The 10th Annual Pageant of the Masters Gala Benefit at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Returns for a Festive Celebration of "All the World's a Stage"

- (Business Wire) Festival of Arts:

WHO & WHAT:		The Festival of Arts - California's Premier Fine Art Exhibition presents the 10th Annual Pageant of the Masters Gala Benefit. This exclusive, highly anticipated, one-night event, will offer guests a private viewing of the Festival's fine art exhibition, music, dancing, silent auction, and a performance of this summer's extremely popular Pageant of the Masters, entitled "All the World's a Stage."

		The event is sold-out, attending will be approximately 2,600 guests.

		Neil Patrick Harris, Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated actor, will host the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters 10th Annual Gala benefit on August 23rd. He currently stars as Barney on the CBS comedy series HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, which has garnered him rave reviews. No stranger to theater and film, he has a long list of credits, including starring in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" at the Geffen Playhouse and many Broadway productions. Harris is well known for his teenage role as the adored title character in DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.

		Additional guest celebrities scheduled to attend, include Adrianne Curry, Julie Bowen, football star Jim Everett, Kate Flannery, Christopher Knight, Joe Mantegna, Joseph Mascolo, comedian Mike McDonald, Charles Shaughnessy, Marcel Vigneron and many others.

WHEN:		Saturday, August 23 at 5:00 p.m.
		4:45 pm - 5:45 pm Celebrity photo ops. Front entrance - red carpet. Celebrities and Pageant of the Masters Director Diane Challis Davy and Festival of Arts President Wayne Baglin will be available for interviews.

WHERE:		650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA

MEDIA R.S.V.P.:		Please R.S.V.P. to Sharbie Higuchi or Gioia Hagopian at gioia.hagopian@foapom.com 949-464-4282. Credentials requested.

WHAT ELSE:		The evening proceeds will benefit the Festival of Arts Building Fund. Expected to raise over $200,000. The Festival is a non-profit organization that produces The Festival of Arts - California's Premier Fine Art Exhibition and The Pageant of the Masters-Where Art Comes to Life. The organization's mission is to support the arts and arts education.

		A 2008 SLK 280 Mercedes-Benz, valued over $45K, will be given away during an opportunity drawing at the Gala event. Tickets for the car are $5 each or 5 for $20 and may be purchased at the Festival of Arts Gift Shop.

Festival of Arts
Sharbie Higuchi or Gioia Hagopian, 949-464-4282
gioia.hagopian@foapom.com