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Bennett Wood conceived the idea of a benefit to support the McCoy Theatre program in 1985. The first benefit concert, Sondheim and Sondheim,was performed in Season Six of the McCoy Theatre with Memphis theatre artists and College alumni performing. The last benefit performance was Finale, a program of pieces selection from music that was performed in the previous ten concerts McCoy Benefit Performances: Sondheim & Sondheim (December 1986) I Didn't Know Harold Arlen Wrote That (April 1988) Gershwin & Gershwin (April 1989) Lerner & Love (December 1990) Make Someone Happy (1991) Oh Coward! (April 1992) A Cole Porter Show (April 1993) Can't Help Singing:The Music of Jerome Kern (June 1994) Rodgers & Hart (April 1995) The Songs of Irving Berlin (May 1996) Finale (September 1998)