Allis Journey - Benefit Show - May 3 Toronto

[shainhouse]

- Below is the press release for a big benefit concert in support of the charity my sister founded and I help run. I hope anyone can make it, as the show will be terrific. If not, thanks for reading anyways!

www.allisjourney.ca

Young and renowned Canadian musicians perform at

second annual Take My Hand fundraising concert

benefiting The Princess Margaret Hospital Cell Therapy Program

Tickets Now On Sale!

For Immediate Release

For Media Information:

Vince J. Ciarlo

Publicity & Public

Relations

Tel: 416-763-3783

Cell: 416-458-5090

Email: vciarlo@idirect.com

Canadian artists, covering a rich and diverse range of musical

styles and tastes will gather together at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on

Thursday, May 3, 2007, for Take My Hand, the second annual Alli's Journey

fundraising concert, benefiting The Princess Margaret Hospital Cell Therapy

Program.

From opera, classical, alternative and bluegrass to Broadway, cabaret,

reggae, soul, and hip-hop, renowned Canadian music director David Warrack

has programmed an evening of music to suit all musical tastes and styles,

reflecting a variety of this country's musical talent. The evening features

performances by a range of renowned and up and coming artists including:

Renowned Canadian singer, television and stage actor Thom Allison; vocalist

Lily Frost, singer/songwriter Matthew Barber; and the Andras Weber String

Quartet; also Theresa Tova, award-winning actor, writer and singer;

universally acclaimed lyric-tenor Mark Dubois; Nancy White, Queen of the

Topical Song; Stone Fox, the Wexford Singers and Kae Sun, reggae, soul,

funk, gospel and hip hop singer/songwriter. Television and stage actress

Jackie Richardson and Toronto's Barenaked Ladies will appear in the concert

in video presentations.

Alli's Journey is a new charitable organization formed in tribute to Alli

Shapiro-Amar, a young cancer patient who succumbed to Lymphoma in July 2006

at the age of 26. Alli's Journey supports education, research and support

for young adults with cancer, a large segment of the population that is

rarely recognized. This concert honours Dr. Armand Keating and the new Cell

Therapy program at Princess Margaret Hospital.

The Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Cell Therapy Program, recently

established under the leadership of Dr. Armand Keating, aims to treat

cancers and other medical conditions by using specific cells from patients

or donors rather than with drugs. Dr. Keating is an internationally

recognized expert in stem cell transplantation and cell therapy. He

established the largest stem cell transplantation program in Canada, was a

senior scientist of the National Cancer Institute of Canada and holds

leadership positions in professional organizations in stem cell

transplantation and hematology as well as with the cell therapy program of

the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. He is Director of

Hematology, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and holds the

Gloria and Seymour Epstein Chair in Cell Therapy and Transplantation. For

the past ten year, he was also Head of Medical Oncology and Hematology at

PMH.

Take My Hand will be held at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, Main Stage,

5040 Yonge Street. Tickets range from $50 - $150 and can be purchased

through Ticketmaster, online at www.tickemaster.ca or by phone at

416-872-1111.

For more information on Alli's Journey log on to www.allisjourney.ca or call

416-782-0057.

[paisley]

will try and make it Shain... definately sounds like a worthwhile benefit

cheers buddy

[shainhouse]

I hope so.. More info is at www.allisjourney.ca

[mister slippery]

should be there, mehinks.

back by then, shain?

[shainhouse]

I will be around May 1 - 8.

[shainhouse]

donate online here..

http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s90642

[shainhouse]

Bob Egan and Ron James are also confirmed!!

[mister slippery]

shain - dunno if its just me, but the Ticketmaster link in yer post gave me 10 or so popups, and nothing useful.

so's ya know.

see you next week.

[Large Marge]

Chin chin, Margie's in!

[Deeps]

Nice Margie...see you tonight.

We can drag you out to Guelph if you want tonight!

Deeps

[edger]

My thoughts are with everyone who is participating in this event, and to everyone who has been affected by the cause in which it represents.

[Large Marge]

It was an amazing event. There were 100 bright-eyed and sweet-voiced kids up on stage singing at one point and at another, I saw Deeps sharing the lyric sheet for "Wish Upon a Star" with a famous opera singer... you should have seen this guy's pompadour!!! Beautiful.

Congratulations to Shain and family for continuing to do such great work... Ali's Journey has over tripled their charity sponsorship since last year!!!

[shainhouse]

thanks so much to anyone who supported this. event #3 is next year, featuring more great bands.