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By Robert Starling
'Sweet Songs of Liberty' Concert to Benefit New York Disaster Victims
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- A number of popular Utah musicians and performers
are donating their time and talent in a special fund-raising concert for
victims of the New York Sept. 11 disaster. "Sweet Songs of Liberty" will be
held Saturday, Sept. 29 at 8:30 p.m. at Kingsbury Hall on the University of
Utah campus.
Artists scheduled to perform include Kenneth Cope, Brett Raymond, Cherie
Call, Bryce Newbert, Stephen Perry, The Sterling Singers, Dallin Balis, Utah
Valley Mass Choir, Diana Walker Neve, Tir na n'Og (the McMaster Family) and
the Salt Lake Children's Choir.
Tickets for the event are now on sale at Kingsbury Hall (801-581-7100) for
$8. Since this is an all-volunteer event, every penny of the $8 will go into
a special fund established for victims of the disaster. Organizers will work
with East coast relief groups to directly assist specific families and
individuals in need.
The event is being sponsored and organized by MoV'N Pictures Incorporated,
Webb Audio Visual Services, and Soularium Recording Studios. The three
sponsors will also work together to record the event and sell a CD to
benefit the New York victims. Orders for the CD will be taken at the concert
or ordered online after the show at
http://www.movnpictures.com. The CD will be priced at $10. The three
sponsors are volunteering their services to produce the CD, therefore the
only money that will not be donated to disaster victims from the $10 will be
the duplication and mailing costs.
According to MoV'N Pictures CEO Jon Pierre Francia, " My wife, Carrie, woke
up the other day and said, 'I've got to do something to help the people in
New York, and I want to put on a benefit concert.' So she and a friend, Tara
Starling, started making calls, and by the first afternoon, they had so much
support from so many tremendous artists, that my organization jumped in with
our professional contacts and technical personnel to see that it all comes
together."
He added, "We have what looks to be an amazing, emotional show put together
for Saturday, and I am so grateful to everyone who has come on board to make
it happen. I just wish there were more than the 1900 seats available for
what I am sure will be a tough ticket to get." He also suggested that
concertgoers might want to bring their own Kleenex, because "this terrific
musical program is really going to touch the heart".
Carrie, Tara, and all the volunteers want to send a strong message to New
York and Washington (and Afghanistan) that Utahns care about the victims of
this tragedy and are willing to do something about it.
Source:
'Sweet Songs of Liberty' Concert to Benefit New York Disaster Victims
Robert Starling 25Sep01 US UT SLC A2
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