Bill Cosby to perform in Avalon this June

e-published 04/11/2006
By ROB SEITZINGER
Staff Writer - Wildwood Leader Online

AVALON – Philadelphia’s own legendary comedian Bill Cosby will perform his stand-up routine in Avalon this summer, and the proceeds from the weekend-long event will benefit Cape May County children’s charities.
Cosby is scheduled to perform Saturday, June 24, at the Avalon Elementary School’s Performing Arts Room in the school’s new addition.
Avalon resident and publicist Dave Coskey, who is organizing the event, confirmed the event to this newspaper on Tuesday. Information was sketchy as of press time because Coskey was in the process of putting together the details, and was going to issue a press release to the media late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
What is clear is that Cosby, who has been making people laugh with his antics and television shows for more than 40 years, will perform his nightclub routine in what will be an extremely intimate setting. Coskey wasn’t sure what the capacity will be for the auditorium’s seating but said it should hold “several hundred.” He said tickets will cost between $50 and $150.
“Almost all of the money raised will stay in Cape May County for five local charities. We’re still working out the details but right now they will include the Make A Wish Foundation, the Diller Home for the Blind, and the Brendan Borek (High Tides Cancer Foundation) organization,” he said. “We want charities that have a positive effect on kids.”
Cosby got his big break in 1965 on the Ed Sullivan Show, and was on or produced several successful TV shows including “The Cosby Show,” “Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids,” and “Little Bill,” and movies like “Mother, Jugs & Speed,” “Jack,” and “Ghost Dad.”

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