Fighting cancer at the Crystal Ball. (Southern Scrapbook).Each year The Cancer League holds its Gala to raise funds for the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, . This year the gala will take place on Saturday, April 20, 2002, as people from the Metro Jackson area gather at The Crown Plaza hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. located on East Amite Street in downtown Jackson to support the fight against cancer. The community is invited to join numerous corporate sponsors and Friends of The Cancer League for this exciting event. The theme of this year's Gala is The Crystal Ball. Gala chairman Mary Ann Lefoldt said, "The Cancer League Gala is a first-class event with a seated dinner. We have many activities going on during the evening. Our guests have a wonderful time, and most of them usually return the next year." The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and lasts until midnight. Dress is black tie (optional). Ticket prices are $125 per person and include dinner and entertainment by The Memphis Soul Memphis soul is stylish, funky, uptown soul music that is not as hard edged as Southern soul. It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, featuring tasteful, melancholic, melodic horns, organ, bass, and drums. Revue revue, a stage presentation that originated in the early 19th cent. as a light, satirical commentary on current events. It was rapidly developed, particularly in England and the United States, into an amorphous musical entertainment, retaining a small amount of from Memphis, Tennessee For the ancient Egyptian capital, see . Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just below the mouth of the Wolf River. . Immediately following dinner, while dessert is being served, there will be two live auctions (art and main) and a silent auction. The Cancer League Gala is now in its 22nd year. Lefoldt is expecting a turnout near or above last year's number of 625 attendees, who helped The Cancer League raise $329,000 for the American Cancer Society. The Cancer League is honored to have Larry McCool to serve as Honorary Chair of the Gala and as the auctioneer AUCTIONEER, contracts, commerce. A person authorized by law to sell the goods of others at public sale. 2. He is the agent of both parties, the seller and the buyer. 2 Taunt. 38, 209 4 Greenl. R. 1; Chit. Contr. 208. 3. for the night. McCool was recently diagnosed with cancer and maintains optimism and hope as he is undergoing treatment. The Cancer League is an affiliate of the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society and follows the organization's purpose of raising money to increase public awareness of cancer and its warning signs and to support research toward discovering a cure. For more information about your American Cancer Society, call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org. |
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