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EyeCare
Musicians to Play “Eye Rock” Concert
to Benefit Gift of Sight Foundation |
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Rock
musicians from throughout the optical industry are
tuning up in preparation for a special concert in New
York City on April 10 to raise money for The Gift of
Sight Foundation. The show, billed as “Eye Rock,”
will feature the OffAxis band along with more than 20
guest performers representing a broad spectrum of
industry manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.
Special guests Bad Habits, the Eye Docs of Rock, will
also perform. |
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Organizers
of the event are seeking corporate sponsorship. To date,
sponsors include Allergan, Charmant, Ciba Vision,
CooperVision, Gadge USA, Jobson Medical Information, Ocuco,
Seiko/Pentax and Vision-Ease Lens, according to Steve
Santinelli, IT product manager for Santinelli International,
who is producing the show.
Give the Gift of Sight is a family of charitable programs
providing free vision care and eyewear to underprivileged
individuals in North America and in developing countries
around the world. Through 2007, Gift of Sight programs have
delivered free eyecare to more than six million people on
five continents and in hundreds of communities across North
America.
Eye Rock grew of out a series of informal rehearsals
Santinelli organized over the past several years at Vision
Expo East and West. The core group of musicians who
participated in the sesssions evolved into the OffAxis band.
In addition to Santinelli, a guitarist and singer, the band
includes Bill Gerber, drums, Calvin Howell, bass guitar and
vocals, Andy Karp, guitar and vocals and Robert Schanbaum,
keyboard and vocals.
Eye Rock will take place April 10 at the China Club, 268 W.
47th St., from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold
on-line at www.givethegiftofsight.org
beginning Feb. 1. Tickets are $50 each when purchased
on-line through April 8. Tickets at the door, if available,
will be $75.
“We highly recommend purchasing tickets in advance,”
advised Santinelli. “Tickets will be available at the door
only if we haven’t sold out the venue in advance.”
For more information about sponsoring the event, contact
Susan Knobler, Give the Gift of Sight, (513) 765-6248, or sknobler@luxotticaretail.com. |
