FAITH HILL UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICT
October 4
The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation Grand Slam For Children On
Saturday, October 4 LAS VEGAS (September 30, 2003)
The eighth annual Grand Slam for Children benefit concert, scheduled
for Saturday, Oct. 4th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, is
set to feature performances by Sheryl Crow, Billy Joel, Sir Elton
John, Dennis Miller and Robin Williams. The star-studded event will
also feature Grammy Award-winning producer, arranger and composer
David Foster, who will return for his eighth year as the show?s
musical director.
Previously announced performer Faith Hill has regrettably been forced
to pull out from the event due to a conflict in her schedule. Hill,
who is an avid supporter of the charity and has attended events in
the past, is currently in production on Paramount Pictures? The
Stepford Wives, a remake of the 1975 thriller.
Since its inception in 1995, the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation?s
Grand Slam for Children benefit concert has played to a sold-out
arena and has raised more than $23.5 million for it charitable
beneficiaries, organizations assisting at-risk children in Las Vegas,
where Andre was raised.
Specific charities benefiting from the AACF fundraiser are: the Andre
Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a model charter school in West
Las Vegas; Andre Agassi Boys & Girls Club; Assistance League of Las
Vegas, Operation School Bell; Child Haven; Cynthia Bunker Memorial
Scholarship Fund; The Las Vegas Inner-City Games; Class!
Publications; Las Vegas Sun Summer Camp; Youth Concert Series, Las
Vegas Philharmonic; Boys Hope/Girls Hope of Nevada; I Have A Dream
Foundation.
For more information, please contact the Andre Agassi Charitable
Foundation at (702) 227-5700.