Dare To Dream 2002
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NEW YORK, NY--(INTERNET WIRE)--Jun 3, 2002 -- Mohegan Sun todayannounced its preliminary musical lineup for Dare To Dream 2002 ... a Concert For Hope. This year's festival comprises a sensational roster of talent-featuring artists of many genres that span several generations. Hosted by Access Hollywood's Pat O'Brien and Nancy O'Dell, the Dare To Dream lineup features Sara Evans, Delbert McClinton, Uncle Kracker, Dave Mason & Friends (featuring Alice Cooper, Phoebe Snow and Gary Wright), Darren Hayes (formerly of Savage Garden), Eddie Money, Michelle Branch, Jars of Clay, George Wallace, Miss America Katie Harman and the World's Strongest Man, Denis Rogers. Additional artists will be added. Created in honor of the late Bert Zeldin, this year's event will be the fourth annual celebrity classic fundraiser supporting the Bendheim Cancer Center at Greenwich Hospital. This year, the foundation proudly expands with a new mission: Providing financial support directly to underprivileged cancer patients, who are unable to pay for available life-extending treatment. The Mohegan Sun Arena will host a two-day concert weekend entitled, Dare To Dream 2002 ... a Concert For Hope, featuring some of music's premiere musicians on Friday and Saturday, July 26th and 27th. The concert will be taped for a one-hour summer television special to air on several NBC stations September 8th. Legendary music producer, Elliot Mazer, will contribute to the concert production as music supervisor, while NBC veteran Frank Fernandez serves as executive producer. Award winning New York City post-production house, Slingshot Post, will be providing editing & graphic services. In addition to teaming up with Mohegan Sun for the weekend festival, the Bert Zeldin Foundation has also partnered with the Fox Hopyard Golf Club, a two-year-old, 7,000-yard, par 71 course in East Haddam, CT, for a private golf outing. Celebrity actors, athletes and musicians teeing off at the golf event include: Pat O'Brien, Nancy O'Dell, Jerry Orbach, Bruce Devlin, Joe Theisman, Rick Cerone, Randy Cross, Ernie Banks, Derek Sanderson, Rick Berry, Eric Flaime, Eddie Money and Alice Cooper. The festival also welcomes back the wildly popular celebrity auction on Saturday night prior to the concert where guests can bid on signed and rare memorabilia, such as autographed clothing, musical instruments and sports equipment. This year's proud sponsors include General Electric, NBC, AmericanAirlines, Turner Broadcasting International, Resource Management Group and ShopNBC. Held in the Mohegan Sun Arena, tickets for the Dare To Dream 2002 ... a Concert For Hope range from $40 to $60. Tickets, which will go on sale soon, will be available at Mohegan Sun's in-house box office, online through tickets.com or by calling tickets.com at 1.800.477.6849. For more information, log on to our website: www.bertzeldingolfclassic.com About Bert Zeldin Foundation Founded in 1998, the Bertram J. Zeldin Foundation is a non-profit organization created to benefit the Bendheim Cancer Center at Greenwich Hospital, an outpatient facility where Bert Zeldin received treatment for lung cancer. In its first three years, the Bert Zeldin Celebrity Classic raised more than $650,000 for the Bendheim Cancer Center. Charitable proceeds have gone toward a new CAT scan to detect early lung cancer, massage therapy for cancer patients, clinical trials and a new breast cancer wing. In 2002, the foundation proudly expands on its newest mission- providing financial support directly to underprivileged cancer patients, who are unable to pay for available life-extending treatment. About Mohegan Sun Arena With its state-of-the-art lighting and sound system, the Mohegan Sun Arena is the premier entertainment venue in Connecticut. Major sporting events, including championship boxing, professional and college men's and women's basketball, tennis and bowling, along with world-renowned entertainers such as Tim McGraw, Gloria Estefan, Aerosmith and Janet Jackson have performed in this 7,500-seat venue. |