Welcome
to the Emerald Coast Concert Association Online. Your Online home for concerts
and arts education in Okaloosa County.
ECCA
is celebrating the excitement of live entertainment and
cultural experiences to the Emerald Coast of Florida.
The Emerald Coast Concert Association's
purpose is to present, promote, and sponsor the highest quality, artistically
and culturally diverse performing arts performances from stages around the world
and to provide educational opportunities to the youth of Okaloosa County in
conjunction with these performances.
2010-2011 OFFICERS
AND BOARD MEMBERS
President
Johann Behnken
Vice President for
Administration
Becky Belcher
Vice President for
Membership
Ray Ayotte
Vice President For
Arrangements; Treasurer
Nita Wilkinson
Vice President for
Public Relations
Ursel Behnken
Secretary and Historian
Cyndi Carlson
BOARD MEMBERS
Ways and Means
Joe Salazar
Immediate Past President
Susan Kneller
Grants, Special Events,
Programs & Brochures Susan Kneller
Co-Chair w/Susan Kneller
John Sessler
Assistant Membership
Ken Hammerberg
Webmaster
Bill Zuppa
ADA Contact/Calling Chair
Gloria Troiano
Stage Director
Gordon Hurd
Assistant Stage Director
Tony Malambry
Sound
Joe Minnamon
At Large
Barbara Wood
HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERS
Frances (Griffith) Patrick, Gwen Hansen, Carol
Kelly, Eunice (Smith) Willi
FRIENDS OF ECCA
Dave & Mila Emerson, Chuck & Betty Knell, Bill &
Debbie Seidl,
Scott Van Dyke, Lillian Johnson, Paul Soukup
History of E.C.C.A.
The Emerald Coast Concert
Association, Inc., a state-chartered, non- profit Organization, was founded in
1960 as the Playground Mutual Concert Association. Concerned by the lack of
cultural events in the Ft. Walton Beach area, local residents thought of a way
to bring wonderful music and dance from across the United States and around the
world to our front door through the presentation of an annual series of public
concerts.
Still a viable and important
supplier of outstanding entertainment, the group consists only of volunteers.
They are your neighbors and derive pleasure from their efforts to bring culture
and entertainment through the performing arts to the citizens of the Emerald
Coast. Year after year, they arrange concerts to appeal to the many and varied
interests of the audience. If you would like to become part of this group,
please click on the "Join ECCA" tab above.
Patron memberships, season
memberships, corporate sponsorships, and individual ticket sales go toward the
purchase of concerts and the organization's operating expenses. E.C.C.A. is granted
tax exemption under Section 501 (c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions
are deductible as provided in Section 170 of the Code.
In recent years
E.C.C.A.
has reached out into the schools, affording students the opportunity to see
professional performers up close School performances are provided FREE to
requesting schools. .
E.C.C.A. also works closely with organizations serving the
handicapped and elderly of Okaloosa County and provides free or discount tickets
for public performances.
This season, the
E.C.C.A. will
venture into a totally new realm as we attempt to encourage appreciation of the
performing arts among the children of Okaloosa County. We will be supporting the
grassroots efforts of two local children's theatre groups.
ECCA Mission
The purpose of the Emerald
Coast Concert Association is to provide an annual series of concerts/programs
that enhance the cultural environment of the communities of the Emerald Coast of
Northwest Florida. It strives to serve the citizens of Ft. Walton Beach,
Shalimar, Niceville, Valparaiso, Mary Esther, Cinco Bayou, Destin, Crestview,
and the surrounding rural/unincorporated areas of Okaloosa County and its
neighbors.
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