{"id":589,"date":"2008-03-26T15:25:23","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T20:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/gay-business-guild-to-hold-awards-gala-may-16\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T15:26:17","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T20:26:17","slug":"gay-business-guild-to-hold-awards-gala-may-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/26\/gay-business-guild-to-hold-awards-gala-may-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay business guild to hold awards gala May 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Make plans now to attend the South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild<\/a>\u00a02008 Annual Awards Gala on Friday, May 16, at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Greystone Boulevard in Columbia. (SC GLBG is the SC Progressive Network<\/a>‘s newest member, and we welcome the group on board!)<\/p>\n

* 6-7pm – A networking\/reception hour will be held in the hotel atrium
\n* 7pm – The awards dinner with ANT as featured entertainer
\n* After Party – A DJ will help you dance the night away right after the program until midnight.<\/p>\n

A cash bar will be provided throughout the evening’s festivities.<\/p>\n

Awards include:
\nThe Freddie Mullis Corporate Member of the Year – 2007 award recipient was Sheila Morris
\nThe Dan Burch Volunteer of the Year – 2007 award recipient was Rebecca Majeski
\nThe Community Partner of the Year – 2007 award recipient was Harriet Hancock<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, you should immediately contact us at sclgbg1@aol.com or call (803) 771-0411 and someone will contact you. Sponsorships start at $250.<\/p>\n

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Our featured entertainer for this year’s event will be acclaimed comedian ANT. ANT first appeared on The Last Comic Standing and quickly made his name known with frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Tyra Banks Show. Recently The LOGO Channel’s “US of ANT” series and VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club” helped propel ANT into a name that many recognize as a comedic sensation.<\/p>\n

Gala Sponsors for this year’s event include:
\nAmerican Airlines \/ American Eagle
\nAsset Realty, Inc.
\nCap’n Al’s Hawaiian Sunglass Hut
\nEmbassy Suites Hotel
\nFASTCO Threaded Products
\nQNotes
\nRobin Ridgell & Marla Wood<\/p>\n

Tickets prices: $60 for members \/ $75 for non-members \/ Table of 8 for $500, includes a table tent with your personal or company name. Ticket order form and more information is available on the\u00a0web site at www.scglbg.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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