Local Celebs Battle in Dancing for Our Preemies to Raise Awareness, Funds
Chicago Defender › August 21, 2009
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Dancin' Stars - Dr. Terry Mason, Bionce Foxx, Lisa Lenoir and Howard Griffith are among nine local celebrities, who after weeks of training with professional dance instructors, will compete in the March of Dimes' Dancing for Our Preemies fund raiser on Tuesday at Galleria Marchetti.
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Local Celebs Battle in Dancing for Our Preemies to Raise Awareness, Funds
Dancin' Stars - Dr. Terry Mason, Bionce Foxx, Lisa Lenoir and Howard Griffith are among nine local celebrities, who after weeks of training with professional dance instructors, will compete in the March of Dimes' Dancing for Our Preemies fund raiser on Tuesday at Galleria Marchetti.
Dr. Mason is commissioner of the Chicago Dept. of Public Health and on faculty at the UIC School...See the full content of this document
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