DEER PARK — Blessid Union of Souls will begin its 2001 concert season with a benefit this month at Deer Park High School's Crawford Auditorium.

IF YOU GO

What: Blessid Union of Souls benefit concert   When: 8 p.m. Jan. 20.   Where: Deer Park High School's Crawford Auditorium, 8351 Plainfield Road.   Tickets: $15, $20, $25 and $50. Sold in the school office, or call 891-0010. The $50 ticket-holders also receive a pre-concert party, seats in the first four rows, reserved parking and a post-concert reception.   Needed: Sponsors. Call Dan Dennis at 891-0090.

        The Cincinnati-based band, known for its hits “I Believe” and “Hey Leonardo,” will headline the 8 p.m. Jan. 20 concert. The group will present a 60-90 minute show featuring past hits and a new single, “Storybook Life,” which hits radio stations today and is included on The Singles CD, scheduled to be released in February.

        “This is our first show of the year,” said drummer Eddie Hedges, a Sycamore High School graduate whose daughter, Marci, is a Deer Park graduate. “We're going to come out smokin'!”

        The Deer Park alumni association will use the proceeds to rebuild the track, said Dan Dennis, associationpresident and an English teacher at the school. Tickets, $15 to $50, are on sale at the high school.

        The alumni association is lining up sponsors to help defray the band's reduced $10,000 fee, security costs plus other expenses associated with the show, Mr. Dennis said. The goal is to raise $20,000 to put toward the track, college scholarships and other projects.

        “We don't normally do this,” Mr. Hedges said. “But we're natives of Cincinnati and the people here have supported us and it's such a good cause.”

        Acoustic guitarists Brett Price and Justin Dennis, both Deer Park High School seniors, will open with a 25-minute performance. After the concert the band will sign autographs.

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