San Anselmo Show to Help Cancer Victim

On October 25, Marin’s top singers Dani Innocenti-Beem, Julie Ekoue-Totou and Kayla Gold among others, will join award-winning San Rafael-based tap dancer Sherry Hines at a fundraising show, “B4B” in honor of Marin dance teacher, choreographer and singer Blanca Florida, who is currently fighting leukemia. The fundraising event will benefit the Southwest Bone Marrow Transplant Fund, through HelpHOPELive, a nonprofit organization that has been assisting the transplant community for 30 years. B4B takes place on Saturday, October 25, 8PM at The Playhouse, 27 Kensington Road, San Anselmo.

Blanca, a longtime Marin resident has taught for many years throughout the county, including directing at the Novato Theatre Company, Yes Theatre and the Marin Theatre Company, as well as teaching jazz at Dance with Sherry Studio.

Produced by Dance with Sherry Studio Founder Sherry Hines, and directed by notable actor Buzz Halsing, B4B features live performances by professional Marin-based singers and dancers, including Sandi Weldon Dancers (ballroom and hip hop). The event highlights follow an eerie entertainment-type theme, including a Spooky Silent Auction, and a Creepy Costume Contest.

“Blanca is known to many families and the dance and entertainment community in Marin,” says Sherry Hines. “B4B aims to raise awareness of the Southwest Bone Marrow Transplant Fund, while helping Blanca fund the many challenges she now faces to cover her out of pocket costs associated with a life-saving bone marrow transplant. She no longer can continue to work. The search to find a matching donor currently continues.”

Throughout her career, Blanca has been known to many Marin public schools for her work as a dance/music/drama educator. She was a dance/music/drama specialist at Dixie School; she directed and/or choreographed shows for Stapleton School of the Performing Arts. She has also taught after-school programs for Marin Theatre Company at Hamilton Elementary School, Edna Maguire Elementary School, and Park School among others.

Through the Yes Theater, she has directed and choreographed at White Hill Middle School, Wade Thomas Elementary School, Brookside Elementary School and Manor Elementary School.

B4B Ticket Information:

Saturday, October 25, 8PM

The Playhouse

27 Kensington Road

San Anselmo

Adults $30; Children $20 12 & Under

Click here to purchase tickets

Can’t attend, but want to help Blanca? Click here.

For more information, 415 485 5336.

ABOUT DANCE WITH SHERRY STUDIO FOUNDER SHERRY HINES: Sherry began studying tap, ballet and acrobatics at the age of six. At age 15, she began dancing professionally with various New York dance companies and toured the U.S. and Canada. Upon moving to California in 1986, she began teaching tap dancing at four different locations in Marin County and choreographed musicals for the Ross Valley Players, Novato Community Players and Redwood Players including Cabaret, 42nd Street, and Crazy For You.

She opened her Dance With Sherry Studio in 1996 and her students have won top prizes in various talent shows and dance competitions such as Dance Masters of California, the Cloverdale Citrus Festival, Sonoma-Marin County Fair and won Best in Show at the Marin County Fair. Her unique choreography has received rave reviews from all who have viewed her work.

--Information and photo provided by event organizers