Culture Works celebrates the arts this weekend at Day Air Ballpark

The Dayton Dragons will host Culture Works, the funding, advocacy and service organization supporting arts and culture in the Dayton region, at Day Air Ballpark Thursday, May 19 through Sunday, May 22 in support of the annual Culture Works fundraising campaign.

The weekend will include Culture Works performers singing the national anthem during the events. There will also be Culture Works first pitches, inning break performances, plaza performances, radio interviews and TV interviews.

Culture Works performers include:

K12 and TEJAS
Ben Baugham Chalk Art
Elyse Schmidt, WSU Vocal Student
Dwyer Irish Dance
Rachael Watts, WSU Vocal Grad
Tatum Jackson, WSU Vocal Student

Dragon mascots Heater and Gem are co-chairs of the annual Culture Works campaign. The Dragons will be donating a portion of ticket sales this weekend to Culture Works as part of the event. Tickets can be purchased here.

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Also, the Dragons Foundation 50/50 raffle is going to be a rolling jackpot all week long from May 17 – May 22 and will support Culture Works. Fifty percent of the proceeds will go to one lucky winner and the other 50 percent goes directly to Culture Works. Fans can actually get 50/50 raffle tickets right now through the online portal at http://www.daytondragons5050.com/.

Credit: Marshall Gorby

For more information about Culture Works, visit https://cultureworks.org/.

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Russell Florence Jr.

Russell Florence Jr. is team leader/coordinator of Lifestyles/Dayton.com. He has been an arts/lifestyles reporter for Dayton Daily News since 2012. He formerly served on the Dayton Daily News Community Board of Contributors and assisted the Dayton Daily News Editorial Board. He received his BA in mass communications from Wright State University.