Relay for Life Benefit Concert to be Held Saturday, May 30

Nine local bands, Irish dancers, face painters and volunteers from Newtown and surrounding towns will rally together on Saturday, May 30 to benefit the combined Bethel/Danbury/Brookfield/Redding Relay for Life. Newtown’s Relay for Life will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Newtown High School. Click here for details.

A ukulele with carrying case, gift cards from local businesses including Sandy Hook’s Kid’s Fun Kuts, gift baskets and more will be raffled off to benefit Wendy’s Warriors Relay for Life team. Wendy, a 45-year-old mother of three, grew up in Sandy Hook and was recently diagnosed with Metaplastic Carcinoma, a rare and aggressive type of cancer that occurs in one percent of women.

Wendy’s Warriors team is taking action so that nobody has to suffer from this horrible disease. To donate to Wendy’s Warriors Relay for Life team page, please click here.

The all-day benefit concert takes place on Saturday, May 30 from 12-9 p.m., rain or shine, at Greenwood’s Grille, 186 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, Conn.

Entertainment Schedule:

• 12-1 Tim Sheehan of Traveling Danburys
• 1-2 Guy Tino
• 2-2:30 Allison Kellogg
• 2:30-3 The Leahys/Wendy’s Warriors
• 3-3:30 Gilleoghan Gilleóghan Irish Dance
• 3:30-4 The Leahys/Wendy’s Warriors
• 4-5 Wry Bred
• 5-5:45 $2 Hat (with members of Future Tense)
• 5:45-6:30 Fred Ball
• 6:30-7:30 Good Medicine Rx
• 7:30-9 Split Decision

Raffle Prizes:

• Greenwood’s Grille
• Silver Touch
• Molten Java
• Sal’z Pizza
• Salon Kamala
• Sesame Seed
• The Palace Danbury
• Kid’s Fun Kuts
• Roman Crafts
• Portofino’s
• Peachwave of Bethel
• Olive’s Armoire
• Biksbees
• Tom’s Paint & Wallpaper

• The Toy Room
• Elegant Nails
• Kala Ukulele

Questions? Email wendyannmitchell@live.com

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Photo: Logo design by Lisa Kosarko Sotero, www.gruntleddesign.com