Mara Hunter Soul

Stroke Awareness Concert Staring Chrisette Michele, Hosted By Anthony Anderson

May 6th @ The Apollo

May is Stroke Awareness Month and the American Stroke Association will be having their 5th Annual Power Awards in NYC and guess who they invited to the party??? That's right, your girl, Mara, Music Journalist for Total Eclipse Magazine....Please join host Anthony Anderson for the "You Are The Power" Benefit Concert. HEADLINERS are Chrisette Michele, Brian Courtney Wilson, and Trin-i-tee 5:7. The concert takes place May 6 at The Apollo and celebrates the American Heart Association’s Power To End Stroke campaign and it’s Ambassadors.

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TE will be there live and in living color for this star-studded red carpet event on that evening.

The show's line-up also includes special appearances by Mathew Knowles; Tamron Hall; Malinda Williams; Ruben Santiago Hudson; Tamara Tunie; Jacque Reid; and Kevin Mambo. The honorary chair for the event is Cissy Houston.

For information about the Power To End Stroke campaign, visit http://www.powertoendstroke.org/.

Let's fight this battle together!!!

One Love,

Mara

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