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N ovem ber 12, 2014
Cafe at Miracles
in h iia in b im
in the M iracles
C lub Bldg.
a
4200 NE MLK Jr. Blvd,
Portland OR 97212
The legendary
Motown super
stars The
Spinners will
headline the
annual Spam
and Velvetta
Holiday event
sponsored by
well-known
Portland
entrepreneur
RoyJay.
Real Southern Cooking
11
NOW OPEN
SATURDAYS!
SERVING LUNCH
AND DINNER
Tuesday—Saturday
11:00am—7:30pm
Spinners Front Holiday Event
Roy Jay’s annual benefit to feature Motown superstars
Now cooking
PHILLIP JOHNSON
O ne o f the b iggest holiday events
i for P ortland returns w hen the leg
I endary M otow n super stars, The
I Spinners headline the annual Roy
lay S pam and V elveeta H oliday
I benefit, on Saturday, D ec. 6 at O r
egon C on v en tio n C enter.
The black tie optional celebration
M ost recently Sam sung selected
The Spinners’ m illion copy selling
attracts m any o f Portland’s w ho’s
w ho in business, education and ev-
eryw here in betw een. A dinner kicks
offthefestivitiesat6:30p.m .prom ptly.
song“C o u ld itB eI’m FallinginL ove”
asthebackgroundm usicintheir“Next
Big T hing” cam paign.
A lso com ing to this y ear’s Spam
and Vel veeta are A m erica’s G ot T al
ent finalist, Hart K eene from season
9, com edian Eric Schw artz o f the L aff
Factory in Los A ngeles and Portland’s
ow n “B row n Sisters.” In previous
years, audiences have enjoyed M ary
W ilso n o f T h e S u p re m e s , T h e
M otow n R eview , H eidi T hom pson
as C her and other great entertain
m en t
A ttendees this year will also have
an opportunity to w in a 2014 Toyota
Prius II for a year, com plim ents o f the
Portland M etro A rea Toyota D eal
ers. Proceeds from donations will
benefit Lines for Life, M ulti Cultural
I n te g r a te d K id n e y E d u c a tio n ,
H ighland’s H aven and other com m u
nity service organizations and pro
grams.
Jay, a Portland business leader
and A frican A m erican C ham ber o f
C om m erce executive, started the
Spam and V elveeta holiday event as
an avenue for nonprofit groups to get
donations from his friends and asso
ciates. That was over 6 years ago.
T he benefit has taken on a life o f its
THROUGH NOVEMBER
RMDUCER SPONSORS:
Harold Goldstein and Carol Streeter
Könnt LaCroute
ow n to w here it could no longer be
hosted at his house and had to m ove
to a m uch bigger venue.
Tickets are available by phone at
5 0 3 -2 3 1 - 8 2 5 9
or
th ro u g h
aftonticket.com ortickettom ato.com .
V IP seating includes a full dinner.
A lthough the show is nearly a l
w ays sold out w eeks in advance,
there rem ain less than 200 seats for
this y e a r’s event. T h e re ’s also a
special buy one, g et one free offer
on standard seating.