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Cancer Alliance Of Help & Hope’s

‘Dance The Night Away’ 2023 Gala Raised Over $800,000

For Local Cancer Patients In Need

Cancer Alliance of Help & Hope (CAHH) hosted the
2023 Dance the Night Away Gala at the Mar-a-Lago Club
in Palm Beach on April 15. Presented by The West Palm
Beach Fred Astaire Studio, 12 local celebrities laced up their
dancing shoes to raise funds for needy qualified families
dealing with cancer while undergoing chemotherapy and/
or radiation. Chairs of this electrifying and successful
event were Janet Levy and Farley Rentschler, along with
Honorary Chairs Max and Joseph McNamara.
CAHH gathered the top dancers for Palm Beach
County’s celebrity dance-off for the third year in a row.
Twelve local nonprofessional ballroom dancers took
private dance lessons from the Fred Astaire Studio to Gillian Lieberman and
prepare for the competition that took center stage in front Yuliya Ishchak and Bruce Sutka Gina Sabean and Andriy Panasenko Maksim Sharkow
of a sold-out crowd. The audience went wild after each
performance, and the judges applauded their efforts and
routines as impressive, dramatic, and entertaining.
Louis van Amstel, national champion and professional
dancer from the acclaimed TV show Dancing with the
Stars, served as the evening’s Master of Ceremonies. The
three celebrity judges included Cathy Rigby, actress and
Olympic gymnast; Lorenzo Borghese, an Italian-American
businessman, and television personality; and Artem
Chigvintsev, a professional dancer who was the season 29
mirrorball winner on Dancing with the Stars as well as an
Emmy nominee for this choreography on the show.
After cocktails, guests enjoyed the dance competition
followed by a stunning performance by International
Ballroom Dancers Craig Smith and Andrea Harvey. Louis van Amstel, Lorenzo Borghese, Cathy Rigby and Lauri Welteroth and Asif Gillian Lieberman and
The Palm Beach County celebrity dancers that competed Artem Chigvintsev Haque Joseph McNamara
for Cancer Alliance’s 2023 top female and male dancer in
the Dance the Night Away Dance Competition included
female dancers Diane Avonda, Victoria Herbert, Kerrie
Lance, Gillian Lieberman, Kristina Olsen Madden, Gina
Sabean, and Katherine Sheneman. The male contestants
included Terry Duffy, Kyle Lucks, Joseph McNamara,
Rick Rose, and Bruce Sutka.

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FOR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR AS LOW AS $50.00 AN HOUR, Collemer adds, “Thanks to our generous supporters, County not-for-profit organization that eases the burden
WITH A MINIMUM OF 6 HOURS A MONTH,
OR 2 HOURS A WEEK, OR ON AN AS-NEEDED we have been able to serve 1,200 individuals each year of qualified local cancer patients by paying a portion of
BASIS RATE OF $75.00 P/HOUR. and disbursed over $6 million in the past 18 years. With their nonmedical bills, supplementing basic needs, and
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