ALEXANDRIA BAY -- World Foundation will present the 19th Annual Rock & Roll Oldies Show featuring The Grass Roots on Friday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Bonnie Castle Resort.

Gold tickets priced at $50 include reserved seating for the show along with an Uncle Sam’s Boat Cruise.

General admission tickets are available for $30.

Tickets may be purchased by calling DPAO at 315-782-0044. General admission tickets will also be available at the Watertown, Alex Bay and Clayton Kinney Drugs store locations.

In 1965, Rob Grill and three others teamed up with mega-hit producer Steve Barri (The Mamas & The Papas, Tommy Roe, Four Tops and Dusty Springfield) to form The Grass Roots.

Since their formation The Grass Roots have gone on to chart 29 singles; 13 of which went gold followed by 2 gold albums and 1 platinum album.

In the entire history of Rock n’ Roll, only 9 bands (including The Beatles) have charted more hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 than The Grass Roots.

They have appeared on over 50 national television shows including, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Ed Sullivan, Andy Williams, Sonny & Cher, Good Morning America, VH1 Hit Makers, MTV, and a record 16 times on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand.

The group has sold more than 20 million records worldwide.

The Grass Roots holds the all-time record for a one act, U.S. concert by performing for 600,000 people on July 4, 1982 in Washington, D.C.; and set a record between 1967 and 1972 by being on the Billboard charts an unbelievable 307 straight weeks.

The following sponsors, supporters, companies and organizations are providing funding and/or services for the 19th Annual Rock & Roll Oldies Show:

Waite Toyota, Town of Watertown, DPAO Foundation, The Arc – Jefferson - St. Lawrence New York, He Yee Dao, Watertown Savings Bank, Volunteer Transportation Center, Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Bonnie Castle Resort, Uncle Sam Boat Tours, Hargrave Custom Yachts and Car-Freshner Corporation.

All proceeds from the show will benefit 1 World Foundation, an international, non-profit charitable corporation comprised of volunteers from New York, the USA, and Canada, sharing a common dedication to better lives for people with developmental disabilities.

Info: 1-800-533-2859, 315-782-0044, DPAO.ORG.