The 10th Annual Pageant of the Masters Gala Benefit at the Laguna Beach Festival...

Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:03pm EDT

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The 10th Annual Pageant of the Masters Gala Benefit at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Returns for a Festive Celebration of "All the World's a Stage"

Neil Patrick Harris scheduled to Host the Event
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Festival of Arts:

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WHO & WHAT: The Festival of Arts - California's Premier Fine Art
Exhibition presents the 10th Annual Pageant of the
Masters Gala Benefit. This exclusive, highly
anticipated, one-night event, will offer guests a
private viewing of the Festival's fine art
exhibition, music, dancing, silent auction, and a
performance of this summer's extremely popular
Pageant of the Masters, entitled "All the World's a
Stage."

The event is sold-out, attending will be approximately
2,600 guests.

Neil Patrick Harris, Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated
actor, will host the Festival of Arts and Pageant of
the Masters 10th Annual Gala benefit on August 23rd.
He currently stars as Barney on the CBS comedy series
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, which has garnered him rave
reviews. No stranger to theater and film, he has a
long list of credits, including starring in Arthur
Miller's "All My Sons" at the Geffen Playhouse and
many Broadway productions. Harris is well known for
his teenage role as the adored title character in
DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.

Additional guest celebrities scheduled to attend,
include Adrianne Curry, Julie Bowen, football star
Jim Everett, Kate Flannery, Christopher Knight, Joe
Mantegna, Joseph Mascolo, comedian Mike McDonald,
Charles Shaughnessy, Marcel Vigneron and many others.

WHEN: Saturday, August 23 at 5:00 p.m.
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm Celebrity photo ops. Front entrance
- red carpet. Celebrities and Pageant of the Masters
Director Diane Challis Davy and Festival of Arts
President Wayne Baglin will be available for
interviews.

WHERE: 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA

MEDIA R.S.V.P.: Please R.S.V.P. to Sharbie Higuchi or Gioia Hagopian
at gioia.hagopian@foapom.com 949-464-4282.
Credentials requested.

WHAT ELSE: The evening proceeds will benefit the Festival of Arts
Building Fund. Expected to raise over $200,000. The
Festival is a non-profit organization that produces
The Festival of Arts - California's Premier Fine Art
Exhibition and The Pageant of the Masters-Where Art
Comes to Life. The organization's mission is to
support the arts and arts education.

A 2008 SLK 280 Mercedes-Benz, valued over $45K, will
be given away during an opportunity drawing at the
Gala event. Tickets for the car are $5 each or 5 for
$20 and may be purchased at the Festival of Arts Gift
Shop.
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Festival of Arts
Sharbie Higuchi or Gioia Hagopian, 949-464-4282
gioia.hagopian@foapom.com