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Written by Vicki Kahn/special to the World
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
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Brazilian beat comes to benefit bash
 The percussion-driven music moved everyone onto the dance floor, feeling like they were thousands of miles away in South America. SambaDa, the Santa Cruz-based Brazilian samba-reggae-funk band was in town for the Disabled Sports USA Far West 13th annual “Benefit Bash.”
Approximately 350 supporters of the non-profit organization that has an adaptive ski school at Alpine Meadows Ski Area converged at the North Tahoe Conference Center in Kings Beach last Saturday evening for a fundraising event which featured fine wine and microbrew tasting, hors d’oeuvres and desserts, a silent auction and balloon raffle, and of course lots of dancing.
The well-attended event raised approximately $40,000 for the disabled sports organization’s coffers, not bad for a single night of revelry!
 Sally Carey was the big winner of the 18-hole championship golf club membership at Timilick.
The crowd was comprised of a mix of guests from both the Sacramento area and Tahoe-Truckee which included such local folks as Matt Locati and Heather Arst, Patti and Al Multon, Trinkie Watson and Jean Ludwick, Kim McAhren, Peggy Headley, Debbie White, Michelle Gartner, Joan Rickward, Steve Wallis, Lee Baker, Jamie La Chance, Benita Luke and Greg Tiller, and Julie Conover, to name a few.
 Mountain music
The buzz around town is the great concerts with BIG name entertainment the Lake Tahoe Music Festival has lined up for the upcoming season. Log on to www.tahoemusic.org for the concert schedule, to sign up for e-mail blasts, and membership to help support the organization that brings the concerts to our local area.
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 Photos (top to bottom):
• Dandha Da Hora and Papiba Godinho of the band “SambaDa” got the crowd moving at Saturdays’s fundraiser for Disabled Sports USA.
• James D’ Andrea and Lisa Kus brought their dog Burgess to the Benefit Bash.
• Kim McAhren found her groove on the dance floor at the Benefit Bash.
• Disabled Sports USA boardmember Jim Castellano (second from left) partied hearty with friends.
 • Matt Locati and Heather Arst were up close and personal at the fundraiser for Disabled Sports USA at the North Tahoe Conference Center last Saturday.
• Disabled Sports USA staff member Matt Strugar-Fritsch found a new friend in Morgan Carey.
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