We Learn About A Very Special Event For Relay For Life, Hosted by Avery Hall Insurance Group - YouTube

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chances are you know somebody whose life has been聽 affected by cancer and that includes those whose聽聽
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family or friends have struggled with it well聽 thankfully there are resources being poured聽聽
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into the daily effort to find a cure one of聽 those vital resources is relay for life and聽聽
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one of our local resources is teaming up with聽 relay for life in a very special way we'd like聽聽
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to welcome back to the studio joe long chief聽 financial officer at avery hall insurance group聽聽
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and jeff smith one of the stars of a very聽 special event this weekend thank you both for聽聽
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joining us this afternoon thank you for having聽 us jeff you were you got the the hat the fedora聽聽
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thing going on yeah this is not your daily聽 this is not my daily outfit i'm uh i in the聽聽
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the production that we're doing is a聽 production of uh the adventures of the thin man聽聽
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uh nick and norah charles and i play nick charles聽 and this is how nick charles would have dressed聽聽
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in the 40s most likely so i'm dressed for the 40s聽 do we call him nick right now or can we just well聽聽
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i mean he's in he's in a costume he's in character聽 if you call me nick i'll have to go into character
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so tell us about the special recorded performance聽 that avery hall insurance group is hosting yes um聽聽
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so we again get to partner with lower shore聽 performing arts and we have a new partnership聽聽
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this year with chincoteague island arts聽 organization and so we are doing the an old-time聽聽
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old-fashioned radio show and they have filmed聽 it it'll be streaming live starting the 16th聽聽
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and we're running it through the 30th and you can聽 buy tickets all the all the way through up to the聽聽
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30th to watch okay so this is uh being performed聽 by the lower shore performing arts company tell聽聽
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us a little bit about them uh their uh mission is聽 to promote the arts and promote a community that聽聽
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really encourages the arts through education and聽 artistic opportunities like this one they've done聽聽
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productions like 1776. uh if you might remember聽 a few years ago they they put on the production聽聽
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of michael o'leary's play uh from several years聽 ago yes yes so they've been around for a while uh聽聽
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and they've been working with avery hall insurance聽 for the last several years to put on a show some聽聽
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sort of performing arts show in the past couple of聽 years it's been storytelling events right and this聽聽
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year we've decided to do a play to promote for the聽 american cancer system this just sounds like fun聽聽
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it is it's a lot of fun to do okay so let me ask聽 you this avery hall has raised a bunch of money聽聽
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for the american cancer society yes um 120 125聽 000 somewhere in that neighborhood and you've聽聽
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been doing this for a while yes 24 years joe can聽 you tell me is there a time where you've actually聽聽
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come in contact with someone who was聽 positively affected by that partnership yes聽聽
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we have you know as you know cancer touches聽 everybody whether it be um a family member聽聽
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bu it be a co-worker so we have had people in聽 the office that have utilized their resources聽聽
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american cancer society is one of the largest next聽 to the government for funding research for cancer聽聽
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but i know with lower shore impact they've had聽 several people that have we have two people in聽聽
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the production are cancer survivors catherine聽 redden who directed the show and was also our our聽聽
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sound gal our foley artist um and chris justin聽 who is in the cast is also a cancer survivor聽聽
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my father was also recently diagnosed with a brain聽 tumor and he is also undergoing cancer treatments聽聽
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right now oh wow wow so this does it close to聽 home it affects all of us yes yes all right so聽聽
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um we're not gonna let you get away without going聽 into character so we need nick to tell us where聽聽
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and when we can catch the show uh let's see so uh聽 the show is uh let's see i have to i have to put聽聽
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on i have to put on a voice okay there's a line聽 that i say in order to get myself into character聽聽
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uh you've got a fine wife there arthur which is聽 one of my lines from the show i'm nick charles聽聽
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a former pinkerton detective uh you can watch聽 the show uh beginning thursday september 16th聽聽
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going through uh september 30th it's available聽 through the acs website that has got to be the聽聽
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best one we've ever had on the show definitely聽 nick you're the best and jeff's pretty cool too聽聽
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she's pretty cool too thank you so much thank聽 you what a wonderful wonderful opportunity yeah