The internationally-acclaimed Harlem Ambassadors will be visiting Gooding for a game at the Gooding High School Gym on Thursday, November 18, at 7:30 pm.

The Harlem Ambassadors offer a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball, featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks and hilarious comedy routines.

The Ambassadors feature non-stop laughs and deliver a positive message for kids wherever the Ambassadors play. “At our shows, we want the kids to know that they’re part of our team too,” Coach Ladè Majic said. “We invite as many kids as we can to come sit on the bench, have a front row seat during the show, and get involved in all of the fun stuff we do.”

They will be challenged by our own Gooding Redneck Shooters!  Thank you, Marcie Morrow, for your winning entry for the team name.

Proceeds from the event will be used for scholarships and community projects.  The Gooding Idaho Chamber of Commerce wants to be able to give $1,000 scholarships to four 2011 graduating Gooding High School seniors.

The Ambassadors set themselves apart from other “Harlem-style” basketball teams by working with local not-for-profit and service organizations and holding Harlem Ambassadors shows as community fundraising events. For Gooding's event the Ambassadors have partnered with the Gooding Chamber of Commerce to help raise funds for downtown Christmas lights.

The Ambassadors have worked extensively with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters and American Red Cross as well as Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs in communities throughout the U.S., and perform more than 200 shows a year. Those shows have helped raise millions of dollars – an accomplishment of which Ambassadors President Dale Moss is very proud.

“It feels good to be able to provide quality entertainment and create memories that the fans will take with them,” Moss explained. “We’re able to give even more when we can help provide funding for a Habitat for Humanity house or new computers for the school library, and that feels great.”

Advance ticket prices are $5 for students / seniors, $8 for adults and $25 for a family. Prices at the door are $5, $10 and $30.