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1st: Tara Core   2nd: Melissa Montgomery   3rd: Miranda Schoech

A word of Thanks from the mental health consumers of Transition House, Inc.:

Anyone living in the Norman community has good reason to have pride in their community. This past Saturday, June 9th, was to us, Norman at it's best. 

Transition House Inc. presented it's June Bug Jam at the Sooner Theatre. The support given by the community was to make this event a huge success.

To thank all responsible would be almost an impossible task.

We are clients at Transition House and everyday we see the unwavering dedication of the staff and board of directors. The time and energy given by them is done with love and caring. That love and caring was also given by the Norman community at this years June Bug Jam.

The clients of Transition house would like to thank everyone that gave their time, money, and support. The talent presented was exceptional and anyone who didn't make it this year we hope to see you next year. Thanks again to all involved. We give this thanks with all our love. God bless the Norman Community.

The Clients of Transition House, Inc. 2001

Keiston Kirkland, Amanda Seymour, Harold Stafford, Kathy Smith, Shirley Davis, and Other Clients.

A word of Thanks from the Executive Director of Transition House, Inc.:

On behalf of everyone at Transition House, Inc., please accept our thanks to everyone who was a part of our annual benefit talent show, June Bug Jam. This year's show was a huge success and was very well attended. If all projections are accurate and pledges made to the event come through, our community will have helped raise over $13,000, with a net earning of over $11,500, to help support mental health consumers in transition through the work of Transition House, Inc.

This year's show had twenty one contestants and two special performance groups -- "Sister Act" and the "1/2 Monty." Every performer in this year's show was outstanding. They gave it their all and the audience appreciated the wonderful diversity of talent in the show. The judges had a very difficult task in determining the winners in this year's show and actually an error in the tallying process caused us to not report some of the actual winners in some categories. Transition House, Inc., would like publicly apologize to those who did not have the opportunity to be acknowledged as winners the night of the show.

The following is the actual final results of the talent competition. In the Adult Division -- first place went to Gary Upton, guitarist; second place to Katie Sherry & Charlie Rayle, vocalist and guitar; third place to Robin Grant, vocalist. In the Youth Division -- first place went to Tara Core, dancer; second place, Melissa Montgomery, vocalist; third place, Miranda Schoech, vocalist/dancer.

The audience got to vote on the competition between the special performance groups and though it was decided that Sister Act received more applause than the 1/2 Monty -- it was a very close call and the "sisters" have decided to share the floating trophy with the members of the 1/2 Monty. Both groups of community volunteers did an amazing job of entertaining the audience.

Every performer in June Bug Jam was amazing and gave a wonderful night of entertainment for the over 300 who attended the show at the Sooner Theatre. Special thanks to each and every performer who gave their best in support of mental health consumers! Also thanks to the Sooner Theatre for granting our agency use of the theater and for providing wonderful support staff the day of the show.

If you missed this year's show, but wish you had been there, thanks to Reilly Production Services, videos of this year's show are available. Contact Bonnie at Transition House, Inc., at 360-7926 or visit our website for more information. And for those who like to plan ahead, you can mark your calendars now for June Bug Jam 2002 -- it's set for Saturday, June 8, 2002 at the Sooner Theatre. Keep checking our website at www.telepath.com/thouse to keep up with the most current information on Transition House, Inc., and June Bug Jam.

All of the individuals and businesses who helped support this event are too long to list. Please know how grateful we are to each and every contributor and sponsor. We would like to make special acknowledgements of the three top sponsors of this year's event: Pfizer, Dr. Joseph Ripperger, and Mike Borgerding.

From our outstanding emcee, to our judges, endless volunteers -- especially the members of the Transition House, Inc., Board of Directors, our sponsors, the many who contributed to the silent auction, the performers, and the many who attended the show and/or supporter the event through buying tickets and tee-shirts -- thank you for caring so much about mental health consumers in our community. Your kindness makes a huge difference in their lives and gives them a chance and hope for their future.