LIVE! @ The Haddon Lake Park Memorial Dell, Haddon Heights, New Jersey

The McLaughlin / Norcross Memorial Dell, 13th Ave. and S. Park Ave., Haddon Lake Park in Haddon Heights NJ 08035 (DIRECTIONS)

Saturday afternoon in the park, 3-7pm, June 12th 2010 at the McLaughlin Norcross Memorial Dell, Haddon Lake Park, Haddon Heights NJ 08035, one of Camden County's premier outdoor summer entertainment venues (sponsored by the Camden County Freeholders).

This years very special event stars the most impressive top shelf cast of Delaware Valley singer songwriters, performers and musicians, who have come together to help raise funds and awareness for folks facing the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis. A devastating and crippling neurological disease that is quickly becoming one of this nations worst life altering and life ending illnesses for all too many people right in our own local communities.

Sharing the stage this day will be one of this areas most treasured singers Carsie Blanton, Philly's favorite Celtic folkmen The John Byrne Band, the acoustic folk stylings of Terry Rivel & the Barrington Sunrise Band, the ultra-festive Cabin Dogs, the ever elegant Suzie Brown and the most astounding acoustic soulman Caleb Hawley. The master of ceremonies is local Philly radio legend Michael Tearson and the show will encore around 6:30pm with a rousing production featuring The Friends Of The Barrington Coffeehouse Players followed by the official MS Guitar Auction where the winner will receive a brand new Fender Stratocaster, donated courtesy of Guitar Center of Cherry Hill.

In these bleak economic times, fund raising for many charities has taken quiet a negative hit while the disease shows no signs of slowing down. This concert is hosted by the MS Challenge Walk and Bike Run activists ‘teaMSole’ and is intended to be a fun and entertaining outlet for the cause as well as addressing the seriousness of the issue. These two MS walk and bike events take place in separate weekends in October. The music is free to enjoy but the capital is raised through donations. All proceeds from this event benefit The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and a second charity concert (also hosted by teaMSole) is slated for September that will also benefit The MS Association Of America as well.

At the core of the National MS Society’s vision is their commitment to creating a world free of MS for 11,000 members in the Greater Delaware Valley. That means offering a full slate of programs aimed at educating people about how to overcome the disease’s physical, social and financial effects, as well as customized direct services to address each individual’s specific needs.

But they don’t stop there. The Society and this chapter fund numerous research projects into the cause and cure of this disease. Something we’re all hoping to achieve in everyone’s lifetime.

Come on out and together with these incredible entertainers be a part in the finest local feelgood concert event of the year helping to create a world without MS. 

Sing Out For A Cure!  

My most sincere thanks to every team member, performer, musician, stagehand, supporter and listener who's ever helped, you've proven that the healing power of music is the beauty in us all.

This homemade site design and maintenance is dedicated to my wife Donna, for her strength and resolve as she treats early stages of the disease and to my daughters Jennifer and Patricia for showing their parents how to be involved in finding a cure. Love, Dad.

contact skatrif@comcast.net for any related additional info you might need to know, Thank you!

View photo taken of last years 4th annual (2008) Jersey Jam 4 MS Concert (courtesy of Camden County Parks).