Top Entertainers to Perform at Conference Honoring Wounded Vets

1st Annual Road to Recovery Conference & Tribute Begins December 8

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes 1st Annual Road to Recovery Conference & Tribute will feature top name musical entertainment including Toby Keith, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band, and Chely Wright.

  The schedule of entertainment follows:

  Thursday Night -- December 9th

    * Toby Keith -- Award winning country music singer-songwriter with the
      current hit single "Mockingbird," from his just released album Toby
      Keith Greatest Hits 2.
    * Lee Ann Womack -- The Grammy Award-winning Country star has sold over
      3 million albums and earned critical praise for her traditional
      approach to Country music.  Her upcoming album, There's More Where
      That Came From, will be released in February '05.

  Saturday Night -- December 11th

    * Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band -- Star of current hit CSI: NY, the
      band takes its name from Gary's memorable character in Forrest Gump.
    * Chely Wright -- International recording artist and one of People's 50
      Most Beautiful People (2002).

            

In addition, Michael Israel, an internationally renowned performance artist, will create several works of art on Thursday night. Bo Derek will be on hand as an awards presenter during the conference to honor and assist the severely wounded and disabled troops.

The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes 1st Annual Road to Recovery Conference & Tribute will take place December 8-12 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

In addition to a full schedule of top name entertainment, the conference will provide much needed support and encouragement for the wounded and disabled troops, including seminars on educational job training and career counseling opportunities, inspiring success stories told by disabled veterans, private needs assessment consultations, evaluations to help direct wounded heroes toward viable resources available to assist and serve them and their families.