Dark Star Orchestra Honors Bobby Weir Legacy With Rex Foundation Contribution

Dark Star Orchestra honored the late Bob Weir with a donation to the Grateful Dead-founded Rex Foundation. The GD tribute act presented the $10,000 charitable contribution to Rex Foundation Executive Director Cameron Sear on Saturday, February 7 at the Fox Theater in Oakland.

“Bobby changed our lives, he made the world a better place, and was [a] believer in community and positive social impacts,” Dark Star Orchestra drummer Rob Koritz stated during the presentation. “He was a founder of the Rex Foundation in 1983 and a lifetime board member. We want to honor Bobby’s legacy by continuing our support for The Rex Foundation. We are working with Rex on some special events in the near future. And for now with the support from all of you and proceeds from tonight’s show, we would like to present this $10,000 donation to Cameron Sears, Executive Director of The Rex Foundation.”

“We all believe in the music. We believe in the power of what these songs have meant to us for so long,” Sears added. “So when the Grateful Dead decided to create the Rex Foundation, it wasn’t out of a sense of any obligation, it was something they wanted to do. Thanks to you and the strength of our community, we intend to keep it going just as Bobby implored us to make sure the music keeps on going. And thanks to DSO the music is going to keep on going.”

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