Wyclef Jean, Miri Ben-Ari to Perform at Phoenix Rising Award Dinner

Wyclef Jean, Miri Ben-Ari to Perform at Phoenix Rising Award Dinner

Benefits Phoenix House and Honors Lisa Ellis of Fireman Capital Partners and Carnival House Recordings

 NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --    Date/Place:  Monday, March 30, 2009, The Plaza, New York    Time:        6:30 p.m. Cocktails; 7:30 p.m. Dinner    Dress:       Festive Attire   

Music and sports will rule at Phoenix House's Phoenix Rising Award Dinner on Monday, March 30, honoring Lisa Ellis of Fireman Capital Partners and Carnival House Recordings. The evening's celebration will be headlined by a special acoustic performance by Wyclef Jean, the Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, and humanitarian. Grammy Award-winning "Hip-Hop Violinist" Miri Ben-Ari will also entertain. Shaquille O'Neal will make a special video tribute.

UPDATE: Latest guests include Eli Manning, Rick Fox, Michael Strahan, Shaun O'Hara, Cristie Kerr, Gus Williams, and Wes Welker -- plus entertainment industry and business leaders such as Paul Fireman, Chairman of Fireman Capital Partners and former Reebok CEO, plus Dan Fireman and Andy Spellman, Rose Marie Bravo, Shari Redstone, Richard Plepler, HBO Co-President, Jeff Ross, Executive Producer of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien... and more.

Lisa Ellis helped develop the careers of Prince, Beyonce, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Nas, Destiny's Child, Terrence Howard, and many others while at Sony Music.

WHY IT MATTERS: Paul Fireman and Dan Fireman, on behalf of the Fireman Charitable Foundation and Fireman Capital Partners, are co-chairing this fund-raiser for Phoenix House, one of the nation's leading non-profit drug and alcohol addiction, prevention, and treatment organizations, serving close to 7,500 men, women (including women with children), and teens each day at more than 152 drug and alcohol treatment and prevention programs in 10 states -- California, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont. For information visit www.phoenixhouse.org.

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CONTACT: Davia Temin, Christine Summerson, or Trang Mar, all of Temin
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Web Site: http://www.phoenixhouse.org/

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