56^th Annual Elk Rapids Rotary Club Variety Show

The variety show, a yearly tradition in Elk Rapids for 56 years, is a community celebration of great entertainment, for a great cause, all for a great price. Tickets are only $7.

This year’s theme for the show, The Ric-Key Elk Club will be an entertaining journey down memory lane with your favorite TV show characters and music from the 1950’s and 1960’s featuring the Rotary Show Choir under the direction of Cheryl Knight.

The variety show is the Elk Rapids Rotary club’s biggest fundraiser. In 2009, the club’s Good Works fund contributed $ 61,019 to community projects and programs with matching grants of $4,689 for a total of $ 65,708.

The show will be in the Peterman Auditorium, at the Elk Rapids High School on Friday

 May 14^thand Saturday May 15^th at 7:30 pm. The Lions Club of Elk Rapids will have a

Pre-show BBQ chicken and rib dinner for $15.00.  Tickets for the show will be available at

the door or from any Elk Rapids Rotarian. They are also available at the Village Market 

and the Corner Druggist in Elk Rapids .    

Rotary at a Glance

Rotary International is a volunteer organization of men and women who provide humanitarian service, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world.

Established:      February 23, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Founder:            Chicago lawyer, Paul P. Harris

Clubs:                 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical regions.

Membership:     1.2 million men and women. Rotary clubs are open to every race, culture, and creed.