FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Jullieanne Doherty at 617-474-1432

DORCHESTER, MA – Fields Corner Main Street (FCMS) has filled its dance card with local celebrities for its biggest charity event ever, Dancing with the Stars of Boston, on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Co-hosted by WCVB Channel 5’s mid-day newscast co-anchor Susan Wornick and WROR/WTKK radio veteran Hank Morse, the gala event will be held at the University of Massachusetts Boston student center on from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. A panel including Ernie Boch, Jr. and Improper Bostonian columnist Ezra Dyer will judge this year’s dancing stars.

Some of Boston’s brightest stars, including Miss Massachusetts/USA 2008 Jacqueline Bruno, WCVB’s Karen Holmes Ward, Massachusetts State Director of March of Dimes Ed Doherty, WHDH-TV NEWS7’s Dan Hausle and former Dorchester Board of Trade President Mary Truong from Caritas Carney Hospital, will be paired with professional dancers from Arthur Murray Dance Studios of Boston. With many hours of dedicated practice under their belts, these dance teams will be performing the cha cha, tango, and waltz, to name a few, in an effort to support FCMS’ revitalization efforts.

Celebrity judges, including car tycoon Ernie Boch, Jr., Improper Bostonian columnist Ezra Dyer and last year’s winner Edward Merritt, CEO of Mt. Washington Bank, will be on hand to critique and vote on the performances. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite couple and participate in a spectacular live auction while enjoying cocktails and hors devours and taking in the beautiful view of the harbor. After the tallies are in, Mayor Thomas M. Menino will announce the winning couple of the evening.
Tickets are $125.00 and are available at www.fieldscorner.org.

For more information call FCMS at 617-474-1432.

Fields Corner Main Street focuses on the Dorchester Avenue business district from Melville Avenue to Freeport Street, and provides design and financial assistance for improving storefronts, works on streetscape beautification, conducts market research, provides merchants with tools to compete in today’s market, recruits new businesses to the neighborhood, and markets the area as a vibrant and unique place to shop, eat, live and work.