Benefit concert for homeless veterans Feb. 9

The patriotic spirit to help our homeless veterans will certainly be soaring during the "Brass from the Past" benefit concert on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at the Ye Olde Town Inn, 18 W. Busse Ave. in downtown Mount Prospect.

Brass from the Past has joined with former Marine and Ye Olde Town Inn owner Tod Curtis in a flag-raising effort to raise money that will make a lasting and noticeable difference in the lives of some homeless veterans in Illinois.

For a modest donation admission of $5, Curtis and the Brass from the Past promise to reward concert-goers doing a good deed with a night of good music, good food and plenty of fun starting at 7 p.m. with a free all-you-can-eat pizza buffet followed by Brass from the Past taking the stage at 8 p.m.

In addition, to having a fun and rewarding experience, you will be treated to a feature performance by Brass from the Past lead singer Mark Tuccelli, who has made it through the Chicago auditions and is on his way to Hollywood for an appearance on NBC's new talent competition show “The Voice.”

Donations from the Feb. 9 benefit will be turned over to the nonprofit humanitarian aid organization United Relief Foundation to help their efforts in providing essential care and permanent housing for Illinois homeless Veterans.

Curtis has owned and operated the Ye Olde Town Inn at the same location for 43 years and every Thursday his restaurant continues to offer a free individual pizza to anyone showing a valid military ID. Free pizza can be dine in or take out, and no purchase is required.

Conceived in the spring of 2008 by John Tomassone, Brass from the Past has been steadily bringing back the spectacular “brass” band sound of the 1960s and '70s to the Chicago area by combining a mix of six horns, a four-piece rhythm section and three outstanding vocalists into an dynamic performance that is receiving an “A” from the X generation crowd and gaining popularity among the Y and Z generations.

NBC's "The Voice" is "the search for the best voice in America" that puts the voice above all else. To stick to the theme of it's all about the voice, producers have designed a blind audition process. The show uses singing coaches to select talent at the auditions. The blind audition process will allow the coaches to pick singers based solely on the quality of their voice.

The United Relief Foundation is nonprofit 501 (c)(3) humanitarian aid organization based in Deerfield. For additional information visit www.UnitedReliefFoundation.org

For benefit details or directions contact Ye Olde Town Inn at (847) 392-3750 or visit www.YeOldeTownInn.net.