Charity and The Stars of The Arts Gala
In February 2010, after the Haiti disaster, a press release was issued in The Portadown Times, Leighalderson.com and Fame Magazine, stating that Leigh Alderson was going to produce a show to raise money for the Haiti disaster. The show, scheduled for 19 June at the Market Place Theatre in Armagh, near his home town in Northern Ireland. An impressive list of performers were cited to be performing on the night including famed songstress Jerry Burns. Burns has had her music featured in many hit motion pictures (Cruel Intentions, Crush, Le terbulance et les fluides, Angel). Award-winning photographer Karin Pritzel kindly donated some work to be auctioned off. Leigh Alderson would take to the stage with Australian ballet dancer and co-star of 'Angel', Kyle Davey, alongside professional ballet dancers Michael Munoz and Eddie Pezzopane. Conner Kerr's Faux Fashion would start the proceedings with a runway high fashion catwalk. The Ballet would included works by Alderson, Munoz, Davey and Pezzopane and also that of Ex- Principal ballet dancer and current Artistic Director of Cork City Ballet, Alan Foley, who kindly lent his work 'Gira Con Me' from Cork City Ballets repertoire. The event was highly publicized, featuring in EVE NI, In Magazine, Ulster Tatler and The Dancing Times amongst others and was featured and covered with the BBC.
Aside from this, Alderson is a continuous sponsor, supporter, fundraiser and volunteer for many charities. Being a regular donator to Cancer Research UK, NSPCC, The Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and Scottish SPCA, fund-raising for Oxfam and Everychild, and being a volunteer and fundraiser for The Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT)
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