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NEWS November 2006 Instruments A-Comin': Seattle Joins Forces with the Tipitina's Foundation to Help New Orleans Music Students What began as a club gig for Charmaine Neville and Reggie Houston's Crescent City Connection at The Highway 99 Blues Club in Seattle on December 8th, has quickly turned into a full-fledged fundraiser for the Tipitina's Foundation. Every year during The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival week, the famed Tipitina's Uptown club in New Orleans holds a huge benefit for the Tipitina's Foundation. The money goes to buy band instruments for school kids and other New Orleans musicians in need. Post-Katrina, the need has been overwhelming. So when Seattle musician, and accredited Jazz Fest photographer Jef Jaisun learned that Charmaine Neville, Reggie Houston and Amasa Miller were scheduled to perform in Seattle on Dec. 8, he made a few phone calls to several well-placed individuals, including Bill Taylor, Executive Director of the Tipitina's Foundation, and the result is that this show has become an officially sanctioned Instruments A Comin' gig, the first to ever occur outside the confines of Tipitina's. With less than four weeks to plan, Jef managed to secure a number of co-sponsors. They include Seattle Piano Gallery, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Lee Oskar Harmonicas and more. Lee is donating, among other things, harmonicas signed by Dan Ackroyd and Charlie Musselwhite. Numerous goods and services have been donated by other area night clubs, restaurants and hotels, like a museum quality print of Diane Russell's painting of Reggie Houston entitled "Katrina Blues". We'll be having a live auction and raffles all night long. Along with your much-appreciated cash donations, we're hoping for a carload of donated instruments. Old band instruments in whatever condition will be accepted, because we have people in New Orleans who will repair them and make them playable again. If you've got a flute or a sax or pair of drumsticks or anything that can be considered a musical instrument, and it's just sitting in the closet or under the bed, please consider donating it to the cause. Doors open at 4:00pm. Show time is 8:30pm, but we recommend arriving early for a good seat. We're anticipating a sell-out. The Highway 99 has recently revamped their menu to include some tasty and traditional Louisiana fare, which means you can have dinner there, too. If you haven't been to the 99 yet you're missing a very cool club. It's located at 1414 Alaskan Way, across from the Seattle Aquarium. If you're unable to attend the Dec. 8 Highway 99 performance but would like to help the Tipitina's Foundation, visit their website www.tipitinasfoundation.org where you can make a donation online, or learn about their efforts and how you can help. October 2006
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JANUARY 2002 Charmaine Neville and her band will appear at ESPN morning
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Charmaine Neville performs at the Children's Castle in Kenner for a group of kids from Westwego Elementary School. The program, A World of Rhythm, includes songs that highlight various styles and rhythms of music . These presentations, dubbed "informances" are given by musical ensembles familiar with performing for children and each can offer something different in connecting the child with this unique music form and its cultural significance. Each one hour informance will expose a different element of jazz history in a show full of audience participation.
JULY 2000 "Riffage Live presents Charmaine Neville Webcast from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2000" Riffage.com has some exciting first-ever webcast programming on Riffage Live. This is the first-ever audio+video webcast of the New Orleans Jazz Fest, so it's truly a major event. WHAT: Charmaine Neville webcast concert from New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2000 WHEN: Monday, July 17th TIME: The show starts at 4pm Pacific time, starting with 1 hour of Reggie Hall performance, followed by 50 minutes with Russell Batiste. The 57 minute Charmaine Neville Band performance will begin at around 5:50PM PST. PLUG-IN: Real Player MEDIA TYPE: Webcast/streaming SHOW LINK: http://live.riffage.com |
