Help is On The Way For the Holidays IX - Gala Performance!

Justin Guarini joins a number of other stage and screen stars to perform at a benefit concert in San Francisco on December 2, 2007.

The event is sponsored by the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation and benefits Meals of Marin and Positive Resource Center. A silent auction precedes the performance, and certain ticket levels are invited to a Dessert Party with the cast.

Official site link

Press release:

THE RICHMOND / ERMET AIDS FOUNDATION PRESENTS…
HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS IX
An ALL- STAR BENEFIT CONCERT
Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 - Herbst Theatre in SF

THE RICHMOND/ERMET AIDS FOUNDATION presents HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS IX - the kick-off event heralding the holiday season in San Francisco.
Beneficiaries of this year’s concert are
• Meals of Marin • Positive Resource Center

This year’s annual all-star holiday benefit concert features the talents of performers in fields of entertainment including Broadway, Film, TV, Recording, Jazz and Dance. This one-night only gala benefit concert will take place on Sunday, Dec. 2 at the HERBST THEATER, 401 Van Ness Ave.
in SF. There is a pre-show Silent Auction 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Performance begins at 7:30 pm.

The star-studded line-up features stage & screen stars including (as of 10/3/07):
LA TOYA LONDON American Idol / recording star
ANTHONY FEDOROV American Idol / recording star
JUSTIN GUARINI American Idol / Film (From Justin to Kelly) star
MARY WILSON Recording star / original member of The Supremes
SALLY STRUTHERS TV (All in the Family / Gilmore Girls) star
CAROLE COOK Broadway (42nd Street / Radio Gals) TV star
SHARON McNIGHT Tony-nominated cabaret star
KEVIN EARLEY Broadway (Les Miz) stage (Titanic / Assassins) star
TIM HOCKENBERRY Cabaret / jazz star
WESLA WHITFIELD Cabaret / recording star
SONY HOLLAND Cabaret / jazz artist
MEG MACKAY Cabaret / recording star
SHAWN RYAN TV (America’s Got Talent), cabaret star
LEANNE BORGHESI Cabaret star
MIND OVER MATTER Bay Area's elite Hip-Hop dance troupe
(Others to be announced.)

To get photos or bios of any of the performers go to
http://www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/events_12.2.07/castdetails12.07.htm

The show is directed by David Galligan. • Musical Directors: Richard Berent & Bill Keck
Producers are Joe Seiler & Ken Henderson.


PERFORMANCE ONLY TICKETS are $45 and $65 (GENERAL RESERVED SEATING).

GALA TICKETS (includes dessert reception following the performance) are $100.
There will be a post-performance dessert party with the cast in the Green Room of the War Memorial Building featuring complimentary wine, cocktails and desserts (9:30 - 11:30 pm).

For Gala and performance only tickets, call City Box Office at 415/ 392- 4400 -www.cityboxoffice.com

UNDERWRITER LEVEL TICKETS: include preferred seating and other benefits: $150 and up.
A portion of Underwriter level tickets help underwrite the costs of the production. Help is on the Way for the Holidays IX Underwriter ticket prices are tiered from $150 and up. Underwriters will be invited to the post-performance Cast Dessert Party in the Green Room of the War Memorial Building, featuring complimentary wine, cocktails and desserts as well a special reception in early 2007 to hand out the checks to the beneficiaries of this event.

To order Underwriter level tickets, visit www.helpisontheway.org or call 415 / 273 -1620

Since it’s inception in 1995, The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation has raised well over $2 million for AIDS service agencies in the Bay Area and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 100% of proceeds from ticket sales have always gone directly to the beneficiary partners.

HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS IX is produced by The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation, founded in 1995 by Barbara Richmond & Peggy Ermet in memory of their sons,
John Richmond & Doug Ermet, who both lost their lives to AIDS. In 1995 They decided not to get mad but get even when they launched a musical AIDS benefit to honor their sons and raise funds for AIDS service organizations.


To arrange an interview with any of the performers, with co-founder Barbara Richmond,
or Executive Director Ken Henderson, please call publicist Lawrence Helman at 415/ 661-1260.


CALENDAR EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:

WHAT: THE RICHMOND / ERMET AIDS FOUNDATION presents...
HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS IX
An Annual, All-Star Holiday Benefit Concert -

WHEN: December 2, 2007 - Sunday

WHERE: THE HERBST THEATRE - 401 Van Ness Avenue in SF

SHOW
TIMES: 5:30 - 7:30 pm Silent Auction
7:30 Performance
9:30 -11:30 Post-performance party with the cast in the Green Room of
the War Memorial Building featuring complimentary wine,
cocktails and desserts. (Gala and Underwriter tix only.)


TICKET: $ 45, & $65 GENERAL RESERVED SEATING - (Show Only)
PRICES: $100 Gala tickets (Include dessert reception following the performance)
$150 up UNDERWRITER Level - (Preferred seating / Show & Post Party)
For Gala and performance only tickets, call City Box Office at 415/ 392- 4400 www.cityboxoffice.com

For Underwriter level tickets ($150 and up), call the REAF ticket line at
415/ 273- 1620 www.helpisontheway.org

PHOTOS: To get photos or bios of any of the performers go to
http://www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/events_12.2.07/castdetails12.07.htm

The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation raises funds for AIDS service provider agencies, primarily in the SF Bay Area, through the production of quality entertainment events. Currently REAF produces three primary events, "Help is on the Way," "Help is on the Way for the Holidays" and a "One Night Only" series of benefit performances with the touring casts of Broadway shows appearing in the Bay Area as tour schedules permit. Almost all events include special silent and/or live auctions.

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OMG, someone is doing what they love, call the blog police!

So, Justin Guarini and Kimberley Locke are giving a concert tonight as part of the grand opening celebration of the Outlet Shoppes at El Paso. Predictably, TMZ.com (which stands for "this matters zilch") jumps on the news. This is followed by a number of other blog postings, mostly just TMZ news feeds or blogs run by fans of other Idols who somehow feel their own lives are made better by suggesting others are less than successful.

Hey, here's the thing: they love to sing. They love to perform. They get paid for doing both. It's a way better life than working for TMZ.com. When is the last time you made a crowd of people excited and happy that didn't involve you delivering pizza? Yeah, that's what we thought.

Everyone going tonight, enjoy.