As of 1pm this afternoon, Oregon Ballet Theatre has raised $524,800 – not too shabby with 30 days to go until the end of the fiscal year…<\/p>\n
Keep digging deep, people, and tell your friends, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As of 1pm this afternoon, Oregon Ballet Theatre has raised $524,800 – not too shabby with 30 days to go until the end of the fiscal year… Keep digging deep, people, and tell your friends, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1335,103],"tags":[1633],"class_list":["post-2674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance","category-fundraising","tag-oregon-ballet-theatre"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-H8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2597,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/28\/dance-united-a-benefit-for-obt\/","url_meta":{"origin":2674,"position":0},"title":"DANCE UNITED: a benefit for OBT","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a supporter of the arts in Portland (either as a loyal audience member or as a donor), you owe it to yourself to attend their extraordinarily important benefit DANCE UNITED.\u00c2\u00a0 The benefit takes place on June 12, 2009 at 7:30pm Keller Auditorium. 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