{"id":283,"date":"2011-01-15T03:14:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T03:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2011-01-15T03:19:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T03:19:15","slug":"bone-marrow-drive-in-november-in-memory-of-%e2%80%98lion-king%e2%80%99-star-tavarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/bone-marrow-drive-in-november-in-memory-of-%e2%80%98lion-king%e2%80%99-star-tavarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Bone-Marrow Drive in November in Memory of \u2018Lion King\u2019 Star Tavarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tavarez, who starred in the Broadway production of \u201cThe Lion King\u201d as Young Nala, was in need of a bone-marrow transplant, but a perfect match was not found despite a drive being held in July.<\/p>\n<p>A bone marrow donor registry drive is being organized in memory of Shannon Tavarez, the 11-year-old Broadway actress who died of leukemia at Cohen\u2019s Children Medical Center in New Hyde Park in November, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The drive will be held by DKMS, a bone marrow transplant center, on Sunday at the Harlem School of the Arts from 1-7 p.m. Registry requires a swab of the inner cheek.<\/p>\n<p>She received an umbilical-cord transplant in August in lieu of the bone-marrow transplant.<\/p>\n<p>Tavarez\u2019s biracial ancestry \u2014 her mother is African-American and her father Dominican \u2014 complicated the search for a perfect match because there are typically fewer registered donors from minority groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lion King is currently playing on tour in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-durham-nc-tickets.html\">Durham, NC<\/a> thru January 30, 2011. Save $10 on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/lion-king-durham-performing-arts-center.html\">Lion King Durham Performing Arts Center Ticket<\/a> Orders Over $350! Use Code AFF$10 <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tavarez, who starred in the Broadway production of \u201cThe Lion King\u201d as Young Nala, was in need of a bone-marrow transplant, but a perfect match was not found despite a drive being held in July. A bone marrow donor registry drive is being organized in memory of Shannon Tavarez, the 11-year-old Broadway actress who died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,19,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lionkingbroadwayticketsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}