Local women plan to ‘Let it Go’ in benefit

What better time of year to feature “Frozen” than in the middle of January?

On Sunday, the Warehouse, 1299 E. Columbia Ave., will welcome new guests to their Family Fun event and will feature Elsa and Anna from the blockbuster Disney movie, “Frozen.”

It will be a kid’s karaoke event that runs from noon to 4 p.m. where they’ll then have a chance to meet the movie’s two main characters, played by Aimee Boyer and Lori Ferrell.

Jena Goodwin, owner of the Warehouse, said the goal of the facility, which bills itself as a concert venue, is to have fun and entertaining productions. She said the plan has been to offer inexpensive fun for the entire community.

“That’s what gets your community involved, and that’s what gets customer loyalty,” Goodwin said. “That’s what we’re about.”

As part of the plan, the kids karaoke Sunday is just a continuation of what the Warehouse has been doing with the lip-synching phenomenon. It also holds karaoke contests Tuesdays and family karaoke on Saturdays and Sundays.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Girl Scouts.

Boyer and Ferrell are the two women who are dressing up and joining tomorrow’s event to make it extra special for their children and others. They will be lip-synching “Let it Go” with and for the children as well as taking photos with them.

There is no admission charge.

“There will be a photo booth where the kids can go and take a picture with a snowy backdrop with the Disney characters,” Goodwin said.

She added there also will be a fantasy face painter.

When they’re not portraying Disney characters, both women are stay-at-home moms and work as distributors of Herbalife at the Energy Nook in Battle Creek.

In their spare time, they thought it would be fun to dress up as the Frozen characters for a Girl Scouts group. That’s when the owner of the Warehouse contacted Boyer.

“Jena, who owns the Warehouse, is a friend of mine,” Boyer said. “She caught wind that me and my friend Lori dressed up for the Girl Scouts in the Frozen costumes and asked us to do it at the Warehouse.”

Ferrell said that after dressing up as the characters for the Girl Scouts, “All of the sudden, we’re having people contact us.”

She said that Barnes and Noble even reached out to them to do an event at their bookstore.

“Now we have birthday parties after birthday parties,” Ferrell said.

The event at the Warehouse will be more of a meet and greet according to Boyer.

“It’s really cool that they have something for the kids in Battle Creek,” Boyer said. “Especially in the winter, they can sing and just have fun.”

Ferrell added that they do it to see the smiles on the children’s faces.

Goodwin said the Warehouse hopes to bring different Disney characters every other Saturday and Sunday.

“We want to do stuff for boys too since Frozen seems to be mostly for girls,” Goodwin said.

She said they are looking to do something with the cast of Star Wars in the near future.

So far, 118 people have confirmed on Facebook their attendance to Sunday’s event, according to Goodwin. That’s nearly half of their capacity of 270.

For more information, call the Warehouse at 339-3739.