Grammy Award Winner Melissa Etheridge and Olympic Champion Laurie Hernandez Headline JUMP, JIVE & THRIVE, With Performances b...
September 19 2017 - 4:32PM
On Sunday, October 8,
JUMP, JIVE & THRIVE will
present a star-studded unique live show for the whole family
combining the best of music, gymnastics and dance to celebrate
cancer survivorship.
Melissa Etheridge, iconic
cancer survivor and activist, and
Laurie
Hernandez, Olympic Gold Medalist gymnast and Dancing with
the Stars winner (who lost her grandmother to cancer while on the
show), will headline. Billboard chart-topping electronic violinist
Lindsey Stirling, now on Dancing with the Stars,
will perform, accompanied by saxophonist
Dave Koz,
and Olympic Gold medalist
Nastia Liukin will
perform a spectacular gymnastics and dance tribute to music by
Lindsey’s DWTS partner
Mark Ballas and wife
BC Jean.
Erin Bowman will
also perform, with more guest stars to be announced. Over 20
Olympic and Collegiate champions including
Jordyn Wieber,
Sam Peszek, Betty Okino and the 2017-2018
UCLA
women’s gymnastics team will perform, paying tribute to
their six time Bruin NCAA championship coach and cancer survivor,
Valorie Kondos Field. Cancer survivor and
America’s Got Talent semi-finalist
Calysta Bevier
will also lend her talent. There will be dance performances
by Dance Moms’
Chloe Lukasiak, cast members of
Dancing with the Stars, and a very special performance by
Le Rêve. The show will be hosted by cancer
survivors Olympic Gold Medalist
Scott Hamilton, Shannon
Miller, the most decorated American gymnast in history,
and TV personality
Samantha Harris. Many more
celebrity cancer survivors will be participating. The event takes
place at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on October 8th at 6pm, and will be
aired on CBS-TV on Saturday, October 21.
Not only will JUMP, JIVE & THRIVE be an inspirational
evening of great performances, it will also educate by providing
actionable information for survivors and caregivers. In addition,
the journeys of each of our survivor performers, hosts and
presenters will be woven through the broadcast, the live event and
social media channels.
JUMP, JIVE & THRIVE is produced by the creators of the Teen
Choice Awards in association with the Breast Cancer Research
Foundation, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), and the
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF). JUMP, JIVE &
THRIVE will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Tickets, ranging from $15 student tickets to $135 VIP seats, are
available through Ticketmaster, Pauley Pavilion box office: (310)
825-4546, and at www.JumpJiveandThrive.com, where group sales and
more information are available.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Jo-Ann Geffen, JAG PR, (818) 905-5511,
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