EyeBall 2009 ballroom dance show video, of Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration

in Nashville, Tennessee

 

Click here to watch the video on Youtube.

 

This is a classical ballroom dance show to the music of "The Godfather", performed by Dr. and Mrs. Ming Wang at the 5th annual EyeBall 2009 on 10/3/09 at Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN, USA. The event was attended by 600 black-tied and ball-gowned guests, including the former governor of Tennessee. The EyeBall is the annual gala of Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration (www.wangfoundation.com), a 501c(3) non-profit charity which helps indigent patients undergo novel sight restoration surgeries performed gratis by the foundation. The foundation doctors published 5 major textbooks and a paper in the world renowned journal "Nature", hold several US patents for inventions of new biotechnologies to restore sight and performed the world's first femtosecond laser-assisted artificial cornea implantation. To date, the foundation has helped patients from over 40 states in the US and 55 countries worldwide, with all sight restoration surgeries performed free-of-charge. The EyeBall includes a spectacular show that exemplifies the elegance of classical ballroom dancing, and utilizes its breathtaking beauty to remind us how precious God's given gift of sight is, and how much we need to help those who have lost it.

Eyeball pictures

01sConngresswoman and EyeBAll 2012 chair Diane Black

martha_adamssFoundation patient Martha Adams who used to be blind and now can see!

02s“Dancing with the stars at EyeBall” three judges: Dr. Ming Wang, EyeBall 2012 Chair Congresswoman Diane Black and Danny Baye.

03sDr Ming Wang

04sVicki Yates, Jonathan Bungard, Juanita Simanekova, Rudy Kalis, Jennifer Kirksmith and Glen Casada.

05sEyeball invite on table

06sEyeBall scene with a big eye ball on screen

08sTN Congressman Glen Casada and Jennifer Kirksmith.

09sMing & Paris

 

Eyeball pictures

 

11sRudy Kalis and Juanita Simanekova.

  12sShirley Zeitlin and Dennis Woods.

  13sVicki Yates and Jonathan Bungard.

  14sDr Wang, Colleen Conway-Welch, and Ted Welch

15sAfrican dancer

16African drummers

17sJennifer Kirksmith and Dennis Woods

18sJennifer Kirksmith and Dennis Woods in practice

19sJuanita Simanekova and Jonathan Bungard.