Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation's “An Afternoon for the Arts”

Woodbridge - The Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation sponsored “An Afternoon for the Arts” on Sunday, this year at the Brady Center for the Performing Arts at Amity High School. Jamie Hulley is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All proceeds from the afternoon are used directly for arts scholarships and educational programs. This was their first major fundraiser in two years.

The afternoon began with a reception and preview of the raffles available. This was followed by a two act performance on the stage at the Brady. Co-hosts included Rob Kennedy, Kimberly Jenna Simon and Jamie’s sister Kari Hulley.

Scholarship and early career award alumni Peter Charney, Emily Kilian, Kimberly Jenna Simon and Ethan Sachs performed selections from “A Chorus Line.” followed by the brand new “Rhythmix,” Amity’s Acapella Group singing “True Colors.”

Members of the Square Foot Theatre Company performed. Three members of the cast of the upcoming production of “Moana” by the Amity Middle School Bethany’s Spartan Players performing a piece from their show. The young lady singing the role of the title character was terrific.

Amity Creative Theater students performed, “Shut Up and Dance” from “Glee.” Connor Dean introduces his students from Broadway Method Academy in Fairfield. The finale was “Seasons of Love,” with Patrick Laffin of Square Foot Theatre on the solo.

The headliners were Carole’s Kings, an all male Carole King Review featuring the music of “Beautiful.” The featured performers in the musical review were DJ Bucciarelli, Michael Linden and Evan Jay Newman, three actors singing the music of King and her friends, including Carly Simon and James Taylor. All three men are very talented performers and shared some great information about Carole King in between their songs. Although the sound was painfully loud for much of the performance, the lighting was great, as were the three pickup musicians.

The foundation sponsors scholarship, community projects and educational programming throughout the greater New Haven and Bridgeport and Valley regions. This gala celebrated their home community and their special relationship with their Amity family. Ticket purchases allow them to continue to provide enrichment classes for young artists in all genres - music, dance, visual arts and theater.

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