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FUNDRAISING HISTORY1: Three Nights Of Light: Bob Benjamin, The Light Of Day Foundation http://www.lightofday.org and Concerts East http://www.concertseast.com are proud to announce the 5th Annual Light Of Day Concerts To Benefit The Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org (PDF) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mda.org (MDA) for their ALS research programs at the Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Avenue, New Jersey, Asbury Park, New Jersey http://www.stoneponyonline.com or call 732-502-0600. The events will be held on Friday, November 5, 2004, Saturday, November 6, 2004, and Sunday, November 7, 2004. There are tickets available for both Friday and Sunday. Sat., Nov. 6 is sold out. There will be no smoking inside The Stone Pony for the Light Of Day shows. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster Charge By Phone, Ticketmaster Online http://www.ticketmaster.com , Vintage Vinyl http://www.vvinyl.com in Fords and the Stone Pony Box Office. Tickets are priced as follows: $50 in advance for a general admission ticket for a single show $150 for a very limited number of VIP seats The first four years of concerts have raised approximately $200,000 for the PDF and the MDA. Artists who have performed in previous years include Joe Grushecky who has been joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen at each or the first four year's concerts. Others who have joined the celebration include Michael J. Fox who joined Springsteen, Grushecky and concert organizer Benjamin on stage for a raucous finale to last year's opening night show of the song which gave the event its name, the Springsteen penned, "Light Of Day." Gary US Bonds, La Bamba, Max Weinberg, Soozie Tyrell, Tony Amato aka Boccigalupe and many others have also generously donated their time, talent and energy to the Light Of Day concerts. Benjamin also worked with Salvador Trepat to release the album Light Of Day: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen. The album has sold over 23,000 copies in the U.S. allowing the donation of over $100,000 to the PDF AND the Kristen Ann Carr Fund for sarcoma research. As in previous years there will a raffle with many great donated prizes including concert tickets sports tickets and gift certificates and other prizes donated by local merchants. For the first time there will a Light Of Day auction. The biggest items which will be auctioned off by Lelands http://www.lelands.com are: · A saxophone used onstage by Clarence Clemons on Bruce Springsteen's 1999-2000 tour. The sax is signed by Clarence and comes in its original road case. · A black Takamine acoustic/electric guitar signed by Nils Lofgren · A Remo drum head signed and used by Max Weinberg being auctioned in tandem with a Rising 2003 summer tour program signed by Bruce Springsteen. · A script from the Sopranos pilot show signed by the cast. There will about 25 other items which will be auctioned on EBay. Details will be announced in the next couple of weeks. Following is a list of the scheduled performers confirmed so far for Light Of Day 5: Fri., November 5 (doors 6 PM) Nicole Atkins http://www.micoleatkins.com La Bamba http://www.labambaandthehubcaps.com Boccigalupe & The Bad Boys http://www.boccigalupe.com Gary US Bonds http://www.garyusbonds.com Nick Clemons Band http://www.nickclemonsband.com Pat DiNizio http://www.patdinizio.com Rob Dye http://www.robertdye.net Exit 105 http://www.exit105.net Jody Joseph http://www.jodyjoseph.net Jesse Malin http://www.jessemalin.com Matt O'Ree http://www.mattoree.com Best Blues Band 2004 Asbury Music Awards Maybe Pete http://www.maybepete.com Roamin EZ http://www.dawneallynne.com Joe Rapolla http://www.joerapolla.com April Smith http://www.aprilsmithmusic.com Danny White Band http://www.dannywhitemusic.com Saturday, November 6 (doors 5 PM) Dawne Allynne http://www.dawneallynne.com Boccigalupe & The Bad Boys http://www.boccigalupe.com Joy Bodnar JoBonanno & The Godsons of Soul http://www.jobonanno.com Mimi Cross http://www.mimicross.com Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan http://www.jdcaravan.com Rob Dye http://www.robertdye.net Exit 105 http://www.exit105.com Jeffrey Gaines http://www.jeffreygaines.com Jennifer Glass http://www.jglass.com Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers http://www.grushecky.com Gary Lucas' Gods & Monsters http://www.garylucas.com Willie Nile http://www.willienile.com Mike Rocket http://www.mikerocket.com Bobby Strange http://www.bobbystrange.com Sun., November 7 (doors 3 PM) Chris Batten & The Woods http://www.andthewoods.com Boccigalupe and The Bad Boys http://www.boccigalupe.com BR5-49 http://www.br5-49.com Melissa Chill http://www.melissachill.com Rob Dye http://www.robertdye.net John Easdale http://www.johneasdale.com De Sol http://www.desolmusic.com Exit 105 http://www.exit105.com Shane Fontayne http://www.shanefontayne.com Moxy Featuring Dawne Allynne http://www.dawneallynne.com Lorenzo Semprini http://www.miami-groovers.com from Italy Steel Mill Retro http://www.steelmillretro.com Bruce Tunkel http://www.brucetunkel.com Line ups subject to change. For info on anything other than ticket sales please e-mail Bob Benjamin at [log in to unmask] SOURCE: The Stone Pony: News WWWeb: http://www.stoneponyonline.com/lod5.html * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn