The curtain call for Dancing With the Silver Stars will be Nov. 16 as the event wraps up after a six-year run. Since 2010, the event has featured a troupe of community volunteers who have quick-stepped, cha-chaed, rumbaed and waltzed to raise critical funding for the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
A group of returning all-star dancers will take the stage to perform one final time at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, at The Club in Homewood.
Presented by Alacare Home Health and Hospice, Herman and Emmie Bolden, and Ligon Industries, LLC, the Dancing With the Silver Stars Finale is open to the public. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Individual tickets are $175. Tables of eight are $1,750, $2,750, $5,000 and $10,000. For information or to purchase tickets or tables, call 205-934-7406.
The returning dancers, Frank Falkenburg, Harold Jones, Ph.D., Ray Jordan, Dianne Mooney, Emily F. Omura, M.D., and Barbara O’Neal Eddleman, will team with Fabian and Jackie Sanchez of Fred Astaire Studio in Hoover. Fabian Sanchez , a veteran of the hit ABC show “Dancing with the Stars,” competed with actress Marlee Matlin in the program’s sixth season.
| A group of returning all-star dancers will take the stage to perform one final time at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, at The Club in Homewood. |
The Sugar Babies, a troupe of tap-dancers ranging in age from 57 to 74, will provide additional entertainment. The emcee is Birmingham pediatrician Robert Levin, M.D.
Dancing With the Silver Stars raises funds for UAB’s Acute Care for Elders Unit. The ACE Unit provides acutely ill older adults with the highest-quality, holistic, person-centered care guided by an interdisciplinary team to promote health, prevent complications, optimize function and preserve dignity.
The ACE Unit also funds research to discover and test new approaches to improve patient care while training team members on cutting-edge geriatric practices.
Ten thousand people turn 65 every day in the United States, and that rate will continue for the next 20 years. Almost one out of every five Americans will be 65 years or older by the year 2030. This dramatic increase in the geriatric population poses many challenges for patients, families and hospitals.
To find out more about healthy aging or to support the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging or the UAB ACE Unit, contact Christian Smith, major gifts officer for the UAB Department of Medicine, at 205-934-1974 or cnsmith@uab.edu.