Buckyball Music presents a Benefit and CD Release Party Saturday, May 22 for the Bazilo School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Featuring:

The Lighthouse Kids percussion group
Marc Wagnon’s jazz ensembles
Jazz vocalist Sarah Pillow
Guitarists Jake Hertzog & Van Manakas
and music from Marc Wagnon’s
latest release: “Earth is a Cruel Master”

Venue:
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery St (one block north of Houston St)
New York, NY 10012 Phone: 212 334 6415
Saturday, May 22nd, 7 pm to 9:30 pm
Suggested Donation: $15

If you cannot attend the event, but would like to make a donation ($5, $10, $15, or more- any amount would help)
you can send a check to Buckyball Music, Inc., P.O. Box 2034, NYC 10101
with “Bazilo School” written in the memo line. We thank you, and the kids thank you!

When the earthquake shattered the town of Port-au-Prince, it rendered many people who were of modest means even closer to disaster.

Buckyball Music learned about the Bazilo School through one of Marc Wagnon’s drum students, Francois DesRavines, who lost family members and houses in Port-au-Prince. Although he is blind, he went to Haiti and brought help in the form of free meals to the students at the school. Upon returning, he brought back some pictures and short videos of his trip. After seeing them, we were inspired to help the school.

The school was founded by singer/percussionist Zao Jakata, and part of his mission is to teach music alongside standard curriculum. But now, in this state of continuing emergency, the first necessity is to feed the needy kids who attend the school. This also serves as a way to attract kids to the school so they can continue to be educated as their country rebuilds itself.

ALL profits from the benefit will go directly to the school, which includes the door donation as well as half of all proceeds from the sale of merchandise.

Marc Wagnon’s new album “Earth is a Cruel Master” was scheduled for release on the day the earthquake occurred, and while the title is eerily relevant, it is meant to draw attention more to human made disasters than those coming from nature. The evening presents an opportunity to demonstrate that we should think of the Earth as a spaceship with limited resources that need to be managed (Buckminster Fuller first said), and this kind of natural disaster is a reminder of its might.