THE
2nd ANNUAL OPERATION SHOESTRING
HOLIDAY BENEFIT CONCERT
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this page regularly for the most up-to-date schedule and list
of sponsors!
Bobby Rush, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, Cary Hudson
and ten more Mississippi-based musical artists will perform on
Thursday, December 2nd, 2004 at a holiday concert
benefiting Operation Shoestring. The concert, which is expected
to be one of Jackson's biggest musical events of the year, will
happen at Hal
& Mal's Restaurant and Brewery from 6 PM to 1 AM. [Click
here for a map.] All proceeds will go to the programs
supporting kid and families at Operation Shoestring. This is the
second annual edition of this show.
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Here's
the schedule of artists (web sites will open in a new browser
window):
The
"Big Room":
7:45 PM: Kool
Filter Kings
9 PM: Alvin
Youngblood Hart and Bobby
Rush
10:15
PM: Cary
Hudson
11:30 PM: Jimbo
Mathus and the Knockdown Society
Soulshine:
6:30 PM: Delta
Mountain Boys
7:45 PM:
Eric
Stracener and Garvis
9 PM: Buffalo
Nickel
10:15 PM: Neilson
Hubbard
11:30 PM: Living
Better Electrically
Hal
& Mal's Restaurant
7 PM: Laurel
Isbister
8:15 PM: Omega Hart
9:30 PM: Scott
Albert Johnson
10:45 PM: Rhonda Richmond
"We
are very excited to be hosting this wonderful group of performers,
and we are very grateful to them for donating their talents,"
said Operation Shoestring executive director Robert Langford.
"Last year's show raised almost $6,000 for our afterschool program.
This year's show promises to be at least as big an event, and
probably bigger. We're very excited about the quality of performers
from a wide range of musical genres, and how the musicians so
willingly jumped in to help us out."
Sponsors
of this year's show currently include:
·
Baria Fyke Hawkins & Stracener
· Pigott Reeves Johnson & Minor
· Benson Builders & Properties
·
Malinda and Jim Warren
· Ellen Langford
· David McCarty
· Wright Hill
· Morrison Brothers Music
· WLEZ 103.7 FM
· Jackson Medical Mall Foundation
· Deep Rush Records
· Watkins Partners
· Tatum & Wade
· Framewerks
·
Sourcelink
Operation
Shoestring was founded in 1968 in a neighborhood church on
Bailey Avenue in inner-city Jackson (just south of what is now
the Jackson Medical Mall) in response to community needs. In the
nearly thirty-six years since then, Shoestring has served as a
ministry of empowerment for neighborhood residents and a rallying
point for reconciliation in the larger community. Currently, most
of Operation Shoestring's efforts are aimed at educating children
and families and providing some crisis intervention services.
Tickets
for this concert are $15; special group sponsorships and tables
are also available. For more information or to purchase advance
tickets, call Robert Langford at (601) 353-6336, or e-mail
us.
