Sports radio & television personality Ann Liguori hosts her annual Ann Liguori Foundation Dinner Dance at Duck Walk Vineyards in Water Mill on Friday,
July 15, from 6:30pm – 11.00 pm where socialites, singles and sports stars will dine and dance under the stars. The dinner comes two months after the Ann Liguori Foundation Charity Golf Classic, a sell-out, which was held at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton. Proceeds from both events benefit the American Cancer Society and Healthy Children, Healthy Futures, teaching young people about good nutrition and fitness for over-all good health benefits.

The price of the dinner is $100 per person. Pre-registration for the dinner is required. The Registration form can be downloaded here: http://www.annliguori.com/gallery/editor/2011DuckWalkInvitation.

Sponsors for The Ann Liguori Foundation Annual Dinner Dance include Duck Walk Vineyards, Outback Steakhouse and Platinum Maintenance.

The Hampton’s chic dinner dance features delicious appetizers and a complete buffet dinner courtesy of Outback Steakhouse. Several of their delectable appetizers include Seared Ahi Tuna, Alice Springs Chicken Quesadilla and homemade Spinach Dip, followed by an extravagant buffet dinner featuring their signature sirloin steaks, Norwegian salmon, grilled chicken, and a variety of freshly made side dishes, in addition to dessert offerings including classic cheese cake and carrot cake. ‘We at Outback Steakhouse love working with the Ann Liguori Foundation and everything Ann and her Foundation stand for,” says Jennifer Szewc, Joint Venture Partner, Outback Steakhouse New York. “Each year, Outbackers are so excited to be a part of Ann’s dinner dance in The Hamptons. It’s great fun and for a wonderful cause!”

In addition to a wide variety of food offerings, Outback Steakhouse will also be making specialty drinks including Black Cherry Peach Mojito and New South Wales Sangria. REVE will be providing the vodka.

Live entertainment will feature award winning singer- song-writer Dillon Dixon who will play a combination of R&B and dancing music. Dillon’s songs have been recorded by George Jones, Restless Heart, Ronnie Milsap, Neal McCoy, Josh Gracin, and Rodney Atkins. His music has also been featured in film, including “Terminator 3,” “Live Free or Die Hard,” “The Crow 3,” and Wes Craven’s “Scream,” “Cursed,” and “Mimic.” 

As well as  being the Founder and President of the Ann Liguori Foundation, Ann is the President of Ann Liguori Productions and hosts, produces and owns the longest running sports show by a woman: “Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori’ aired on regional sports cable networks throughout the country each week from 1989-2003. Her award-winning interviews with such legends as Mickey Mantle, Wilt Chamberlain, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Brett Favre, Charles Schulz and hundreds of others, are available on DVD and can be ordered by visiting the archives section of her web site, www.annliguori.com

Ann is the golf and tennis correspondent for WFAN Radio 660AM and will next cover the US Open Tennis Championships August 29-September 11. And each week, Ann hosts the radio version of ‘Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori’ heard every Saturday morning on WPPB 88.3 FM and globally on www.peconicpublicbroadcasting.org. In addition, Ann writes a weekly column for www.cbsnewyork.com : http://newyork.cbslocal.com/tag/ann-liguori/

Liguori, author of ‘A Passion for Golf, Celebrity Musings About the Game,’ is also a spokeswoman for Family Golf Challenge, on the Women’s Advisory Board of the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center and in January of 2011, played in the Bob Hope Classic, becoming just the  4^th female celebrity in their 52-year history.