LIGA MAYOR DE BÉISBOL PRESENTA POR PRIMERA VEZ MARATÓN DE BAILE DEL JUEGO DE LAS ESTRELLAS A BENEFICIO DE STAND UP TO CANCER, SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE Y LA FUNDACIÓN DEL CÁNCER DE PRÓSTATA
Coreógrafo de Glee Zach Woodlee Guiará a Participantes en el Nuevo Baile de Estrellas. Inscripción por Internet en www.allstargame.com
El aclamado coreógrafo de la serie Glee, Zach Woodlee, guiará las personas con movimientos de baile coordinados y espontáneos. El y otros invitados especiales servirán como jueces en un concurso que pronto será anunciado y que estará abierto a asistentes del Maratón de baile. El ganador del concurso ganará una visita exclusiva al estudio de Glee. Woodlee viene de Texas dónde su madre bailarina lo inspiró a perseguir una carrera en el baile. Actualmente el coreógrafo de la exitosa serie de la cadena Fox, Glee, Woodlee ha prestado sus talentos para varias giras, shows de televisión y películas de blockbuster incluyendo la gira de Madonna Re-Invention, Life As We Know It, Eat Pray Love, Hairspray, Step Up y más.
"El Maratón de baile del Juego de las Estrellas dará a nuestros fans la oportunidad de llevarse una memoria duradera del Juego de las Estrellas. Si los aficionados no tienen un boleto al estadio, aún pueden ser parte de la experiencia del Juego de las Estrellas 2011," dijo Tim Brosnan, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Negocios de la Liga Mayor de Béisbol. "La MLB ha mantenido un esfuerzo continuo para recaudar fondos y crear conciencia para luchar en contra de los diferentes tipos de cáncer y este evento permitirá que nuestros aficionados se unan a la causa."
Participantes en el Maratón de baile del Juego de las Estrellas se divertirán bailando una mezcla de estilos de música eléctricos durante el evento de nueve horas el cuál se llevará a cabo de 3:00 p. m. a media noche. Los participantes que se inscriban para el 1ro de julio recibirán un descuento de 5 (adulto) y 0 (menores 14 años). El espacio es limitado así que se les pide a los participantes que se inscriban pronto. Registración e información adicional sobre el evento está disponible en www.allstargame.com.
Por el tercer año consecutivo, la Liga Mayor de Béisbol ha unido a estas tres organizaciones benéficas que luchan contra el cáncer durante la semana del Juego de las Estrellas. Las dos semanas de festividades previas al Juego de las Estrellas incluyeron una carrera divertida de 5 kilómetros presentada por Sports Authority y Nike en la cuál los participantes corrieron y caminaron en un curso con temas de béisbol y apariciones de leyendas de la MLB, mascotas y celebridades.
About the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday, July 12th in Phoenix and will feature the best of the American League taking on the top players of the National League. Building up to the excitement of the All-Star Game, Major League Baseball will conduct a wide variety of special events and charitable activities for fans both inside and outside of Chase Field. At the ballpark, the events will include Taco Bell All-Star Sunday on Sunday, July 10 featuring the XM All-Star Futures Game and the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, and Gatorade All-Star Workout Day on Monday, July 11 featuring the State Farm Home Run Derby on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio. Outside of the ballpark, fans will have an opportunity to experience All-Star Summer through a variety of special events including Major League Baseball All-Star FanFest, the five-day interactive fan festival; the All-Star Charity Dance-A-Thon, a baseball-themed charity dance marathon to benefit three cancer organizations; and the MLB All-Star Red Carpet Show presented by Chevrolet, a free parade of All-Stars through the streets of Phoenix, which will be broadcast on MLB Network. The Midsummer Classic will be televised nationally on FOX, broadcast on ESPN Radio and will be shown around the world by Major League Baseball International. For more information about 2011 All-Star Summer, visit www.AllStarGame.com.
About Stand Up To CancerStand Up To Cancer (SU2C) was established in 2008 by leaders from the film and media industries who utilize the resources of those businesses in unique ways to get the public involved in supporting a new model of cancer research. The group produced two major televised events, in 2008 and 2010, that raised funds for teams of scientists collaborating on research that will get new therapies to patients quickly in order to save lives now. More than 100 celebrities participated in each program, conveying how cancer connects us all, and telling the stories both of people who survived the disease, as well as those taken by it. All of the major U.S. TV networks donated airtime for the broadcasts, which ran in more than 195 countries and raised millions of dollars for research. The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee led by Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D. selected five "Dream Teams" of researchers to be funded with these monies through a rigorous, competitive process. SU2C has also awarded grants to 26 individual young scientists conducting high-risk, high-reward research. More than 200 scientists from 50 institutions around the world are currently involved in SU2C research projects.
About the Entertainment Industry Foundation
Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves as the collective philanthropy for the television and film businesses. EIF has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support programs addressing critical health, education and social issues.
About the Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world's leading philanthropic organization funding and accelerating research globally. Founded in 1993, PCF has raised more than 35 million and provided funding to more than 1,500 researchers at nearly 200 institutions in 12 countries. PCF advocates for greater awareness of prostate cancer and more efficient investment of governmental research funds supporting transformational cancer research. Our efforts have helped produce a 20-fold increase in government funding for prostate cancer. More information about PCF can be found at pcf.org.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure and Komen 3-Day for the Cure, we have invested more than .9 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.
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