Awards Show 4: 2010 Scranton Chamber Awards Gala (SAGE Awards)

This video captures part of the Inaugural Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce Gala, The SAGE awards: Scranton Awards for Growth & Excellence. The event was held on November 11, 2010, at the Mellow Theater in Lackawanna College, Scranton, PA.

The Master of Ceremonies was a Scranton native, Chris Barnes, a professional writer, actor and comedian. Barnes has worked for MTV, Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central, among others. He has appeared in several television sit-coms including Who's the Boss, the Carol Burnett Show, Seinfeld, According to Jim and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Most notably, Barnes starred on ABC's hit comedy Life With Bonnie. When he's not filming, Barnes teaches at his Comedy Dojo Improv schools in Santa Monica, CA and Stroudsburg, PA. Currently, Barnes is working on the daytime soap opera, "One Life to Live."

WKRZ's own "Mr. Manly" was on the Red Carpet greeting the Finalists as they arrived in Limousines provided by Nasser Limo, as well as the other guests who came to participate in the Black Tie Optional event. Catering for parties before and after the awards was provided by Stirna's of Scranton. The event was captured for the Web by Shuta Multimedia.

In this particular video, the awards ceremony continues, with the introduction of Thomas O'Keefe, President of Penn Foster. However, events quickly whisked Thomas from the stage, and Paul Holdren Senior Vice President - Sales & Product Development of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania and ChamberChoice, presented the Healthy Workplace Award to Marywood University. Joseph Mullen, Principal of Pennoni Associates presented Pride and Progress Awards to The Backyard Ale House (Exterior Renovations) and Gerrity's Supermarkets (Interior Renovations). (He presents four more awards in the next video.)


Related Links:
http://www.scrantonchamber.com/
http://www.metroaction.org/
http://www.shutamultimedia.com

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