Sixteen-year-old Cara McHugh had much more screen time than expected in the Therese-Marie video about a guy who flirted then said, "I Ain't That Kinda Man," the title of the song and DVD.
Six of McHugh's Bishop DuBourg High School junior classmates were on hand for the screening.
"It was good," McHugh said. "I didn't know what to expect but it was good. I liked the make-up."
The much ballyhooed boots-on-the-bar-rail scene - that took two hours to film and prompted Keith Bruns, Subway Sandwich shop owner, to become one of the chief contributors and chairman of the premiere - did not make the final cut of music video.
During the shooting, Bruns had been recruited to place his boots on the bar rail, along with a line of other cowboy boots, to signify a group of men at a bar.
"It turned out to be too dark," Therese-Marie said. "It just didn't work."
The singer-song writer performed live on the stage and conducted a live auction prior to the airing of the video.
Young dancers, twirling flashing streamers that reflected the lights of the outdoor patio, gamboled in front of the audience. They wore Therese-Marie butterfly tee shirts, promoting the artist's new album of that name.
The event was a benefit for Troy Kwiecien, Catawissa, who suffered a spinal cord injury 14 months ago in a freak accident in the yard at his family's home.
Organizers worried whether Kwiecien, who does not have a handicapped accessible van, would attend the event.
As it turned out, his friend and mentor Mark Hulsey, Robertsville, transported Kwiecien and his motorized wheelchair to Pacific.
Therese-Marie wrote the song, arranged the music, produced and starred in the music video. She donated CD and DVD sales to Kwiecien. Raffles of fragrance baskets, framed music pictures and a 50-50 raffle generated a total of $2,945 for the Kwiecien family.
The money will be used to modify the Kwiecien home to make it handicapped accessible.
"I'm just elated," Bruns said as he delivered the funds to the family. "People really turned out."