Concert to Benefit Nick Antlitz This Sunday

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: November 13, 2008

Glenelg United Methodist Church will be hosting a special free benefit concert on Sunday, November 16 at 4 pm. The concert will benefit the NTAF Mid-Atlantic Spinal Cord Injury Fund in honor of Nick Antlitz, a local youth and church member who was injured in an accident in July. You may recall reading about Nick in one of my previous columns.

Nick is a 2006 Glenelg High School graduate, who was tragically injured in early July in Bethany Beach while playing basketball with friends. He climbed to the top of the rim to swish the ball as it was tossed, slipping and falling. Nick broke his neck and shattered the patella in his knee. He has suffered permanent damage to his spinal cord as a result of this accident.

Although his neck (C6) and knee were reconstructed, Nick remains paralyzed from the chest down. The benefit concert will feature renowned concert pianists Saar Ahuvia and Stephanie Kai-Win Ho, along with trumpeters Vince DiMartino and Doug Burian, and organist Richard Cartwright.

The concert is free, but donations will gratefully be accepted. Glenelg United Methodist Church is  at 13900 Burntwoods Road in Glenelg. Come join in for an afternoon of wonderful music for a wonderful cause.

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