The internationally-acclaimed Harlem Ambassadors will be visiting Smithville for a game at the Smithville High School Gym on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. The Harlem Ambassadors will be playing our own team of local dignitaries, the “Smithville DunkSTARS”.

The Harlem Ambassadors offer a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball, featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks and hilarious comedy routines.

The Ambassadors feature non-stop laughs and deliver a positive message for kids wherever the Ambassadors play. “At our shows, we want the kids to know that they’re part of our team too,” Coach Ladè Majic said. “We invite as many kids as we can to come sit on the bench, have a front row seat during the show, and get involved in all of the fun stuff we do.”

The Ambassadors set themselves apart from other “Harlem-style” basketball teams by working with local not-for-profit and service organizations and holding Harlem Ambassadors shows as community fundraising events. For Smithville’s event the Ambassadors have partnered with the Smithville Noon Lions Club to help raise funds for Smithville High School Scholarships.

The Ambassadors have worked extensively with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters and American Red Cross as well as Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs in communities throughout the U.S., and perform more than 200 shows a year. Those shows have helped raise millions of dollars – an accomplishment of which Ambassadors President Dale Moss is very proud.

“It feels good to be able to provide quality entertainment and create memories that the fans will take with them,” Moss explained. “We’re able to give even more when we can help provide funding for a Habitat for Humanity house or new computers for the school library, and that feels great.”

Tickets are on sale at the Smithville Chamber of Commerce, First National Bank in Smithville, Prosperity Bank and the Smithville High School Front Office.

Advance ticket prices are $5 for students or seniors (over 65) and $7 for adults.

Tickets at the door on the day of the event are $7 for students or seniors and $9 for adults.

Kids 2 and under will be admitted FREE.

Special Center Court reserved tickets are $25 each and will be sold at the Chamber of Commerce location only.

Make it a family night out with a pre-game Pizza Dinner!

5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Smithville High School Cafeteria.

Pizza tickets are $5 per person for 2 large slices of pizza and a drink. Advance purchase required for pizza tickets.

For sponsorship information contact any Noon Lions Club member or Debbie Roberson at Debbie.roberson@gmail.com or 512-496-7724.