Swanktacular IV: Final Program 2018 Bootlegger's Ball

Tonight’s Performers BROS Cabaret Performers Erica Patoka (Keys and Vocals), Nick Jewett (Guitar), John de Campos (Drums), Carson Korman (Double Bass & Electric Bass) BROS Vocalists Charence Higgins, Moira Horowitz, Tim Olewnik, Erica Patoka, James Watson Hot Club of Baltimore Matt Andrews, Sami Arefin, Michael Joseph Harris, Zach Serleth Bedlam Brass Greg Bowen, Rose Burt, Emily Joseph, Jessica Keyes, Joe Martin, Patrick McMinn, Justin Sabe, Adam Schuman, Patrick Staso, Dan Taylor Swanktacular Team Executive Director Aran Keating A Benefit for Development Director Naomi Davidoff Managing Director Shannon Light Hadley the Baltimore Rock Opera Society Marketing Director Tyler Merchant Special Events Captain Saturday April 7 7pm Swanktacular Committee Chair Anna Platis Decor Lead Spencer Hall Tech & Stage Management Lighting Anna Platis Silent Auction Lead Matthew “Hachi” Reid Poster Artist Chris Allen of Lighting Dragon Design Mistress of Coin & Sponsorships Duke of Sustenance Spencer Hall Master of Libations Michael V Bull Swank Volunteers Kim Stanbro Mark Sine Nic Johnson Karianna Barr, Amanda Boutwell, Matthew Casella, Abby Cocke, Kamau Fahie, June Keating, Valerie Lewis, Spencer Spencer Flask and Fascinator Artists Matt Beale Sarah Gorman Amanda Boutwell Heather Graham Greg Bowen Chuck Green Eric Church Shannon Light Hadley Jacob Dillow Heather Goodman Melissa LaMartina Katelynn Zimmerman

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s Program of Events In 2018 BROS finds itself at an inflection point. We are moving through a strange phase of 7:00pm VIP Reception with Hot Club of Baltimore simultaneous growth and self-reflection. As BROS prepares for its ten-year anniversary in 2019, I look back on our early years with pride and the knowledge that the heavy doses of 7:30pm Champagne Toast determination, vision and perspiration allowed us to achieve feats of art that were basically impossible. The Chuggernaut, BROS new collaborative canned beer with The Brewer’s Art, is 8:00pm Doors Open for General Admission Guests a monument to that determination and hard work. The Chuggernaut is the key that unlocks the hero hidden within all of our hearts, bodies and minds. 8:45pm Welcome Remarks & Special Announcements Looking forward BROS must go beyond what we’ve accomplished in the past and now create art that matches the moral tenor of a better world. Now is the time for BROS to create 9:00pm The BROS Cabaret not just amazing performance but an amazing legacy of boundary-crossing, ecstatic and inspirational art that is available to all people in Baltimore. We are far from that lofty goal 9:45pm Unveiling “The Chuggernaut” and Toast to the Glorious Future but with your help we will continue with crazed determination to pursue it and we promise to give you the best time in that chase. Let’s toast to a 2018 full of purposeful parties and the 10:00pm Bedlam Brass Band never ending pursuit of greatness. Now let’s get wasted! 111:00pm You don’t have to go home, but... Sponsors The Evening’s Entertainment Ionos Ballad Erica Patoka & Moira Horowitz as Ionos The Baltimore Whiskey Company, The Brewer’s Art, Charm City Meadworks, The Charmery, The Terrible Secret of Lunastus Chuck Green, Danielle Robinette, El Bufalo, Fringe Salon, GHOST BAT, Human Being (BROS 2011 & 2017) Productions, Judy Kurjan-Frank, The Nevermore Haunt, Sam Grossman, Trohv, Viki Keating Like a God Tim Olewnik as Captain Paul The Terrible Secret of Lunastus (BROS 2011 & 2017) Careless Whisper Moira Horowitz & Tim Olewnik originally recorded by George Michael (1984) Who I Am Charence Higgins & James Watson as The Devil & Papa Legba The Battle of Blue Apple Crossing (BROS 2015 & 2018) Legba’s Reprise James Watson as Papa Legba The Battle of Blue Apple Crossing (BROS 2015 & 2018) Fever Charence Higgins Originally recorded by Little Willie John & Peggy Lee Creep James Watson Originally recorded by Radiohead Video Killed The Radio Star Everybody Originally recorded by The Buggles