THE
RICHMOND/ERMET AIDS FOUNDATION PRESENTS "HELP IS ON THE WAY VIII:
Hooray for Hollywood"
AN ALL- STAR BENEFIT
CONCERT - Monday, July 29, 2002 featuring The Songs of Johnny Mercer
at THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
THE RICHMOND/ERMET AIDS
FOUNDATION is proud to present "HELP IS ON THE WAY VIII: HOORAY for
HOLLYWOOD" - The Bay Area's Largest Annual AIDS Benefit Concert. This
year's all-star benefit concert features the music of the great Johnny
Mercer on Monday, July 29th at THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS THEATER (3301
Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA). There will be a pre-show Gala reception
& extensive Silent Auction from 5:30 to 7:30 pm - featuring complimentary
martini bars, wines & hors d'oeuvres. Performance is at 8:00 pm. A
post-show Dessert & Wine Party with the cast will be held from 10:15
to 11:45 pm. Tickets are $150 and up. Tickets for the show only are
$75. Doors open for the general public at 7:30 pm. For Tickets call
415-273-1620. Visit the web site for additional information at http://www.helpisontheway.org/.
The star studded line
up for this year's extravaganza feature stage and screen stars including:
Margaret Whiting, Sally Struthers, Loretta Devine, Rod McKuen, Bruce
Vilanch, Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker, Debby Boone, Betty Garrett,
Wesla Whitfield, Carole Cook, Meg Mackay, Mary Jo Catlett, Billy Porter,
Anne Runolfsson, Tami Tappan, Cate Caplin & Murray Phillips and Lisa
Viggiano (as of 5/13/02 - Cast subject to change).
Johnny Mercer is one of
America's most loved & prolific lyricists of the last century. Mercer
received 4 Academy Awards for best song, and was nominated an astonishing
18 times! For Broadway he wrote the lyrics for ST. LOUIS WOMAN and
LI'L ABNER among others. In addition, he cofounded Capitol Records.
Since it's inception in
1995, The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation has raised over one million
dollars for AIDS service agencies in the Bay Area and Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS. 100% of proceeds from ticket sales has always gone directly
to the beneficiary partners, allowing those agencies to concentrate
more on delivery of direct care and less on fund raising. The beneficiaries
for this year are: Center for AIDS Services, Oakland; Continuum; Project
Open Hand; Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center; SHANTI.
"HELP IS ON THE WAY VIII:
HOORAY for HOLLYWOOD" is produced by The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation,
founded by Barbara Richmond and Peggy Ermet in memory of their sons,
John Richmond and Doug Ermet, who both lost their lives to AIDS. In
1995 The two women decided not to get mad but get even when they launched
a musical AIDS benefit to honor their sons by raising funds for AIDS
service organizations. The Director is David Galligan, the Musical
Director is Ron Abel, Executive Producers are Joe Seiler & Ken Henderson.
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