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# Dance studio raises thousands for City of Hope
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dance-studio-raises-thousands-for-city-of-hope/
- Published: 2003-02-26T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:39:21.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Health, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

More than $25,000 was raised last weekend to benefit the City of Hope at “An Evening of Romance and Dance” held at The Dance Doctor Studio.

Among the attendees at the dinner-dance fund-raiser were Sharon Berrick, senior vice president of development at the City of Hope and her husband Artie; Izzy Freeman, owner of Izzy’s Deli of Santa Monica; Bob Cook, president of 20th Century Fox Television and wife Denise; Les Biller, recently retired president and CEO of Wells Fargo Bank with wife Sheri; and flying in from New Jersey, Ann Bialos, owner of Fran Lippy Jewelers, one of the oldest and largest jewelers in New Jersey.

The evening featured a special Salsa performance and instruction by the dance doctor, John Cassese and Deborah Fields.

Cassese donated more than $50,000 worth of goods and services, including $100 dance lesson gift certificates for everyone who purchased a ticket to the event. The silent auction featured a dining and dancing theme, and included gift certificates from Santa Monica eateries such as The Border Grill, Chicago Ribs, and The Broadway Deli, among others.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 26, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022603.pdf?ref=smdp.com)