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Encore performance at the Vilar Performing Arts Center

<p>Josh Blue, winner of NBC's reality show "Last Comic Standing,"</p><p><img hspace="0" border="0" align="bottom" src="http://www.vilarpac.org/vvf/SiteAssets/images/calendarevents/josh-blue2.jpg" /> <br /> Blue refuses to bow to any of the challenges that come from living with cerebral palsy. He jokes, "I realize that people are going to stare, so I want to give them something to stare at."</p><p>Blue uses his self-deprecating sense of humor to defy stereotypes and encourage others to overcome their pre-conceived notions about being disabled. In addition to guest-starring on Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia," Blue has been making audiences laugh in top comedy clubs and colleges all over the country. At the 2004 Las Vegas Comedy Festival, he took home the $10,000 Grand Prize at the Royal Flush Comedy Competition. Over the past couple of years, his comedy has earned rave reviews on the college circuit that resulted in a nomination for Best Diversity Event of 2006.</p><p>Describing his comedy as "spastic and engaging," Blue wanted to be on "Last Comic Standing" to "make people aware of the fact that people with disabilities can make an impact." As a US Paralympic soccer player, Blue participated in the 2004 Paralympic Games that took place in Athens, Greece. The Paralympics, held two weeks after the Olympics, are the world's second largest sporting event.</p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p>Comedian Josh Blue - Encore performance!</p><p>Date: March 22, 2008<br />Time: 7:30PM<br />Location: Vilar Performing Arts Center</p></td></tr></tbody></table> 10 application/xml false 2004 Paralympic Cerebral Palsy Comedy Central's Josh Blie Last Comic Standing in Beaver Creek Mind of Mencia Royal Flush Comedy Competition Vilar Performing Arts Center Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 cromer 63.225.107.68 false true false false true 198512 false false true false false false true 190649 blog blogsite/VailValleyPartnership/web