January 10, 2005— Needham, MA— The Plugged In Teen Band Program presents "Banding Together for a Cure," a benefit concert for The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care at the Regent Theatre in Arlington on Saturday, January 22 from 7-11 PM.

Plugged In is a non-profit organization providing music education and instruction to teenagers interested in starting a rock band and performing in a concert.  As the music industry is dominated by business, money, success and fame, Plugged In aims to infuse their students’ music experience with social consciousness by using the final concert as a benefit to support causes important to them.

“We’re honored that teens from the Plugged In organization chose The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care to donate the proceeds of their benefit concert,” said Cam Neely, president of the Foundation. “It is inspiring that teens recognize that they can be powerful in the fight against cancer, and that they are excited to use their talents to help others.”

Featured performers at the concert will be longtime Boston favorites including: the Band That Time Forgot; the So and So’s (winner of a 2005 Boston Music Award for Local Album of the Year), Grey Star Morning; Roadside Charm; Ace and Artemis; and five Plugged In teen bands (ages 11-19). Dan Andelman, Executive Producer of the Phantom Gourmet will emcee the event.

The event will also include a silent auction with items that include a Cam Neely autographed hockey shirt, a Johnny Damon signed baseball from the Red Sox, dinner for four at Henrietta's Table, a one-night stay at the Charles Hotel, an Epiphone guitar, as well as other valuable sports and music memorabilia.

Past concerts have raised money for I Love Music Foundation, started by Walter McCarty of the Boston Celtics, to promote music opportunities, resources and education for Boston youth; Bring Back the Music, a Young Audience of Massachusetts program providing weekly instrumental instruction to fourth and fifth grade students at Boston Public Schools; and Seeds of Peace, a camp in Maine where Jewish and Arab teenagers learn conflict resolution, and the Mass Tobacco
Free Coalition.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, and can be purchased by calling the Regent Theatre @ 781-646-4TIX (4849) or online at www.regenttheatre.com.

For more information on Plugged In, please visit www.pluggedinband.org, e-mail srizkallah@comcast.net , or call 781-956-4281.  For more information on the Cam Neely Foundation, please visit www.camneelyfoundation.org.

About the Plugged in Teen Band Progam

Plugged In Teen Band Program was established in 2002 by Tom Pugh and Sandra Rizkallah. Pugh, Berklee alumni and musician for 30 years, is the music director for the Plugged In program.  He is a member of two Boston-based bands and has played at the Montreal Jazz Festival.  He has also been an engineer at WGBH in Boston for over 20 years.  Sandra Rizkallah has a degree in film and television from Emerson College, has produced her own documentaries and has worked in the post-production department of NOVA at WGBH.

About The Cam Neely Foundation

The Cam Neely Foundation was created by former Boston Bruin player, Cam Neely.  The Foundation’s mission is to help cancer patients and their families during and after treatments, to assure that patients with a cancer diagnosis will have access to all of the care they need, and to support treatment and research efforts.