We originally formed Darcy Abbott Productions to produce the Annual Still River Music Festival, a one-day music festival showcasing multiple local musicians, bands, local vendors, and businesses to benefit local organizations, held at the Riverton Fairgrounds. We had to cancel the annual festival two years in a row due to the pandemic. When the planning stages started for this year’s event, things were still not clear concerning the pandemic, so we decided to design an event we would not have to cancel because of it.  Still River Cares, a Gala to Benefit the Cancer Care Fund of the Litchfield Hills, Inc. was created.