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Scripps Networks Presents the Denver Chapter’s
11th annual musical satire Positively Cable 05 | CSI: Broadband This year’s show will solve a couple of hot cases using the dancing and singing talents of many high-profile cable industry detectives, plus the gifted forensic performers of Rave Reviews. They’ll analyze some of the cable industry’s most incriminating evidence, including:
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A Decade of Positively Cable On November 11, 2004, The Denver Chapter of Cable Positive staged Positively Cable Book X: Bobo Broadband and the Tchamber of Tchotchkes presented by Scripps Networks at The Cable Center raising more than $144,000, a new Denver Chapter record. The sold-out show written by Time Warner's Paul Braun and Adelphia's Erica Stull and performed by industry volunteers (and the gifted wizards of Rave Reviews) lampooned the cable industry in a plot influenced by both Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. The evening also featured a silent auction of items donated by supporting companies (see list of sponsors). Proceeds of the evening were split between Cable Positive and our Denver AIDS initiatives -- the Rainbow House and Mi Casa's FENIX Project.
Immediately following the show, Denver Chapter Volunteers iN DEMANDS's Debbie Barackman and Adelphia Communications' Zelda Martens and Erica Stull received the 2004 Brad Wojcoski Memorial Award recipient for outstanding contribution to the fight against HIV and AIDS by a cable industry employee in their local community. As part of the honor, Cable Positive granted $1,250 to Mi Casa's FENIX Project and $1,250 to the Rainbow House in the recipient's names. The Volunteers of America Rainbow House, located in Denver, provides services designed to meet the unique needs of families living with HIV/AIDS, specifically those with young children. The Mi Casa FENIX Project strives to educate Denver-area youth to avoid negative risk behaviors and to improve their outlook for the future. To get involved in the Denver Chapter, contact Erica Stull of Adelphia Communications, Chapter Co- Chair.
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Positively Cable 2003: “Beach Blanket Broadband” The Cable Center, Denver, CO November 13, 2003 On November 13, 2003, Denver’s cable community will be wiggling their toes in the sand and shouting ‘surf’s up!’ as Cable Positive’s Denver Chapter presents its 9th annual slapstick musical revue, Positively Cable 2003 to raise funds for Cable Positive and Volunteers of America Rainbow House at the Cable Center in Denver, CO. The revue, winner of a 2002 CTPAA Beacon Award, features the dancing and singing talents of many high-profile cable industry executives, plus the gifted performers of Rave Reviews. For sponsorship opportunities or to reserve tickets, please contact Event Chair Zelda Martens at 303.693.8706 or Event Co-Chair, Debbie Barackman at 303.712.3365 or visit positivelycable.org. Presented by: ................................. Denver Theatre Events: The Denver Chapter of Cable Positive continues to keep HIV/AIDS on the minds of the Denver cable and telecommunications employees. Coming right off the heels of the CTPAA Beacon awarded, Positively Cable 2002: Cable Gets the Royal Flush, which raised $77,000 to benefit Cable Positive and local Denver AIDS organization Volunteers of America Rainbow House in October 2002, the Denver Chapter has already raised another $3,400 by purchasing a block of tickets at a group sales discount for the recent Denver premieres of Mamma Mia! and The Full Monty. .................................
$77,000 was raised on October 17th by the Denver Chapter of Cable Positive, through their 8th annual musical parody fundraiser “Positively Cable 2002: Cable Gets the Royal Flush.” The sold out event was held at “The Cable Center” on the University of Denver’s campus and featured music parodies satirizing the cable, satellite, Internet, and telecommunications industry. The hilarious musical numbers, written by Paul Braun, VP of Programming, Time Warner Cable National Division and Erica Stull, were light hearted takes on classic standards such as “Copacabana,” “New York, New York,” and “Cabaret,” among others. The event’s proceeds were generated through ticket sales and a silent auction that included items such as tickets to entertain 12 guests at the AT&T Colorado Avalanche suite at the Pepsi Center for one game; an NBA Gift Package, featuring 10 tickets to a Denver Nuggets game, a NBA steel figurine, and an ABA Banner (67-76); and a Williams-Sonoma gift certificate valued at over $500. Half of the proceeds raised benefited Denver AIDS organization Volunteers of America Rainbow House, an organization that provides services for families and young children living with HIV/AIDS. This year, AT&T Broadband sponsored the event. .................................
2001 "Positively Cable Aught One: The Technical Trials of Our Sweet Cablene," the seventh annual musical spoof of the telecommunications industry, raised more than $107,000 in support of local and national AIDS initiatives. Held at the Denver's “Comedy Works Night Club,” the show was sold out for the third consecutive year. Funds raised by the show benefited Cable Positive's national prevention and awareness efforts, and Volunteers of America Rainbow House’s construction of a new infant facility for children who are HIV positive. The show featured the professional actors of Rave Reviews singing parodies of turn-of-the-century-songs. The Colorado Cable All-Stars - executives of cable operators, programmers and suppliers - who played bit parts and were chorus members, supported them. Sponsors included: AT&T Broadband, Sullivan Direct Marketing, Inc., Fox Cable Networks, iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View, JonesKnowledge.com, Motorola, Palomino Rotisseria, Rave Reviews, AT&T Digital Media Centers, Carlsen Resources, Inc., ESPN, Multichannel/Cablevision, New Line Television, Oxygen, Playboy TV Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Spring Communications and Time Warner Cable National Division. ................................. Positively Cable 2000: Sgt Broadband’s Magic Dot Com Land “Positively Cable 2000: Sgt Broadband’s Magic Dot Com Land,” the musical spoof of the telecommunications industry, held at Denver’s “Comedy Works Night Club,” was a huge success featuring the professional actors of Rave Reviews singing parodies of 1960’s songs from The Beatles, Beach Boys, The Supremes and more. The Colorado Cable All-Stars - executives of cable operators, programmers and suppliers - who played bit parts and were chorus members, supported the actors of Rave Reviews. The All-Stars were: Matthew Abernathy, Chris Angle, Angie Barrick, Paul Braun, Steve Collins, Rhonda Dorchester, Bridget Farley Rebecca Lim, Jim Honiotes, Steve Raymond, David Sears, Rod Veatch, Ziba Kaboli and Sharan Wilson. Patrons heard Paul Braun’s (of Time Warner Cable) hilarious send-up that poked fun at email, cable’s glory years, super severance, CableLabs, and the fight between Time Warner and Disney. It also featured a stirring farewell to Bill Daniels.The event raised over $73,000 and proceeds benefited Cable Positive's national prevention and awareness efforts and Volunteers of America Rainbow House. Sponsors included: Cahners Television Group, HSA, A&E, AT&T Digital Phone, AT&T Broadband, Eclipse Marketing, Discovery Networks, ICTV, Jones Knowledge.Com, Bloomberg TV, Sullivan Advertising, HOT Network, iN DEMAND, Universal Studios, Scripps Networks and Rave Reviews
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number of leading cable and telecommunications companies supported
this year's show, which was the 10th annual. Honorary chairs for this
year's event were Ron Cooper, COO and president of Adelphia Communications,
who made a special guest appearance during the performance, and Carl
Vogel, CEO of Charter Communications.
This
year's event sponsors included:
2001 "Positively Cable Aught One: The Technical Trials of Our Sweet Cablene”
