Berks Arts Council 2008 Pagoda Awards

The Berks Arts Council wishes thank all who took part in making the 2008 Pagoda Awards another success! We would like to thank our sponsors, without whom this event would not be possible: our Tribute Sponsors - Fulton Bank, Kutztown University, and Marlin and Ginger Miller; our Patron Sponsors - Irvin and Lois Cohen; Craig and Sue Perrotty; Freymoyer’s Hotel; VIST Financial; Alvernia College; Reading Area Community College; Wilmington Trust; Sweet Street Desserts; Wishes by Boscov’s; Capital Wine and Spirits; and Taylor Backes Studio.  Special thanks to David Reppert and Patty Belsterling, as well as Boscov's Ala Carte Catering, Sweet Street Desserts and Little Black Dress Wines.

Thanks to all who make this annual event possible!  We at the Berks Arts Council look forward to having the Pagoda Awards for many years to come.

(all photographs courtesy of Kevin Brett of Soul Imagery Photography)

Angelo DiMaria Artistic Development	Frederic Toone Bacon Lifetime Achievement	James Yocum Patron of the Arts

The Olivet Boys and Girls Club Choir sings a tribute for our recipients	Institute of the Arts Scholarship Teen Ensemble performs "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare

Past Recipients

1993 - Gertrude Sternbergh 1994 - Wesley Fisher 1995 - Jack Coggins 1996 - Bruce & Betty Lou McLean 1997 - Elain Bertolet 1998 - Sidney Rothstein 1999 - J. Carl Borelli 2000 - Douglas P. Fisher 2001 - Thomas B. Souders, M.D. 2002 - Sandi McCarthy 2003 - Ed & Carol Butler 2004 - Albert Boscov 2005 - Lois & Irvin Cohen, Al Leader, Gene Burkhart 2006 - Marlin & Regina "Ginger" Miller, Michael Constantine, James Carroll 2007 - Jeffrey Lentz, Carolyn and Jerry Holleran, Will Dexter