Usher to Headline Carousel Ball Benefit for the Barbara Davis Center

Graham Daugherty • August 10, 2015

August 10, 2015nBy Matt MillernOriginally published by The Denver Post. Click here for the original post.nnIs your dream to hang out and listen to Usher perform live and dance with John Elway? Well, A) you have an oddly specific dream and B) you can actually make it a reality.nnUsher will headline the 2015 Carousel Ball at the Hyatt Regency at the Colorado Convention Center on Oct. 2, organizers have announced. The event benefits the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes and is hosted by the Children’s Diabetes Foundation.nnThe Foundation will also be honoring John Elway and his wife Paige with the High Hopes Tribute Award, “for their extraordinary service to the Colorado community,” according to a news release.nnThe Carousel Ball funds programs for clinical care and research for thousands of children and adults, according to a news release.nnTickets start at $350 and are available at childrensdiabetesfoundation.org.

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