One Voice for Haiti
and the families of Boukman Eksperyans
Friday, April 23, 7 PM to Midnight
Back Stage Productions, 323 Wall Street, Kingston, NY
Advanced Ticket Sales: www.haitiansupportproject.org
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(Woodstock NY) March 22, 2010: BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS, one of Haiti’s most well-known bands, is headlining the “One Voice for Haiti†benefit concert for earthquake relief on Friday, April 23, 7 PM to Midnight at Back Stage Productions, 323 Wall Street, Kingston, NY. It will be the band’s only area appearance and one of just a few in North America. Suggested donation is $20 in advance, $25 at door. Those donating good, working musical instruments to be distributed to Haitian musicians can attend for free. Bakana, Sonando and others will also perform and proceeds will benefit the Haitian People’s Support Project.
The music and dance party features Boukman Eksperyans, a high-energy 11 member band fusing traditional Haitian rhythms with rock and reggae. Local Caribbean dance band Sonando along with the duo, Bakana, will also perform. DJ WA will play music between sets and a panel discussion on the present state of affairs in Haiti will preceed the music.
One Voice for Haiti
• 6:30pm- doors open
• 7pm to 7:45pm – Panel Discussion with the Haitian People’s Support Project President Pierre Leroy, just returned from Haiti, and the HPSP medical team, also just back from Haiti, along with members of Boukman Eksperyans to discuss relief efforts and next steps.
• 8pm to 9pm– Bakana: Thomas Workman and Joachim Lartey (from Ghana) doing a musical and spoken invocation/prayer for Haiti with drums and other instruments from around the World, and the Community Children’s Chorus from BPS theater and song programs will sing.
• 9pm to 10pm – Sonando: the Hudson Valley’s premier Latin band, gets the dance party going with a fiery rhythm section and high-octane horns.
• 10pm – Boukman Eksperyans – the legendary band’s first Hudson Valley performance in over a decade
The Haitian People’s Support Project, http://www.haitiansupportproject.org was founded twenty years ago by Haitians Pierre and Terry Leroy. It is a Woodstock-based non-for-profit organization that supports many grass root operations in Haiti. The organization’s most immediate concern is to help five orphanages in Port Au Prince that house 400 children. Local, Hudson Valley projects include a tent collection program, and the Children Helping Children Across Borders campaign. An invitation for Hudson Valley residents to donate musical instruments for the thousands of musicians whose instruments were lost or ruined in the earthquake is being spearheaded by the Creative Music Studio (www.creativemusic.org), the Woodstock-based nonprofit dedicated to the notion that “music is our common language†and is a healing force.
One Voice For Haiti is being co-produced by Evelyne Pouget and the Creative Music Studio. “We’re producing this concert not only to raise desperately needed funds for Haitian orphanages, but also to spread the word in the Hudson Valley. Our goal is to have our community ‘adopt’ 400 orphans in five orphanages,” said Pouget.
Back Stage Productions has generously donated its space for the cause. Other area sponsors will be announced soon.
If you cannot attend the event but would like to contribute to this Haitian earthquake relief project, monetary donations can be sent by check or money order to:
Haitian People’s Support Project and mailed to:
HPSP, P.O. Box 496, Woodstock, NY, 12498
The Haitian People’s Support Project (HPSP) is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization
Boukman Ekspyerans
• The Haitian People’s Support Project (HPSP)
http://www.haitiansupportproject.org
• Evelyne Pouget for interviews and photos
845-679-1136 evelynepouget@hvc.rr.com
• Creative Music Studio (CMS) 845-679-8847
www.CreativeMusicStudio.org
• Boukman Eksperyans,
www.caribbeanentertainment.com/c/?artists=1022
• Sonando
http://www.sonando.net
• One Voice for Haiti for Haiti concert contact:
– Back Stage Productions
845-338-8700, www.bspinfo.net
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Volunteer info
Update on condition of orphanages and projects supported by Haitian People’s Support Project (HPSP)
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