Theater fans and Elsie Allen backers pulled in about $6,000 at a fundraising event last Saturday night, according to organizers hoping to send members of Elsie’s drama department to the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The Sept. 4 event was Cuban themed and featured Cuban eats and dance lessons from Edna and Dick Lucero with live music by Orquesta Batacha. Guests included Marcos Suarez, Santa Rosa City Councilman Ernesto Olivares, artist Mario Uribe, Mary Jane Schneider and Brian O’Malley, according to organizers.

Elsie hopes to send a small band of actors to the three week festival next summer. Montgomery High School was also invited to participate so ExtraCredit hopes to keep readers aware of what the Vikings are doing to get ready as well.

To read more about Elsie’s efforts to get to Scotland next summer, click here: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100728/ARTICLES/100729463

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