Rather than see the tickets go unused, Melanie Downie asked if she could distribute the tickets to the cancer patients and their families. Typical of many school fundraisers, tickets were sold to generous family members who would not be able to attend the show. “Our teams all have to do one fundraiser a year so we thought this would be a good idea.” “We raised over $1,000,” said 15-year-old Charlotte Alberts, whose mother Rachel is a longtime producer at LTA. “He’s in remission and doing well now,” said Melanie Downie, who helped arrange for 40 pediatric oncology patients and their families to attend the show that served as a Partners in Arts night fundraiser for the Arlington Soccer Association’s Rowdies Red U16 girls team. With 16 bone tumors discovered at diagnosis, he has had five relapses and undergone chemotherapy treatment for six years for more than 50 tumors. “It’s a dream come true for Brian.”īrian Downie was diagnosed at 13 months with histiocytosis, a rare form of bone cancer. “We’re so excited to be here tonight,” said Melanie Downie, whose 8-year-old son Brian plays one of the Cratchit children.
29 to children and families from the Georgetown Hospital Pediatric Oncology Center. It’s a tale as old as time: The miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge is ethically and emotionally transformed after being haunted by visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come in the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol,” now playing at The Little Theatre of Alexandria.įirst published in December of 1843, LTA has updated the traditional version of the Victorian play with an original adaptation by director Rachel Hubbard that debuted Nov.
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