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ParadeRest Benefit Concert

Featuring

Gary Sinise & the Lt. Dan Band

May 25th, 2012, 8:00 PM

The Paramount Theater

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!
A portion of each ticket purchase is tax deductible!

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONCERT HERE

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

5/2/12: Listen to ParadeRest Chairman Charles Werner's appearance on 1070 WINA:
http://www.wina.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5826576

Gary Sinise was recently featured on CBS's 60 Minutes. Their Charlottesville, VA performance comes

just two days before Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band's televised National Memorial Day Concert in Washington D.C.

Do not miss this rare opportunity to see Gary Sinise perform LIVE in Charlottesville!!!!

CBS 60 Minutes  - Gary Sinise

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/05/14/60_minutes_disabled_tr...

About ParadeRest

Def.  A position of rest for soldiers, sailors, and members of the Coast Guard and Air Force

Parade Rest helps dedicated communities work together to welcome home and express their gratitude to local military personnel, veterans, and their families through tickets to entertainment, arts and sports events. It began with a commitment from the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville partnering with the University of Virginia. To learn more about the background of this beginning and the purpose of ParadeRest, please click the link below.

VIDEO OVERVIEW of the ParadeRest Program

Like many communities around the country, Central Virginia is home to National Guard, Reservists and their families.  Without a nearby veterans hospital or military base, the sacrifices of those serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are often unrecognized. They are part of the “hidden military” who quietly serve our country. Many organizations and civic groups in our region have wished to express their gratitude by inviting service members to be guests at their performances, special events and programs, but how to make contact with these soldiers and their families has been a recurring question.

ParadeRest has been launched with the assistance of the National Headquarters of the American Red Cross, the Blue Star Families of Central Virginia and the Research Strategies Network for the purpose of encouraging such expressions of our community’s gratitude, and to provide returning and soon-to-be-deployed service members, and their families during their deployments, with convenient online information and access to these invitations and opportunities.

Shows have included Harold and the Purple Crayon, American Idol winner David Cook, The Robert Cray Band , Rickie Lee Jones, the Oak Ridge Boys, classical pianist Emanuel Ax, the Barter Theater’s Of Mice and Men, Rhonda Vincent and the Seldom Scene, the Royal Lipizzaner Stallions, the Canadian Brass, The Band of the Irish Guards with the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and Complexions contemporary ballet. Please check our event pages for regular updates.

The ParadeRest Virginia program gives the Central Virginia community a special way to show its gratitude for the commitment and sacrifice of military personnel and their families.