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The Oswego Rotary Club and the Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour proudly presents an evening of professional stand-up comedy to benefit the Oswego Rotary Club on Saturday, May 6, at the American Foundry.

Doors open 5pm so you can enjoy Kentucky Derby-themed drinks and snacks, the race starts at 6:15pm and will be shown on the big screen on stage. The buffet dinner will start immediately following the race and end at 7:30pm. The show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $25 per person, available at The American Foundry, the Palladium Times, DuFore's, and from Oswego Rotary Club Members.

The Not Too Far From Home Stand Up Comedy Tour stars comedian Aaron David Ward and his hand-picked fellow comedians who work throughout the Northeast and Midwest on a tour that truly is “not too far from home.” All the comedians either live in or have ties to upstate New York and have been performing professionally for years. Join Aaron and the other rising stars in the professional stand up comedy world for a night of laughter.

Headliner -- Moody McCarthy

Moody McCarthy is a stand-up comedian who lives in New York with his wife, two daughters, and a Betta fish they rescued from a pet store. Moody has made numerous TV appearances, highlighted by performances on Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and two scintillating sets on The Late Show with David Letterman. Moody was born “Matthew” in Syracuse, NY, into a rambunctious household with six siblings. They're Irish, so somebody had to get a nickname.) He began doing comedy in 1992 and shortly thereafter was hired by Syracuse’s #1 radio show to cover sports and write jokes, two of his loves. After six years of performing regionally Moody decided his apartment was too big and moved to New York City. This millennium has been good to Moody: he’s also been featured on Last Comic Standing; Star Search (the 2003 reboot); America’s Got Talent; and Gotham Comedy Live. He’s a regular at some of the best clubs in the land and can be heard on SiriusXM. Moody’s material is described as original but universal, and smart without being trite. Couple that with a disarming stage presence & in-the-moment chops, you’ll see why he’s earned the admiration of his peers for his ability to “go up cold” and turn any setting into a lively comedy room. From country clubs to pubs to corporate outings, he will brighten any event.

Feature -- Dan Geurin

Comedian Dan Geurin recently launched his comedy career at the tender age of 42 and already has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments including winning comedy contests and performing regularly at The Funny Bone Comedy Clubs in Albany and Syracuse, NY, The Comedy Works in Albany, and Saratoga Springs, NY and throughout the Northeast.

Emcee -- Deric Harrington

Comedian Deric Harrington launched his comedy career in 2002 in the Capital Region of upstate New York before moving to the Chicago area and then returning to the Capital Region. Since beginning his career in stand up, he has performed throughout the Northeast and Midwest as well as Southeast including at the World Famous Improv Comedy Clubs in Chicago and Tampa. Some of his jokes have been published in the The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes, By Larry Getlen, Squeaky Clean Comedy, It's a Man's World, and The Comedy Thesaurus, all By Judy Brown. “Deric is a great guy and he's going to be a comedy star one day. His passion and heart is in standup...” -Bert “Chili” Challis, writer-Tonight Show.

Oswego Rotary Club

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a secular organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 34,282 member clubs worldwide. 1.2 million individuals called Rotarians have joined these clubs. Rotarians usually gather weekly for breakfast, lunch, or dinner to fulfill their first guiding principle to develop friendships as an opportunity for service. "It is the duty of all Rotarians," states their Manual of Procedure "outside their clubs, to beactive as individuals in as many legally constituted groups and organizations as possible to promote, not only in words but through exemplary dedication, awareness of the dignity of all people and the respect of the consequent human rights of the individual." The Rotarian's primary motto is "Service Above Self"; its secondary motto is "One profits most who serves best."