FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          CONTACT:                  Phillip Judah

                                                            Phone:                         512-444-3073

                                                            E-mail:                        upstages@yahoo.com

 

Universal Publishers Stages:

FUNNY FORUM 2006

The 2006 Austin Mayoral and City Council Candidate Charity Roast

 

The NINETH edition of  “FUNNY FORUM” will feature candidates from this year’s MAyOrAL AND council race accepting the invitation to Roast each other for a good cause.  The cause might even be their own favorite Charity - if they are Funny enough.

 

WHAT:           Since 1988 whenever there has been a Council election, Universal Publishers (a special event advertising & publishing company) has invited those candidates running for office to participate in a mutual roast for Charity.  Unlike other candidate forums, in this “Funny Forum”, the audience actually gets to vote immediately afterward on which candidate they think is funniest.  Door proceeds are then issued to the funniest candidate’s designated charitable organization.

 

WHEN:           May 7, 2005    4:00 p.m.         Sunday

 

WHERE:         The HYATT REGENCY – Town Lake, 208 Barton Springs Rd., Foothills Ballroom, 17th Floor

 

OTHER:          Bill McNeal – Independent Candidate for Supreme Court Justice of Texas -

and Jabari Warfield - late night KUT-DJ will co-emcee.  Albert Earl Crabtree – House Musician for The Paramount will augment the entertainment.  His performance will be accompanied by Harry (Raygene) Pierce and others.  Complimentary hors d’voeures and a cash bar will be available for attendees’ appetites.

 

This and all previous FUNNY FORUMS have been or will have been videotaped and edited for broadcast on public access television.  Our goal is to expand the event’s potential benefit to include the television viewers with Internet and telephone interaction.

 

MESSAGE FOR CANDIDATES UNDECIDED on participatinG!!!

ALL candidates running for contested seats are eligible and will be listed in the program/ballot for the event. A space to fill in the candidate’s desired charitable organization will be next to the listing.  ALL CANDIDATES for CITY COUCIL and MAYOR are welcome!

 

COST:             A suggested donation of $20 gets you in the door with an “official” Funny Ballot.

 

INFO:              For more information, call Phil Judah, Event Organizer, at 478-6306 or visit www.upstages.com.   Keeping Austin Weird since 1988