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What: Randy Travis at the 12th Annual Celebrity Concert for Charity
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14
Where: Fraze Pavilion, 95 Lincoln Park Boulevard, Kettering
Cost: Terrace and lawn tickets are $26
More info: (937) 296-3300 or www.fraze.com
KETTERING — Randy Travis will be the headliner for a charity concert at Fraze Pavilion on Friday, Aug. 14.
Travis will perform at the 12th annual Celebrity Concert for Charity. Proceeds benefit cystic fibrosis research and aid those with cystic fibrosis, said John Condit, who founded the concert in 1998.
Also that night, the three finalists of a local karaoke contest will battle for the top prize of a trip for two to Las Vegas, Condit said.
Local celebrities will also sing karaoke tunes.
Condit said that with a big name like Travis, it is the first time the concert might reach a sellout.
“We’ve grown to the point where we have an act where we think we could do that,” he said.
Travis has been a country music star since the 1980s, with hits like “Deeper Than the Holler,” “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “I Told You So,” recently covered by Carrie Underwood and then re-released as a duet with Travis.
He’s sold 25 million records and popped back on the charts in 2003 with “Three Wooden Crosses.”
He has won six Grammys, five Country Music Association and 10 American Music Awards. He also is an award-winning gospel singer.
Previous performers at the concert include Lori Morgan, David Cassidy, America, REO Speedwagon and last year, Little River Band and Dr. Hook.
“I like every act I book,” Condit said. “I go from liking them to loving their music because I listen to a lot when I book them.”
Proceeds of the benefit go to research to cure cystic fibrosis and the Martha Franz Fund at Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, which supports the needs of local families.
Condit, whose wife, Chris, has two siblings who died of cystic fibrosis and one sister who lives with the disease, said there are 900 families in southwestern Ohio dealing with cystic fibrosis.
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