How Far is Home? Concert Tour To Benefit The Homeless 
How Far Is Home Concert to help the needs of the homeless and to increase community concern for the homeless and the conditions they endure. http://www.howfarishome.com/
Music Maker: Annie Humphrey:
(Listen in RealAudio…)
Annie Humphrey, on vocals, acoustic guitar and piano, erases social boundaries with engaging lyrics about the realities of life. Her singing and songwriting are a potent combination of intelligence, wisdom and compassion. The title cut of her new CD, Edge of America, was chosen by film director/producer Chris Eyre to be a part of his new feature film’s soundtrack. After working with Annie’s music, he renamed the film Edge of America. Annie shines as an artist of substance and promise focusing on the experiences of America. Join us for our Music Maker Edition featuring Annie Humphrey of the Ojibway Nation.
Chris Eyre is an award winning filmmaker of Cheyenne-Arapaho descent. His first. feature Smoke Signals won the Audience Award at the 1998 Sundance Film ...
Four years ago a small group of concerned people became aware of the growing number of homeless in the Bemidji, Minnesota area. Bemidji is a city located in the midst of the Leech Lake, White Earth and Red Lake Indian Reservations.
The group was further alarmed that Native Americans represented more than 70% of the homeless population in area shelters. As a result, the group informally organized to present a music event in Bemidji and Minneapolis. All profits were donated to the House of Hospitality, Bemidji, and Project Off-Street, Minneapolis.
The purpose of the event was to address the needs of the homeless and to increase community concern for the homeless and the conditions they endure. Shelters are important, not only because they provide a roof and a bed, but because they also enhance the clients’ self-respect motivating them toward a more fulfilling future.
A shelter employee said it best when she said, “All people are special. The homeless are no different. They bring their personal gifts and their humanity. There are days when I feel I have nothing more to give, then a client will greet me with a smile, maybe even tell me a funny story and that will lift my spirit, and I know I will go on.”
The music benefit grows larger every year. This year, which is the fourth year of the benefit, stops will made in six cities and two Indian Reservations.
We are grateful to the artists who have supported the benefit since its onset. The inaugural tour in 2000 featured Keith Secola, Hattie Peterson and Annie Humphrey. In 2001 Mitch Walking Elk and Gary Farmer joined Keith Hattie and Annie. Last year's tour again featured Keith Secola, Annie Humphrey and Hattie Peterson along with Anne M. Dunn, Paul Ritchie, and the Long-Hairz Collective-Joe Reilly, William Copeland and Brian Babb.
The 2003 How Far is Home? line-up will feature Jim Boyd, Keith Secola, Annie Humphrey, Sara Softich and Joe Reilly. The show will be an inter-generational, multi-cultural/racial presentation of folk, blues and instrumental music genres.
No comments:
Post a Comment