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Other Events
The Ensemble and Board of Directors put on multiple events throughout the season where proceeds go towards the Evanston Dance Ensemble. For instance, be sure to check out our popular annual storytelling showcase "Do Tell" held in Studio5.
thank you to our donors!
This list reflects cash donations from 10/1/19 through 9/30/20
angel: $1,000 and up
Mark Kishler and Patty Acha
Allegro Dance Boutique
Margaret and Louis Biolsi
Byline Bank
Cahill Plumbing
Dance Center Evanston
Barbara and Michael Davis
Evanston Arts Council
Gallun/Michel Group
Bethany and John Goodman
The Illinois Arts Council
Faye and Josh Jacobs
Marion Kinney
Kelly Cutler and Vic LeSage
Tina and Rick Malnati
Steve and Béa Rashid
Dr. Lisa Schoene
The Sullivan Family Foundation
Abbey and Paul Turilli
Wellness Revolution
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sponsor: $250-$499
Kristin and David Alexander
Libby Ester and Mike Brody
Jeanine and Carl Brownell
Debbie and Bob Burns
Julie and Josh Chernoff
Stephanie Davis and Brad Dunlap
Tony and Carol Feiock
Juliet Bromer and Joshua Hauser
Becky and Brady Huston
Dan and Suzanne Kanter
Bill and Debbie Kristofek
Margaret Krulee
James and Marlene Kurtz
Fred and Laurie Levy
The Linder Family Fund
Jessie MacDonald
Wendy Nicholson
Nancy and Ralph Segall
Dale and Milner Seifert
Larry and Cindy Shanker (in honor of Faye Jacobs)
Anne and Greg Taubeneck Family Fund
Julia and Conrad Winkler
associate: $50-$99
Linda Adamowski
Heidi Bloom
Sima Blue
Susan Avril and Remy Dercksen
Bernard and Sally Dobroski
Joan Ehrenberg
Sharon Gilmore
Catherine and Rodolphus Hanby
Ann Marie Hartmann
Betsy Herskind
Janet and Brian Hoffman
Kerry Hubata
Kathy Kann (in honor of Nicole Beck)
Jane Liechty
Kristine Makiewicz
Sandy Merwin
Molly Gallo Numark
Blair Wellensiek and Karl Peters
Lisa Lauren and Bill Pollack
Betsy Quinn
Chad Rutledge
Timothy Sherck
Jody Sieck
Dr. June Sochen
Jennifer and Joe Wharton
Joe and Carolyn Wig
Jan Barlow memorial fund
Joyce Barlow
Victoria Barlow
Keesha Beckford
Slade and Amy Berry
Courtney and Kimberly Boyden
Deborah Bradley
Beverly Carlson
Jan Currier
Anne and Douglas Darrow
Stephan Michael Donovan
Jerry and Rose Ingalsbe
Kelly and Michael Johnson
Bob and Andie Nelson
Mary Ramsey
Kelly Schafer
Michelle Schneider
Rebecca and Mark Smith
benefactor: $500-$999
Kevin and Carol Biolsi
David and Catherine Burnham
Nicole and Massimo Capretta
Jon Klein and Susan Cohn
Mary Jo and John Crosby (in honor of Emily Waechtler)
The Goodman/Weinberger Fund
Rebecca and Paul Fields
Paula Steiner and David Hellman
John and Lisa Jones
Ariel Orlov and Steven Mayer
Tara and Brian Norris
Leslie Riley
Christie and Dan Robinson
Lara and Paul Waechtler
Scott and Amy Weyman
supporter: $100-$249
Nancy and Ken Arlen
Maria and Steve Ballantyne
Jen Michael and Chris Beck
Jan and Jeff Berkson
Dr. Stamata Blanas
Blaine and Mardi Brownell
Abby and Michael Carnow*
Alissa and Jin-Ho Chung
Jeff Balch and Dori Conn
Christina Ernst
Lynda and Larry Fisher
Judy and Bob Freilich
Virginia and Dan Hansvick
Kathy and Chuck Harper
Kristin and Charles Harper
Karla Harris
Brian and Sheri Higgins
Bill and Jackie Ieuter
The Jinakunwiphat Family
Jeffrey and Julie Kaplan
Jon Bamel and Andrea Kurtz
Laurel Lawson
The Lemmenes Family
Fred and Laurie Levy
Sanna Longden
Helen Maram (in honor of Sophie Maram)
Laura Marmash
Bridget McDonough
Susan Melczer
Joel and Greta Michael
Sarah Miller
Linda Brown and Joe Mitchell
Marcia Powers
John Powers
Mary Jo Schmitz
Jill and Paul Schoenwetter
Alyse Freilich and Andrew Schulkin
Larry Stoler and Amy Schuman
Liz Feldman and Jay Shefsky
Rosie Rees and Gene Servillo
Billy Siegenfeld
Corky and Bill Siegfriedt
Paula and Craig Sjogerman
Ginny Sykes
Wesley Burghardt and Angela Stramaglia
Chris and Ann Tomlins
Elizabeth and Aaron Van Nice
Kevin and Amy Wallace
Leslie and Steve Warner
Marianne and Frank Weissert
Fran and John Wiechart
Brenda Wong
Friend: up to $49
Bob Busse and Celia Ackmann
Amelia Langas*
Lauren Biolsi*
Suzanne and Stephen Carlson
Michael and Sue Gallivan
Evan and Michael Girard
Judy and Bob Kemp
Amelia Langas*
Stuart Novy
Brigitte and Jose Oberholzer
Penny Rotheiser
Carl and Bonnie Schulkin
Jasmin Tomlins
Andrew Wilder
*Current or former EDE dancers