ADVISORY/Classic Rockers Shooting Star to Headline May 5 `Let's Roll' Fundraiser at Washington D.C.'s Hard Rock Cafe in Support of U.S. Troops.Entertainment Editors/Calendar Editors/City Desks ADVISORY...for Monday (May 5) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: Classic Rock Recording Group SHOOTING STAR along with
special musical guests STEELY DAN/DOOBIE BROS JEFF "SKUNK"
BAXTER and SURVIVOR'S JIM PETERIK
Congressmen Collin Peterson, Minnesota, 7th district, and
Dana Rohrabacher, California, 46th district, will be guest
performers.
WHAT: 'LET'S ROLL' - A Red Cross Fundraiser for U.S. Troops
Sponsored by the Hard Rock Cafe and WARW/94.7 FM The Arrow
WHY: Charity Concert Event in Support of U.S. Troops with
Proceeds Benefiting the Red Cross's Work with U.S. Service
Men and Women and Their Families Worldwide
WHERE: The Hard Rock Cafe
999 'E' Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
WHEN: MAY 5 - Show starts at 8:00 P.M. with doors opening
at 7 P.M.
Suggested minimum donation of $10 requested
On Monday, May 5, at 8 p.m. at Washington, D.C.'s Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to , classic rockers Shooting Star shooting star, in astronomy shooting star, in astronomy: see meteor. shooting star, in botany shooting star, in botany: see primrose. are spearheading 'Let's Roll.' Named for Shooting Star's latest single, "Let's Roll The catchphrase "let's roll" has been used extensively as a term to move and start an activity, attack, mission or project. For a period of time after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the phrase in the United States came to symbolize heroism and initiative in a tough situation. " -- written last year in tribute to Todd Beamer Todd Morgan Beamer (November 24, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 and a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Beamer attended Los Gatos High School, Wheaton Academy, DePaul University, California State University, Fresno and the men and women of United flight #93 -- the event extends the song's universal salute to heroism Heroism See also Bravery. Achilles Greek hero without whom Troy could not have been taken. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Aeneas Trojan hero; legendary founder of Roman race. [Rom. Lit. to honor America's men and women in uniform everywhere. Shooting Star, who formed in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). a quarter-century ago, are one of the definitive American "heartland" rock bands. Shooting Star's video for "Let's Roll" captures the band performing the song live at Barksdale Air Force Base Barksdale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base across the Red River from Shreveport. Louisiana and near Bossier City, Louisiana, that was established in 1933. in Louisiana, where some of the 917th Wing's planes that were deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and had been emblazoned with the words "Let's Roll." Pilots there used the phrase for inspiration, and when the Base heard the song, Shooting Star was invited down to play a show. The song "Let's Roll" was recently accepted as the official theme song for the Todd Beamer Foundation. |
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