Help is On the Way for the Holidays VIII

Help is on the Way for the Holidays VIII is a star-studded concert benefitting AIDS service provider agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area. This year’s performers include:

Barbary Coast Cloggers – All-male Appalachian clog dance team
Kevin Earley – Broadway (Les Miserables)
Anthony Fedorov – American Idol
Jacquelynne Fontaine – Miss California 2006
Sony Holland – Cabaret / jazz artist
Roslyn Kind – Recording / TV star
Dale Kristien – Broadway (Phantom of the Opera, Camelot)
La Toya London – American Idol
Russ Lorenson – Cabaret / recording star
Meg Mackay – Cabaret star
Madame (w/puppeteer Joe Kovacs) – Emmy Award-winner
Karen Mason – Broadway (Sunset Boulevard, Mamma Mia!)
Jane Olivor – Cabaret / Recording star
Nancy Sinatra – Pop Icon, Recording/Film star
Shawn Ryan – America’s Got Talent
Wesla Whitfield – Cabaret / recording star
SoVoSó – Award-winning a capella sensations
The Phantom’s Leading Ladies – Teri Bibb, Karen Culliver, Mary D’Arcy

Help is on the Way for the Holidays VIII is produced by The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation, founded in 1995 by Barbara Richmond & Peggy Ermet in memory of their sons, John Richmond & Doug Ermet, who both lost their lives to AIDS. Since it’s inception in 1995, The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation has raised over 2 million dollars for AIDS service agencies in the Bay Area and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 100% of the proceeds from ticket sales have always gone directly to the beneficiary partners.

Beneficiaries for this concert include:

The HIV/AIDS Program at Children’s Hospital Oakland
Lyon-Martin Women’s Health Services
Project Inform

A pre-show silent auction is scheduled from 5:30 – 7:30 PM, with performances set to begin at 7:30.

A post-performance dessert party with the cast (included with Gala tickets) is scheduled for 9:30 PM in the Green Room of the War Memorial Building. The party features complimentary wine, cocktails and desserts. For Gala tickets, call the REAF ticket line at 415-273-1620.