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COSTUME SHOP REPLACEMENT FUND
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Cooperative Bank Supports TLC’s Costume Shop Replacement Fund
Gift Provides Needed Funds for the Drama
Rick Gray, Vice President and manager of the Kill Devil Hills office of Cooperative Bank recently presents a $5,000 check towards the Costume Shop Replacement fund to The Lost Colony’s Ken Keating (left), and Carl V. Curnutte (right). Behind them you can see that the building construction has progressed steadily over the winter months. The ribbon-cutting open house for the Irene Smart Rains Costume Shop is scheduled for April 30.

(Manteo, NC, February 19, 2008) – Rick Gray, Vice President and manager of the Kill Devil Hills office of Cooperative Bank recently presented a $5,000 check towards the Costume Shop Replacement fund to The Lost Colony’s Ken Keating, and Carl V. Curnutte. “We’re so thankful that Cooperative Bank and the Outer Banks community have joined together in support of The Lost Colony—America's story,” said Carl V. Curnutte, The Lost Colony Executive Director and Producer. “Gray’s personal involvement with the drama makes this gift especially meaningful to the organization.”
Gray is a former Board Member the Roanoke Island Historical Association, a position he held for 9 years. He served as Board Chair from 2002-2004. “Cooperative Bank feels a close kinship with The Lost Colony and is especially proud to join the community in is efforts to restore the costumes and costume shop,” says Gray. “The Lost Colony is such a dynamic landmark of the Outer Banks, a landmark that needs to continue onward.”

Cooperative Bank’s gift will assist in the content replacement of the Costume Shop as well as the maintenance and storage buildings destroyed in the early September fire. Items that were lost include sewing machines, washing machines, dryers, props, office equipment, and costumes, among other items vital to the production of the show.
Efforts are already underway to rebuild the shop and its contents in preparations for the 71st Anniversary Season opening on May 30th, 2008. Upon a recent visit to The Lost Colony construction site, Gray remarked, “having seen the new costume shop and the designs for the new costumes, I can hardly wait for opening night. The upcoming season should prove to be one of the most exciting. I look forward to it, as does all of our community.”

About Cooperative Bank
Cooperative Bank, chartered in 1898, is headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Bank operates 23 offices throughout the coastal and inland communities of eastern North Carolina in addition to an office in Jefferson, South Carolina. With over one hundred and ten years of service, Cooperative Bank continues to follow their initial charge to help customers in eastern North Carolina fulfill their dream of home ownership and reach their financial goals. For more information on Cooperative Bank, visit www.coop-bank.com

About The Lost Colony
The Lost Colony, presented where the real-life events occurred more than 400 years ago, uses song, dance, comedy and special effects to tell the story and mysterious disappearance of America’s first English colony (1584-87). First staged in 1937, it is the nation’s premier and longest-running symphonic drama and has been seen by millions. It also serves as the proud training ground of today’s young theatrical talent. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, The Lost Colony’s 71st anniversary season opens May 30th and plays nightly except Saturday through Aug. 20, 2008 at Manteo’s Waterside Theatre, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. For tickets click here >