Annual Center Celebration will include headline performance by Amy Grant
Three local residents have volunteered to lead the steering committee for this year’s fall fundraising gala at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.
The Center Celebration 2023 presented by Ice Miller is scheduled for Sept. 23 at the Palladium. Jeff and Shari Worrell of Carmel, serving their second year as committee co-chairs, are joined by Carmel resident Adam Arceneaux in the first of his two years as a co-chair.
Arceneaux is a partner at law firm Ice Miller LLP, the gala’s presenting sponsor, and he serves on the boards of the Center for the Performing Arts and the affiliated Great American Songbook Foundation. He and his wife, Margaret, have been Carmel residents for two decades and have three adult children.
Jeff Worrell is an at-large Carmel City Council member, founder, and vice president of customer engagement for Indianapolis-based Advantage Medical, founder of the Good Day Carmel email newsletter, and board member for multiple community organizations. Shari Worrell is a volunteer at the Merciful H.E.L.P. Center in Carmel and a former board member of the Indy SurviveOars breast cancer support organization. They have two adult children.
All enjoy concerts and other events at the Center, but they are especially interested in supporting the Center’s growing catalog of education and enrichment programs for people of all ages.
“While the Center provides unending possibilities to entertain our citizens and visitors, it is the mission of providing educational programs to students that motivates Shari and I to do everything we can to support the gala,” Jeff Worrell said.
“The gala is an opportunity to celebrate the Center and to support the impact it has within our community and throughout the region,” Arceneaux said.
The Center’s 2022 gala marked a return to an on-site, in-person format after two seasons away. Featuring a headlining performance by Straight No Chaser, the sold-out event Sept. 16 at the Palladium raised more than $689,000 in support of the Center’s arts and educational programming.
The Center Celebration 2023 is set for Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Palladium. The headliner will be singer-songwriter Amy Grant, winner of six Grammy Awards, 22 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and a Kennedy Center Honor. Information and table reservations are available now at TheCenterPresents.org/Gala.