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Scholarship Fund Gets A Bump From Gutter Dancers
(Monday, May 14, 2012) .
Participants in the 9th annual Gutter Dance charity bowling
event, presented by the Hal Smith Restaurant Group and benefiting the Camp
ClapHans scholarship fund gave it an $8,200 boost Thursday night. Twenty
teams from around the metro area congregated at the Sooner Bowling Center in
Norman to support this event with good food, good fun and a chance to win a
2012 Chevrolet Cruze.
"We're very pleased with the net results of this year's
Gutter Dance," said Greg Gaston, director of marketing for the McCarty
Center. "We had several new teams participating as well as several returning
teams who have supported this event from the beginning. The best thing about
this event is that you don't have to be a bowler to enjoy it."
Bowlers started the evening with dinner provided by Johnny
Carino's Country Italian Restaurant and quickly moved to the lanes to begin
the nights action.
After two lines of bowling, scores were tallied and the team
winners were announced. In first place was the Tiffany's Restaurant team
from Noble with a pin count of 1346. The Tiffany's team is a repeat champion
having won Gutter Dance 7. In second place was the Maxwell Supply Strike
Force I team with 1242 pins. Third place went to a new team to the Gutter
Dance, the Moose on the Loose with a total pin count of 1096. The last place
team who were awarded bobble head bowling trophies were the OrthoCare
Swashbuckling Braceneers with a pin count 608.
"Recognizing the last place team for their spirit and effort
has been a tradition since Gutter Dance I," said Gaston. "It's why we call
it the Gutter Dance. You don't have to be good to have a good time."
Prizes were also awarded during the evening to bowlers who
made strikes with a color pin appearing in their rack and to the team with
the most creative bowling shirts. This year's winner was the Swashbuckling
Braceneers. The team dressed in a Pirates of the Caribbean motif. They won
gift certificates from Firestone.
The event that caps off the evening is the 7-10 split roll
off. The top 10 individual bowlers get one shot at making the hardest shot
in bowling, the 7-10 split. The winner of this event could take home a 2012
Chevrolet Cruz from Marc Heitz Chevrolet or $15,000 in cash. The car is
still safe. None of these salty bowlers came close, but when these bowlers
are making their try a hush falls over the lanes and spectators hold their
breath in anticipation of someone making the shot.
The Gutter Dance was not only sponsored by the teams that
participated and the businesses that provided door prizes and contest
prizes, but also community corporate sponsors Marc Heitz Chevrolet, Johnny
Carino's Country Italian Restaurant, Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Republic
Bank & Trust, Norman Family Dentistry, Blake Virgin attorney at law and the
presenting sponsor Hal Smith Restaurant Group. "Without the support of these
corporate sponsors we wouldn't be as effective in raising money for the Camp
ClapHans scholarship fund," said Gaston.
Camp ClapHans is a residential summer camp project of the J.
D. McCarty Center. The camp is currently under construction in the southwest
corner of the McCarty Center's 80-acre campus. The camp for boys and girls
ages 8 - 16 will be open the summer of 2013. The scholarship fund will help
qualifying families offset the cost of camp tuition for their camper. When
it's completed Camp ClapHans will be the first camp in Oklahoma to be
specifically designed and built for children with disabilities.
For more information about the McCarty Center visit
www.jdmc.org .
For more information about Camp ClapHans contact
Megan Stanek, Camp Director, at (405) 307-2814 or
email to: Megan Stanek
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