter, assistant football coach, April Bucheit, athletic trainer, and Brandi Rideout, student athlete services coordinator.