{"id":31001,"date":"2011-07-05T18:46:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T22:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2011\/07\/05\/neccs-signature-fundraising-event-will-feature-the-music-of-neil-diamond\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:33:03","slug":"neccs-signature-fundraising-event-will-feature-the-music-of-neil-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/07\/05\/neccs-signature-fundraising-event-will-feature-the-music-of-neil-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC\u2019s Signature Fundraising Event will Feature the Music of Neil Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-976\" src=\"https:\/\/departments.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/07\/Real-Diamond-no-writing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal Diamond,\u201d the Premier Neil Diamond Tribute band will be the featured artist at Northern Essex Community College\u2019s Annual Signature Fundraising Event on Saturday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Collins Center in Andover.\u00a0 All proceeds from the event will benefit Northern Essex Community College\u2019s Annual Fund Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $35. All seats are reserved and assigned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal Diamond\u201d is a professional band dedicated to the faithful re-creation of the live Neil Diamond experience. Come hear great songs like Cracklin Rosie, Sweet Caroline, Cherry Cherry and more!<br \/>\nThe major sponsor of the event is Covanta Energy. Partners include Pentucket Bank, The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, LowellFive, and TD Bank.\u00a0 Our sponsors Bank of New England, Blinn Farrell &amp; Company, Holy Family Hospital, Diversified Business Systems, Enterprise Bank &amp; Trust, Gannett Welsh &amp; Kotler LLC, Georgetown Savings Bank, Haverhill Bank, Home Health Foundation, Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union, Merrimack Valley Hospital, National Grid, Pentucket Medical Associates, Rockingham Motors, Sovereign Bank\/Santander, T.A. Sullivan Insurance Agency, Trinity E.M.S, Inc., Verizon, Coco Early &amp; Associates; Greenwood Insurance Agency.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the event visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/signature-event\">www.necc.mass.edu\/signature-event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To order tickets contact Lori Smerdon in the colleges\u2019 Institutional Advancement Office at 978-556-3870 or lsmerdon@necc.mass.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cReal Diamond,\u201d the Premier Neil Diamond Tribute band will be the featured artist at Northern Essex Community College\u2019s Annual Signature Fundraising Event on Saturday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":31003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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