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MOTLEY FOOL SHOW CANCELED.


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VALENCIA - Lackluster lack·lus·ter  
adj.
Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull. See Synonyms at dull.

Adj. 1. lackluster - lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance"
 ticket sales prompted the cancellation of this month's speaking engagement by the Motley Fool financial advisers, scheduled for the new College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation.  performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. .

It was the second cancellation of a planned three-part speakers bureau. Newscaster Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota) is a popular American television journalist, Previously working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program  bowed out earlier this month, citing an obligation to complete a television documentary. Tickets also were sluggish for the Brokaw event.

Fewer than 100 of the 926 seats were sold for the April 20 performance, not enough to cover the costs of presenting Motley Fool - brothers David and Tom Gardner Tom Gardner (born April 16, 1968) is one of the three founders of The Motley Fool and the current Motley Fool Fantasy Football champ. He is currently co-chairman of the board of The Motley Fool. , said Kathleen Maloney, executive director of the College of the Canyons Foundation.

``Ticket sales were sluggish, partly because of the ticket price levels required to support a performance of this group,'' Maloney said in a statement.

Tickets will be refunded or ticket holders have the option of turning the fee into a tax-deductible donation to the foundation, which raises money for scholarships and other educational programs at the college.

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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Apr 14, 2005
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