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BREAKING NEWS! Concert for Cpl. J. B. Kerns Postponed

March 29, 2012
Mar. 30-The planned concert fund raiser for Cpl. J. B. Kerns has been postponed due a car accident by Movie Star Gary Senise.

Gary Senise, actor and lead of the "Lt. Dan Band" was injured in a car accident, which results in the concert planned for March 31st in Martinsville to be posponed. See this news reference: www.martinsvillebulletin.com posted today Saturday night’s Lt. Dan Band Concert at Martinsville High School has been postponed after Gary Sinise was involved as a passenger in an automobile accident earlier Friday. Sinise was not seriously injured, but will be unable to perform at Saturday night’s concert, a fundraiser for triple-amputee Cpl. J.B. Kerns. The award-winning actor, who starred as Lt. Dan in the movie Forrest Gump, founded and plays in the Lt. Dan Band. He was also scheduled to be the grand marshal at Sunday’s Speedway event, which he will also be unable to attend. John Hodge, spokesman for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation which is promoting the event, said the concert will be rescheduled in Martinsville, and that an announcement on the date is forthcoming. “We are asking ticket holders to wait for the new date to be announced and if they can’t make that show, we will refund their money,” said Hodges.

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