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Smokey Robinson Benefit Concert for DART

March 30, 2010 at 7:39 am fairfieldfamilies Leave a comment

Smokey Robinson, the Grammy® Award winning member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and “King of Motown,” will be performing a one-night only benefit concert for Dana’s Angels Research Trust (DART) on Friday, May 14, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford.  A Gala Cocktail Reception including celebrities will be held prior to the concert at 6:30 p.m. Tickets to the full Gala Reception and Concert start at $300 and are available by invitation only. Invitation requests can be made online at www.DanasAngels.org, by emailing tickets@danasangels.org, or by calling DART at 203-861-2063.  Tickets for the general public to the concert only will be $95, $75 and $50 and will be available online at www.tickets.stamfordcenterforthearts.org.

The Smokey Robinson DART Benefit Gala and Concert will be co-hosted by Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served at the Gala reception preceding the concert and there will be a live and silent auction with fabulous one-of-a-kind items to bid on.

Dana’s Angels Research Trust (DART) is a charity dedicated to funding medical research, education, and care for the treatment or cure of Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC) and other similar genetic diseases.  NPC is often called children’s Alzheimer’s. DART’s efforts may help millions of people (adults and children) suffering from NPC, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, stroke, and other disorders that appear to be related to the metabolism of cholesterol.  Although children and some adults worldwide are afflicted, research has been extremely limited primarily because of insufficient funding, the smaller population of those affected, and a lack of public awareness.  Currently, children with NPC rarely live past their early teens, and there is no cure for NPC.  Today, there are limited treatment options, with experimental therapies and medications being tried with hope that there will be progress.  DART was founded by the Marella family of Greenwich.  Two of the Marella’s four children, Dana and Andrew, are afflicted with NPC.

To order tickets for the May 14 Smokey Robinson DART Gala Benefit Concert or to learn more about NPC and DART, visit www.danasangels.org.

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