LSSI benefit features soul, classical, contemporary

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STERLING - Singer Rodney Fair of Naperville will headline the "From Mozart to Motown" benefit concert Sunday. Soul, classical and contemporary music will grace the Sterling High School Centennial Auditorium stage at the event, a fundraiser for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. Fair is a previous Sauk Valley Star Search winner, and has performed with the U.S. Air Force Tops in Blue choir. He's set to deliver a pop-soul mix of songs like "My Girl," "What a Wonderful World" and "Isn't She Lovely." Other performances at the concert will include Mozart's "Alleluia" by Laura Vinje, "New York, New York" by Marty Huntley, Angie Harrison's take on Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath my Wings," an adaptation of "I'm Already There," by the group Lonestar, sung by Weston Henry, and Mariah Carey's "Hero," sung by Annie Chattic. Proceeds, which will be matched by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, will fund mental health treatment, drug counseling and other LSSI programs. 'From Mozart to Motown' When: 2-4 p.m. Sunday Where: Centennial Auditorium, Sterling High School, 1608 Fourth Ave. Tickets: Cost $10 and are available online at www.centennialauditorium.org, or from noon to 4 p.m. at the box office, 815-622-3248. For more information: Call Vicki Cooper, 815-625-2200.